2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by sixth year head coach Richard Barron, played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Albany.

2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge champions
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2016–17 record18–16 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Amy Vachon
  • Edniesha Curry
  • Samantha Baranowski
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Hampshire15–1 .938  26–6  .813
Albany †12–4 .750  21–12  .636
UMBC10–6 .625  15–16  .484
Maine9–7 .563  18–16  .529
Binghamton8–8 .500  13–17  .433
Hartford7–9 .438  17–14  .548
Vermont6–10 .375  9–20  .310
Stony Brook5–11 .313  12–18  .400
UMass Lowell*0–16 .000  3–26  .103
† 2017 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster
2016–17 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrMount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME
G 3 Naira Caceres 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrCB Islas Canarias Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SoCalais Calais, ME
F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrTresnjevka Zagreb, Croatia
G 10 Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrCollège Montmorency Repentigny, QE
F 13 Laia Sole 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrIne Joaquim Blume Igualada, Spain
F 21 Sheraton Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrCanyon Anaheim Hills, CA
G 22 Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrColegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne		 Philadelphia, PA
F 31 Anita Kelava 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrCroatian National Team Zagreb, Croatia
G 32 Isabel Hernandez Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoPolisportiva Battipagliese Rome, Italy
F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrAcademy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
G 42 Sigi Koizar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrStearns
Billrothgymnasium		 Vienna, Austria
F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrLuleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden
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
10/30/2016*
12:00 pm		 Stonehill W 74–54 
Cross Insurance Center (1,303)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN3		 Purdue
Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals		 W 67–47  1–0
 Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
11/12/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 No. 10 Mississippi State
Maine Tip-Off Tournament championship		 L 43–87  1–1
 Cross Insurance Center (2,182)
Bangor, ME
11/15/2016*
6:00 pm, NESN		 at Harvard L 62–69  1–2
 Lavietes Pavilion (413)
Cambridge, MA
11/20/2016*
5:00 pm		 vs. Saint Peter's
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 W 59–43  2–2
 Colonial Life Arena (11,795)
Columbia, SC
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm		 at No. 3 South Carolina
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 L 42–79  2–3
 Colonial Life Arena (11,057)
Columbia, SC
11/22/2016*
5:00 pm		 vs. Hampton
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 L 49–58  2–4
 Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
11/27/2016*
6:00 pm		 vs. Chattanooga
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 W 49–39  3–4
 MassMutual Center (1,812)
Springfield, MA
12/02/2016*
6:00 pm		 at Clemson L 61–69  3–5
 Littlejohn Coliseum (299)
Clemson, SC
12/07/2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN3		 Northeastern W 68–49  4–5
 Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Dartmouth W 60–55  5–5
 Cross Insurance Center (1,538)
Bangor, ME
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm		 at Bryant W 77–52  6–5
 Chace Athletic Center (248)
Smithfield, RI
12/19/2016*
3:00 pm		 vs. East Tennessee State
Miami Holiday Tournament semifinals		 W 61–48  7–5
 Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
12/20/2016*
5:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at No. 11 Miami (FL)
Miami Holiday Tournament		 L 51–76  7–6
 Watsco Center (624)
Coral Gables, FL
12/28/2016*
3:00 pm		 at Tulane L 62–77  7–7
 Devlin Fieldhouse (606)
New Orleans, LA
12/30/2016*
2:00 pm		 at Boston College L 53–64  7–8
 Conte Forum (1,323)
Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, AETV		 at Vermont L 52–55  7–9 (0–1)
 Patrick Gym (348)
Burlington, VT
01/07/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN3		 UMBC W 72–40  8–9 (1–1)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,673)
Bangor, ME
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at UMass Lowell W 65–44  9–9 (2–1)
 Costello Athletic Center (184)
Lowell, MA
01/14/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Stony Brook L 41–55  9–10 (2–2)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (530)
Stony Brook, NY
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Hartford W 73–62  10–10 (3–2)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at New Hampshire L 44–50  10–11 (3–3)
 Lundholm Gym (403)
Durham, NH
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Albany W 73–62  11–11 (4–3)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,359)
Bangor, ME
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Binghamton L 52–58  11–12 (4–4)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,355)
Vestal, NY
02/01/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Vermont W 59–43  12–12 (5–4)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,193)
Bangor, ME
02/04/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at UMBC L 62–66  12–13 (5–5)
 Retriever Activities Center 
Catonsville, MD
02/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Hartford W 66–60  13–13 (6–5)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,003)
Hartford, CT
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 UMass Lowell W 76–50  14–13 (7–5)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,050)
Bangor, ME
02/12/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Stony Brook W 78–71 OT 15–13 (8–5)
 Cross Insurance Center (2,306)
Bangor, ME
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 New Hampshire L 57–65  15–14 (8–6)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,645)
Bangor, ME
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Albany L 60–64  15–15 (8–7)
 SEFCU Arena (1,543)
Albany, NY
02/26/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Binghamton W 62–49  16–15 (9–7)
 Cross Insurance Center (2,372)
Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
2:30 pm, ESPN3		 (4) (5) Binghamton
Quarterfinals		 W 57–40  17–15
 Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
03/05/2017
4:30 pm, ESPN3		 (4) (1) New Hampshire
Semifinals		 W 61–52  18–15
 Cross Insurance Arena (1,847)
Portland, ME
03/10/2017
4:30 pm, ESPNU		 (4) at (2) Albany
Championship		 L 50–66  18–16
 SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References
  1. http://goblackbears.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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