2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by fourth-year head coach Wes Moore, return to played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum after a one year of renovation. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Auburn in the first round before losing to Texas in the second round.

2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
NCAA Women's tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	23–9 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Nikki West Gene Hill Lindsay Edmonds
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	4		.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			29	–	8		.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			20	–	14		.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Camille Anderson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Buford Buford, GA G 1 Aislinn Konig 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Brookswood Secondary Surrey, BC G 2 Kaila Ealey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Needham Broughton Raleigh, NC G 3 Miah Spencer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Columbia Decatur, GA G 4 Ashley Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Green Hope Cary, NC F 5 Chelsea Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr John Overton Antioch, TN F 11 Jennifer Mathurin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Champlain College State Lambert Montreal, Quebec G 15 Lucky Rudd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr New Hope Thomasville, NC G 21 DD Rodgers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Myers Park Charlotte, NC G 22 Dominique Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr McEachern Arkansas Powder Springs, GA G 23 Amber Richardson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Southeast Raleigh Garner, NC F 24 Erika Cassell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Holy Innocents Marietta, GA C 32 Akela Maize 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr New Hope Christian Academy Greensboro, NC C 44 Nae Nae Cole 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Paul IV Gainesville, VA	Head coach Wes Moore (NC State) Assistant coach(es) Nikki West (Clemson) Gene Hill (Georgia Tech) Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Media

WKNC acts as the home for Wolfpack women's basketball. Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale provide the call for the games. ESPN and the ACC RSN will televise select Wolfpack games during the season. All non-televised home conference games will be shown on ESPN3 using the radio broadcasters for the call.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016* 7:00 pm		UNC Pembroke	W 96–54		Reynolds Coliseum (1,001) Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Wofford	W 80–40	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum (1,662) Raleigh, NC
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Hampton	W 81–56	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum (1,773) Raleigh, NC
11/19/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra		College of Charleston	W 91–47	3–0	Reynolds Coliseum (2,152) Raleigh, NC
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 77–58	4–0	Reynolds Coliseum (1,794) Raleigh, NC
11/24/2016* 1:00 pm		vs. Kansas State Paradise Jam tournament Island Division	L 50–67	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/25/2016* 3:15 pm		vs. UTEP Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	W 71–55	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (132) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/26/2016* 1:00 pm		vs. LSU Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 58–59	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 84–70	6–2	Reynolds Coliseum (2,203) Raleigh, NC
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		North Florida	W 78–52	7–2	Reynolds Coliseum (1,701) Raleigh, NC
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		UNC Wilmington	W 86–54	8–2	Reynolds Coliseum (2,093) Raleigh, NC
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		North Carolina Central	W 83–33	9–2	Reynolds Coliseum (1,947) Raleigh, NC
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm		at Tulane	L 58–63	9–3	Devlin Fieldhouse (726) New Orleans, LA
12/19/2016* 6:30 pm		at South Alabama	W 74–31	10–3	Mitchell Center  Mobile, AL
ACC regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		No. 2 Notre Dame	W 70–62	11–3 (1–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (3,677) Raleigh, NC
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 6 Florida State	W 70–61	12–3 (2–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,059) Tallahassee, FL
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		No. 14 Miami (FL)	L 64–67	12–4 (2–1)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,574) Raleigh, NC
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	W 65–50	13–4 (3–1)	LJVM Coliseum (469) Winston-Salem, NC
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 23	at Syracuse	L 75–85	13–5 (3–2)	Carrier Dome (872) Syracuse, NY
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 23	No. 12 Duke	W 55–52	14–5 (4–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (4,657) Raleigh, NC
01/22/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 21	Clemson	W 65–53	15–5 (5–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,893) Raleigh, NC
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 18	Pittsburgh	W 55–42	16–5 (6–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,617) Raleigh, NC
01/29/2017 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 18	at North Carolina Carolina–State Game	L 70–83	16–6 (6–3)	Carmichael Auditorium (5,998) Chapel Hill, NC
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 19	at No. 9 Louisville	W 72–70 OT	17–6 (7–3)	KFC Yum! Center (8,251) Louisville, KY
02/09/2017 7:00 pm	No. 17	at Georgia Tech	W 75–67	18–6 (8–3)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (748) Atlanta, GA
02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 17	Virginia Tech	W 85–71	19–6 (9–3)	Reynolds Coliseum (4,467) Raleigh, NC
02/16/2017 7:00 pm	No. 15	at Boston College	W 70–58	20–6 (10–3)	Conte Forum (781) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 15	Wake Forest	L 77–89	20–7 (10–4)	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 18	North Carolina Carolina–State Game	W 80–60	21–7 (11–4)	Reynolds Coliseum (4,877) Raleigh, NC
02/27/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 18	at Virginia	W 59–48	22–7 (12–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,819) Charlottesville, VA
ACC Women's tournament
03/03/2017 11:00 am, RSN	(4) No. 17	vs. (5) No. 14 Louisville Quarterfinals	L 58–59	22–8	HTC Center (3,004) Conway, SC
NCAA Women's tournament
03/17/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(6 L) No. 17	vs. (11 L) Auburn First Round	W 62–48	23–8	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
03/19/2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(6 L) No. 17	at (3 L) No. 14 Texas Second Round	L 80–84	23–9	Frank Erwin Center (3,476) Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	23	21	18	19	17	15	18	17	18	17	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	22	21	18	19	17т	18	19	18	18	17	17

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes