2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team represents Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Trent May's tenth season at Grand Canyon. The Antelopes compete as members of the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at GCU Arena. The 2016–17 season was year 4 of a 4-year transitional period for Grand Canyon from D2 to D1. In years 2–4 Grand Canyon is classified as a D1 school for scheduling purposes. They played a full conference schedule, and they could win the regular season conference title. However Grand Canyon couldn't participate in the conference tourney until the 2017–18 season, at which time they will also be able to enter the NCAA tournament, should they win the conference. Grand Canyon was eligible to participate in the WBI or WNIT should they be invited. They finished the season 15–12, 7–7 in WAC play to finish in fifth place.

2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2016–17 record15–12 (7–7 WAC)
Head coach
  • Trent May (10th season)
Assistant coaches
  • John Marcum
  • Milee Karee
  • Krystal Thomas
Home arenaGCU Arena
2016–17 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State140 1.000  247  .774
Cal State Bakersfield104 .714  1514  .517
Seattle104 .714  1518  .455
UTRGV86 .571  1914  .576
Grand Canyon*77 .500  1512  .556
UMKC410 .286  1019  .345
Utah Valley311 .214  922  .290
Chicago State014 .000  029  .000
2017 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll
* Ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

On March 7, Trent May will not return as a head coach.[1] He finished at Grand Canyon with a 10 year record of 195–96.

Roster

2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Aniya Baker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrPerris HS
UC Davis/San Jose State
Perris, CA
G 2 August Touchard 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SrJSerra Catholic Newport Beach, CA
F/C 4 Marina Laramie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SrFt. Zumwalt West
Indiana State/East Carolina
St. Louis, MO
G 5 Jessica Gajewski 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrMountain Creek State Brisbane, Australia
G 10 Alyx Bloom 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SrClay Center
Hutchinson CC
Clay Center, KS
G 11 Casey Rarrick 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoSaguaro Scottsdale, AZ
C 12 Erika Thomas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SrThe First Academy
Connecticut
Champaign, IL
G 13 Laura Marcos Canedo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrColegio Champagnat
South Florida
Salamanca, Spain
G 15 Alia Parsons 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSilverton Woodburn, OR
G/F 20 Vanessa Murphy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrXavier College Prep Phoenix, AZ
G 22 Carley Turnbull 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrMesa Mesa, AZ
G 23 Brie Mobley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrWinter Haven
UNC Wilmington
Winter Haven, FL
F 24 Kiara Clark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrCentennial
Glendale
Glendale, AZ
C 30 Julieh Clark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrSanger
Panola College
Denton, TX
F 32 Tanesha Daniels 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrFremont
Salt Lake CC
Brigham City, UT
C 42 Katelyn Lee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SoGordon Lee Chickamauga, GA
G 44 Jaclyn Lanz 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrSt, Mary's Academy Vancouver, WA
F 50 Zelor Massaquoi 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrReservoir Monrovia, Liberia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and Results

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2016*
10:00 am, GCU TV
Western State Colorado W 68–48 
GCU Arena 
Phoenix, AZ
01/04/2017*
7:00 pm, GCU TV
Arizona Christian W 77–54 
GCU Arena (305)
Phoenix, AZ
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, GCU TV
Alcorn State W 77–44  1–0
GCU Arena (869)
Phoenix, AZ
11/17/2016*
5:00 pm, ACC Extra
at Duke L 47–90  1–1
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,040)
Durham, NC
11/22/2016*
6:00 pm
at Rice L 50–64  1–2
Tudor Fieldhouse (498)
Houston, TX
11/25/2016*
12:00 pm, GCU TV
Denver
GCU Thanksgiving Classic
W 73–70 OT 2–2
GCU Arena (235)
Phoenix, AZ
11/26/2016*
3:00 pm, GCU TV
Idaho
GCU Thanksgiving Classic
W 64–60  3–2
GCU Arena (638)
Phoenix, AZ
11/29/2016*
8:00 pm
at UC Riverside L 64–77  3–3
The SRC (237)
Riverside, CA
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm, GCU TV
No. 13 Washington L 66–101  3–4
GCU Arena (537)
Phoenix, AZ
12/04/2016*
12:00 pm, GCU TV
Florida Atlantic W 81–60  4–4
GCU Arena (636)
Phoenix, AZ
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm, GCU TV
Cal Poly W 64–59  5–4
GCU Arena (372)
Phoenix, AZ
12/16/2016*
6:30 pm
at Southern Utah W 76–73  6–4
Centrum Arena (474)
Cedar City, UT
12/19/2016*
12:00 pm, GCU TV
Northern Arizona W 76–65  7–4
GCU Arena (404)
Phoenix, AZ
12/29/2016*
8:30 pm, Oceanic
at Hawaii L 47–51  7–5
Stan Sheriff Center (5,903)
Honolulu, HI
12/31/2016*
2:00 pm
at Chaminade W 85–55  8–5
McCabe Gym (115)
Honolulu, HI
WAC regular season
01/07/2017
7:00 pm
at Utah Valley W 62–46  9–5
(1–0)
UCCU Center (215)
Orem, UT
01/12/2017
7:00 pm, GCU TV
New Mexico State L 65–81  9–6
(1–1)
GCU Arena (656)
Phoenix, AZ
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, WAC DN
UTRGV W 60–59  10–6
(2–1)
GCU Arena (512)
Phoenix, AZ
01/21/2017
5:00 pm
at Seattle L 60–86  10–7
(2–2)
Connolly Center (276)
Seattle, WA
01/26/2017
7:00 pm, GCU TV
UMKC W 75–64  11–7
(3–2)
GCU Arena (657)
Phoenix, AZ
01/28/2017
7:00 pm, KASW
Chicago State W 57–39  12–7
(4–2)
GCU Arena (1,039)
Phoenix, AZ
02/04/2017
2:00 pm
at Cal State Bakersfield L 59–74  12–8
(4–3)
Icardo Center 
Bakersfield, CA
02/09/2017
6:00 pm, WAC DN
at UTRGV L 49–52  12–9
(4–4)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (833)
Edinburg, TX
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, WAC DN
at New Mexico State L 60–67  12–10
(4–5)
Pan American Center (1,741)
Las Cruces, NM
02/16/2017
7:00 pm, WAC DN
Seattle W 82–77  13–10
(5–5)
GCU Arena (677)
Phoenix, AZ
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, GCU TV
Utah Valley W 60–42  14–10
(6–5)
GCU Arena (563)
Phoenix, AZ
02/23/2017
6:00 pm
at Chicago State W 73–62  15–10
(7–5)
Jones Convocation Center (228)
Chicago, IL
02/25/2017
1:00 pm, WAC DN
at UMKC L 65–77  15–11
(7–6)
Swinney Recreation Center (323)
Kansas City, MO
03/04/2017
2:00 pm, WAC DN
Cal State Bakersfield L 64–80  15–12
(7–7)
GCU Arena (655)
Phoenix, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Standard Time.

See also

References

  1. "May will not return as women's basketball head coach" (Press release). Grand Canyon Antelopes. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  2. "Grand Canyon University - 2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gculopes.com.
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