# 2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles Women's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 16th year head coach Wendy Schuller, played their home games at Reese Court as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Montana State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they defeated Texas State in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Big Sky member Idaho.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 4:00 pm | | Eastern Oregon | W 67–60 | | Reese Court (330) Cheney, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | at No. 17 Washington Preseason WNIT First Round | L 52–100 | 0–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,263) Seattle, WA |
| 11/18/2016* 1:30 pm | | vs. Elon Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 55–76 | 0–2 | McGuirk Arena (100) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/19/2016* 1:30 pm | | vs. Furman Preseason WNIT consolation round | W 68–56 | 1–2 | McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 11/22/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Utah Valley | W 83–50 | 2–2 | UCCU Center (203) Orem, UT |
| 11/27/2016* 3:00 pm | | Multnomah | W 88–30 | 3–2 | Reese Court (227) Cheney, WA |
| 12/01/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 64–67 | 3–3 | Taco Bell Arena (613) Boise, ID |
| 12/03/2016* 6:30 pm | | at Cal State Northridge | W 71–57 | 4–3 | Matadome (316) Northridge, CA |
| 12/08/2016* 11:00 am | | Cal State Fullerton | W 84–67 | 5–3 | Reese Court (2,730) Cheney, WA |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | Gonzaga | L 54–73 | 5–4 | Reese Court (1,438) Cheney, WA |
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm | | at Air Force | Cancelled | Cancelled | Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO |
| 12/21/2016* 3:00 pm | | at Tulane Tulane Classic semifinals | L 51–63 | 5–5 | Devlin Fieldhouse (820) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/21/2016* 1:00 pm | | vs. Drake Tulane Classic 3rd place game | L 78–93 | 5–6 | Devlin Fieldhouse (529) New Orleans, LA |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Idaho | W 67–57 | 6–6 (1–0) | Reese Court (680) Cheney, WA |
| 01/05/2017 6:00 pm | | at Montana State | L 83–88 | 6–7 (1–1) | Worthington Arena (1,266) Bozeman, MT |
| 01/07/2017 1:00 pm | | at Montana | W 60–46 | 7–7 (2–1) | Dahlberg Arena (2,648) Missoula, MT |
| 01/12/2017 6:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 58–41 | 8–7 (3–1) | Reese Court (612) Cheney, WA |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm | | Weber State | W 99–85 | 9–7 (4–1) | Reese Court (580) Cheney, WA |
| 01/19/2017 6:30 pm | | at Northern Arizona | L 47–56 | 9–8 (4–2) | Walkup Skydome (249) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 01/21/2017 3:00 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 67–66 | 10–8 (5–2) | Centrum Arena (726) Cedar City, UT |
| 01/26/2017 6:00 pm | | Montana | W 64–57 | 11–8 (6–2) | Reese Court (1,026) Cheney, WA |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm | | Montana State | L 61–72 | 11–9 (6–3) | Reese Court (1,008) Cheney, WA |
| 02/02/2017 7:05 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 72–65 | 12–9 (7–3) | Hornets Nest (448) Sacramento, CA |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | | at Portland State | W 68–62 | 13–9 (8–3) | Peter Stott Center (250) Portland, OR |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm | | North Dakota | L 71–75 | 13–10 (8–4) | Reese Court (795) Cheney, WA |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 67–61 | 14–10 (9–4) | Reese Court (1,010) Cheney, WA |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | | at Idaho | L 51–78 | 14–11 (9–5) | Cowan Spectrum (574) Moscow, ID |
| 02/23/2017 6:00 pm | | at Weber State | W 70–42 | 15–11 (10–5) | Dee Events Center (637) Ogden, UT |
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 61–58 | 16–11 (11–5) | Reed Gym (1,035) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/01/2017 6:00 pm | | Southern Utah | L 63–64 | 16–12 (11–6) | Reese Court (801) Cheney, WA |
| 03/03/2017 6:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 79–64 | 17–12 (12–6) | Reese Court (1,003) Cheney, WA |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 2:35 pm | (4) | vs. (5) Idaho Quarterfinals | W 73–64 | 18–12 | Reno Events Center (787) Reno, NV |
| 03/10/2017 12:05 pm | (4) | vs. (1) Montana State Semifinals | L 59–61 | 18–13 | Reno Events Center (1,202) Reno, NV |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 5:00 pm | | at Texas State First Round | W 66–62 $^{OT}$ | 19–13 | Strahan Coliseum (1,255) San Marcos, TX |
| 03/20/2017* 6:05 pm | | Idaho Quarterfinals | L 67–74 | 19–14 | Reese Court Cheney, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||