2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–12 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Teri Moren (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Curtis Loyd; Todd Starkey; Rhet Wierzba;
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Maryland†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
No. 9 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	26	–	8	.765
No. 16 Michigan State	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Michigan	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Iowa	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Rutgers	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	18	–	17	.514
Wisconsin	3	–	15	.167	7	–	22	.241
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2016 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 31, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers, led by second year head coach Teri Moren, play their home games at the Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was their first trip since 2002. They defeated Georgia in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Jess Walter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Midland	Midland, MI
G	3	Tyra Buss	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Mount Carmel	Mount Carmel, IL
G	5	Victoria Kemokai	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Bush Tyler JC	Houston, TX
F	11	Kym Royster	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Newark	Newark, OH
G	21	Karlee McBride	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Villa Maria	Erie, PA
G	22	Tia Elbert	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Tartan Marquette	Oakdale, MN
G	23	Alexis Gassion	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Fairborn	Fairborn, OH
G	24	Tyshee Towner	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	East Aurora Wabash Valley College	Aurora, IL
G	32	Laken Wairau	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Christchurch Girls'	Christchurch, New Zealand
F	33	Amanda Cahill	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Clyde	Clyde, OH
F	40	Lyndsay Leikem	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Flowing Wells	Tucson, AZ
C	43	Jenn Anderson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Westfield	Sheridan, IN
C	44	Danielle Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	North Crowley	Fort Worth, TX

Head coach

Teri Moren (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Curtis Loyd (Southern Utah)
Todd Starkey (Montreat College)
Rhet Wierzba (Austin Peay)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm		Slippery Rock	W 98–33		Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 12:00 pm		Tennessee State Preseason WNIT first round	W 88–56	1–0	Assembly Hall (1,874) Bloomington, IN
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		No. 24 Chattanooga Preseason WNIT Second Round	W 54–43	2–0	Assembly Hall (1,960) Bloomington, IN
11/19/2015* 8:00 pm		at DePaul Preseason WNIT Semifinals	L 69–84	2–1	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,924) Chicago, IL
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		at IPFW	W 79–72	3–1	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (954) Fort Wayne, IN
11/27/2015* 3:30 pm		vs. Ohio Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals	L 56–63	3–2	Memorial Gymansium (2,447) Nashville, TN
11/28/2015* 1:00 pm		vs. Austin Peay Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game	W 90–58	4–2	Memorial Gymansium Nashville, TN
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 69–60	5–2	Assembly Hall (2,222) Bloomington, IN
12/08/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	W 53–50	6–2	Hulman Center (2,340) Terre Haute, IN
12/11/2015* 7:00 pm		Samford	W 65–56 ^OT	7–2	Assembly Hall (3,088) Bloomington, IN
12/20/2015* 7:15 pm		vs. No. 23 Miami (FL) Florida Sunshine Classic	L 75–89	7–3	Worden Arena (1,367) Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2015* 7:15 pm		vs. West Virginia Florida Sunshine Classic	L 65–75	7–4	Worden Arena (573) Winter Haven, FL
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm		Yale	W 76–60	8–4	Assembly Hall (3,642) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten regular Season
12/31/2015 3:00 pm		at Wisconsin	L 69–73	8–5 (0–1)	Kohl Center (4,410) Madison, WI
01/03/2016 12:30 pm, BTN		Michigan	W 77–69 ^OT	9–5 (1–1)	Assembly Hall (3,602) Bloomington, IN
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		at No. 5 Ohio State	L 70–97	9–6 (1–2)	Value City Arena (4,420) Columbus, OH
01/10/2016 2:00 pm		at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 53–63	9–7 (1–3)	Mackey Arena (8,519) West Lafayette, IN
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		No. 18 Michigan State	W 81–65	10–7 (2–3)	Assembly Hall (2,507) Bloomington, IN
01/17/2016 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 76–78	10–8 (2–4)	Williams Arena (4,337) Minneapolis, MN
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		Illinois	W 68–66	11–8 (3–4)	Assembly Hall (2,202) Bloomington, IN
01/24/2016 5:00 pm, BTN		at Northwestern	W 91–84	12–8 (4–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,642) Evanston, IL
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		Rutgers	W 64–48	13–8 (5–4)	Assembly Hall (2,496) Bloomington, IN
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		at No. 5 Maryland	L 63–86	13–9 (5–5)	Xfinity Center (6,230) College Park, MD
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, BTN		Iowa	W 79–74	14–9 (6–5)	Assembly Hall (2,421) Bloomington, IN
02/07/2016 2:00 pm		Nebraska	W 59–47	15–9 (7–5)	Assembly Hall (3,370) Bloomington, IN
02/10/2016 8:00 pm		at Illinois	W 80–69	16–9 (8–5)	State Farm Center (1,622) Champaign, IL
02/14/2016 2:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 67–57	17–9 (9–5)	Assembly Hall (3,362) Bloomington, IN
02/18/2016 7:00 pm		Minnesota	W 93–79	18–9 (10–5)	Assembly Hall (2,530) Bloomington, IN
02/21/2016 3:00 pm		at Iowa	L 73–76	18–10 (10–6)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,838) Iowa City, IA
02/24/2016 8:00 pm		at Nebraska	W 79–68	19–10 (11–6)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,376) Lincoln, NE
02/27/2016 4:00 pm, BTN		Penn State	W 76–55	20–10 (12–6)	Assembly Hall (5,246) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 2:30 pm, BTN	(4)	vs. (12) Northwestern Quarterfinals	L 73–79	20–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(9 L)	vs. (8 L) Georgia First Round	W 62–58	21–11	Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,310) South Bend, IN
03/21/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(9 L)	at (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame Second Round	L 70–87	21–12	Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,750) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV

References

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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Rivalries	Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 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 2024–25

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References