# 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by 15th year head coach Phil Stern, played their home games in the Retriever Activities Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 10–6 in America East play to finish in third place. They lost in quarterfinals of the America East women's tournament to Hartford. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Brown in the first round.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 2:00 pm | at Columbia | W 67–56 | 1–0 | Levien Gymnasium (326) New York City, NY |
| 11/13/2016* 1:00 pm | Gettysburg | W 71–51 | 2–0 | Retriever Activities Center (362) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/19/2016* 1:00 pm | Maryland Eastern Shore | L 57–70 | 2–1 | Retriever Activities Center (719) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm | Towson | L 48–59 | 2–2 | Retriever Activities Center (382) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/27/2016* 1:00 pm | Princeton | L 58–69 | 2–3 | Retriever Activities Center (356) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | at American | L 58–69 | 2–4 | Bender Arena (287) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, BTN | at No. 5 Maryland | L 42–92 | 2–5 | Xfinity Center (2,607) College Park, MD |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Morgan State | L 61–69 | 2–6 | Retriever Activities Center (604) Catonsville, MD |
| 12/10/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Loyola (MD) | L 65–70 | 2–7 | Retriever Activities Center (380) Catonsville, MD |
| 12/21/2016* 5:00 pm | at LIU Brooklyn | W 57–45 | 3–7 | Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at Virginia Cavalier Classic | L 30–56 | 3–8 | John Paul Jones Arena (2,883) Charlottesville, VA |
| 12/29/2016* 4:30 pm | vs. Liberty Cavalier Classic | W 62–51 | 4–8 | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| 12/31/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Coppin State | W 73–63 | 5–8 | Retriever Activities Center (410) Catonsville, MD |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Binghamton | L 62–69 | 5–9 (0–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,225) Vestal, NY |
| 01/07/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Maine | L 40–72 | 5–10 (0–2) | Cross Insurance Center (1,673) Bangor, ME |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Hartford | L 73–80 | 5–11 (0–3) | Retriever Activities Center (341) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Vermont | W 69–66 $^{OT}$ | 6–11 (1–3) | Retriever Activities Center (355) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/16/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Albany | W 64–56 | 7–11 (2–3) | SEFCU Arena (956) Albany, NY |
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | UMass Lowell | W 79–72 | 8–11 (3–3) | Retriever Activities Center (275) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/25/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stony Brook | W 67–61 | 9–11 (4–3) | Retriever Activities Center (2,169) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/28/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | at New Hampshire | L 50–60 | 9–12 (4–4) | Lundholm Gym (477) Durham, NH |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Binghamton | W 53–45 | 10–12 (5–4) | Retriever Activities Center (342) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/04/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Maine | W 66–62 | 11–12 (6–4) | Retriever Activities Center (418) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/10/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Hartford | W 64–47 | 12–12 (7–4) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (618) Hartford, CT |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Vermont | W 64–52 | 13–12 (8–4) | Patrick Gym (505) Burlington, VT |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Albany | W 63–60 | 14–12 (9–4) | Retriever Activities Center (555) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at UMass Lowell | W 78–62 | 15–12 (10–4) | Tsongas Center (2,291) Lowell, MA |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stony Brook | L 37–51 | 15–13 (10–5) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (552) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/26/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | New Hampshire | L 61–65 | 15–14 (10–6) | Retriever Activities Center (639) Catonsville, MD |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 8:30 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Hartford Quarterfinals | L 40–74 | 15–15 | Cross Insurance Arena (941) Portland, ME |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | Brown First Round | L 75–81 | 15–16 | Retriever Activities Center (250) Catonsville, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||