# 2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach June Daugherty, play their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | Alaska Anchorage | W 81–73 | | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | Loyola Marymount | W 92–45 | 1–0 | Beasley Coliseum (2,078) Pullman, WA |
| 11/13/2016* 1:00 pm | | Saint Mary's | W 85–69 | 2–0 | Beasley Coliseum (439) Pullman, WA |
| 11/18/2016* 7:00 pm | | San Francisco | W 73–35 | 3–0 | Beasley Coliseum (419) Pullman, WA |
| 11/20/2016* 12:00 pm, P12N | | Oklahoma State | L 72–79 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Beasley Coliseum (542) Pullman, WA |
| 11/25/2016* 6:00 pm | | vs. Nebraska South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 79–65 | 4–1 | South Point Arena (400) Enterprise, NV |
| 11/26/2016* 3:30 pm | | vs. No. 6 Maryland South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 69–79 | 4–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/02/2016* 7:00 pm | | San Diego | W 83–73 | 5–2 | Beasley Coliseum (562) Pullman, WA |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | Boise State | L 73–77 | 5–3 | Beasley Coliseum (699) Pullman, WA |
| 12/08/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Gonzaga | L 61–79 | 5–4 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724) Spokane, WA |
| 12/18/2016* 12:00 pm | | at Saint Louis | L 70–73 | 5–5 | Chaifetz Arena (604) St. Louis, MO |
| 12/21/2016* 9:00 am | | at No. 18 Kentucky | L 67–69 | 5–6 | Memorial Coliseum (4,875) Lexington, KY |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/27/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 9 Washington | L 63–94 | 5–7 (0–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635) Seattle, WA |
| 12/30/2016 4:00 pm | | at No. 22 Oregon State | L 58–80 | 5–8 (0–2) | Gill Coliseum (3,429) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/01/2017 2:00 pm | | at Oregon | W 75–59 | 6–8 (1–2) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,402) Eugene, OR |
| 01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 9 UCLA | W 82–73 | 7–8 (2–2) | Beasley Coliseum (820) Pullman, WA |
| 01/08/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 74–57 | 8–8 (3–2) | Beasley Coliseum (603) Pullman, WA |
| 01/13/2017 10:00 am | | at No. 19 Arizona State | L 49–68 | 8–9 (3–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,725) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/15/2017 10:00 am, P12N | | at Arizona | L 55–56 | 8–10 (3–4) | McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | | No. 8 Washington | L 44–87 | 8–11 (3–5) | Beasley Coliseum (987) Pullman, WA |
| 02/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 10 Stanford | L 54–76 | 8–12 (3–6) | Beasley Coliseum (626) Pullman, WA |
| 02/29/2017 1:00 pm | | California | W 84–79 | 9–12 (4–6) | Beasley Coliseum (639) Pullman, WA |
| 02/03/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | L 58–70 | 9–13 (4–7) | Coors Events Center (1,907) Boulder, CO |
| 02/05/2017 11:00 am | | at Utah | W 61–55 | 10–13 (5–7) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,152) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm | | No. 23 Arizona State | L 58–61 | 10–14 (5–8) | Beasley Coliseum (779) Pullman, WA |
| 02/15/2017 11:00 am, P12N | | Arizona | L 62–70 | 10–15 (5–9) | Beasley Coliseum (802) Pullman, WA |
| 02/17/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 64–80 | 10–16 (5–10) | Galen Center (910) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/19/2017 11:00 am, P12N | | at No. 18 UCLA | L 48–67 | 10–17 (5–11) | Pauley Pavilion (1,958) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/23/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | L 57–74 | 10–18 (5–12) | Beasley Coliseum (611) Pullman, WA |
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm | | Colorado | W 67–56 | 11–18 (6–12) | Beasley Coliseum (712) Pullman, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | (7) | vs. (10) Colorado First Round | W 79–78 | 12–18 | KeyArena Seattle, WA |
| 03/03/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | (7) | vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford Quarterfinals | L 36–66 | 12–19 | KeyArena Seattle, WA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | at BYU First Round | W 72–64 | 13–19 | Marriott Center (610) Provo, UT |
| 03/18/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Wyoming Second Round | W 68–67 $^{OT}$ | 14–19 | Arena-Auditorium (1,871) Laramie, WY |
| 03/23/2017* 7:00 pm | | UC Davis Third Round | W 71–62 | 15–19 | Beasley Coliseum (1,456) Pullman, WA |
| 03/26/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Iowa Quarterfinals | W 74–66 | 16–19 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,146) Iowa City, IA |
| 03/29/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Georgia Tech Semifinals | L 61–69 | 16–20 | McCamish Pavilion (1,106) Atlanta, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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