2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

2016–17 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	† 2017 A10 Tournament winner ; As of March 20, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

George Washington Colonials women's basketball
2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball
Atlantic 10 regular season co–champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2016–17 record	20–10 (13–3 A-10)
Head coach	Jennifer Rizzotti (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Bill Sullivan; Jackie Smith; Laura Harper;
Home arena	Charles E. Smith Center

The 2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team represented George Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonials, led by first year head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, played their home games at Charles E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Dayton. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Duquesne. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Navy in the first round.

2016–17 media

WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.

Roster

2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Kelsi Mahoney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Jay M. Robinson	Concord, NC
G	2	Camila Tapias	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	IMG Academy	Bogota, Colombia
F	3	Caira Washington	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Georgetown Day School	Brandywine, MD
G	5	Brianna Cummings	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Greater Atlanta Christian	Lawrenceville, GA
G	12	Harper Birdsong	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Nansemond-Suffolk Academy	Suffolk, VA
G	13	Shannon Cranshaw	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Father Lopez	Ormond Beach, FL
G	15	Mia Farmer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Cardinal O'Hara	Philadelphia, PA
G	20	Hannah Schaible	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Dr. Phillips	Orlando, FL
G	21	Mei-Lyn Bautista	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	St. Mary's	Whitestone, NY
F	22	Jada Matthews	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Winslow Township	Sicklerville, NJ
F	24	Lexi Martins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Irvington Lehigh	Irvington, NY
C	25	Kelli Prange	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Damascus	Damascus, MD
G	33	Kendall Bresee	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Urbana	Frederick, MD

Head coach

Jennifer Rizzotti (Connecticut)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Sullivan (Connecticut)
Jackie Smith (Hartford)
Laura Harper (Maryland)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm	at Georgetown	L 57–72	0–1	McDonough Gymnasium (1,413) Washington, D.C.
11/13/2016* 12:00 pm	Princeton	W 56–45	1–1	Charles E. Smith Center (1,003) Washington, D.C.
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm	Coppin State	W 77–46	2–1	Charles E. Smith Center (427) Washington, D.C.
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm	at Villanova	W 72–69	3–1	The Pavilion (735) Villanova, PA
11/25/2016* 7:30 pm	vs. No. 11 Syracuse Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 71–74	3–2	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/26/2016* 1:30 pm	vs. Florida Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round	W 76–47	4–2	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/27/2016* 1:30 pm	vs. WKU Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	W 68–49	5–2	Germain Arena Estero, FL
12/02/2016 7:00 pm	VCU	W 81–68	6–2 (1–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (764) Washington, D.C.
12/04/2016* 12:00 pm	Illinois	W 72–56	7–2	Charles E. Smith Center (466) Washington, D.C.
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm	at American	L 61–66 ^OT	7–3	Bender Arena (279) Washington, D.C.
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm	at South Dakota State	L 55–60	7–4	Frost Arena (1,111) Brookings, SD
12/21/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 14 Stanford	L 52–71	7–5	Charles E. Smith Center (1,270) Washington, D.C.
12/23/2016* 12:00 pm	Loyola (MD)	W 74–64	8–5	Charles E. Smith Center (907) Washington, D.C.
01/01/2017 1:00 pm, CBSSN	at Duquesne	W 75–40	9–5 (2–0)	Palumbo Center (537) Pittsburgh, PA
01/04/2017 7:00 pm	Saint Joseph's	W 53–44	10–5 (3–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (766) Washington, D.C.
01/08/2017 3:00 pm, CBSSN	at Dayton	L 48–50	10–6 (3–1)	UD Arena (2,060) Dayton, OH
01/11/2017 11:00 am	at George Mason	W 79–71 ^OT	11–6 (4–1)	EagleBank Arena (465) Fairfax, VA
01/15/2017 2:00 pm, CBSSN	Davidson	W 76–62	12–6 (5–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (872) Washington, D.C.
01/21/2017 3:00 pm	at Massachusetts	W 60–54 ^2OT	13–6 (6–1)	Mullins Center (903) Amherst, MA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm	at Saint Louis	L 59–67	13–7 (6–2)	Chaifetz Arena (527) St. Louis, MO
01/29/2017 5:00 pm, ASN	Duquesne	L 63–73	13–8 (6–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,068) Washington, D.C.
02/01/2017 12:00 pm, NBCSN	Fordham	W 63–46	14–8 (7–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,919) Washington, D.C.
02/04/2017 1:00 pm	at La Salle	W 79–65	15–8 (8–3)	Tom Gola Arena (346) Philadelphia, PA
02/08/2017 7:00 pm	at Rhode Island	W 72–44	16–8 (9–3)	Ryan Center (373) Kingston, RI
02/12/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU	Dayton	W 52–39	17–8 (10–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (833) Washington, D.C.
02/15/2017 7:00 pm	St. Bonaventure	W 63–57	18–8 (11–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (405) Washington, D.C.
02/18/2017 2:00 pm	George Mason	W 80–49	19–8 (12–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,587) Washington, D.C.
02/22/2017 7:00 pm	at Richmond	W 63–44	20–8 (13–3)	Robins Center (751) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 4:30 pm, ASN	vs. Duquense Quarterfinals	L 58–62	20–9	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
WNIT
03/17/2017* 7:00 pm	Navy First Round	L 51–61 ^OT	20–10	Charles E. Smith Center (412) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR

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

References

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George Washington Colonials women's basketball
Venues	Charles E. Smith Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	George Mason
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

2016–17 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton †	13	–	3	.813	22	–	10	.688
George Washington	13	–	3	.813	20	–	10	.667
Saint Louis	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Saint Joseph's	12	–	4	.750	17	–	15	.531
Fordham	11	–	5	.688	22	–	12	.647
La Salle	9	–	7	.563	17	–	13	.567
Duquesne	8	–	8	.500	18	–	16	.529
VCU	8	–	8	.500	16	–	15	.516
Richmond	7	–	9	.438	13	–	17	.433
George Mason	6	–	10	.375	13	–	17	.433
St. Bonaventure	4	–	12	.250	9	–	20	.310
Davidson	4	–	12	.250	6	–	23	.207
UMass	3	–	13	.188	9	–	21	.300
Rhode Island	2	–	14	.125	6	–	23	.207


† 2017 A10 Tournament winner As of March 20, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

2016–17 media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References