# 2016–17 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bengals, led by ninth year head coach Seton Sobolewski, played their home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to their in-state rival Idaho. Despite having 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/05/2016* 2:00 pm | | Alaska Anchorange | W 88–46 | | Reed Gym Pocatello, ID |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Santa Clara | L 78–82 | 0–1 | Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | | at No. 24 Oregon State | L 38–61 | 0–2 | Gill Coliseum (2,589) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | UC Irvine | W 65–54 | 1–2 | Reed Gym (763) Pocatello, ID |
| 11/24/2016* 4:30 pm | | vs. James Madison Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | L 53–83 | 1–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/25/2016* 2:00 pm | | vs. Davidson Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 70–58 | 2–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Utah State | L 56–69 | 2–4 | Smith Spectrum (665) Logan, UT |
| 12/03/2016* 6:00 pm | | at No. 21 Colorado | L 56–85 | 2–5 | Coors Events Center (1,602) Boulder, CO |
| 12/06/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Wisconsin | W 42–35 | 3–5 | Kohl Center (2,852) Madison, WI |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | Denver | W 65–64 $^{2OT}$ | 4–5 | Reed Gym (739) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/16/2016* 8:00 pm | | Montana Tech | W 77–55 | 5–5 | Reed Gym (709) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 pm | | Utah Valley | W 61–56 | 6–5 | Reed Gym (758) Pocatello, ID |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 61–43 | 7–5 (1–0) | Reed Gym (920) Pocatello, ID |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Montana State | W 67–59 | 8–5 (2–0) | Reed Gym (826) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/07/2017 2:00 pm | | at Weber State | L 43–50 | 8–6 (2–1) | Dee Events Center (748) Ogden, UT |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | L 41–58 | 8–7 (2–2) | Reese Court (612) Cheney, WA |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 67–60 | 9–7 (3–2) | Cowan Spectrum (415) Moscow, ID |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | L 62–77 | 9–8 (3–3) | Reed Gym (942) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | North Dakota | L 70–75 | 9–9 (3–4) | Reed Gym (893) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm | | at Weber State | W 57–52 | 10–9 (4–4) | Reed Gym (1,031) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/02/2017 7:30 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 64–51 | 11–9 (5–4) | Walkup Skydome (389) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 02/04/2017 7:30 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 71–68 $^{2OT}$ | 12–9 (6–4) | Centrum Arena (894) Cedar City, UT |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | | Portland State | W 53–47 | 13–9 (7–4) | Reed Gym (1,022) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 79–60 | 14–9 (8–4) | Reed Gym (1,016) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/16/2017 1:00 pm | | at North Dakota | L 56–63 | 14–10 (8–5) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,710) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 68–58 | 15–10 (9–5) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,884) Greeley, CO |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm | | Idaho | W 80–69 | 16–10 (10–5) | Reed Gym (1,051) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 58–61 | 16–11 (10–6) | Reed Gym (1,035) Pocatello, ID |
| 03/01/2017 7:00 pm | | at Montana State | L 67–73 | 16–12 (10–7) | Worthington Arena (1,601) Bozeman, MT |
| 03/03/2017 7:00 pm | | at Montana | L 53–68 | 16–13 (10–8) | Dahlberg Arena (2,942) Missoula, MT |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2017 9:05 pm | (6) | vs. (11) Montana First Round | W 63–53 | 17–13 | Reno Events Center (906) Reno, NV |
| 03/08/2017 9:05 pm | (6) | vs. (3) Montana Quarterfinals | W 60–59 | 18–13 | Reno Events Center (804) Reno, NV |
| 03/10/2017 3:35 pm | (6) | vs. (7) Portland State Semifinals | W 54–50 | 19–13 | Reno Events Center (1,202) Reno, NV |
| 03/11/2017 1:05 pm | (6) | vs. (1) Montana State Championship Game | L 56–62 | 19–14 | Reno Events Center (919) Reno, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||