2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball
2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	14–15 (9–9 Southland)
Head coach	Donna Finnie (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Ben Chase; Lauren Tippert; Becca Allison;
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by third year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 14–15, 9–9 in Southland play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland women's tournament to Lamar.

Media[edit]

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by Legacy Sports Network (LSN) with audio for all road games and video for all home games.

Roster[edit]

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Heidi Sihvola	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Makelanrinne	Helsinki, Finland
G	5	Lisa Zderadicka	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Fr	HAK Korneuburg	Vienna, Austria
G	10	Bria Johnson (C)	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale, TX
G	14	Amanda Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Georgetown	Georgetown, TX
F	20	Charlotte Hodges	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Kingwood	Kingwood, TX
G	21	Rachel Arthur	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Atascocita	Humble, TX
F	22	Lauren Calver	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Heathcote	Helensburgh, Australia
F	23	Anna Strickland (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	The Woodlands Harding	The Woodlands, TX
G	24	Meghan Shank	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Ventura	Ventura, CA
F	25	Monet Neal (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	William Howard Taft	San Antonio, TX
F	33	Brooklyn Moore	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Wylie	Murphy, TX
G	35	Ekemini Essien	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Dallas Lutheran	Carrollton, TX
C	45	Veronika Kirienko	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	School 168	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
C	55	Kennedy Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Cedar Creek	Bastrop, TX

Head coach

Donna Finnie (Heriot–Watt)

Assistant coach(es)

Ben Chase (Emerson)
Lauren Tippet (Sam Houston State)
Becca Allison (Old Dominion)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm	Southwestern	W 90–56		Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX
Out of Conference Schedule
11/13/2015* 9:00 pm, RTSW	at New Mexico	L 57–65	0–1	The Pit (12,269) Albuquerque, NM
11/15/2015* 3:00 pm	at UTEP	L 63–98	0–2	Don Haskins Center (977) El Paso, TX
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm	Paul Quinn	W 95–42	1–2	Sharp Gymnasium (418) Houston, TX
11/27/2015* 2:00 pm	vs. Nebraska–Omaha UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 64–51	2–2	Convocation Center (150) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 50–79	2–3	Convocation Center (400) San Antonio, TX
12/02/2015* 2:00 pm	Trinity	W 60–46	3–3	Sharp Gymnasium (422) Houston, TX
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm	at Texas Southern	W 77–65	4–3	Health and Physical Education Arena (214) Houston, TX
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm	Texas State	L 66–71	4–4	Sharp Gymnasium (610) Houston, TX
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm	Texas–Arlington	L 40–64	4–5	Sharp Gymnasium (150) Houston, TX
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm	Huston–Tillotson	W 96–65	5–5	Sharp Gymnasium (385) Houston, TX
Southland Conference Schedule
01/02/2016 1:00 pm	at Northwestern State	L 44–55	5–6 (0–1)	Prather Coliseum (930) Natchitoches, LA
01/04/2016 7:00 pm	McNeese State	L 64–71	5–7 (0–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (285) Houston, TX
01/07/2016 7:00 pm	Nicholls State	W 80–71	6–7 (1–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (200) Houston, TX
01/09/2016 4:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana	W 64–56	7–7 (2–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (388) Houston, TX
01/13/2016 7:00 pm	at Central Arkansas	L 44–45	7–8 (2–3)	Farris Center (562) Conway, AR
01/16/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at New Orleans	W 71–51	8–8 (3–3)	Lakefront Arena (1,066) New Orleans, LA
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Lamar	L 70–77	8–9 (3–4)	Montagne Center (826) Beaumont, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	at Abilene Christian	L 60–77	8–10 (3–5)	Moody Coliseum (1,227) Abliene, TX
01/30/2016 4:00 pm	Sam Houston State	W 67–63	9–10 (4–5)	Sharp Gymnasium (712) Houston, TX
02/03/2016 7:00 pm	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 73–59	10–10 (5–5)	Dugan Wellness Center (737) Corpus Christi, TX
02/06/2016 4:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	L 50–64	10–11 (5–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (897) Houston, TX
02/10/2016 7:00 pm	Lamar	W 77–66	11–11 (6–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (230) Houston, TX
02/13/2016 2:00 pm	at Sam Houston State	L 70–78	11–12 (6–7)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (657) Huntsville, TX
02/18/2016 6:00 pm	at Incarnate Word	W 62–61	12–12 (7–7)	McDermott Center (450) San Antonio, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 pm	Abilene Christian	L 55–76	12–13 (7–8)	Sharp Gymnasium (179) Houston, TX
02/27/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3	at Stephen F. Austin	L 54–66	12–14 (7–9)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,691) Nacogdoches, TX
03/03/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 55–51	13–14 (8–9)	Sharp Gymnasium (622) Houston, TX
03/05/2016 12:00 pm	Incarnate Word	W 64–46	14–14 (9–9)	Sharp Gymnasium (508) Houston, TX
Southland Conference Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3	vs. Lamar First Round	L 95–98 ^2OT	14–15	Merrell Center Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

References[edit]

^ "Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". hbuhuskies.com.

[1] "Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". hbuhuskies.com.

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v t e Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Sharp Gymnasium (1999–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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