2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball
2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Cal Classic champions
NCAA women's tournament, second round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–14 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith; Kai Felton; Wendale Farrow;
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3	.833	32	–	6	.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
California	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	20	.444
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	17	–	16	.515
Utah	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
USC	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
Arizona	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467

† 2017 Pac-12 tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by sixth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 6–12 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated LSU in the first round before getting blown out by Baylor in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Asha Thomas	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Bishop O'Dowd	Oakland, CA
F	3	Mikayla Cowling	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Saint Mary's College (HS)	Benicia, CA
C	5	Chen Yue	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	So	Tsinghua University	Beijing, China
G	11	Sara Anastasieska	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy UTSA	Sydney, Australia
F	12	Penina Davidson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Rangitoto College	Auckland, New Zealand
F	20	MeAne Mosley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Saint Mary's College HS	Oakland, CA
G	21	Mi'Cole Cayton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Saint Mary's College HS	Stockton, CA
F	24	Courtney Range	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Sr	Manteca	Manteca, CA
F	30	Celeste West	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Garces Memorial	Bakersfield, CA
F	31	Kristine Anigwe	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Desert Vista	Phoenix, AZ
G	33	Jaelyn Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Vista Murrieta	Murrieta, CA
F	44	KC Waters	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Bishop O'Dowd	San Ramon, CA

Head coach

Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown)

Assistant coach(es)

Charmin Smith (Stanford)
Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon)
Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 16, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 6, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		Westmont	W 87–48		Haas Pavilion (457) Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016* 5:30 p.m.		at Saint Mary's	W 74–67	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (1,248) Moraga, CA
November 14, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		Santa Clara	W 73–58	2–0	Haas Pavilion (1,816) Berkeley, CA
November 18, 2016* 11:30 a.m.		UC Riverside	W 71–56	3–0	Haas Pavilion (4,223) Berkeley, CA
November 20, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		Cal State Bakersfield	W 86–63	4–0	Haas Pavilion (2,253) Berkeley, CA
November 25, 2016* 1:00 p.m.		San Francisco Cal Classic semifinals	W 75–52	5–0	Haas Pavilion (2,637) Berkeley, CA
November 26, 2016* 3:15 p.m.		Duquesne Cal Classic championship game	W 88–66	6–0	Haas Pavilion (1,358) Berkeley, CA
December 4, 2016* 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Nebraska	W 86–65	7–0	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,573) Lincoln, NE
December 8, 2016* 7:00 p.m.		Sacramento State	W 97–73	8–0	Haas Pavilion (1,484) Berkeley, CA
December 11, 2016* 2:00 p.m.		Lehigh	W 96–63	9–0	Haas Pavilion (1,561) Berkeley, CA
December 19, 2016* 4:30 p.m.		vs. Southern Miss Puerto Rico Classic	W 71–51	10–0	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
December 20, 2016* 6:45 p.m.		vs. No. 20 Oklahoma Puerto Rico Classic	W 82–74	11–0	South Point Arena (185) Enterprise, NV
December 21, 2016* 9:15 p.m.		vs. Arkansas State Puerto Rico Classic	W 80–55	12–0	South Point Arena (95) Enterprise, NV
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2016 6:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Arizona	W 74–64	13–0 (1–0)	McKale Center (1,274) Tucson, AZ
January 1, 2017 2:00 p.m., P12N	No. 21	at No. 18 Arizona State	L 62–72 ^2OT	13–1 (1–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,682) Tempe, AZ
January 6, 2017 6:00 p.m., P12N	No. 20	No. 16 Oregon State	L 56–66	13–2 (1–2)	Haas Pavilion (2,021) Berkeley, CA
January 8, 2017 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 20	Oregon	L 66–69	13–3 (1–3)	Haas Pavilion (4,273) Berkeley, CA
January 13, 2017 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	at Colorado	W 65–53	14–3 (2–3)	Coors Events Center (1,571) Boulder, CO
January 15, 2017 11:00 a.m., P12N	No. 24	at Utah	L 57–63	14–4 (2–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,250) Salt Lake City, UT
January 20, 2017 8:00 p.m., P12N		No. 18 Arizona State	L 45–54	14–5 (2–5)	Haas Pavilion (1,622) Berkeley, CA
January 22, 2017 1:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona	W 71–60	15–5 (3–5)	Haas Pavilion (2,649) Berkeley, CA
January 27, 2017 6:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 7 Washington	L 67–90	15–6 (3–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608) Seattle, WA
January 29, 2017 1:00 p.m.		at Washington State	L 79–84	15–7 (3–7)	Beasley Coliseum (639) Pullman, WA
February 3, 2017 8:00 p.m., P12N		No. 13 UCLA	W 80–77	16–7 (4–7)	Haas Pavilion (2,461) Berkeley, CA
February 5, 2017 10:30 a.m.		USC	W 63–56	17–7 (5–7)	Haas Pavilion (3,052) Berkeley, CA
February 10, 2017 6:00 p.m., P12N		Utah	L 64–73	17–8 (5–8)	Haas Pavilion (1,537) Berkeley, CA
February 12, 2017 3:00 p.m., P12N		Colorado	L 59–64	17–9 (5–9)	Haas Pavilion (3,024) Berkeley, CA
February 16, 2017 8:00 p.m., P12N		No. 10 Stanford	L 66–72	17–10 (5–10)	Haas Pavilion (4,965) Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2017 5:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 10 Stanford	L 54–72	17–11 (5–11)	Maples Pavilion (4,327) Stanford, CA
February 24, 2017 6:00 p.m.		at Oregon	W 61–55	18–11 (6–11)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,691) Eugene, OR
February 26, 2017 11:00 a.m., P12N		at No. 10 Oregon State	L 56–71	18–12 (6–12)	Gill Coliseum (4,704) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 women's tournament
March 2, 2017 11:30 a.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (9) USC First round	W 71–58	19–12	KeyArena Seattle, WA
March 3, 2017 11:30 a.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon State Quarterfinals	L 49–65	19–13	KeyArena Seattle, WA
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 2017* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(9 O)	vs. (8 O) LSU First round	W 55–52	20–13	Ferrell Center (4,169) Waco, TX
March 20, 2017* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(9 O)	at (1 O) No. 5 Baylor Second round	L 46–86	20–14	Ferrell Center (3,910) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Pacific.