2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team

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2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Baylor †	17	–	1		.944			36	–	2		.947
No. 6 Texas	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
No. 22 West Virginia	12	–	6		.667			25	–	10		.714
Oklahoma State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Kansas State	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
TCU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Iowa State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Texas Tech	3	–	15		.167			13	–	18		.419
Kansas	0	–	18		.000			6	–	25		.194
† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team will represent Oklahoma State University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It will be head coach Jim Littell's fifth season at Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls are members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the Gallagher-Iba Arena. They finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament to Oklahoma. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost in the first round to St. Bonaventure.

Roster

2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alana Simon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lincoln College Prep San Mateo, CA F/C 3 Mandy Coleman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So McNair Stockton, CA G 5 Diana Omozee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX G 10 Sydney Walton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Perryton Perryton, TX F 13 Jentry Holt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Elgin Elgin, OK F 20 LaTashia Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Leavenworth Leavenworth, KS F 21 Rylie Swanson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Alva Alva, OK G 22 Brittney Martin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Syracuse Syracuse, UT G 23 Roddricka Patton 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Neches Palestine, TX G 24 Karli Wheeler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Plainview Plainview, TX F 45 Katelyn Loecker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr McPherson McPherson, KS C 54 Kaylee Jensen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Lindsay Holy Family Genoa, NE	Head coach Jim Littell (Southwestern College) Assistant coach(es) Bill Annan (Kansas State) Shannon Gage (Missouri State) Rebecca Kates-Taylor (Mississippi State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015* 2:00 PM		East Central Oklahoma	W 122–49		Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,088) Stillwater, OK
11/08/2015* 2:00 PM		Northeastern State	W 94–54		Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,067) Stillwater, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 11:00 AM		Lamar	W 90–45	1–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,591) Stillwater, OK
11/17/2015* 7:00 PM		Texas Southern	W 87–52	2–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,057) Stillwater, OK
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM		SIU Edwardsville	W 86–61	3–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,286) Stillwater, OK
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Missouri State	W 74–55	4–0	JQH Arena (3,205) Springfield, MO
11/27/2015* 7:00 PM		Oral Roberts	W 59–55	5–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,184) Stillwater, OK
11/30/2015* 7:00 PM, FSOK+		Washington State	W 70–60	6–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,410) Stillwater, OK
12/05/2015* 12:00 PM		Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 78–54	7–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,332) Stillwater, OK
12/14/2015* 7:00 PM, FSOK		North Carolina	W 77–67	8–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,672) Stillwater, OK
12/20/2015* 1:00 PM		at No. 20 South Florida	L 46–68	8–1	USF Sun Dome (1,912) Tampa, FL
12/22/2015* 12:00 PM		at UCF	W 74–55	9–1	CFE Arena (908) Orlando, FL
12/27/2015* 7:00 PM		Savannah State	W 76–48	10–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,352) Stillwater, OK
Conference regular season
12/30/2015 6:00 PM, FSOK+		No. 4 Baylor	W 52–45	11–1 (1–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,173) Stillwater, OK
01/02/2016 2:00 PM, Cyclones.tv		at Iowa State	L 42–49	11–2 (1–1)	Hilton Coliseum (8,429) Ames, IA
01/06/2016 6:30 PM		at Texas Tech	W 69–46	12–2 (2–1)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,121) Lubbock, TX
01/09/2016 5:00 PM, FSOK		No. 4 Texas	L 48–78	12–3 (2–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,290) Stillwater, OK
01/13/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Kansas State	L 44–47	12–4 (2–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,441) Manhattan, KS
01/16/2016 12:00 PM, FSN		No. 14 Oklahoma Bedlam Series	W 73–42	13–4 (3–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,990) Stillwater, OK
01/20/2016 7:00 PM, FCS		Iowa State	W 79–76 OT	14–4 (4–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,926) Stillwater, OK
01/24/2016 2:00 PM		at Kansas	W 74–46	15–4 (5–3)	Allen Fieldhouse (4,132) Lawrence, KS
01/30/2016 7:00 PM, FSOK		TCU	W 80–52	16–4 (6–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,609) Stillwater, OK
02/03/2016 7:00 PM, FSOK+	No. 25	at No. 20 Oklahoma Bedlam Series	W 71–69	17–4 (7–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,137) Norman, OK
02/07/2016 1:00 PM, FSN	No. 25	Texas Tech	W 70–57	18–4 (8–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,567) Stillwater, OK
02/10/2016 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 20	at No. 6 Texas	L 55–70	18–5 (8–4)	Frank Erwin Center (2,638) Austin, TX
02/13/2016 5:00 PM	No. 20	No. 24 West Virginia	W 63–51	19–5 (9–4)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,223) Stillwater, OK
02/17/2016 7:00 PM, FSSW	No. 17	at No. 4 Baylor	L 41–66	19–6 (9–5)	Ferrell Center (6,310) Waco, TX
02/20/2016 1:00 PM, FSSW	No. 17	at TCU	L 65–79	19–7 (9–6)	Schollmaier Arena (2,183) Fort Worth, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 PM, FSOK+	No. 22	Kansas	W 71–49	20–7 (10–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,725) Stillwater, OK
02/27/2016 6:00 PM, RTPT	No. 22	at West Virginia	L 48–82	20–8 (10–7)	WVU Coliseum (5,080) Morgantown, WV
02/29/2016 8:00 PM, FSOK+		Kansas State	W 59–51	21–8 (11–7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,754) Stillwater, OK
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 11:00 AM, FSN		vs. No. 24 Oklahoma Quarterfinals	L 43–61	21–9	Chesapeake Energy Arena  Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 6:30 PM, ESPN2		vs. St. Bonaventure First Round	L 54–65	21–10	Gill Coliseum (4,702) Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	20	17	22	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	24т	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team