2016–17 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by fifth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAC women's tournament, where they lost to Toledo.^[1] Despite having 22 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

2016–17 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	22–10 (10–8 MAC)
Head coach	Felisha Legette-Jack (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Cherie Cordoba Ashley Zuber Kristen Sharkey
Home arena	Alumni Arena
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	13		.594
Ohio	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Buffalo	10	–	8		.556			22	–	10		.688
Miami (OH)	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
Bowling Green	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
Akron	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
West
Central Michigan	15	–	3		.833			23	–	9		.719
Ball State	14	–	4		.778			21	–	11		.656
Toledo †	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Northern Illinois	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Western Michigan	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
Eastern Michigan	1	–	17		.056			6	–	25		.194
† 2017 MAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2017

Roster

2016–17 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Summer Hemphill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cardinal O'Hara Buffalo, NY G 1 Stephanie Reid 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr The Peninsula School Melbourne, Australia F 2 Lawrencia Moten 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bullis School Bowie, MD G 3 Liisa Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Smith's Hill Wollongong, Australia G 4 Joanna Smith 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Southaven Southaven, MS G 5 Katherine Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Smith's Hill Wollongong, Australia G 10 Gabi Bade 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Pinewood School Milpitas, CA G 11 Theresa Onwuka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Lake Forest Academy Asaba, Nigeria F 12 Courtney Wilkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Haileybury College Melbourne, Australia F 21 Mariah Suchan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Maize South Wichita, KS G 22 Ayoleka Sodade 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Holy Names Catholic Windsor, ON G 24 Cierra Dillard  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Gates Chili Massachusetts Rochester, NY C 31 Cassie Oursler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Grand Island Grand Island, NY F 32 Brittany Morrison 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Joseph Academy North Ridgeville, OH	Head coach Felisha Legette-Jack (Syracuse) Assistant coach(es) Cherie Cordoba (UNLV) Ashley Zuber (Buffalo) Kristen Sharkey (Buffalo) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Bloomsburg	W 65–45	–	Alumni Arena  Buffalo, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Massachusetts	W 61–47	1–0	Alumni Arena (1,719) Buffalo, NY
November 16, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Niagara	W 73–63	2–0	Alumni Arena (811) Buffalo, NY
November 19, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Manhattan	W 73–39	3–0	Alumni Arena (816) Buffalo, NY
November 22, 2016* 1:00 pm		at Duquesne	W 71–69	4–0	Palumbo Center (385) Pittsburgh, PA
November 26, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Sacred Heart	W 76–55	5–0	Alumni Arena (992) Buffalo, NY
December 1, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Florida	W 66–65	6–0	Alumni Arena (846) Buffalo, NY
December 4, 2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Hofstra	W 74–50	7–0	Alumni Arena  Buffalo, NY
December 8, 2016* 7:00 pm		at Canisius	W 65–52	8–0	Koessler Athletic Center (943) Buffalo, NY
December 21, 2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		St. Bonaventure	W 68–47	9–0	Alumni Arena (1,644) Buffalo, NY
December 29, 2016* 12:00 pm		at Fordham Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	W 58–54	10–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
December 30, 2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Harvard Fordham Holiday Classic championship	L 62–74	10–1	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
MAC regular season
December 31, 2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Miami (OH)	W 71–45	11–1 (1–0)	Alumni Arena (1,350) Buffalo, NY
January 4, 2017 7:00 pm, BCSN/SPCSN		at Ohio	L 55–83	11–2 (1–1)	Convocation Center (1,346) Athens, OH
January 7, 2017 1:00 pm		at Central Michigan	L 71–88	11–3 (1–2)	McGuirk Arena (1,657) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 11, 2017 7:00 pm, BCSN/SPCSN		Toledo	L 64–73	11–4 (1–3)	Alumni Arena (1,102) Buffalo, NY
January 14, 2017 1:00 pm		at Miami (OH)	W 68–51	12–4 (2–3)	Millett Hall (1,003) Oxford, OH
January 18, 2017 7:00 pm		at Bowling Green	W 61–50	13–4 (3–3)	Stroh Center (1,389) Bowling Green, OH
January 21, 2017 12:00 pm, BCSN/SPCSN		Central Michigan	W 67–56	14–4 (4–3)	Alumni Arena (1,438) Buffalo, NY
January 25, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Ball State	L 75–89	14–5 (4–4)	Alumni Arena (1,189) Buffalo, NY
January 28, 2017 2:00 pm		at Western Michigan	W 62–47	15–5 (5–4)	University Arena (989) Kalamazoo, MI
February 1, 2017 7:00 pm		at Toledo	L 63–85	15–6 (5–5)	Savage Arena (3,410) Toledo, OH
February 4, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Kent State	W 77–62	16–6 (6–5)	Alumni Arena (1,889) Buffalo, NY
February 11, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	L 80–89	16–7 (6–6)	Alumni Arena (1,532) Buffalo, NY
February 15, 2017 7:00 pm		at Eastern Michigan	W 56-52	17–7 (7–6)	Convocation Center (574) Ypsilanti, MI
February 18, 2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Akron	W 81–51	18–7 (8–6)	Alumni Arena (1,141) Buffalo, NY
February 22, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Ohio	W 65-54	19–7 (9–6)	Alumni Arena (1,220) Buffalo, NY
February 25, 2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Bowling Green	L 62–64	19–8 (9–7)	Alumni Arena (1,604) Buffalo, NY
March 1, 2017 7:00 pm		at Akron	W 81-55	20–8 (10–7)	Rhodes Arena (607) Akron, OH
March 4, 2017 2:00 pm		at Kent State	L 71–80	20–9 (10–8)	MAC Center (887) Kent, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3	(7)	(10) Bowling Green First Round	W 61–45	21–9	Alumni Arena (1,221) Buffalo, NY
March 8, 2017* 4:55 pm, BCSN/SPCSN	(7)	vs. (2) Ball State Quarterfinals	W 69–65	22–9	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
March 10, 2017* 4:55 pm, BCSN/SPCSN	(7)	vs. (6) Toledo Semifinals	L 65–72	22–10	Quicken Loans Arena (1,277) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2016–17 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team