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2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

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2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Women's Basketball Invitational champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record25–10 (13–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Deacon Jones
  • Katherine Katz
  • Amber Gregg
Home arenaCajundome
Earl K. Long Gymnasium (3 games)
Seasons
2015–16 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas State 19 1   .950 26 5   .839
Little Rock 16 4   .800 20 12   .625
Louisiana–Lafayette 13 7   .650 21 10   .677
Troy 12 8   .600 20 13   .606
South Alabama 11 9   .550 15 15   .500
UT Arlington 10 10   .500 15 16   .484
Texas State 7 13   .350 12 19   .387
Appalachian State 7 13   .350 10 20   .333
Louisiana–Monroe 6 14   .300 12 17   .414
Georgia State 5 15   .250 10 19   .345
Georgia Southern 4 16   .200 7 22   .241
2016 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2015
Rankings from AP poll


The 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fourth-year head coach Garry Brodhead and played all their home games at the Cajundome with a select few (mainly during the WBI) at Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25-10, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock by the score of 52-63. They competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational and went to the championship game, winning by the score of 87-85 in two overtimes against the Weber State Wildcats

Previous season

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The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2014–15 season 23-12, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish sixth in the conference. They made it to the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball semifinal game after defeating Troy in the first round game before losing to Arkansas State Red Wolves in the semifinals. They would continue on to be invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational for the first time in school history, and would eventually be crowned National Champions in the WBI after defeating UT Pan American, McNeese State, Oral Roberts, and Siena in the first round, second round, semifinals, and championship game, respectively.

