2016–17 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team

2016–17 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
2016–17 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	16–15 (7–9 SEC)
Head coach	Joni Taylor (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Karen Lange; Chelsea Newton; Robert Mosley;
Home arena	Stegeman Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†	14	–	2	.875	33	–	4	.892
No. 7 Mississippi State	13	–	3	.813	34	–	5	.872
No. 18 Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 25 Missouri	11	–	5	.688	21	–	11	.656
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	20	–	12	.625
Texas A&M	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
LSU	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Ole Miss	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Alabama	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Florida	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Vanderbilt	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
Arkansas	2	–	14	.125	13	–	17	.433

† 2017 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Georgia Lady Bulldogs women's basketball team represented the University of Georgia in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by second year head coach Joni Taylor, played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum, and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 7–9 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to South Carolina.

Roster

2016–17 Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Taja Cole (I)	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Salesian Louisville	Richmond, Virginia
G	1	Shanea Armbrister	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	South Broward HS Darton College	Nassau, Bahamas
F	3	Stephanie Paul	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Community School of Naples	Naples, FL
F	4	Caliya Robinson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	McEachern HS	Marietta, GA
G/F	11	Pachis Roberts	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	McEachern HS Syracuse	Powder Springs, Ga
G	12	Haley Clark	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Edgewater HS	Orlando, FL
F	23	Halle Washington	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Parkway HS	Bossier City, LA
G	24	Simone Costa	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	XXXX Independence CC	Lisbon, Portugal
F	30	Kortney Eisenman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Upper Arlington HS	Columbus, OH
F	33	Mackenzie Engram	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Hillgrove HS	Powder Springs, GA
F	51	Bianca Blanaru (I)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	XXXX Washington State	Timișoara, Romania

Head coach

Joni Taylor (Alabama)

Assistant coach(es)

Karen Lange (Iowa)
Chelsea Newton (Rutgers)
Robert Mosley (Miles)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		South Carolina State	W 64–50	1–0	Stegeman Coliseum (2,864) Athens, GA
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm		Mercer	W 72–64	2–0	Stegeman Coliseum (2,497) Athens, GA
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm		BYU	W 81–51	3–0	Stegeman Coliseum (2,239) Athens, GA
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Georgia Tech	L 45–52	3–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (2,206) Athens, GA
11/24/2016* 2:00 pm		vs. Minnesota Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division semifinals	W 70–58	4–1	St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH
11/26/2016* 5:45 pm		vs. South Florida Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division championship	L 65–81	4–2	St. George HS Gymnasium (543) Freeport, BAH
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm		Kennesaw State	W 82–40	5–2	Stegeman Coliseum (2,056) Athens, GA
12/03/2016* 8:00 pm		at Oklahoma State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 51–71	5–3	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,497) Stillwater, OK
12/05/2016* 7:00 pm		Furman	W 67–62	6–3	Stegeman Coliseum (2,078) Athens, GA
12/15/2016* 12:00 pm		at Cincinnati	W 51–48	7–3	Fifth Third Arena (569) Cincinnati, OH
12/19/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN		Virginia	L 43–66	7–4	Stegeman Coliseum (2,631) Athens, GA
12/22/2016* 1:00 pm		Samford	L 59–65	7–5	Stegeman Coliseum (2,509) Athens, GA
12/28/2016* 2:00 pm		Western Carolina	W 78–43	8–5	Stegeman Coliseum (2,754) Athens, GA
SEC regular season
01/01/2017 1:00 pm, SECN		at Missouri	L 45–63	8–6 (0–1)	Mizzou Arena (3,879) Columbia, MO
01/05/2017 7:00 pm		Texas A&M	W 69–59	9–6 (1–1)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,222) Athens, GA
01/08/2017 12:00 pm, SECN		Vanderbilt	W 70–68	10–6 (2–1)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,958) Athens, GA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, SECN		at No. 5 South Carolina	L 63–66	10–7 (2–2)	Colonial Life Arena (12,043) Columbia, SC
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, SECN		at Kentucky	L 61–82	10–8 (2–3)	Memorial Coliseum (5,608) Lexington, KY
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, SECN		Florida	L 68–76	10–9 (2–4)	Stegeman Coliseum (4,181) Athens, GA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, SECN		No. 5 South Carolina	L 44–62	10–10 (2–5)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,540) Athens, GA
01/29/2017 3:00 pm		at Ole Miss	L 62–69	10–11 (2–6)	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,460) Oxford, MS
02/02/2017 8:00 pm		at Arkansas	W 69–66	11–11 (3–6)	Bud Walton Arena (1,603) Fayetteville, AR
02/05/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN		Tennessee	W 81–78	12–11 (4–6)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,885) Athens, GA
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		Kentucky	L 56–66	12–12 (4–7)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,235) Athens, GA
02/12/2017 3:00 pm		at Auburn	W 57–51	13–12 (5–7)	Auburn Arena (3,464) Auburn, AL
02/16/2017 8:00 pm		at No. 3 Mississippi State	L 49–58	13–13 (5–8)	Humphrey Coliseum (5,431) Starkville, MS
02/19/2017 2:00 pm		LSU	W 70–65 ^OT	14–13 (6–8)	Stegeman Coliseum (4,516) Athens, GA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		Alabama	W 71–65 ^OT	15–13 (7–8)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,787) Athens, GA
02/26/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNU		at Florida	L 58-65	15–14 (7–9)	O'Connell Center (3,809) Gainesville, FL
SEC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 12:00 pm, SECN	(8)	vs. (9) Auburn Second Round	W 56–52	16–14	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
03/03/2017 12:00 pm, SECN	(8)	vs. (1) No. 5 South Carolina Quarterfinals	L 48–72	16–15	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR			N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "Georgia Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Georgiadogs.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014.

[1] "Georgia Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Georgiadogs.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014.

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v t e Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
Venues	Stegeman Coliseum (1973–present)
Culture & lore	History Hairy Dawg Uga
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References