2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 18
Record	22–11 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Kyra Elzy; Niya Butts; Lin Dunn;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum; Rupp Arena
	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 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	LaShae Halsel	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Warren Central	Bowling Green, KY
G	4	Maci Morris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Bell County	Pineville, KY
G	11	Rachael Potter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Pikeville	Pikeville, KY
F	13	Evelyn Akhator	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Chipola College	Lagos, Nigeria
G	15	Jessica Hardin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Wayne County Bellarmine	Monticello, KY
G	20	Paige Poffenberger	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Morgantown	Morgantown, WV
F	21	Ogechi Anyagaligbo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Miami County Day Stony Brook	Miami, FL
G	22	Makenzie Cann	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Cincinnati	Lawrenceburg, KY
G	24	Taylor Murray	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Annapolis Area Christian	Odenton, MD
G	25	Makayla Epps	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Marion County	Lebanon, KY
G	32	Jaida Roper	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Houston	Memphis, TN
C	45	Alyssa Rice	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Reynoldsburg	Reynoldsburg, OH

Head coach

Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State)

Assistant coach(es)

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
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Union (TN)	W 78–60		Memorial Coliseum (1,339) Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	No. 14 Miami (FL) Kentucky Classic	W 82–66	1–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,471) Lexington, KY
11/12/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Albany Kentucky Classic	W 70–46	2–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,667) Lexington, KY
11/17/2016* 11:00 am	No. 15	New Hampshire	W 92–43	3–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,793) Lexington, KY
11/19/2016* 9:00 pm	No. 15	at Colorado	L 69–79	3–1	Coors Events Center (1,507) Boulder, CO
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 20	Morehead State	W 74–47	4–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,706) Lexington, KY
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 20	Samford	W 80–57	5–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,569) Lexington, KY
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	No. 12 Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 82–68	6–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,400) Lexington, KY
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 17	at No. 7 Louisville The Battle for the Bluegrass	L 67–69 ^OT	6–2	KFC Yum! Center (12,245) Louisville, KY
12/09/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 15	Middle Tennessee	W 61–48	7–2	Memorial Coliseum (4,625) Lexington, KY
12/11/2016* 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	Arizona State	L 71–73 ^OT	7–3	Rupp Arena (13,225) Lexington, KY
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 19	Radford	W 59–36	8–3	Memorial Coliseum (4,547) Lexington, KY
12/21/2016* 12:00 pm	No. 18	Washington State	W 69–67	9–3	Memorial Coliseum (4,875) Lexington, KY
12/29/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 17	at No. 15 Duke	L 54–69	9–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,121) Durham, NC
SEC regular season
01/01/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at Tennessee Rivalry	L 65–72	9–5 (0–1)	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709) Knoxville, TN
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 24	Missouri	W 64–62	10–5 (1–1)	Memorial Coliseum (4,280) Lexington, KY
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 24	Texas A&M	L 68–77	10–6 (1–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,669) Lexington, KY
01/12/2017 8:00 pm		at Alabama	W 71–54	11–6 (2–2)	Coleman Coliseum (2,437) Tuscaloosa, AL
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, SECN		Georgia	W 82–61	12–6 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,608) Lexington, KY
01/19/2017 8:00 pm		at LSU	W 55–42	13–6 (4–2)	Maravich Center (1,845) Baton Rouge, LA
01/22/2017 3:00 pm, SECN		at Auburn	W 64–60	14–6 (5–2)	Auburn Arena (2,294) Auburn, AL
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		Ole Miss	W 89–57	15–6 (6–2)	Memorial Coliseum (4,272) Lexington, KY
01/30/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	at Missouri	L 67–73	15–7 (6–3)	Mizzou Arena (3,374) Columbia, MO
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	No. 4 South Carolina	L 63–75	15–8 (6–4)	Memorial Coliseum (5,533) Lexington, KY
02/05/2017 12:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	Vanderbilt	W 71–63	16–8 (7–4)	Memorial Coliseum (6,023) Lexington, KY
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		at Georgia	W 66–56	17–8 (8–4)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,235) Athens, GA
02/16/2017 8:00 pm, SECN		at Arkansas	W 69–62	18–8 (9–4)	Bud Walton Arena (1,142) Fayetteville, AR
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, SECN		Florida	W 67–48	19–8 (10–4)	Memorial Coliseum (6,604) Lexington, KY
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		No. 3 Mississippi State	W 78–75 ^OT	20–8 (11–4)	Memorial Coliseum (5,244) Lexington, KY
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 22	at No. 7 South Carolina	L 87–95	20–9 (11–5)	Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 2:30 pm, SECN	(4) No. 20	vs. (12) Alabama Quarterfinals	W 65–55	21–9	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,702) Greenville, SC
03/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(4) No. 20	vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina Semifinals	L 77–89	21–10	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,554) Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 L) No. 18	(13 L) Belmont First Round	W 73–70	22–10	Memorial Coliseum (3,497) Lexington, KY
03/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 L) No. 18	(5 L) No. 11 Ohio State Second Round	L 68–82	22–11	Memorial Coliseum (2,644) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	19	15	20	17	15	19	18	17	24	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	22	20	19	18	N/A
Coaches	19	19	24	20	18	23	24	23	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	24	24	24	25

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

References

^ "UK Wildcats | Scores and Schedules". Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

[1] "UK Wildcats | Scores and Schedules". Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

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v t e Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Coliseum (1971–2023) (2024 - ) Rupp Arena (select games 2006–present) (temporary 2023-2024) Clive M. Beck Center (temporary 2023-2024) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Indiana Louisville Tennessee
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 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

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References