2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

The 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by seventh year head coach Mark Trakh,Mark Trakh played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference.Pan American Center They finished the season 24–7, 14–0 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated UMKC and Seattle to be champions of the WAC women's tournament. NMSU women win third straight WAC Tournament title Las Cruces Sun-News They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford. In that game, the Aggies nearly pulled off the monumental upset, leading 38-31 at halftime. The Cardinal cut the lead to one at the end of the third quarter before taking the lead for good halfway through the fourth.Stanford holds on vs. New Mexico State following slow start ESPN.com

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| WAC regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| WAC Women's Tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament

See also 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

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