2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Jaime White, played their home games at the Save Mart Center and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 18–15 overall, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the MW Tournament, they advanced to the championship game, where they lost to Boise State.

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball
LMU Thanksgiving Classic Champions
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2016–17 record18–15 (8–10 Mountain West)
Head coach
  • Jaime White (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mandi Carver
  • Laura Dinkins
  • Tom Perkins
Home arenaSave Mart Center
2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Colorado State153 .833  259  .735
Wyoming135 .722  2210  .688
Boise State126 .667  258  .758
UNLV126 .667  2211  .667
New Mexico108 .556  1515  .500
Utah State99 .500  1714  .548
Fresno State810 .444  1815  .545
San Jose State711 .389  1121  .344
San Diego State612 .333  1119  .367
Nevada513 .278  1119  .367
Air Force216 .111  425  .138
2017 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Raven Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoSkyline Dallas, TX
G 3 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoMacArthur
Minnesota
Dallas, TX
C 4 Bego Faz Davalos 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SoTecnologico De Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
C 5 Katelin Noyer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrWestlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand
G 10 Candace White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoModesto Christian Modesto, CA
F/C 13 Anais Kirvan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrBurwood
Vincennes
Ashfield, Australia
F 14 Jordanna Porter (I)  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoEllison
Utah
Killeen, TX
G 20 Emilie Volk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrBonnieville Ogden, UT
F 21 Kendra Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrSouth
Chipola College
Denver, CO
G 22 Zaria Branch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoMt. Miguel San Diego, CA
G 23 Breanne Knishka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoCashmere Dryden, WA
G 24 Saraya Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrPonderosa El Dorado Hills, CA
G/F 30 Kristina Cavey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrBerthoud Berthoud, CO
F/C 32 Sharae Chalmers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrNimitz Irving, TX
F 33 Megan Nilsson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrMt. Spokane Colbert, WA
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
Exitbition
11/04/2016*
5:00 pm
Azusa Pacific W 75–47 
Save Mart Center (1,587)
Fresno, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm
Biola W 71–50  1–0
Save Mart Center (2,048)
Fresno, CA
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm
Utah L 55–65  1–1
Save Mart Center (1,887)
Fresno, CA
11/18/2016*
7:00 pm
Cal State Northridge L 57–61  1–2
Save Mart Center (1,992)
Fresno, CA
11/25/2016*
12:00 pm
vs. Belmont
LMU Thanksgiving Classic
W 62–53  2–2
Gersten Pavilion (289)
Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2016*
1:00 pm
vs. UC Irvine
LMU Thanksgiving Classic
W 63–45  3–2
Gersten Pavilion (250)
Los Angeles, CA
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
San Francisco W 61–48  4–2
Save Mart Center (5,147)
Fresno, CA
12/02/2016*
2:00 pm
at No. 13 Washington L 54–85  4–3
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
Cal State Dominguez Hills W 73–60  5–3
Save Mart Center (1,924)
Fresno, CA
12/10/2016*
5:00 pm
at Pacific W 74–67  6–3
Stockton Arena 
Stockton, CA
12/16/2016*
7:00 pm
UC Santa Barbara L 49–50  6–4
Save Mart Center (2,190)
Fresno, CA
12/19/2016*
11:00 am
at Weber State W 60–57  7–4
Dee Events Center (3,651)
Ogden, UT
Mountain West regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm
New Mexico L 54–80  7–5
(0–1)
Save Mart Center (2,042)
Fresno, CA
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
at Nevada W 71–70  8–5
(1–1)
Lawlor Events Center (975)
Reno, NV
01/04/2017
5:30 pm
at Wyoming L 48–70  8–6
(1–2)
Arena-Auditorium (2,054)
Laramie, WY
01/07/2017
2:00 pm
San Jose State W 88–74  9–6
(2–2)
Save Mart Center (2,044)
Fresno, CA
01/11/2017
7:00 pm
Air Force W 63–40  10–6
(3–2)
Save Mart Center (2,276)
Fresno, CA
01/14/2017
1:00 pm
at Boise State L 66–67  10–7
(3–3)
Taco Bell Arena (536)
Boise, ID
01/18/2017
6:00 pm
at Colorado State L 56–73  10–8
(3–4)
Moby Arena (1,243)
Fort Collins, CO
01/21/2016
2:00 pm
Nevada W 68–54  11–8
(4–4)
Save Mart Center (2,301)
Fresno, CA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm
Utah State L 47–52  11–9
(4–5)
Save Mart Center (2,042)
Fresno, CA
02/01/2017
6:00 pm
at Air Force W 72–56  12–9
(5–5)
Clune Arena (542)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/04/2017
2:00 pm
at San Diego State W 59–51  13–9
(6–5)
Viejas Arena (875)
San Diego, CA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
Wyoming W 52–47  14–9
(7–5)
Save Mart Center (2,035)
Fresno, CA
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Colorado State W 66–64 OT 14–10
(7–6)
Save Mart Center (2,165)
Fresno, CA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
at San Jose State L 68–77  14–11
(7–7)
Event Center Arena (618)
San Jose, CA
02/18/2017
1:00 pm
at New Mexico L 57–66  14–12
(7–8)
The Pit (4,895)
Albuquerque, NM
02/22/2017
7:00 pm
San Diego State W 59–50  15–12
(8–8)
Save Mart Center (2,121)
Fresno, CA
02/28/2017
7:00 pm
Boise State L 48–66  15–13
(8–9)
Save Mart Center (2,090)
Fresno, CA
03/03/2017
6:00 pm
at UNLV L 38–54  15-14
(8-10)
Cox Pavilion (1,531)
Paradise, NV
Mountain West Tournament
03/06/2017
4:30 pm
(7) vs. (10) Nevada
First round
W 62–57  16–14
Thomas & Mack Center (1,414)
Paradise, NV
03/07/2017
6:00 pm
(7) vs. (2) Wyoming
Quarterfinals
W 58–48  17–14
Thomas & Mack Center (1,642)
Paradise, NV
03/08/2017
9:00 pm
(7) at (3) UNLV
Semifinals
W 53–51  18–14
Thomas & Mack Center (1,670)
Paradise, NV
03/10/2017
12:00 pm
(7) vs. (4) Boise State
Championship game
L 53–66  18–15
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

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