2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

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.

2016–17 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record11–19 (4–10 Atlantic Sun)
Head coach
  • Steve Lanpher (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Bob Dubina
  • Liz Flooks
  • Rayven Johnson
Home arenaFleisher Center
2016–17 ASUN women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stetson131 .929267  .788
Florida Gulf Coast122 .857269  .743
Jacksonville113 .786239  .719
Kennesaw State86 .5711020  .333
NJIT410 .2861119  .367
North Florida311 .2141020  .333
Lipscomb311 .214624  .200
USC Upstate212 .143921  .300
2017 ASUN Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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