# 2016–17 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fourteenth year head coach Joe Foley, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament, where they lost to Louisiana–Lafayette. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Southern Miss in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 6:30 pm | | North Texas Preseason WNIT First Round | W 55–44 | 1–0 | Jack Stephens Center (1,725) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/13/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Green Bay Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals | L 31–57 | 1–1 | Kress Events Center (1,724) Green Bay, WI |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | at No. 16 Oklahoma | L 58–68 | 1–2 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,084) Norman, OK |
| 11/19/2016* 11:00 am | | at Fordham Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 43–65 | 1–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,473) Bronx, NY |
| 11/23/2016* 6:30 pm | | Texas A&M | L 37–55 | 1–4 | Jack Stephens Center (1,633) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/26/2016* 3:00 pm | | Saint Louis | W 56–43 | 2–4 | Jack Stephens Center (1,132) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/28/2016* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 | | at Missouri State | W 58–47 | 3–4 | JQH Arena (3,133) Springfield, MO |
| 12/01/2016* 6:30 pm | | Oral Roberts | W 56–50 | 4–4 | Jack Stephens Center (1,038) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Memphis | W 54–44 | 5–4 | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (313) Memphis, TN |
| 12/13/2016* 6:30 pm | | No. 5 Mississippi State | L 44–58 | 5–5 | Jack Stephens Center (1,534) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Tulsa | W 63–58 | 6–5 | Reynolds Center (191) Tulsa, OK |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | | at LSU | L 49–69 | 6–6 | Maravich Center (1,820) Baton Rouge, LA |
| Sun Belt Conference regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 6:30 pm | | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 64–60 | 7–6 (1–0) | Jack Stephens Center (828) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/31/2016 1:00 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 78–34 | 8–6 (2–0) | Jack Stephens Center (2,287) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/05/2017 6:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 74–66 | 9–6 (3–0) | HTC Center (282) Conway, SC |
| 01/07/2017 12:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | W 77–69 | 10–6 (4–0) | Holmes Center (225) Boone, NC |
| 01/14/2017 4:00 pm | | Arkansas State | W 73–59 | 11–6 (5–0) | Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR |
| 01/19/2017 6:30 pm | | Troy | W 77–74 | 12–6 (6–0) | Jack Stephens Center (1,068) Little Rock, AR |
| 01/21/2017 4:00 pm | | South Alabama | W 71–54 | 13–6 (7–0) | Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR |
| 01/26/2017 6:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 92–47 | 14–6 (8–0) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (723) Monroe, LA |
| 01/28/2017 5:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 82–64 | 15–6 (9–0) | Cajundome (711) Lafayette, LA |
| 02/02/2017 6:30 pm | | Appalachian State | W 67–55 | 16–6 (10–0) | Jack Stephens Center (1,048) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/04/2017 4:00 pm | | Coastal Carolina | W 79–47 | 17–6 (11–0) | Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR |
| 02/09/2017 11:30 am | | at Texas–Arlington | W 58–49 | 18–6 (12–0) | College Park Center (5,011) Arlington, TX |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | at Texas State | L 47–64 | 18–7 (12–1) | Strahan Coliseum (2,435) San Marcos, TX |
| 02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Arkansas State | W 60–35 | 19–7 (13–1) | Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR |
| 02/23/2017 6:30 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 57–41 | 20–7 (14–1) | Jack Stephens Center (1,129) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/25/2017 4:00 pm | | Georgia State | W 52–45 | 21–7 (15–1) | Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR |
| 03/02/2017 5:00 pm | | at South Alabama | W 50–44 | 22–7 (16–1) | Mitchell Center (1,628) Mobile, AL |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm | | at Troy | W 74–63 | 23–7 (17–1) | Trojan Arena (837) Troy, AL |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (9) Appalachian State Quarterfinals | W 69–53 | 24–7 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| 03/11/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (5) Louisiana–Lafayette Semifinals | L 71–79 | 24–8 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/15/2017* 6:00 pm | | at Southern Miss First Round | W 72–62 | 25–8 | Reed Green Coliseum (987) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/19/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Alabama Second Round | L 53–55 | 25–9 | Coleman Coliseum (495) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||