2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by fifth year head coach Jen Hoover, are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 16–16, 6–10 in ACC play in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round before losing to Middle Tennessee in the second round.

2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2016–17 record16–16 (6–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Terry
  • Gayle Coats Fulks
  • Dane Sparrow
Home arenaLJVM Coliseum
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†15–1 .938  33–4  .892
No. 9 Duke13–3 .813  28–6  .824
No. 10 Florida State13–3 .813  28–7  .800
No. 13 Louisville12–4 .750  29–8  .784
No. 17 NC State12–4 .750  23–9  .719
No. 21 Syracuse11–5 .688  22–11  .667
No. 16 Miami (FL)10–6 .625  24–9  .727
Virginia7–9 .438  20–13  .606
Wake Forest6–10 .375  16–16  .500
Georgia Tech5–11 .313  22–14  .611
Virginia Tech4–12 .250  20–14  .588
Pittsburgh4–12 .250  13–17  .433
Clemson3–13 .188  15–16  .484
North Carolina3–13 .188  15–16  .484
Boston College2–14 .125  9–21  .300
† 2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 media

Wake Forest IMG Sports Network

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons IMG Sports Network will broadcast Demon Deacons games on Wake Forest All Access. You can also keep track on Twitter @WakeWBB. Post game interviews are posted on the schools YouTube Channel.

Roster
2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 1 Destini Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoHermitage Ossining, NY
G 2 Amber Campbell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrNorthwood Academy Charleston, SC
G 3 Ataijah Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrSalem Roanoke, VA
F 5 Clarisse Berranger 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrLycée Alain-Fournier
Université de Limoges		 Remiremont, France
G 10 Taylor Gordon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoMcEachern Powder Springs, GA
G 11 Jill Brunori 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrHilton Head Preparatory Hilton Head, SC
G 14 Alex Sharp 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrAustralian Institute of Sport Melbourne, Australia
G 15 Kortni Simmons 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoWest Florence Spotsylvania, PA
F 21 Raegyn Branch 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrArlington Arlington, TX
G 23 Amber Long (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrRobbinsville Robbinsville, NC
G 24 Kelila Atkinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrRiverdale Baptist Woodbridge, VA
G 25 Ariel Stephenson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoPrince George Prince George, VA
F 32 Milan Quinn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrPhillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Charlotte, NC
F 41 Elisa Penna 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoITC F. Foscari Bergamo, Italy
F 42 Tyra Whitehead 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrCosby Richmond, VA
F 44 Ona Udoh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrTerry Sanford Fayetteville, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
4:00 pm		 Navy W 75–65  1–0
 LJVM Coliseum (882)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/13/2016*
7:00 pm		 at LSU L 57–60  1–1
 Maravich Center (1,728)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm		 Rutgers W 55–43  2–1
 LJVM Coliseum (525)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm		 Eastern Michigan W 89–61  3–1
 LJVM Coliseum (482)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/23/2016*
4:00 pm		 Furman W 59–52  4–1
 LJVM Coliseum (407)
Winston-Salem, NC
11/26/2016*
2:00 pm		 at Elon W 78–68  5–1
 Alumni Gym (716)
Elon, NC
11/30/2016*
8:00 pm		 at Illinois
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge		 W 79–70  6–1
 State Farm Center (1,243)
Champaign, IL
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm		 at Seton Hall L 63–70  6–2
 Walsh Gymnasium (657)
South Orange, NJ
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm		 Xavier W 58–45  7–2
 LJVM Coliseum (416)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/10/2016*
2:00 pm		 Radford L 60–68  7–3
 LJVM Coliseum (467)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm		 Samford W 51–40  8–3
 LJVM Coliseum (622)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/21/2016*
11:00 am		 VCU W 60–54  9–3
 LJVM Coliseum (5,557)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/31/2016*
4:30 pm		 at James Madison L 76–83  9–4
 JMU Convocation Center (3,212)
Harrisonburg, VA
ACC regular season
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at No. 7 Notre Dame L 72–92  9–5 (0–1)
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,691)
South Bend, IN
01/08/2017
2:00 pm, RSN		 NC State L 50–65  9–6 (0–2)
 LJVM Coliseum (469)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/12/2017
7:00 pm		 Clemson W 78–56  10–6 (1–2)
 LJVM Coliseum (427)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, RSN		 at No. 17 Virginia Tech L 70–72  10–7 (1–3)
 Cassell Coliseum (1,789)
Blacksburg, VA
01/19/2017
7:00 pm		 at North Carolina W 80–77  11–7 (2–3)
 Carmichael Arena (1,476)
Chapel Hill, NC
01/22/2017
2:00 pm		 Georgia Tech W 70–65 OT 12–7 (3–3)
 LJVM Coliseum (1,022)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/26/2017
7:00 pm		 Boston College W 71–55  13–7 (4–3)
 LJVM Coliseum (427)
Winston-Salem, NC
01/29/2017
1:00 pm, RSN		 at No. 14 Duke L 43–71  13–8 (4–4)
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,008)
Durham, NC
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 No. 16 Miami (FL) L 56–79  13–9 (4–5)
 LJVM Coliseum (419)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/05/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 Pittsburgh W 57–48  14–9 (5–5)
 LJVM Coliseum (576)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at No. 5 Florida State L 60–102  14–10 (5–6)
 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,906)
Tallahassee, FL
02/12/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at Virginia L 57–60 OT 14–11 (5–7)
 John Paul Jones Arena (4,378)
Charlottesville, VA
02/16/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 No. 13 Duke L 53–79  14–12 (5–8)
 LJVM Coliseum (1,118)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/19/2017
2:00 pm, ESPNU		 at No. 15 NC State W 89–77  15–12 (6–8)
 Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
02/23/2017
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at No. 20 Syracuse L 64–85  15–13 (6–9)
 Carrier Dome (1,852)
Syracuse, NY
02/26/2017
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 No. 14 Louisville L 46–75  15–14 (6–10)
 LJVM Coliseum (1,297)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017
2:00 pm, RSN		 (9) vs. (8) Virginia
Second Round		 L 44–61  15–15
 HTC Center (2,466)
Conway, SC
WNIT
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm		 Bethune-Cookman
First Round		 W 71–42  16–15
 LJVM Coliseum (830)
Winston-Salem, NC
03/19/2017*
3:00 pm		 at Middle Tennessee
Second Round		 L 66–73  16–16
 Murphy Center (2,519)
Murfreesboro, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

See also

References
  1. http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/wake-w-baskbl-sched.html
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