2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by fifth year head coach Jen Hoover, are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 16–16, 6–10 in ACC play in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round before losing to Middle Tennessee in the second round.

2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2016–17 record1616 (610 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Terry
  • Gayle Coats Fulks
  • Dane Sparrow
Home arenaLJVM 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

201617 media

Wake Forest IMG Sports Network

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons IMG Sports Network will broadcast Demon Deacons games on Wake Forest All Access. You can also keep track on Twitter @WakeWBB. Post game interviews are posted on the schools YouTube Channel.

Roster

2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 1 Destini Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoHermitage Ossining, NY
G 2 Amber Campbell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrNorthwood Academy Charleston, SC
G 3 Ataijah Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrSalem Roanoke, VA
F 5 Clarisse Berranger 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrLycée Alain-Fournier
Université de Limoges
Remiremont, France
G 10 Taylor Gordon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoMcEachern Powder Springs, GA
G 11 Jill Brunori 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrHilton Head Preparatory Hilton Head, SC
G 14 Alex Sharp 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrAustralian Institute of Sport Melbourne, Australia
G 15 Kortni Simmons 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoWest Florence Spotsylvania, PA
F 21 Raegyn Branch 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrArlington Arlington, TX
G 23 Amber Long (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrRobbinsville Robbinsville, NC
G 24 Kelila Atkinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrRiverdale Baptist Woodbridge, VA
G 25 Ariel Stephenson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoPrince George Prince George, VA
F 32 Milan Quinn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrPhillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Charlotte, NC
F 41 Elisa Penna 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoITC F. Foscari Bergamo, Italy
F 42 Tyra Whitehead 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrCosby Richmond, VA
F 44 Ona Udoh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrTerry Sanford Fayetteville, NC
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
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
4:00 pm
Navy W 75–65  1–0
LJVM Coliseum (882)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/13/2016*
7:00 pm
at LSU L 57–60  1–1
Maravich Center (1,728)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm
Rutgers W 55–43  2–1
LJVM Coliseum (525)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm
Eastern Michigan W 89–61  3–1
LJVM Coliseum (482)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/23/2016*
4:00 pm
Furman W 59–52  4–1
LJVM Coliseum (407)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/26/2016*
2:00 pm
at Elon W 78–68  5–1
Alumni Gym (716)
Elon, NC
11/30/2016*
8:00 pm
at Illinois
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 79–70  6–1
State Farm Center (1,243)
Champaign, IL
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
at Seton Hall L 63–70  6–2
Walsh Gymnasium (657)
South Orange, NJ
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm
Xavier W 58–45  7–2
LJVM Coliseum (416)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/10/2016*
2:00 pm
Radford L 60–68  7–3
LJVM Coliseum (467)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm
Samford W 51–40  8–3
LJVM Coliseum (622)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/21/2016*
11:00 am
VCU W 60–54  9–3
LJVM Coliseum (5,557)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/31/2016*
4:30 pm
at James Madison L 76–83  9–4
JMU Convocation Center (3,212)
Harrisonburg, VA
ACC regular season
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 7 Notre Dame L 72–92  9–5 (0–1)
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,691)
South Bend, IN
01/08/2017
2:00 pm, RSN
NC State L 50–65  9–6 (0–2)
LJVM Coliseum (469)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
Clemson W 78–56  10–6 (1–2)
LJVM Coliseum (427)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
at No. 17 Virginia Tech L 70–72  10–7 (1–3)
Cassell Coliseum (1,789)
Blacksburg, VA
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
at North Carolina W 80–77  11–7 (2–3)
Carmichael Arena (1,476)
Chapel Hill, NC
01/22/2017
2:00 pm
Georgia Tech W 70–65 OT 12–7 (3–3)
LJVM Coliseum (1,022)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/26/2017
7:00 pm
Boston College W 71–55  13–7 (4–3)
LJVM Coliseum (427)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/29/2017
1:00 pm, RSN
at No. 14 Duke L 43–71  13–8 (4–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,008)
Durham, NC
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 16 Miami (FL) L 56–79  13–9 (4–5)
LJVM Coliseum (419)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/05/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
Pittsburgh W 57–48  14–9 (5–5)
LJVM Coliseum (576)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 5 Florida State L 60–102  14–10 (5–6)
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,906)
Tallahassee, FL
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Virginia L 57–60 OT 14–11 (5–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (4,378)
Charlottesville, VA
02/16/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 13 Duke L 53–79  14–12 (5–8)
LJVM Coliseum (1,118)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/19/2017
2:00 pm, ESPNU
at No. 15 NC State W 89–77  15–12 (6–8)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 20 Syracuse L 64–85  15–13 (6–9)
Carrier Dome (1,852)
Syracuse, NY
02/26/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 14 Louisville L 46–75  15–14 (6–10)
LJVM Coliseum (1,297)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
2:00 pm, RSN
(9) vs. (8) Virginia
Second Round
L 44–61  15–15
HTC Center (2,466)
Conway, SC
WNIT
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Bethune-Cookman
First Round
W 71–42  16–15
LJVM Coliseum (830)
Winston-Salem, NC
03/19/2017*
3:00 pm
at Middle Tennessee
Second Round
L 66–73  16–16
Murphy Center (2,519)
Murfreesboro, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

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