2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

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2015–16 Southland Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Abilene Christian*	17	–	1		.944			26	–	4		.867
Central Arkansas †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
Northwestern State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	12		.613
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
McNeese State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Houston Baptist	9	–	9		.500			14	–	15		.483
Nicholls State	8	–	10		.444			10	–	19		.345
Sam Houston State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Lamar	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
Texas A&M-CC	6	–	12		.333			9	–	20		.310
New Orleans	5	–	13		.278			8	–	19		.296
Incarnate Word*	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
SE Louisiana	3	–	15		.167			4	–	25		.138
† 2016 Southland tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third year head coach Julie Goodenough and play their home games at the Moody Coliseum. This will be the third year of a 4-year transition phase from D2 to D1, In the third year of transition, Abilene Christian cannot participate in the Southland Tournament, but will be a Division I counter and will be part of the Division I rpi calculation. The Wildcats will play a full conference schedule in 2015–16. Although they aren't eligible for the Southland Conference and NCAA tournaments, the Wildcats did compete in the WNIT where they lost in the first round to UTEP. They finished the season 26–4, 17–1 to win the Southland Regular season title.

Roster

2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Sara Williamson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Rockwall HS Rockwall, TX G 2 Alyssa Echols 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Pflugerville HS Pflugerville, TX F 5 McKenzie Martin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Allen HS Allen, TX G 10 Paris Webb 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Midland HS Midland, TX G 12 Whitney West Swinford 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Gregory-Portland HS Portland, TX G 15 Alexis Mason 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr McKinney North HS McKinney, TX C 22 Sierra Allen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Highland Roscoe HS Roscoe, TX F 23 Suzzy Dimba 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lubbuck Coronado HS Lubbock, TX G 24 Breklyn Wentz 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Fr Trinity Christian HS Lubbock, TX F 32 Lizzy Dimba 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lubbuck Coronado HS Lubbock, TX F 33 Sydney Shelstead 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mineral Wells HS Mineral Wells, TX G 42 Hannah Snyder 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Albany HS Albany, TX	Head coach Julie Goodenough (Abilene Christian) Assistant coach(es) Erika Lambert (College of Charleston) Kyle Felan (Texas A&M) Matt Stine (Dayton) 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
Out of Conference Schedule
11/14/2015* 7:00 PM		Wayland Baptist	W 96–71	1–0	Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, TX
11/16/2015* 5:30 PM, FCS Atlantic		at Kansas State	L 45–76	1–1	Bramlage Coliseum (3,784) Manhattan, KS
11/21/2015* 2:00 PM		UTSA	W 79–60	2–1	Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, TX
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM		Southwest	W 91–39	3–1	Moody Coliseum (517) Abilene, TX
11/27/2015* 2:00 PM		Missouri Valley	W 96–35	4–1	Moody Coliseum (525) Abilene, TX
12/02/2015* 5:30 PM		at Texas Tech	L 65–71	4–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX
12/04/2015* 8:00 PM		vs. Grand Canyon Air Force Classic	W 76–71	5–2	Clune Arena (96) Colorado Springs, CO
12/05/2015* 3:00 PM		vs. Eastern Michigan Air Force Classic	W 83–59	6–2	Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
12/18/2015* 6:00 PM		at Eastern Washington	W 72–60	7–2	Reese Court (153) Cheney, WA
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM		at Idaho	W 71–59 OT	8–2	Cowan Spectrum (201) Moscow, ID
12/31/2015* 2:00 PM		Schreiner	W 79–51	9–2	Moody Coliseum (1,031) Abilene, TX
Southland Conference Schedule
01/02/2016 2:00 PM		at Central Arkansas	W 61–49	10–2 (1–0)	Farris Center (512) Conway, AR
01/07/2016 7:00 PM		Northwestern State	W 67–46	11–2 (2–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,107) Abilene, TX
01/10/2016 1:00 PM		at Nicholls State	W 71–68	12–2 (3–0)	Stopher Gym (487) Thibodaux, LA
01/13/2016 7:00 PM		McNeese State	W 79–62	13–2 (4–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,136) Abilene, TX
01/16/2016 4:00 PM		at Stephen F. Austin	W 85–70	14–2 (5–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,749) Nacogdoches, TX
01/21/2016 6:30 PM		at Sam Houston State	W 87–76	15–2 (6–0)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,009) Huntsville TX
01/23/2016 2:00 PM		at Incarnate Word	W 86–71	16–2 (7–0)	McDermott Center (524) San Antonio, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 PM		Houston Baptist	W 77–60	17–2 (8–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,227) Abilene, TX
01/30/2016 2:00 PM		Lamar	W 90–62	18–2 (9–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,306) Abilene, TX
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Lamar	L 54–63	18–3 (9–1)	Montagne Center (687) Beaumont, TX
02/06/2016 1:00 PM		at Southeastern Louisiana	W 88–72	19–3 (10–1)	University Center (581) Hammond, LA
02/10/2016 7:00 PM		Sam Houston State	W 67–55	20–3 (11–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,022) Abilene, TX
02/17/2016 7:00 PM		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 71–65	21–3 (12–1)	Dugan Wellness Center (457) Corpus Christi, TX
02/21/2016 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Southeastern Louisiana	W 72–70	22–3 (13–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 PM		at Houston Baptist	W 76–65	23–3 (14–1)	Sharp Gymnasium (179) Houston, TX
02/27/2016 2:00 PM		New Orleans	W 76–55	24–3 (15–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,015) Abilene, TX
03/02/2016 7:00 PM		Incarnate Word	W 66–58	25–3 (16–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,231) Abilene, TX
03/05/2016 2:00 PM		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 63–52	26–3 (17–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,336) Abilene, TX
WNIT
03/17/2016* 8:05 PM		at UTEP First Round	L 62–66	26–4	Don Haskins Center (4,517) El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team