# 2016–17 Charleston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Charleston Cougars women's basketball team represented the College of Charleston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by third-year head coach Candice M. Jackson, played their home games at the TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 9–21, 6–12 CAA play, to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA women's tournament to UNC Wilmington.
Due to the revelation that Charleston had supplied improperly sized basketballs in its home conference wins over William & Mary and UNC Wilmington, the CAA announced on February 2 that those games would be treated as Charleston losses for purposes of CAA tournament seeding, although they still count as Charleston wins for all other purposes.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2016* 6:30 p.m. | | Armstrong State | W 66–57 | | TD Arena Charleston, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 13, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | Charlotte | L 49–62 | 0–1 | TD Arena (681) Charleston, SC |
| November 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Winthrop | W 95–64 | 1–1 | Winthrop Coliseum (394) Rock Hill, SC |
| November 19, 2016* 6:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at NC State | L 47–91 | 1–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,152) Raleigh, NC |
| November 22, 2016* 6:30 p.m. | | Virginia Tech | L 61–71 | 1–3 | TD Arena (330) Charleston, SC |
| November 27, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | at Appalachian State | W 65–62 | 2–3 | Holmes Center (206) Boone, NC |
| November 30, 2016* 6:30 p.m. | | North Florida | L 47–60 | 2–4 | TD Arena (520) Charleston, SC |
| December 4, 2016* 3:00 p.m. | | at Houston | L 63–79 | 2–5 | Hofheinz Pavilion (565) Houston, TX |
| December 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at No. 8 Louisville | L 58–86 | 2–6 | KFC Yum! Center (7,567) Louisville, KY |
| December 18, 2016* 3:00 p.m. | | at WKU | L 76–89 | 2–7 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,051) Bowling Green, KY |
| December 20, 2016* 4:00 p.m. | | Coastal Carolina | L 72–79 | 2–8 | TD Arena (402) Charleston, SC |
| December 22, 2016* 4:00 p.m. | | at Charleston Southern | W 79–76 | 3–8 | CSU Field House (278) Charleston, SC |
| CAA regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at Elon | L 57–70 | 3–9 (0–1) | Alumni Gym (338) Elon, NC |
| January 6, 2017 6:30 p.m. | | William & Mary | W 70–60 | 4–9 (1–1) | TD Arena (183) Charleston, SC |
| January 8, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | UNC Wilmington | W 76–37 | 5–9 (2–1) | TD Arena (303) Charleston, SC |
| January 13, 2017 6:30 p.m. | | Elon | L 56–84 | 5–10 (2–2) | TD Arena (520) Charleston, SC |
| January 15, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | at Towson | L 59–61 | 5–11 (2–3) | SECU Arena (257) Towson, MD |
| January 20, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at Drexel | L 57–70 | 5–12 (2–4) | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,050) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 22, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | at Delaware | L 66–71 | 5–13 (2–5) | Bob Carpenter Center (1,477) Newark, DE |
| January 27, 2017 11:00 a.m. | | Hofstra | W 71–55 | 6–13 (3–5) | TD Arena (1,715) Charleston, SC |
| January 29, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | at UNC Wilmington | L 61–67 | 6–14 (3–6) | Trask Coliseum (337) Wilmington, NC |
| February 3, 2017 6:30 p.m. | | Drexel | W 79–75 | 7–14 (4–6) | TD Arena (377) Charleston, SC |
| February 5, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | Towson | W 59–54 | 8–14 (5–6) | TD Arena (604) Charleston, SC |
| February 10, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at Hofstra | L 81–85 | 8–15 (5–7) | Hofstra Arena (224) Hempstead, NY |
| February 12, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | at Northeastern | L 44–61 | 8–16 (5–8) | Cabot Center (204) Boston, MA |
| February 17, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at William & Mary | W 71–69 $^{OT}$ | 9–16 (6–8) | Kaplan Arena (512) Williamsburg, VA |
| February 19, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | James Madison | L 78–84 | 9–17 (6–9) | TD Arena (311) Charleston, SC |
| February 24, 2017 6:30 p.m. | | Northeastern | L 75–86 | 9–18 (6–10) | TD Arena (297) Charleston, SC |
| February 26, 2017 2:00 p.m. | | Delaware | L 56–69 | 9–19 (6–11) | TD Arena (328) Charleston, SC |
| March 1, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at James Madison | L 60–74 | 9–20 (6–12) | JMU Convocation Center (2,319) Harrisonburg, VA |
| CAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2017 2:30 p.m. | (10) | vs. (7) UNC Wilmington First round | L 44–49 | 9–21 | JMU Convocation Center (1,123) Harrisonburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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