2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represents North Carolina State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by fourth-year head coach Wes Moore, return to play their home games at Reynolds Coliseum after a one year of renovation and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Auburn in the first round before losing to Texas in the second round.

2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 17
2016–17 record239 (124 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nikki West
  • Gene Hill
  • Lindsay Edmonds
Home arenaReynolds Coliseum
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame151 .938  334  .892
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 10 Florida State133 .813  287  .800
No. 13 Louisville124 .750  298  .784
No. 17 NC State124 .750  239  .719
No. 21 Syracuse115 .688  2211  .667
No. 16 Miami (FL)106 .625  249  .727
Virginia79 .438  2013  .606
Wake Forest610 .375  1616  .500
Georgia Tech511 .313  2214  .611
Virginia Tech412 .250  2014  .588
Pittsburgh412 .250  1317  .433
Clemson313 .188  1516  .484
North Carolina313 .188  1516  .484
Boston College214 .125  921  .300
2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Camille Anderson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoBuford Buford, GA
G 1 Aislinn Konig 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrBrookswood Secondary Surrey, BC
G 2 Kaila Ealey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS FrNeedham Broughton Raleigh, NC
G 3 Miah Spencer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrColumbia Decatur, GA
G 4 Ashley Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrGreen Hope Cary, NC
F 5 Chelsea Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrJohn Overton Antioch, TN
F 11 Jennifer Mathurin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrChamplain College State Lambert Montreal, Quebec
G 15 Lucky Rudd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrNew Hope Thomasville, NC
G 21 DD Rodgers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoMyers Park Charlotte, NC
G 22 Dominique Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrMcEachern
Arkansas
Powder Springs, GA
G 23 Amber Richardson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoSoutheast Raleigh Garner, NC
F 24 Erika Cassell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrHoly Innocents Marietta, GA
C 32 Akela Maize 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrNew Hope Christian Academy Greensboro, NC
C 44 Nae Nae Cole 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoPaul IV Gainesville, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Media

WKNC acts as the home for Wolfpack women's basketball. Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale provide the call for the games. ESPN and the ACC RSN will televise select Wolfpack games during the season. All non-televised home conference games will be shown on ESPN3 using the radio broadcasters for the call.

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
UNC Pembroke W 96–54 
Reynolds Coliseum (1,001)
Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
6:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Wofford W 80–40  1–0
Reynolds Coliseum (1,662)
Raleigh, NC
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Hampton W 81–56  2–0
Reynolds Coliseum (1,773)
Raleigh, NC
11/19/2016*
6:00 pm, ACCN Extra
College of Charleston W 91–47  3–0
Reynolds Coliseum (2,152)
Raleigh, NC
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Maryland Eastern Shore W 77–58  4–0
Reynolds Coliseum (1,794)
Raleigh, NC
11/24/2016*
1:00 pm
vs. Kansas State
Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division
L 50–67  4–1
Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/25/2016*
3:15 pm
vs. UTEP
Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division
W 71–55  5–1
Sports and Fitness Center (132)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/26/2016*
1:00 pm
vs. LSU
Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division
L 58–59  5–2
Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, USVI
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Indiana
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 84–70  6–2
Reynolds Coliseum (2,203)
Raleigh, NC
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
North Florida W 78–52  7–2
Reynolds Coliseum (1,701)
Raleigh, NC
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
UNC Wilmington W 86–54  8–2
Reynolds Coliseum (2,093)
Raleigh, NC
12/14/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
North Carolina Central W 83–33  9–2
Reynolds Coliseum (1,947)
Raleigh, NC
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm
at Tulane L 58–63  9–3
Devlin Fieldhouse (726)
New Orleans, LA
12/19/2016*
6:30 pm
at South Alabama W 74–31  10–3
Mitchell Center 
Mobile, AL
ACC regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 2 Notre Dame W 70–62  11–3 (1–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (3,677)
Raleigh, NC
01/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 6 Florida State W 70–61  12–3 (2–0)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,059)
Tallahassee, FL
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Miami (FL) L 64–67  12–4 (2–1)
Reynolds Coliseum (2,574)
Raleigh, NC
01/08/2017
2:00 pm, RSN
at Wake Forest W 65–50  13–4 (3–1)
LJVM Coliseum (469)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/12/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 23 at Syracuse L 75–85  13–5 (3–2)
Carrier Dome (872)
Syracuse, NY
01/15/2017
3:00 pm, RSN
No. 23 No. 12 Duke W 55–52  14–5 (4–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,657)
Raleigh, NC
01/22/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 21 Clemson W 65–53  15–5 (5–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (2,893)
Raleigh, NC
01/26/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 18 Pittsburgh W 55–42  16–5 (6–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (2,617)
Raleigh, NC
01/29/2017
3:00 pm, RSN
No. 18 at North Carolina
Carolina–State Game
L 70–83  16–6 (6–3)
Carmichael Auditorium (5,998)
Chapel Hill, NC
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 19 at No. 9 Louisville W 72–70 OT 17–6 (7–3)
KFC Yum! Center (8,251)
Louisville, KY
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
No. 17 at Georgia Tech W 75–67  18–6 (8–3)
Hank McCamish Pavilion (748)
Atlanta, GA
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 17 Virginia Tech W 85–71  19–6 (9–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,467)
Raleigh, NC
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
No. 15 at Boston College W 70–58  20–6 (10–3)
Conte Forum (781)
Chestnut Hill, MA
02/19/2017
2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 15 Wake Forest L 77–89  20–7 (10–4)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, RSN
No. 18 North Carolina
Carolina–State Game
W 80–60  21–7 (11–4)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,877)
Raleigh, NC
02/27/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 18 at Virginia W 59–48  22–7 (12–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (3,819)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
11:00 am, RSN
(4) No. 17 vs. (5) No. 14 Louisville
Quarterfinals
L 58–59  22–8
HTC Center (3,004)
Conway, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(6 L) No. 17 vs. (11 L) Auburn
First Round
W 62–48  23–8
Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, TX
03/19/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
(6 L) No. 17 at (3 L) No. 14 Texas
Second Round
L 80–84  23–9
Frank Erwin Center (3,476)
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern.

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Rankings

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Legend
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

References

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