2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record14–16 (9–9 WCC)
Head coach
Associate head coachApril Phillips (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Elliott
  • Bridgette Reyes
Home arenaGersten Pavilion
Seasons
2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga† 14 – 4   .778 26 – 7   .788
BYU 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722 20 – 13   .606
San Francisco 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Loyola Marymount 9 – 9   .500 14 – 16   .467
Santa Clara 9 – 9   .500 14 – 16   .467
San Diego 7 – 11   .389 14 – 16   .467
Pacific 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Pepperdine 5 – 13   .278 7 – 23   .233
Portland 4 – 14   .222 6 – 24   .200
† 2017 WCC tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by fifth year head coach Charity Elliott, played their homes games at the Gersten Pavilion and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 9–9 in WCC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco.

Roster

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Bianca Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA
G 2 Shelbi Aimonetti 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr St. Francis Redwood City, CA
F 4 Cheyanne Wallace 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Sierra Canyon Woodland Hills, CA
G 11 Andee Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA
C 22 Raychel Stanley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV
G 23 Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Bishop Alemany North Hollywood, CA
F 24 Bree Alford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Miramonte Walnut Creek, CA
F 30 NK Ilang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So St. Anne's-Belfield Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G/F 31 Brittney Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, GA
G 32 Makenzie Cast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Carondelet Antioch, CA
F 33 Gabby Green (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Saint Mary's
California 		Oakland, CA
G 35 Cierra Belvin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Long Beach Poly Long Beach, CA
F 43 Jackie Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Eden Prairie HS
Minnesota 		Eden Prairie, MN
C 44 Josie Buckingham (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr New Richmond
Minnesota 		New Richmond, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2016*
7:00 pm 		The Master's W 98–73 
Gersten Pavilion (180)
Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Washington State L 45–92  0–1
 Beasley Coliseum (2,078)
Pullman, WA
11/13/2016*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Saint Louis L 76–90  0–2
 Gersten Pavilion (432)
Los Angeles, CA
11/17/2016*
5:00 pm 		at Oklahoma State L 58–66  0–3
 Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,752)
Stillwater, OK
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm 		at San Diego State W 60–53  1–3
 Viejas Arena (512)
San Diego, CA
11/25/2016*
2:30 pm, TheW.tv 		UC Irvine
LMU Thanksgiving Classic 		W 58–39  2–3
 Gersten Pavilion (351)
Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2016*
3:30 pm, TheW.tv 		Belmont
LMU Thanksgiving Classic 		L 72–79  2–4
 Gersten Pavilion (336)
Los Angeles, CA
11/29/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Seattle W 62–59  3–4
 Connolly Center (133)
Seattle, WA
12/02/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		UC Santa Barbara W 57–55  4–4
 Gersten Pavilion (427)
Los Angeles, CA
12/04/2016*
4:00 pm 		at Cal State Fullerton W 77–62  5–4
 Titan Gym (193)
Fullerton, CA
12/10/2016*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Long Beach State L 78–81 OT 5–5
 Gersten Pavilion (352)
Los Angeles, CA
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm, TheW.tv 		UC Riverside L 72–75  5–6
 Gersten Pavilion (312)
Los Angeles, CA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016
6:30 pm 		at Saint Mary's L 59–74  5–7
(0–1) 		McKeon Pavilion (484)
Moraga, CA
12/31/2016
1:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 59–76  5–8
(0–2) 		Marriott Center (793)
Provo, UT
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pepperdine W 72–60  6–8
(1–2) 		Gersten Pavilion (351)
Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2017
2:00 pm 		at Santa Clara L 64–71  6–9
(1–3) 		Leavey Center (350)
Santa Clara, CA
01/12/2017
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Gonzaga L 56–80  6–10
(1–4) 		Gersten Pavilion (263)
Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Portland W 69–54  7–10
(2–4) 		Gersten Pavilion (325)
Los Angeles, CA
01/19/2017
6:00 pm 		at San Diego L 58–61  7–11
(2–5) 		Jenny Craig Pavilion (318)
San Diego, CA
01/21/2017
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Santa Clara W 61–50  8–11
(3–5) 		Gersten Pavilion (329)
Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2017
7:00 pm 		at Pacific W 65–52  9–11
(4–5) 		Alex G. Spanos Center (397)
Stockton, CA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		BYU W 77–72 OT 10–11
(5–5) 		Gersten Pavilion (442)
Los Angeles, CA
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Diego W 63–55  11–11
(6–5) 		Gersten Pavilion (443)
Los Angeles, CA
02/04/2017
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Francisco L 72–79  11–12
(6–6) 		Gersten Pavilion (321)
Los Angeles, CA
02/09/2017
6:00 pm 		at Gonzaga L 61–73  11–13
(6–7) 		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,454)
Spokane, WA
02/11/2017
2:00 pm 		at Portland L 56–71  11–14
(6–8) 		Chiles Center (313)
Portland, OR
02/16/2017
12:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Saint Mary's W 72–57  12–14
(7–8) 		Gersten Pavilion (1,835)
Los Angeles, CA
02/18/2017
1:00 pm 		at Pepperdine W 87–78  13–14
(8–8) 		Firestone Fieldhouse (218)
Malibu, CA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm 		at San Francisco L 73–89  13–15
(8–9) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (335)
San Francisco, CA
02/25/2017
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pacific W 75–64  14–15
(9–9) 		Gersten Pavilion (518)
Los Angeles, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
8:00 pm, BYUtv 		(5) vs. (4) San Francisco
Quarterfinals 		L 67–80  14–16
 Orleans Arena (7,089)
Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2016.