2016–17 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team

2016–17 Toledo Rockets women's basketball
MAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record25–9 (12–6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Vicki Hall
  • Tony Greene
  • Tiffany Swoffard
Home arenaSavage Arena
Seasons
2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 13 – 5   .722 19 – 13   .594
Ohio 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
Buffalo 10 – 8   .556 22 – 10   .688
Miami (OH) 5 – 13   .278 11 – 21   .344
Bowling Green 4 – 14   .222 8 – 23   .258
Akron 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
West
Central Michigan 15 – 3   .833 23 – 9   .719
Ball State 14 – 4   .778 21 – 11   .656
Toledo † 12 – 6   .667 25 – 9   .735
Northern Illinois 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Western Michigan 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Eastern Michigan 1 – 17   .056 6 – 25   .194
† 2017 MAC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2017

The 2016–17 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team represented University of Toledo during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rockets, led by ninth year head coach Tricia Cullop, played their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They defeated Kent State, Buffalo and Northern Illinois to win the MAC Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2001. They lost to Creighton in the first round.

Roster

2016–17 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Olivia Cunningham 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Horn Lake
Murray State 		Horn Lake, MS
F 1 Sara Rokkanen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mäkelänrinne Helsinki, Finland
G 2 Mikaela Boyd 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Proviso West Hillside, IL
G 3 Mariella Santucci 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Liceo Scientifico Sabin Bologna, Italy
G/F 5 Sarah St-Fort 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dawson College Montreal, Quebec
F 10 Merveilles Tshitenge 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr ESCC
Redlands CC 		Neuchâtel, Switzerland
G 11 Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Greig City Academy London, England
F 12 Janice Monakana (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Greig City Academy London, England
C 15 Kaayla McIntyre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Notre Dame Academy Toledo, OH
G 22 Halee Printz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Tippecanoe Tipp City, OH
F 23 Tanaya Beacham 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Toledo Rogers Youngstown, OH
F 24 Michaela Rasmussen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Holy Family Chaska, MN
G/F 35 Jada Woody 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Plymouth Canton, MI
C 43 Sophie Reecher 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Byron Byron, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source: [1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2016*
12:00 pm 		Lock Haven (PA) W 99–41 
Savage Arena 
Toledo, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 12, 2016*
1:00 pm 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 76–60  1–0
 American Bank Center (477)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 15, 2016*
5:30 pm, ESPN3 		Rhode Island W 65–50  2–0
 Savage Arena (3,189)
Toledo, OH
November 19, 2016*
12:00 pm 		at Cleveland State W 92–59  3–0
 Wolstein Center (197)
Cleveland, OH
November 24, 2016*
4:30 pm 		vs. Davidson
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division 		W 76–41  4–0
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2016*
6:30 pm 		vs. No. 9 UCLA
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division 		L 73–75  4–1
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610)
Cancún, Mexico
December 1, 2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		UIC W 79–51  5–1
 Savage Arena (3,421)
Toledo, OH
December 4, 2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Madonna W 99–47  6–1
 Savage Arena (3,487)
Toledo, OH
December 9, 2016*
11:00 am, SPCSN 		at Dayton W 76–72  7–1
 UD Arena (9,007)
Dayton, OH
December 11, 2016*
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		St. Bonaventure W 74–50  8–1
 Savage Arena (3,143)
Toledo, OH
December 18, 2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 2 Notre Dame L 68–85  8–2
 Savage Arena (5,697)
Toledo, OH
December 21, 2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Detroit W 72–66  9–2
 Savage Arena (3,548)
Toledo, OH
MAC regular season
December 31, 2016*
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State L 45–51  9–3 (0–1)
 Savage Arena (3,509)
Toledo, OH
January 4, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Eastern Michigan W 66–49  10–3 (1–1)
 Convocation Center (757)
Ypsilanti, MI
January 7, 2017
12:00 pm, BCSN/SPCSN 		Miami (OH) W 64–50  11–3 (2–1)
 Savage Arena (3,381)
Toledo, OH
January 11, 2017
7:00 pm, BCSN/SPCSN 		at Buffalo W 73–64  12–3 (3–1)
 Alumni Arena (1,102)
Buffalo, NY
January 14, 2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Illinois L 73–77  12–4 (3–2)
 Savage Arena (3,758)
Toledo, OH
January 18, 2017
7:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 		Ohio L 55–64  12–5 (3–3)
 Savage Arena (3,594)
Toledo, OH
January 21, 2017
4:00 pm 		at Kent State L 60–70  12–6 (3–4)
 MAC Center (424)
Kent, OH
January 28, 2017
4:30 pm 		Central Michigan W 74–72  13–6 (4–4)
 Savage Arena (4,309)
Toledo, OH
February 1, 2017
7:00 pm 		Buffalo W 85–63  14–6 (5–4)
 Savage Arena (3,410)
Toledo, OH
February 4, 2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Ohio L 55–61  14–7 (5–5)
 Convocation Center (3,356)
Athens, OH
February 8, 2017
7:00 pm 		at Western Michigan W 72–66  15–7 (6–5)
 University Arena (500)
Kalamazoo, MI
February 11, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Bowling Green W 74–59  16–7 (7–5)
 Savage Arena (4,363)
Toledo, OH
February 15, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Akron W 61–57  17–7 (8–5)
 James A. Rhodes Arena (516)
Akron, OH
February 18, 2017
12:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 		at Central Michigan L 61–72  17–8 (8–6)
 McGuirk Arena (1,822)
Mount Pleasant, MI
February 22, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Eastern Michigan W 65–57  18–8 (9–6)
 Savage Arena (3,372)
Toledo, OH
February 25, 2017
2:00 pm 		Western Michigan W 75–67  19–8 (10–6)
 Savage Arena (4,091)
Toledo, OH
March 1, 2017
9:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 		at Northern Illinois W 79–75  20–8 (11–6)
 Convocation Center (763)
DeKalb, IL
March 4, 2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Ball State W 76–66 OT 21–8 (12–6)
 Worthen Arena (1,785)
Muncie, IN
MAC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2017
5:30 pm, ESPN3 		(6) (11) Akron
First Round 		W 65–37  22–8
 Savage Arena (3,627)
Toledo, OH
March 8, 2017
7:30 pm, BCSN/ESPN3 		(6) vs. (3) Kent State
Quarterfinals 		W 66–63  23–8
 Quicken Loans Arena (3,433)
Cleveland, OH
March 10, 2017
1:30 pm, BCSN/ESPN3 		(6) vs. (7) Buffalo
Semifinals 		W 72–65  24–8
 Quicken Loans Arena (1,277)
Cleveland, OH
March 11, 2017
11:00 am, CBSSN 		(6) vs. (4) Northern Illinois
Championship Game 		W 82–71  25–8
 Quicken Loans Arena (1,589)
Cleveland, OH
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2017*
7:30 pm, ESPN2 		(10 S) vs. (7 S) Creighton
First Round 		L 49–76  25–9
 Gill Coliseum (4,692)
Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Stockton Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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