2016–17 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team
# 2016–17 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 College of Charleston Cougars women's basketball team represented the College of Charleston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Candice M. Jackson, played their home games at the TD Arena and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–21, 6–12 CAA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the CAA women's tournament to UNC Wilmington.

Due to the revelation that Charleston had supplied improperly sized basketballs in its home conference wins over William & Mary and UNCW, the CAA announced on February 2 that those games would be treated as Charleston losses for purposes of CAA tournament seeding, although they still count as Charleston wins for all other purposes.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | $Rank^#$ | $Opponent^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2016* 6:30 pm | | Armstrong State | W 66–57 | | TD Arena Charleston, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 2:00 pm | | Charlotte | L 49–62 | 0–1 | TD Arena (681) Charleston, SC |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Winthrop | W 95–64 | 1–1 | Winthrop Coliseum (394) Rock Hill, NC |
| 11/19/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at NC State | L 47–91 | 1–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,152) Raleigh, SC |
| 11/22/2016* 6:30 pm | | Virginia Tech | L 61–71 | 1–3 | TD Arena (330) Charleston, SC |
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Appalachian State | W 65–62 | 2–3 | Holmes Center (206) Boone, NC |
| 11/30/2016* 6:30 pm | | North Florida | L 47–60 | 2–4 | TD Arena (520) Charleston, SC |
| 12/04/2016* 3:00 pm | | at Houston | L 63–79 | 2–5 | Hofheinz Pavilion (565) Houston, TX |
| 12/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 8 Louisville | L 58–86 | 2–6 | KFC Yum! Center (7,567) Louisville, KY |
| 12/18/2016* 3:00 pm | | at WKU | L 76–89 | 2–7 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,051) Bowling Green, KY |
| 12/20/2016* 4:00 pm | | Coastal Carolina | L 72–79 | 2–8 | TD Arena (402) Charleston, SC |
| 12/22/2016* 4:00 pm | | at Charleston Southern | W 79–76 | 3–8 | CSU Field House (278) Charleston, SC |
| CAA regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm | | at Elon | L 57–70 | 3–9 (0–1) | Alumni Gym (338) Elon, NC |
| 01/06/2017 6:30 pm | | William & Mary | W 70–60 | 4–9 (1–1) | TD Arena (183) Charleston, SC |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm | | UNC Wilmington | W 76–37 | 5–9 (2–1) | TD Arena (303) Charleston, SC |
| 01/13/2017 6:30 pm | | Elon | L 56–84 | 5–10 (2–2) | TD Arena (520) Charleston, SC |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm | | at Towson | L 59–61 | 5–11 (2–3) | SECU Arena (257) Towson, MD |
| 01/20/2017 7:00 pm | | at Drexel | L 57–70 | 5–12 (2–4) | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,050) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm | | at Delaware | L 66–71 | 5–13 (2–5) | Bob Carpenter Center (1,477) Newark, DE |
| 01/27/2017 11:00 am | | Hofstra | W 71–55 | 6–13 (3–5) | TD Arena (1,715) Charleston, SC |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm | | at UNC Wilmington | L 61–67 | 6–14 (3–6) | Trask Coliseum (337) Wilmington, NC |
| 02/03/2017 6:30 pm | | Drexel | W 79–75 | 7–14 (4–6) | TD Arena (377) Charleston, SC |
| 02/05/2017 2:00 pm | | Towson | W 59–54 | 8–14 (5–6) | TD Arena (604) Charleston, SC |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm | | at Hofstra | L 81–85 | 8–15 (5–7) | Hofstra Arena (224) Hempstead, NY |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm | | at Northeastern | L 44–61 | 8–16 (5–8) | Cabot Center (204) Boston, MA |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm | | at William & Mary | W 71–69 $^{OT}$ | 9–16 (6–8) | Kaplan Arena (512) Williamsburg, VA |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm | | James Madison | L 78–84 | 9–17 (6–9) | TD Arena (311) Charleston, SC |
| 02/24/2017 6:30 pm | | Northeastern | L 75–86 | 9–18 (6–10) | TD Arena (297) Charleston, SC |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm | | Delaware | L 56–69 | 9–19 (6–11) | TD Arena (328) Charleston, SC |
| 03/01/2017 7:00 pm | | at James Madison | L 60–74 | 9–20 (6–12) | JMU Convocation Center (2,319) Harrisonburg, VA |
| CAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 2:30 pm | (10) | vs. (7) UNC Wilmington First Round | L 44–49 | 9–21 | JMU Convocation Center (1,123) Harrisonburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#Rankings$ from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
