2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
2016–17 record	7–2 (0–0 B1G)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (10th year)
Assistant coach	Amaka Agugua
Assistant coach	Mark Simons
Assistant coach	Alysiah Bond
Home arena	Breslin Center

2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Maryland	0	–	0	–	8	–	0	1.000
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Michigan	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
Penn State	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Iowa	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
#12 Ohio State	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Indiana	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Purdue	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
Illinois	0	–	0	–	3	–	5	.375
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	3	–	5	.375
Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	3	–	6	.333
Rutgers	0	–	0	–	2	–	7	.222

† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner As of December 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by tenth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Colley, ShayShay Colley	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	St. Edmund Campion Secondary South Carolina	Brampton, ON
1.5 !G	1	Jankoska, ToriTori Jankoska	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Freeland	Freeland, MI
3.5 !F	2	Cook, MardrekiaMardrekia Cook	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Muskegon	Muskegon, MI
1.5 !G	3	Gondrezick, KalabryahKalabryah Gondrezick	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Benton Harbor	Benton Harbor, MI
1.5 !G	4	McCutcheon, TarynTaryn McCutcheon	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	1.0 !Fr	East Lansing	East Lansing, MI
1.5 !G	10	Agee, BrannadaisBrannadais Agee	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Cass Technical	Detroit, MI
3.5 !F	11	Dambo, NahtyNahty Dambo	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Junípero Serra	Fort-de-France, Martinique
3.5 !F	12	Hollie, NiaNia Hollie	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
1.5 !G	13	Green, MorganMorgan Green	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Pacific Collegiate Chabot College	San Jose, CA
3.5 !F	15	Gaines, VictoriaVictoria Gaines	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
5.0 !C	21	Vesela, HanaHana Vesela	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	2.0 !So	Brimley	Příbor, Czech Republic
1.5 !G	22	Carter, KiaraKiara Carter	61 !5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	3.0 !Jr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, IL
2.5 !G/F	24	Gussert, LexiLexi Gussert	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Forest Park	Crystal Falls, MI
3.5 !F	32	Reimer, TayaTaya Reimer	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.0 !Sr	Hamilton Southeastern Notre Dame	Fishers, IN
5.0 !C	33	Allen, JennaJenna Allen	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	North Lawrence	Bedford, IN
3.5 !F	55	Johnson, KennedyKennedy Johnson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Wildwood Catholic	Galloway, NJ

Head coach

Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua (Hofstra)
Mark Simons (Michigan State)
Alysiah Bond (Ohio State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 PM		Northwood	W 82–47		Breslin Center (4,304) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM		Davidson	W 70–34	1–0	Breslin Center (3,640) East Lansing, MI
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM		Wyoming	W 63–51	2–0	Breslin Center (4,138) East Lansing, MI
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM		Southern	W 70–55	3–0	Breslin Center (4,027) East Lansing, MI
11/18/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	W 68–64 ^OT	4–0	University Arena (1,788) Kalamazoo, MI
11/22/2016* 11:00 PM, P12N	No. 24	at Oregon	L 55–88	4–1	Matthew Knight Arena (2,056) Eugene, OR
11/25/2016* 8:00 PM	No. 24	vs. Delaware Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	W 81–64	5–1	Matadome (218) Northridge, CA
11/26/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 24	at Cal State Northridge Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	W 63–59	6–1	Matadome (399) Northridge, CA
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM		at No. 20 Syracuse ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 64–75	6–2	Carrier Dome (768) Syracuse, NY
12/02/2016* 7:00 PM		Oakland	W 81–76	7–2	Breslin Center (4,638) East Lansing, MI
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM		at Quinnipiac			TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT
12/08/2016* 7:00 PM		at Rhode Island			Ryan Center Kingston, RI
12/18/2016* 12:00 PM		Northeastern			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, BTN		Notre Dame			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
01/01/2017 3:00 PM		Illinois			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/04/2017 6:00 PM		Purdue			Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2017 7:00 PM		Nebraska			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/10/2017 8:00 PM, BTN		Ohio State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/14/2017 12:00 PM, BTN		at Rutgers			Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
01/17/2017 9:00 PM, BTN		at Northwestern			Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/22/2017 5:00 PM, BTN		at Purdue			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/25/2017 8:00 PM		at Wisconsin			Kohl Center Madison, WI
01/30/2017 8:00 PM, BTN		at Minnesota			Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
02/02/2017 6:00 PM, BTN		Indiana			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/09/2017 7:00 PM, BTN		at Iowa			Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
02/12/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN2		Maryland			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/16/2017 7:00 PM		Minnesota			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/19/2017 2:00 PM, BTN		at Michigan			Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
02/22/2017 7:00 PM		Penn State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/26/2017		at Nebraska			Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/01–05/2017		vs.			Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	24	RV																N/A
Coaches	22	21	19	22

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References