# 2016–17 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by fifth year head coach Jerry Finkbeiner, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and were third year members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament, where they lost to UNLV. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Idaho in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | CSU–Pueblo | W 63–54 | | Smith Spectrum Logan, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 12:00 pm | | Westminster College | W 72–49 | 1–0 | Smith Spectrum (510) Logan, UT |
| 11/14/2016* 8:15 pm | | Montana State | W 64–56 | 2–0 | Smith Spectrum (633) Logan, UT |
| 11/17/2016* 11:00 am | | UC Irvine | W 66–52 | 3–0 | Smith Spectrum (2,487) Logan, UT |
| 11/22/2016* 5:30 pm | | Southern Utah | L 54–70 | 3–1 | Smith Spectrum (854) Logan, UT |
| 11/25/2016* 2:00 pm | | vs. Incarnate Word 36th Lady Griz Classic | W 79–46 | 4–1 | Dahlberg Arena (256) Missoula, MT |
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Montana 36th Lady Griz Classic | W 65–46 | 5–1 | Dahlberg Arena (2,506) Missoula, MT |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 69–56 | 6–1 | Smith Spectrum (665) Logan, UT |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Utah | L 58–65 | 6–2 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,190) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/15/2016* 7:00 pm | | Utah Valley | W 56–45 | 7–2 | Smith Spectrum (563) Logan, UT |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm | | BYU | L 40–60 | 7–3 | Smith Spectrum (697) Logan, UT |
| 12/21/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Arizona | L 57–61 | 7–4 | McKale Center (1,133) Tucson, AZ |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 56–76 | 7–5 (0–1) | Taco Bell Arena (807) Boise, ID |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Air Force | W 65–62 | 8–5 (1–1) | Smith Spectrum (519) Logan, UT |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | | at New Mexico | L 67–78 | 8–6 (1–2) | The Pit (4,554) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm | | at UNLV | L 53–55 $^{OT}$ | 8–7 (1–3) | Cox Pavilion (1,854) Paradise, NV |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm | | Wyoming | L 48–71 | 8–8 (1–4) | Smith Spectrum (528) Logan, UT |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm | | San Diego State | W 53–47 | 9–8 (2–4) | Smith Spectrum (517) Logan, UT |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 43–74 | 9–9 (2–5) | Moby Arena (1,223) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm | | New Mexico | L 58–68 | 9–10 (2–6) | Smith Spectrum (523) Logan, UT |
| 01/28/2017 3:00 pm | | at Fresno State | W 52–47 | 10–10 (3–6) | Save Mart Center (2,042) Fresno, CA |
| 02/01/2017 7:30 pm | | at Nevada | W 81–69 | 11–10 (4–6) | Lawlor Events Center (1,129) Reno, NV |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | | Boise State | W 65–63 | 12–10 (5–6) | Smith Spectrum (490) Logan, UT |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm | | Colorado State | W 55–48 | 13–10 (6–6) | Smith Spectrum (390) Logan, UT |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | at Wyoming | L 40–59 | 13–11 (6–7) | Arena-Auditorium (2,295) Laramie, WY |
| 02/15/2017 7:30 pm | | at San Diego State | L 59–66 | 13–12 (6–8) | Viejas Arena (464) San Diego, CA |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | | Nevada | W 60–57 | 14–12 (7–8) | Smith Spectrum (595) Logan, UT |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 82–78 | 15–12 (8–8) | Smith Spectrum (370) Logan, UT |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | at Air Force | L 61–64 | 15–13 (8–9) | Clune Arena (392) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 02/28/2017 7:00 pm | | UNLV | W 58–49 | 16–13 (9–9) | Smith Spectrum (477) Logan, UT |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2017 8:00 pm | (6) | vs. (11) Air Force First Round | W 46-40 | 17-13 | Thomas & Mack Center (567) Paradise, NV |
| 03/07/2017* 9:30 pm | (6) | at (3) UNLV Quarterfinals | L 43–68 | 17-14 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/15/2017 6:30 pm | | at Idaho First Round | L 57–64 | 17–15 | Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||