2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| 2016–17 record | 16–14 (8–6 SoCon) |
| Head coach | Brittney Ezell (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Nikki Davis |
| Assistant coach | Eric Dumas |
| Assistant coach | Keisha McClinic |
| Home arena | Freedom Hall Civic Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga*† | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 SoCon Tournament winner *Tournament #1 seed |
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The 2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team represent East Tennessee State University (ETSU) during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The "Bucs", led by fourth-year head coach Brittney Ezell, play their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 16–14, 8–6 in SoCon play for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Women's Tournament to Samford.
During the Elon game on December 17, 2016, junior guard Tianna Tarter became the 23rd ETSU women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point mark and only the fifth in program history to reach it in three seasons. On December 20, 2016, senior Shamauria Bridges became ETSU women's basketball's career leader in three-pointers in defeating Coppin State. Bridges ended the game at 242 career threes. Bridges finished the season with 90 made three-pointers, ranking as the most in a single season in school history and fifth most in SoCon history. Tarter ranked as tied in second place for three-pointers in school history.
The Bucs ended the 2015–16 season at 16–14, 8–6 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Women's Tournament to Furman.
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