2016–17_NJIT_Highlanders_women's_basketball_team

2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	11–19 (4–10 Atlantic Sun)
Head coach	Steve Lanpher (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Bob Dubina; Liz Flooks; Rayven Johnson;
Home arena	Fleisher Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team represented New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth year head coach Steve Lanpher, played their home games at the Fleisher Center as second year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. This will be their final season playing at the Fleisher Center before moving to the Wellness and Events Center in 2017. They finished the season 11–19, 4–10 in A-Sun play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Tournament to Kennesaw State.

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This was their last season playing at Fleisher Center as they moved in to the newly built Wellness and Events Center beginning in the 2017–18 season.

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Wagner	W 68–45	1–0	Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		St. Joseph's (NY)	W 87–53	2–0	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
11/17/2016* 6:00 pm		at Bucknell	L 36–67	2–1	Sojka Pavilion (445) Lewisburg, PA
11/21/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Fairleigh Dickinson	L 61–66	2–2	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
11/25/2016* 7:00 pm		at Vermont TD Bank Classic semifinals	L 42–64	2–3	Patrick Gym (478) Burlington, VT
11/26/2016* 5:00 pm		vs. LIU Brooklyn TD Bank Classic 3rd place game	W 50–48	3–3	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		at Lehigh	L 52–84	3–4	Stabler Arena (537) Bethlehem, PA
12/04/2016* 12:00 pm		at Harvard	L 38–59	3–5	Lavietes Pavilion (507) Cambridge, MA
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Binghamton	L 44–68	3–6	Fleisher Center Newark, NJ
12/11/2016* 1:00 pm		at Delaware State	W 57–43	4–6	Memorial Hall (389) Dover, DE
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	L 36–75	4–7	Hagan Arena (207) Philadelphia, PA
12/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Howard	W 70–55	5–7	Fleisher Center (277) Newark, NJ
12/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Rutgers–Newark	W 83–52	6–7	Fleisher Center (299) Newark, NJ
12/30/2016* 3:00 pm		at Chicago State	W 57–42	7–7	Jones Convocation Center (140) Chicago, IL
01/04/2017* 11:30 am, ESPN3		Columbia	L 51–65	7–8	Fleisher Center (996) Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/07/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at USC Upstate	L 58–75	7–9 (0–1)	G. B. Hodge Center (237) Spartanburg, SC
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		North Florida	W 64–62	8–9 (1–1)	Fleisher Center (499) Newark, NJ
01/16/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Jacksonville	L 56–75	8–10 (1–2)	Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ
01/21/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 53–73	8–11 (1–3)	Alico Arena (1,459) Fort Myers, FL
01/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stetson	L 43–77	8–12 (1–4)	Edmunds Center (498) DeLand, FL
01/28/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Lipscomb	W 76–68	9–12 (2–4)	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kennesaw State	L 64–75	9–13 (2–5)	KSU Convocation Center (355) Kennesaw, GA
02/04/2017 2:30 pm, ESPN3		at Lipscomb	W 76–53	10–13 (3–5)	Allen Arena (560) Nashville, TN
02/08/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Kennesaw State	L 56–66	10–14 (3–6)	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
02/11/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	L 59–75	10–15 (3–7)	Swisher Gymnasium (633) Jacksonville, FL
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Florida	L 51–61	10–16 (3–8)	UNF Arena (301) Jacksonville, FL
02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Stetson	L 37–60	10–17 (3–9)	Fleisher Center (388) Newark, NJ
02/20/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Florida Gulf Coast	L 46–77	10–18 (3–10)	Fleisher Center (200) Newark, NJ
02/25/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		USC Upstate	W 70–66	11–18 (4–10)	Fleisher Center Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(4)	at (5) Kennesaw State Quarterfinals	L 60–62	11–19	KSU Convocation Center (983) Kennesaw, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stetson	13	–	1	.929	26	–	7	.788
Florida Gulf Coast †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	9	.743
Jacksonville	11	–	3	.786	23	–	9	.719
Kennesaw State	8	–	6	.571	10	–	20	.333
NJIT	4	–	10	.286	11	–	19	.367
North Florida	3	–	11	.214	10	–	20	.333
Lipscomb	3	–	11	.214	6	–	24	.200
USC Upstate	2	–	12	.143	9	–	21	.300

† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll