2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by fifteenth year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 16–11, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	16–11 (7–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Dayna Smith (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Val Klopfer Brendan Burke Bobby Savino
Home arena	Newman Arena

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.

Roster

2016–17 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown G 03 Taylor DePalma 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Ithaca, NY G 04 Danielle Jorgenson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Orono, MN G 05 Dylan Higgins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bala Cynwyd, PA G 10 Janée Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Burlington Township, NJ G 12 Samantha Widmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lawrenceville, NJ G 13 Caroline Shelquist 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Minnetonka, MN G 22 Kerri Moran 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Far Hills, NJ G 23 Samantha Clement 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Anaheim, CA F 23 Nia Marshall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Macedonia, OH F 25 Jessica Willerson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Falmouth, ME F 30 Reena Olsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cortlandt Manor, NY F 32 Nicholle Aston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Woodland Hills, CA F 33 Christine Ehland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Pittsburgh, PA G 34 Marie Hatch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bethesda, MD F 35 Maddy Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Arlington, VA G 44 Megan LeDuc 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Vienna, VA F 45 Stephanie Umeh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Los Angeles, CA	Head coach Dayna Smith (Rhode Island) Assistant coach(es) Val Klopfer (Wake Forest) Brendan Burke (Endicott) Bobby Savino (Ithaca) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		New Hampshire	W 63–56	1–0	Newman Arena (312) Ithaca, NY
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm		Loyola (MD)	W 58–50	2–0	Newman Arena (365) Ithaca, NY
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm		at Colgate	W 70–57	3–0	Cotterell Court (618) Hamilton, NY
11/19/2016* 12:00 pm		at Towson	L 63–68	3–1	SECU Arena (263) Towson, MD
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		Howard	W 67–55	4–1	Newman Arena (310) Ithaca, NY
11/26/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Pittsburgh	L 44–56	4–2	Peterson Events Center (717) Pittsburgh, PA
11/28/2016* 7:00 pm		at Saint Francis (PA)	W 78–72	5–2	DeGol Arena (406) Loretto, PA
12/03/2016* 1:00 pm		Drexel	L 53–63	5–3	Newman Arena (319) Ithaca, NY
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm		at Youngstown State	W 80–75	6–3	Beeghly Center (1,140) Youngstown, OH
12/22/2016* 5:00 pm		Canisius	W 60–43	7–3	Newman Arena (412) Ithaca, NY
12/30/2016* 1:00 pm		at Stony Brook	L 65–66 2OT	7–4	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (522) Stony Brook, NY
01/01/2017* 2:00 pm		at Binghamton	W 54–51	8–4	Binghamton University Events Center (1,339) Vestal, NY
01/05/2017* 6:00 pm		at Delaware State	W 72–51	9–4	Memorial Hall (257) Dover, NY
Ivy League regular season
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Columbia	W 77–70	10–4 (1–0)	Newman Arena  Ithaca, NY
01/21/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Columbia	W 69–55	11–4 (2–0)	Levien Gymnasium (875) New York City, NY
01/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Harvard	L 59–62	11–5 (2–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (653) Cambridge, MA
01/28/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Dartmouth	L 74–84	11–6 (2–2)	Leede Arena (1,117) Hanover, NH
02/03/2017 6:00 pm		at Brown	L 67–72	11–7 (2–3)	Pizzitola Sports Center (232) Providence, RI
02/04/2017 6:00 pm		at Yale	W 76–63	12–7 (3–3)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (427) New Haven, CT
02/10/2017 6:00 pm		Princeton	L 54–58	12–8 (3–4)	Newman Arena (659) Ithaca, NY
02/11/2017 5:00 pm		Penn	L 55–61	12–9 (3–5)	Newman Arena (729) Ithaca, NY
02/17/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Dartmouth	W 72–57	13–9 (4–5)	Newman Arena (467) Ithaca, NY
02/18/2017 5:00 pm		Harvard	W 57–52	14–9 (5–5)	Newman Arena (559) Ithaca, NY
02/24/2017 7:00 pm		at Penn	L 34–47	14–10 (5–6)	Palestra (1,013) Philadelphia, PA
02/25/2017 6:00 pm		at Princeton	W 55–44	15–10 (6–6)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,245) Princeton, NJ
03/03/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Yale	W 59–49	16–10 (7–6)	Newman Arena (621) Ithaca, NY
03/04/2017 5:00 pm		Brown	L 46–67	16–11 (7–7)	Newman Arena (1,625) Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team