2016–17 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team represented Lipscomb University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bisons, led by fifth year head coach Greg Brown, played their home games at Allen Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 6–24, 3–11 in A-Sun play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Jacksonville.

2016–17 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	6–24 (3–11 A-Sun)
Head coach	Greg Brown (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Courtney Locke Natalie Jarrett Clay Crothers
Home arena	Allen Arena

2016–17 ASUN women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stetson	13	–	1		.929			26	–	7		.788
Florida Gulf Coast †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	9		.743
Jacksonville	11	–	3		.786			23	–	9		.719
Kennesaw State	8	–	6		.571			10	–	20		.333
NJIT	4	–	10		.286			11	–	19		.367
North Florida	3	–	11		.214			10	–	20		.333
Lipscomb	3	–	11		.214			6	–	24		.200
USC Upstate	2	–	12		.143			9	–	21		.300
† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun. TV. Non conference road games will typically be available on the opponents website.

Roster

2016–17 Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Loshaveon Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Daytona State Rockledge, FL G 2 Kennedy Potts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Harpeth Hall School Nashville, TN G 3 Meredith Lovelady 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Shelton State Madison, WI F 4 Jessica Davies 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Charnwood College Watford, England G 5 Carleigh Short 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Hendersonville Hendersonville, TN G 10 Anna Buhigas {{{last}}} 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Scioto Columbus, OH G 11 Amber Fuqua 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sycamore Nashville, TN G 12 Auriana Broughton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Georgia Highlands College Lithonia, GA G 13 Emmy Allen 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Ravenwood Brentwood, TN G 14 Lexi Manos 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Hoover North Canton, OH G 15 Lauren Rau 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Center Grove Greenwood, IN G 21 Kaylee Cotton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr McCreary Central Stearns, KY G 22 Loren Cagle 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Jr Lipscomb Academy Nashville, TN G 23 Bri Melton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Smith County McMinnville, TN F 24 Alex Gates 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Beech Hendersonville, TN F 25 Morgan Turner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Meade County Guston, KY F 26 Emily Kmec 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Carmel Carmel, IN F 32 Laure Assena 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Arizona Western College Yaoundé, Cameroon F 42 Riley Northway 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Brewer Somerville, AL	Head coach Greg Brown (Lipscomb) Assistant coach(es) Courtney Locke (Rutgers) Natalie Jarrett (UCLA) Clay Crothers (Lipscomb) 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
Exhibition
10/27/2016* 6:30 pm		Freed–Hardeman	L 64–81		Allen Arena (226) Nashville, TN
11/07/2016* 4:00 pm		Rhodes	W 83–45		Allen Arena  Nashville, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:00 pm		at Loyola (MD)	L 30–74	0–1	Reitz Arena (523) Baltimore, MD
11/13/2016* 5:00 pm		at Ole Miss	L 49–76	0–2	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (770) Oxford, MS
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		at Alabama	L 35–82	0–3	Coleman Coliseum (1,082) Tuscaloosa, AL
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Anderson (South Carolina)	W 66–59	1–3	Allen Arena (550) Nashville, TN
11/22/2016* 6:00 pm		at Murray State	L 59–79	1–4	CFSB Center (219) Murray, KY
11/26/2016* 4:00 pm		Charleston Southern	L 52–67	1–5	Allen Arena  Nashville, TN
11/29/2016* 5:00 pm		at Belmont Battle of the Boulevard	L 62–100	1–6	Curb Event Center (1,154) Nashville, TN
12/03/2016* 11:00 am		at Morehead State	L 53–73	1–7	Ellis Johnson Arena (500) Morehead, KY
12/06/2016* 6:30 pm		at Southeast Missouri State	L 63–79	1–8	Show Me Center (614) Cape Girardeau, MO
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee State	L 71–77 OT	1–9	Allen Arena (747) Nashville, TN
12/15/2016* 7:00 pm		at WKU	L 35–87	1–10	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,120) Bowling Green, KY
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Ball State	W 78–74	2–10	Worthen Arena (892) Muncie, IN
12/21/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee Tech	W 71–69 OT	3–10	Allen Arena (610) Nashville, TN
12/29/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN3		Saint Louis	L 38–83	3–11	Allen Arena (234) Nashville, TN
12/31/2016* 12:00 pm		Princeton	L 43–71	3–12	Allen Arena (253) Nashville, TN
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/07/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN3		Kennesaw State	L 55–70	3–13 (0–1)	Allen Arena (560) Nashville, TN
01/14/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN3		Florida Gulf Coast	L 63–90	3–14 (0–2)	Allen Arena (205) Nashville, TN
01/16/2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3		Stetson	L 66–91	3–15 (0–3)	Allen Arena (550) Nashville, TN
01/21/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Florida	W 60–58	4–15 (1–3)	UNF Arena (258) Jacksonville, FL
01/23/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	L 60–84	4–16 (1–4)	Swisher Gymnasium (585) Jacksonville, FL
01/28/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at NJIT	L 68–76	4–17 (1–5)	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
02/02/2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3		USC Upstate	W 84–77	5–17 (2–5)	Allen Arena (592) Nashville, TN
02/04/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN3		NJIT	L 53–76	5–18 (2–6)	Allen Arena (560) Nashville, TN
02/08/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at USC Upstate	L 75–89	5–19 (2–7)	G. B. Hodge Center (402) Spartanburg, SC
02/11/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stetson	L 43–60	5–20 (2–8)	Edmunds Center (463) DeLand, FL
02/13/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 50–98	5–21 (2–9)	Alico Arena (1,648) Fort Myers, FL
02/18/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN3		Jacksonville	L 67–73	5–22 (2–10)	Allen Arena (522) Nashville, TN
02/20/2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3		North Florida	W 66–62	6–22 (3–10)	Allen Arena (215) Nashville, TN
02/25/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kennesaw State	L 69–96	6–23 (3–11)	KSU Convocation Center (471) Kennesaw, GA
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(6)	at (3) Jacksonville Quarterfinals	L 64–91	6–24	Swisher Gymnasium (603) Jacksonville, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team