2016–17 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by second-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State.

2016–17 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	16–17 (8–10 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Alison Hewa Chelsey Zimmerman Amy Denson
Home arena	Peter Stott Center

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
North Dakota	15	–	3		.833			20	–	11		.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Idaho	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Idaho State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Weber State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Montana	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2017 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 23, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ashley Bolston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So South Medford HS Washington State Medford, OR F 1 Caroline Wich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Aarhus Academy Aarhus, Denmark G 2 Sidney Rielly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Everett HS Santa Clara Everett, WA G 3 Kiana Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Triangle Lake HS Washington State/Humboldt State Cottage Grove, OR F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So BRG XIX Krottenbachstraße Vienna, Austria G 5 Kian McNair 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Salesian HS Vallejo, CA F 10 Courtney West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Port Hacking HS Southern Oregon Sydney, Australia F 11 Cici West 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Holy Names Academy Seattle, WA F 12 Tatiana Streun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bellevue HS Bellevue, WA G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So West Albany HS Albany, CA G 20 Ashley Torres Negron 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Highland CC Morovis, PR G 22 Elizajane Loader 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Barker College Central Coast, Australia G 23 Yaremi Mejia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr South Medford HS Auckland, New Zealand F 25 Elle Pace 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Montrose Montrose, CO F 32 Jasmin Falls 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr South Medford HS Medford, OR G 45 Michaela Kay 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Lewis & Clark HS Spokane, WA	Head coach Lynn Kennedy (Northwest University) Assistant coach(es) Alison Hewa (Eastern Washington) Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon) Amy Denson (Arizona State) 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
11/04/2016* 5:00 pm		Western Oregon	W 100–96		Peter Stott Center  Portland, OR
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm		Lewis & Clark College	W 96–69		Peter Stott Center  Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 4:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	L 72–99	0–1	Matadome (403) Northridge, CA
11/16/2016* 4:30 pm		at Boise State	L 76–94	0–2	Taco Bell Arena (638) Boise, ID
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		Pacific Union (CA)	W 94–61	1–2	Peter Stott Center (152) Portland, OR
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm		at Seattle	W 79–71	2–2	Connolly Center (184) Seattle, WA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		at Portland	L 68–79	2–3	Chiles Center (209) Portland, OR
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm		UC Irvine	W 79–73	3–3	Peter Stott Center (228) Portland, OR
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	W 81–73	4–3	Peter Stott Center (205) Portland, OR
12/17/2016* 5:00 pm		vs. No. 25 Oregon Portland Showcase	L 46–90	4–4	Moda Center  Portland, OR
12/19/2016* 6:45 pm		vs. Northern Kentucky Puerto Rico Classic	W 77–54	5–4	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
12/20/2016* 4:30 pm		vs. Kennesaw State Puerto Rico Classic	W 71–61	6–4	South Point Arena (71) Enterprise, NV
12/21/2016* 7:00 pm		vs. No. 20 Oklahoma Puerto Rico Classic	L 60–74	6–5	South Point Arena (90) Enterprise, NV
12/27/2016* 6:00 pm		at Arizona	L 52–75	6–6	McKale Center (1,206) Tucson, AZ
Big Sky regular season
12/29/2016 5:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 61–65	6–7 (0–1)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,435) Grand Forks, ND
12/31/2016 12:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 62–91	6–8 (0–2)	Bank of Colorado Arena (545) Greeley, CO
01/07/2017 12:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 88–86	7–8 (1–2)	Hornets Nest (334) Sacramento, CA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm		Northern Arizona Postponed (snow), rescheduled for 01/16/2017			Peter Stott Center  Portland, OR
01/14/2017 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 81–74	8–8 (2–2)	Peter Stott Center (278) Portland, OR
01/16/2017 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 56–55	9–8 (3–2)	Peter Stott Center (195) Portland, OR
01/19/2017 6:00 pm		at Montana	W 64–44	10–8 (4–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,579) Missoula, MT
01/21/2017 1:00 pm		at Montana State	L 76–83	10–9 (4–3)	Worthington Arena (2,284) Bozeman, MT
01/28/2017 12:00 pm		Sacramento State	L 68–77	10–10 (4–4)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		Idaho	L 66–72	10–11 (4–5)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
02/04/2017 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 62–68	10–12 (4–6)	Peter Stott Center (250) Portland, OR
02/09/2017 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 47–53	10–13 (4–7)	Reed Gym (1,022) Pocatello, ID
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		at Weber State	L 75–85	10–14 (4–8)	Dee Events Center (963) Ogden, UT
02/16/2017 7:00 pm		Montana State	W 69–65	11–14 (5–8)	Peter Stott Center (317) Portland, OR
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		Montana	W 68–45	12–14 (6–8)	Peter Stott Center (323) Portland, OR
02/23/2017 6:00 pm		at Southern Utah	L 64–82	12–15 (6–9)	Centrum Arena (981) Cedar City, UT
02/25/2017 3:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 73–74 OT	13–15 (7–9)	Walkup Skydome (540) Flagstaff, AZ
03/01/2017 12:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 50–57	13–16 (7–10)	Peter Stott Center (978) Portland, OR
03/03/2017 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 81–67	14–16 (8–10)	Peter Stott Center (323) Portland, OR
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/06/2017 5:35 pm	(7)	vs. (10) Northern Arizona First Round	W 88–76	15–16	Reno Events Center (906) Reno, NV
03/08/2017 5:35 pm	(7)	vs. (2) North Dakota Quarterfinals	W 65–62	16–16	Reno Events Center (804) Reno, NV
03/10/2017 2:35 pm	(7)	vs. (6) Idaho State Semifinals	L 50–54	16–17	Reno Events Center (1,202) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2016–17 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team