2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

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2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	4		.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			29	–	8		.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			20	–	14		.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by fifth year head coach Jen Hoover. The Demon Deacons are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

2016–17 media

Wake Forest IMG Sports Network

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons IMG Sports Network will broadcast Demon Deacons games on Wake Forest All Access. You can also keep track on Twitter @WakeWBB. Post game interviews are posted on the schools YouTube Channel.

Roster

2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 1 Destini Walker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Hermitage Ossining, NY G 2 Amber Campbell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Northwood Academy Charleston, SC G 3 Ataijah Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Salem Roanoke, VA F 5 Clarisse Berranger 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Lycée Alain-Fournier Université de Limoges Remiremont, France G 10 Taylor Gordon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So McEachern Powder Springs, GA G 11 Jill Brunori 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Hilton Head Preparatory Hilton Head, SC G 14 Alex Sharp 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Australian Institute of Sport Melbourne, Australia G 15 Kortni Simmons 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So West Florence Spotsylvania, PA F 21 Raegyn Branch 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Arlington Arlington, TX G 23 Amber Long (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Robbinsville Robbinsville, NC G 24 Kelila Atkinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Riverdale Baptist Woodbridge, VA G 25 Ariel Stephenson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Prince George Prince George, VA F 32 Milan Quinn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Charlotte, NC F 41 Elisa Penna 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So ITC F. Foscari Bergamo, Italy F 42 Tyra Whitehead 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cosby Richmond, VA F 44 Ona Udoh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Terry Sanford Fayetteville, NC	Head coach Jen Hoover (Wake Forest) Assistant coach(es) Mike Terry (Western Ontario) Gayle Coats Fulks (Fairleigh Dickinson) Dane Sparrow (UNC–Greensboro) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 4:00 PM		Navy	W 75–65	1–0	LJVM Coliseum (882) Winston-Salem, NC
11/13/2016* 7:00 PM		at LSU	L 57–60	1–1	Maravich Center (1,728) Baton Rouge, LA
11/17/2016* 7:00 PM		Rutgers	W 55–43	2–1	LJVM Coliseum (525) Winston-Salem, NC
11/20/2016* 2:00 PM		Eastern Michigan	W 89–61	3–1	LJVM Coliseum (482) Winston-Salem, NC
11/23/2016* 4:00 PM		Furman	W 59–52	4–1	LJVM Coliseum (407) Winston-Salem, NC
11/26/2016* 2:00 PM		at Elon	W 78–68	5–1	Alumni Gym (716) Elon, NC
11/30/2016* 8:00 PM		at Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 79–70	6–1	State Farm Center (1,243) Champaign, IL
12/04/2016* 2:00 PM		at Seton Hall	L 63–70	6–2	Walsh Gymnasium (657) South Orange, NJ
12/08/2016* 7:00 PM		Xavier	W 58–45	7–2	LJVM Coliseum (416) Winston-Salem, NC
12/10/2016* 2:00 PM		Radford	L 60–68	7–3	LJVM Coliseum (467) Winston-Salem, NC
12/18/2016* 2:00 PM		Samford	W 51–40	8–3	LJVM Coliseum (622) Winston-Salem, NC
12/21/2016* 11:00 AM		VCU	W 60–54	9–3	LJVM Coliseum (5,557) Winston-Salem, NC
12/31/2016* 4:30 PM		at James Madison	L 76–83	9–4	JMU Convocation Center (3,212) Harrisonburg, VA
ACC regular season
01/05/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		at No. 7 Notre Dame			Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,691) South Bend, IN
01/08/2017 2:00 PM, RSN		NC State	L 50–65	9–6 (0–2)	LJVM Coliseum (469) Winston-Salem, NC
01/12/2017 7:00 PM		Clemson			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
01/16/2017 1:00 PM, RSN		at Virginia Tech			Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
01/19/2017 7:00 PM		at North Carolina			Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
01/22/2017 2:00 PM		Georgia Tech			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
01/26/2017 7:00 PM		Boston College			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
01/29/2017 1:00 PM, RSN		at Duke			Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
02/02/2017 7:00 PM		Miami (FL)			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
02/05/2017 2:00 PM		Pittsburgh			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
02/09/2017 7:00 PM		at Florida State			Donald L. Tucker Civic Center  Tallahassee, FL
02/12/2017 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra		at Virginia			John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
02/16/2017 7:00 PM		Duke			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
02/19/2017 2:00 PM, ESPNU		at NC State			Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
02/23/2017 7:00 PM		at Syracuse			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/26/2017 2:00 PM		Louisville			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/01–05/2017		vs.			HTC Center  Conway, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

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

See also

• 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team