2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team

2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball
2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball
Ocean State Tip-Off Champions
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Ivy League
Record	17–13 (7–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Sarah Behn (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Patch; Sara Binkhorst; Danielle Pearson;
Home arena	Pizzitola Sports Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by third year head coach Sarah Behn, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.

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.^[1]

Roster

2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Megan Reilly	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	The Lawrenceville School	Norwood, NJ
G	2	Abby O'Keefe	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Worcester Academy	St. Louis, MO
G/F	4	Justine Gaziano	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Natick	Natick, MA
G	10	Taylor Will	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Prespect	Arlington Heights, IL
G	12	Rebecca Musgrove	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	St. Anthony's	Plainview, NY
G	22	Randi Richardson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Carman-Ainsworth	Flint, MI
F	23	Melissa Heath	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Northern Highlands Regional	Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
F	24	Mary Butler	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Bangor	Bangor, ME
G/F	25	Kathleen Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart	Clarence Center, ME
G	30	Shayna Mehta	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	International	San Francisco, CA
F	31	Erika Steeves	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Phillips Exeter Academy	Montreal, QE
G	33	Abby O'Keefe	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Worcester Academy	St. Louis, MO
F/C	34	Haley Green	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Glenvar	Salem, VA
F/C	55	Lames ElGammal	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Baldwin	Baldwin, NY

Head coach

Sarah Behn (Boston College)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Patch (Rhode Island College)
Sara Binkhorst (Bowdoin)
Danielle Pearson (Providence)

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* 6:00 pm		Howard	W 83–78	1–0	Pizzitola Sports Center (411) Providence, RI
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		at Sacred Heart	W 80–66	2–0	William H. Pitt Center (363) Fairfield, CT
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		at Bryant Ocean State Cup	L 67–70	2–1	Chace Athletic Center (562) Smithfield, RI
11/20/2016* 12:00 pm		Colgate	L 62–67	2–2	Pizzitola Sports Center (297) Providence, RI
11/22/2016* 4:00 pm		Manhattan	L 57–58	2–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (245) Providence, RI
11/27/2016* 1:00 pm		at Binghamton	W 83–72	3–3	Binghamton University Events Center (1,407) Vestal, NY
12/03/2016* 3:00 pm		Rhode Island Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament/Ocean State Cup	W 76–65	4–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (485) Providence, RI
12/04/2016* 1:00 pm		Providence Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament championship	W 77–70	5–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (431) Providence, RI
12/08/2016* 11:30 am		at Vermont	W 62–50	6–3	Patrick Gym (1,206) Burlington, VT
12/22/2016* 1:00 pm		Saint Peter's	W 80–71	7–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (650) Providence, RI
12/29/2016* 1:00 pm		at VCU	L 72–85	7–4	Siegel Center (704) Richmond, VA
12/31/2016* 1:00 pm		at Morgan State	W 68–51	8–4	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (121) Baltimore, MD
01/09/2017* 12:00 pm		Rhode Island College	W 90–44	9–4	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,567) Providence, RI
Ivy League regular season
01/13/2017 5:30 pm		at Princeton	W 98–88	10–4 (1–0)	Jadwin Gymnasium (690) Princeton, NJ
01/14/2017 8:00 pm		at Penn	L 60–86	10–5 (1–1)	Palestra (427) Philadelphia, PA
01/20/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Yale	W 76–73	11–5 (2–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217) Providence, RI
01/28/2017 5:30 pm		at Yale	L 51–73	11–6 (2–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,007) New Haven, CT
02/03/2017 6:00 pm		Cornell	W 72–67	12–6 (3–2)	Pizzitola Sports Center (232) Providence, RI
02/04/2017 4:00 pm		Columbia	W 69–60	13–6 (4–2)	Pizzitola Sports Center (274) Providence, RI
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Harvard	L 59–69	13–7 (4–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,721) Cambridge, MA
02/11/2017 6:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 65–62	14–7 (5–3)	Leede Arena (181) Hanover, NH
02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Penn	L 68–71	14–8 (5–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
02/18/2017 3:30 pm, 2		Princeton	L 75–81	14–9 (5–5)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,498) Providence, RI
02/24/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Dartmouth	L 88–92 ^OT	14–10 (5–6)	Pizzitola Sports Center (243) Providence, RI
02/25/2017 4:00 pm		Harvard	L 63–66	14–11 (5–7)	Pizzitola Sports Center (521) Providence, RI
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Columbia	W 76–59	15–11 (6–7)	Levien Gymnasium (459) New York City, NY
03/04/2017 5:00 pm		at Cornell	W 67–46	16–11 (7–7)	Newman Arena (1,625) Ithaca, NY
Ivy League Women's tournament
03/11/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3	(4)	vs. (1) Penn Semifinals	L 60–71	16–12	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
WBI
03/16/2017* 7:00 pm		at UMBC First Round	W 81–75	17–12	Retriever Activities Center (250) Catonsville, MD
03/19/2017* 2:00 pm		at UNC Greensboro Quarterfinals	L 84–87	17–13	Fleming Gymnasium (387) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
^ "2016–17 Brown Bears women's basketball schedule". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

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Ivy League changes

Roster

Schedule

References

See also