Roster

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2015–16 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Brooklyn Arceneaux 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr St. Thomas More HS Lafayette, LA
C 3 Breionne Cooper 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr West Jefferson HS New Orleans, LA
F 5 Jordan Alexander 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Skyline HS Dallas, TX
G 10 Kia Wilridge 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr St. Thomas More HS Crowley, LA
G 11 Jaylyn Gordon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr West St. John HS Edgard, LA
F 14 Adrienne Prejean 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Lafayette HS Lafayette, LA
G/F 15 Jodi Quinn 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So St. Thomas More HS St. Martinville, LA
F 21 Jasmin Mills 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Assumption HS Belle Rose, LA
G/F 22 Gabby Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bogalusa HS Bogalusa, LA
G 23 Taylor Washington 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bowie HS
Panola College
Arlington, TX
G 24 Keke Veal 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr St. Thomas More HS Opelousas, LA
G 25 Sylvana Okde 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Westbury Christian School Houston, TX
F 32 Simone Fields 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Converse Judson HS San Antonio, TX
C 33 Alex Weeks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Beau Chene HS Opelousas, LA
Nekia Jones
Jr Ozen HS
Texas
Beaumont, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: March 17, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015*
5:00 pm
LSU–Alexandria W 95-48 
 27  Gordon   10  Quinn   3  Veal  Cajundome 
Lafayette, LA
11/12/2015*
7:00 pm
Xavier (LA) W 77-69 
 27  Gordon   9  Wilridge   4  Gordon  Cajundome (356)
Lafayette, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
7:00 pm
at Ole Miss W 82-78  1-0
 29  Gordon   11  Tied   4  Wilridge  Tad Smith Coliseum (789)
Oxford, MS
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
Southern-New Orleans W 81-28  2-0
 15  Fields   7  J. Alexander   3  Gordon  Earl K. Long Gymnasium (392)
Lafayette, LA
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
at Houston L 51-52  2-1
 19  Wilridge   5  Wilridge   4  Gordon  Hofheinz Pavilion (909)
Houston, TX
11/27/2015*
1:30 pm
vs. Arkansas
San Juan Shootout
W 67-59  3-1
 20  Veal   6  Fields   4  Wilridge  Mario Morales Coliseum 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
11/28/2015*
11:15 am
vs. Sacred Heart
San Juan Shootout
W 60-58 OT 4-1
 13  Veal   9  Arceneaux   4  Wilridge  Mario Morales Coliseum 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sun Belt regular season
12/03/2015
5:00 pm
at Louisiana-Monroe W 71-52  5-1
 21  Gordon   8  Gordon   7  Veal  Fant-Ewing Coliseum 
Monroe, LA
Non-conference regular season
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
Dillard W 84-36  6-1
 18  Wilridge   9  Wilridge   2  Veal  Cajundome (695)
Lafayette, LA
12/15/2015*
11:00 am
UC Santa Barbara W 61-42  7-1
 14  Wilridge   13  Wilridge   3  Wilridge  Cajundome (2,773)
Lafayette, LA
12/19/2015*
6:00 pm
at Louisiana Tech L 62-79  7-2
 23  Veal   6  Wilridge   5  Gordon  Thomas Assembly Center (1,818)
Ruston, LA
12/29/2015*
7:00 pm
Alcorn State W 73-61  8-2
 22  Veal   7  Gordon   6  Gordon  Cajundome (762)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt regular season
01/02/2016
5:00 pm
Appalachian State W 60-51  9-2
 15  Wilridge   7  Arceneaux   6  Gordon  Cajundome (1,166)
Lafayette, LA
01/07/2016
5:15 pm
at Little Rock W 65-58  10-2
 30  Veal   6  Cooper   5  Gordon  Jack Stephens Center (3,218)
Little Rock, AR
01/09/2016
3:05 pm
at Arkansas State L 56-83  10-3
 18  Veal   9  Tied   4  Gordon  Convocation Center (809)
Jonesboro, AR
01/14/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Georgia Southern W 56-39  11-3
 17  Wilridge   13  Cooper   4  Veal  Hanner Fieldhouse (424)
Statesboro, GA
01/16/2016
11:00 am, ESPN3
at Georgia State W 77-57  12-3
 24  Gordon   6  Wilridge   7  Gordon  GSU Sports Arena (454)
Atlanta, GA
01/21/2016
5:00 pm
South Alabama W 69-50  13-3
 14  Gordon   8  Arceneaux   5  Gordon  Cajundome (778)
Lafayette, LA
01/23/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
Troy W 56-53  14-3
 23  Gordon   9  Arceneaux   5  Gordon  Cajundome (1,292)
Lafayette, LA
01/28/2016
5:00 pm
Texas State L 42-46  14-4
 10  Wilridge   9  Wilridge   4  Wilridge  Cajundome (1,476)
Lafayette, LA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm
UT Arlington W 63-52  15-4
 21  Veal   6  Wilridge   4  Veal  Cajundome (864)
Lafayette, LA
02/02/2016
5:00 pm
Louisiana–Monroe W 52-40  16-4
 19  Fields   10  Fields   2  Arceneaux  Cajundome (811)
Lafayette, LA
02/04/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Appalachian State L 59-76  16-5
 27  Veal   9  Fields   5  Wilridge  Holmes Center (299)
Boone, NC
02/11/2016
5:00 pm
Arkansas State L 62-74  16-6
 25  Veal   5  Washington   3  Veal  Cajundome (958)
Lafayette, LA
02/13/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Little Rock L 49-58  16-7
 12  Veal   5  Wilridge   5  Veal  Cajundome (1,132)
Lafayette, LA
02/18/2016
11:30 am
at UT Arlington W 59-42  17-7
 19  Fields   9  Veal   3  Wilridge  College Park Center (3,007)
Arlington, TX
02/20/2016
2:00 pm
at Texas State W 59-47  18-7
 25  Veal   10  Fields   7  Wilridge  Strahan Coliseum 
San Marcos, TX
02/25/2016
5:15 pm
at Troy L 83-90  18-8
 34  Veal   9  Wilridge   9  Wilridge  Trojan Arena (924)
Troy, AL
02/27/2016
2:00 pm
at South Alabama L 59-68  18-9
 26  Veal   12  Fields   3  Veal  Mitchell Center (2,786)
Mobile, AL
03/03/2016
5:00 pm
Georgia State W 65-60  19-9
 20  Veal   8  Prejean   6  Wilridge  Cajundome (869)
Lafayette, LA
03/05/2016
5:00 pm
Georgia Southern W 56-49  20-9
 17  Veal   7  Wilridge   5  Wilridge  Cajundome (852)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament[1]
03/09/2016
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (6) UT Arlington
First Round
W 59-53  21-9
 18  Fields   7  Arceneaux   4  Veal  Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
03/11/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (2) Little Rock
Semifinals
L 52-63  21-10
 17  Veal   6  Fields   4  Wilridge  Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
Women's Basketball Invitational
03/16/2016
5:00 pm
(1) vs. (8) Northwestern State
First Round
W 69-54  22-10
 26  Veal   5  Quinn   5  Veal  Cajundome (803)
Lafayette, LA
03/19/2016
7:00 pm
(1) vs. (4) Stetson
Second Round
W 56-47  23-10
 17  Veal   6  Veal   4  Arceneaux  Earl K. Long Gymnasium (312)
Lafayette, LA
03/23/2016
5:00 pm
(1) vs. (2) Youngstown State
Semifinals
W 69-49  24-10
 22  Wilridge   8  Veal   3  Veal  Cajundome (1,317)
Lafayette, LA
03/26/2016
4:00 pm
(1) vs. (7) Weber State
Championship
W 87-85 2OT 25-10
 32  Veal   11  Wilridge   4  Veal  Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636)
Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sun Belt Standings - 2015-16". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Ragin' Cajuns Women's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved March 17, 2019.