2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

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2015–16 CAA women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison †	17	–	1		.944			27	–	6		.818
Hofstra	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Drexel	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Elon	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Delaware	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			15	–	16		.484
William & Mary	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
College of Charleston	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
UNC Wilmington	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Towson	3	–	15		.167			7	–	24		.226
† 2016 CAA tournament winner As of March 28, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represents James Madison University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by fourteenth year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 27–6, 17–1 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title. They also won the CAA Tournament Championship and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. They lost in the first round to DePaul.

On March 28th, it was announced that Kenny Brooks has accept his coaching position at Virginia Tech. He finished at James Madison with a 14 year record of 337–122.

Roster

2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Elemy Colome 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Proctor Academy Lawrence, MA F 2 Destiny Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Archbishop McCarthy Miramar, FL F 4 Tasia Butler 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So North Point Syracuse Waldorf, MD G 5 Ashley Perez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Manchester St. John's Manchester, CT G 12 Precious Hall 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Maclay School Tallahassee, FL G 13 Logan Reynolds 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Central Norton, VA G 14 Hailee Barron 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Rice Burlington, VT F/C 15 Amber Porter (I)  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Potomac Stetson Woodbridge, VA G 22 Aneah Young 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD G 24 Jazmon Gwathmey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Liberty Bealeton, VA C 31 Kayla Cooper-Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr C. D. Hylton Dumfries, VA G 32 Angela Mickens 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Robert E. Lee Staunton, VA C 40 Da'Lishia Griffin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Western Branch Chesapeake, VA F 42 Carley Brew 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Wilson Wyomissing, PA F 45 Savannah Felgemacher 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Volunteer Church Hill, TN	Head coach Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Sean O'Regan (James Madison) Jennifer Brown (James Madison) Sarah Williams (James Madison) 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
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 2:00 PM		Davis & Elkins	W 107–37	1–0	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, VA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 PM		Longwood	W 88–30	1–0	JMU Convocation Center (2,201) Harrisonburg, VA
11/17/2015* 2:00 PM		Morgan State	W 92–31	2–0	JMU Convocation Center (2,012) Harrisonburg, VA
11/20/2015* 10:00 PM		at UCLA	L 61–90	2–1	Pauley Pavilion (840) Los Angeles, CA
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Liberty	W 72–56	3–1	JMU Convocation Center (2,200) Harrisonburg, VA
11/29/2015* 5:00 PM		at Hampton	W 68–56 OT	4–1	Hampton Convocation Center (1,011) Hampton, VA
12/05/2015* 7:00 PM		American	W 74–45	5–1	JMU Convocation Center (2,718) Harrisonburg, VA
12/07/2015* 7:00 PM		at St. Bonaventure	L 45–56	5–2	Reilly Center (518) Olean, NY
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM		at Richmond	W 73–47	6–2	Robins Center (1,015) Richmond, VA
12/20/2015* 5:00 PM		vs. West Virginia Florida Sunshine Classic	L 62–69	6–3	Worden Arena (987) Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2015* 5:00 PM		vs. No. 4 Baylor Florida Sunshine Classic	L 63–77	6–4	Worden Arena (932) Winter Haven, FL
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM		Davidson	W 87–45	7–4	JMU Convocation Center (2,353) Harrisonburg, VA
CAA regular season
01/03/2016 2:00 PM		at William & Mary	L 59–65 OT	7–5 (0–1)	Kaplan Arena (741) Williamsburg, VA
01/08/2016 7:00 PM		College of Charleston	W 83–61	8–5 (1–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,202) Harrisonburg, VA
01/10/2016 2:00 PM		at Elon	W 81–76 OT	9–5 (2–1)	Alumni Hall (547) Elon, NC
01/15/2016 7:00 PM		Drexel	W 67–56	10–5 (3–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,495) Harrisonburg, VA
01/17/2016 2:00 PM		Northeastern	W 85–62	11–5 (4–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,227) Harrisonburg, VA
01/22/2016 7:00 PM		at Towson	W 64–57	12–5 (5–1)	SECU Arena (344) Towson, MD
01/29/2016 7:00 PM		Delaware	W 75–55	13–5 (6–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,681) Harrisonburg, VA
01/31/2016 2:00 PM		UNC Wilmington	W 60–40	14–5 (7–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,353) Harrisonburg, VA
02/05/2016 7:00 PM		at Hofstra	W 71–54	15–5 (8–1)	Hofstra Arena (905) Hempstead, NY
02/07/2016 2:00 PM		at Northeastern	W 61–52	16–5 (9–1)	Cabot Center (312) Boston, MA
02/12/2016 7:00 PM		at Drexel	W 59–55	17–5 (10–1)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,016) Philadelphia, PA
02/14/2016 1:00 PM, ASN		Hofstra	W 57–42	18–5 (11–1)	JMU Convocation Center (4,536) Harrisonburg, VA
02/19/2016 7:00 PM		William & Mary	W 83–63	19–5 (12–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,428) Harrisonburg, VA
02/21/2016 2:00 PM		Towson	W 61–45	20–5 (13–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,612) Harrisonburg, VA
02/26/2016 7:00 PM		at UNC Wilmington	W 77–41	21–5 (14–1)	Trask Coliseum (346) Wilmington, NC
02/28/2016 2:00 PM		Elon	W 73–72	22–5 (15–1)	JMU Convocation Center (4,103) Harrisonburg, VA
03/02/2016 8:00 PM, ASN		at Delaware	W 65–43	23–5 (16–1)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,659) Newark, DE
03/05/2016 12:00 PM		at College of Charleston	W 76–46	24–5 (17–1)	TD Arena (91) Charleston, SC
CAA Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 12:00 PM, ASN		vs. College of Charleston Quarterfinals	W 53–50	25–5	Show Place Arena  Upper Marlboro, MD
03/11/2016 1:00 PM, CSN		vs. Delaware Semifinals	W 68–47	26–5	Show Place Arena  Upper Marlboro, MD
03/12/2016 4:00 PM, CSN		vs. Drexel Championship	W 60–46	27–5	Show Place Arena (1,207) Upper Marlboro, MD
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN2		vs. No. 20 DePaul First Round	L 67–97	27–6	KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2015–16 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team