2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record 1–5 (0–0 The Valley)
Head coach Matt Ruffing (interim)
Assistant coach Doug Rogers
Assistant coach Bailey Harmon
Assistant coach Omega Tandy
Home arena Ford Center
2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Drake 0 – 0   –     3 – 2   .600
Northern Iowa 0 – 0   –     4 – 3   .571
Illinois State 0 – 0   –     3 – 3   .500
Southern Illinois 0 – 0   –     3 – 3   .500
Indiana State 0 – 0   –     3 – 4   .429
Wichita State 0 – 0   –     3 – 4   .429
Bradley 0 – 0   –     2 – 5   .286
Missouri State 0 – 0   –     2 – 5   .286
Evansville 0 – 0   –     1 – 5   .167
Loyola–Chicago 0 – 0   –     0 – 6   .000
† 2017 MVC Tournament winner
As of December 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by interim head coach Mike Ruffing, play their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Aces ended last season 3–28, 1–17 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Drake.

On February 29, 2016, head coach Oties Epps resigned after five years.[1] Matt Ruffing became the interim coach for the remainder of the season and for the current one.

Roster

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 0 Williams, CamaryCamary Williams 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Cape Coral
Hillsborough CC		 Fort Myers, FL
G 1 Lively, MacieMacie Lively 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Tipton Tipton, IN
F 2 Gasper, KerriKerri Gasper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Olmstead Falls Olmsted Township, OH
G 3 Miller, MarleyMarley Miller 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Vincennes University Olney, IL
G 11 Dossett, BrookeBrooke Dossett 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Vincennes University Warsaw, KY
F 14 Langston, PeytonPeyton Langston 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mater Dei Carson, CA
F 22 Robinson, SashaSasha Robinson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Brown County Nashville, IN
G 24 Dickey, SaraSara Dickey 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Riverton Park Montezuma, IN
F 31 Hall, TattenaiTattenai Hall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Heritage Fort Wayne, IN
F 32 Sinnott, ErinErin Sinnott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Oswego Fort Wayne, IL
F 33 Hawkins, AshleyAshley Hawkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Vincennes University Sacramento, CA
C 42 Coffman, KaylanKaylan Coffman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Benton Central Templeton, IN
Head coach

Matt Ruffing (Dayton)

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Rogers (Wisconsin)
Bailey Harmon (Illinois)
Omega Tandy (Cleveland State)

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

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

11/12/2016*
1:00 PM		 Cleveland State L 62–66  0–1
 Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

11/14/2016*
5:00 PM		 Eastern Illinois L 63–73  0–2
 Ford Center (456)
Evansville, IN

11/16/2016*
6:00 PM		 at Ball State L 49–84  0–3
 Worthen Arena (1,012)
Muncie, IN

11/20/2016*
1:00 PM		 Southeast Missouri State L 74–76  0–4
 Ford Center (437)
Evansville, IN

11/27/2016*
2:00 PM		 at Northwestern L 66–88  0–5
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (853)
Evanston, IL

11/30/2016*
6:00 PM		 at Valparaiso W 70–65  1–5
 Athletics–Recreation Center (396)
Valparaiso, IN

12/04/2016*
2:00 PM		 at Murray State   
CFSB Center 
Murray, KY

12/06/2016*
11:00 AM		 Oakland City   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

12/10/2016*
12:00 PM		 Austin Peay   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

12/18/2016*
1:00 PM		 at Louisville   
KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY

12/21/2016*
7:00 PM		 Alabama A&M   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley regular season

12/30/2016
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Indiana State   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

01/01/2017
12:00 PM, ESPN3		 Loyola–Chicago   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

01/06/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Drake   
Knapp Center 
Des Moines, IA

01/08/2017
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Northern Iowa   
McLeod Center 
Cedar Falls, IA

01/13/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Missouri State   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

01/15/2017
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Wichita State   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

01/22/2017
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Southern Illinois   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

01/27/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Illinois State   
Redbird Arena 
Normal, IL

01/29/2017
11:00 AM, ESPN3		 at Bradley   
Renaissance Coliseum 
Peoria, IL

02/03/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Northern Iowa   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

02/05/2017
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Drake   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

02/10/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Wichita State   
Charles Koch Arena 
Wichita, KS

02/12/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Missouri State   
JQH Arena 
Springfield, MO

02/17/2017
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Southern Illinois   
SIU Arena 
Carbondale, IL

02/24/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Bradley   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

02/26/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Illinois State   
Ford Center 
Evansville, IN

03/02/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Loyola–Chicago   
Joseph J. Gentile Arena 
Chicago, IL

03/04/2017
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Indiana State   
Hulman Center 
Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament

03/09–12/2017
 vs.    
iWireless Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

2016–17 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team

References

  1. ↑ "UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation". Evansville Athletics. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ "University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.
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