# 2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fourth year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 2:00 pm | | UTSA | W 75–54 | 1–0 | College Park Center (592) Arlington, TX |
| 11/16/2016* 5:30 pm, FCS | | at WKU | W 71–68 | 2–0 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,712) Bowling Green, KY |
| 11/20/2016* 5:00 pm | | Wichita State | W 74–70 | 3–0 | College Park Center (525) Arlington, TX |
| 11/26/2016* 11:00 am | | vs. San Diego State SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | W 64–58 | 4–0 | Walsh Gymnasium (311) South Orange, NJ |
| 11/27/2016* 1:30 pm | | at Seton Hall SHU Thanksgiving Classic championship | W 86–61 | 5–0 | Walsh Gymnasium (656) South Orange, NJ |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | | Stephen F. Austin | L 60–65 | 5–1 | College Park Center (547) Arlington, TX |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, FCS Pacific | | at Kansas State | L 49–62 | 5–2 | Bramlage Coliseum (4,050) Manhattan, KS |
| 12/11/2016* 5:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 65–48 | 6–2 | College Park Center (419) Arlington, TX |
| 12/11/2016* 5:00 pm | | Texas A&M–Commerce | W 80–50 | 7–2 | College Park Center (575) Arlington, TX |
| 12/22/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Texas Tech | L 60–79 | 7–3 | United Supermarkets Arena (4,794) Lubbock, TX |
| Sun Belt regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm | | Appalachian State | W 74–63 | 8–3 (1–0) | College Park Center (591) Arlington, TX |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Coastal Carolina | W 60–58 | 9–3 (2–0) | College Park Center (1,892) Arlington, TX |
| 01/07/2017 2:00 pm, SPEC | | at Texas State | W 61–39 | 10–3 (3–0) | Strahan Coliseum (1,667) San Marcos, TX |
| 01/12/2017 7:05 pm | | at South Alabama | W 73–49 | 11–3 (4–0) | Mitchell Center (356) Mobile, AL |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | L 68–85 | 11–4 (4–1) | Trojan Arena (867) Troy, AL |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | Louisiana–Lafayette | W 79–66 | 12–4 (5–1) | College Park Center (554) Arlington, TX |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 93–59 | 13–4 (6–1) | College Park Center (2,659) Arlington, TX |
| 01/26/2016 6:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 70–41 | 14–4 (7–1) | HTC Center (320) Conway, SC |
| 01/28/2017 12:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | W 73–62 | 15–4 (8–1) | Holmes Center (477) Boone, NC |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm, SPEC | | Texas State | L 69–75 | 15–5 (8–2) | College Park Center (1,218) Arlington, TX |
| 02/09/2017 11:30 am | | Little Rock | L 49–58 | 15–6 (8–3) | College Park Center (5,011) Arlington, TX |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | Arkansas State | W 69–58 | 16–6 (9–3) | College Park Center Arlington, TX |
| 02/16/2017 6:00 pm | | at Georgia Southern | W 69–60 | 17–6 (10–3) | Hanner Fieldhouse (268) Statesboro, GA |
| 02/18/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3 | | at Georgia State | L 59–64 | 17–7 (10–4) | GSU Sports Arena (526) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm | | Troy | W 78–72 | 18–7 (11–4) | College Park Center (728) Arlington, TX |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | South Alabama | W 53–41 | 19–7 (12–4) | College Park Center (2,878) Arlington, TX |
| 03/02/2017 5:15 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 83–47 | 20–7 (13–4) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,604) Monroe, LA |
| 03/04/2017 5:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 79–76 | 21–7 (14–4) | Cajundome (1,284) Lafayette, LA |
| Sun Belt Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (10) South Alabama Quarterfinals | W 65–53 | 22–7 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| 03/11/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (3) Troy Semifinals | L 59–88 | 22–8 | Lakefront Arena (1,027) New Orleans, LA |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Tulane First Round | L 53–62 | 22–9 | Devlin Fieldhouse (717) New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||