2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

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.

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2016–17 record1416 (99 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • April Phillips
  • Chris Elliott
  • Bridgette Reyes
Home arenaGersten Pavilion
2016–17 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga144 .778  267  .788
BYU135 .722  2012  .625
Saint Mary's135 .722  2013  .606
San Francisco117 .611  1813  .581
Loyola Marymount99 .500  1416  .467
Santa Clara99 .500  1416  .467
San Diego711 .389  1416  .467
Pacific513 .278  1021  .323
Pepperdine513 .278  723  .233
Portland414 .222  624  .200
2017 WCC Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Bianca Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoMater Dei Santa Ana, CA
G 2 Shelbi Aimonetti 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrSt. Francis Redwood City, CA
F 4 Cheyanne Wallace 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoSierra Canyon Woodland Hills, CA
G 11 Andee Velasco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoMater Dei Santa Ana, CA
C 22 Raychel Stanley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrBishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV
G 23 Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrBishop Alemany North Hollywood, CA
F 24 Bree Alford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrMiramonte Walnut Creek, CA
F 30 NK Ilang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SoSt. Anne's-Belfield Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G/F 31 Brittney Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrVista Murrieta Murrieta, GA
G 32 Makenzie Cast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrCarondelet Antioch, CA
F 33 Gabby Green (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSaint Mary's
California
Oakland, CA
G 35 Cierra Belvin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrLong Beach Poly Long Beach, CA
F 43 Jackie Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SrEden Prairie HS
Minnesota
Eden Prairie, MN
C 44 Josie Buckingham (I)  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrNew 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.

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