2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	9–21 (4–12 America East)
Head coach	Lori Gear McBride (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Courtnay Pilypaitis Brett Benzio Jon Silver
Home arena	Patrick Gym

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	5		.848
Maine	15	–	1		.938			26	–	9		.743
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
UMass Lowell*	1	–	15		.063			4	–	24		.143
† 2016 America East tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team will represent the University of Vermont in the America East Conference. The Catamounts, led by sixth year head coach Lori Gear McBride and play their home games in the Patrick Gym. They finished the season 9–21, 4–12 in America East play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Women's Tournament to Albany.

On March 25, Lori Gear McBride was fired. She finished at Vermont with a 6-year record of 46–134.

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games will be televised by the Northeast Sports Network. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on WVMT 620 AM and streamed online through SportsJuice.com with Rob Ryan calling the action.

Roster

2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Kylie Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ G 3 Sydney Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vernon Hills Vernon Hills, IL G 4 Hayley Robertson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Bill Crothers Secondary Toronto, ON G 10 Kylie Atwood 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Lake Region Union Irasburg, VT F 11 Candice Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Jacob Hespeler Cambridge, ON G 12 Katie Lavelle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Long Island Lutheran Hicksville, NY G 13 Kristina White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Woodbury Woodbury, MN F 14 Lauren Handy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northern Collegiate Sarnia, ON F 21 Courtney Wright 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Jacob Hespeler Cambridge, ON G 22 Andreana Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Sr James Hillhouse Hofstra West Haven, CT F 23 Gracia Hutson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Hopkins Wayzata, MN F 32 Rachel Merrill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Owego Free Academy Owego, NY G 33 Anna-Maria Manta 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr American Community Schools Piraeus, Greece	Head coach Lori Gear McBride (North Carolina) Assistant coach(es) Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont) Brett Benzio (Tulane) Jon Silver (UCLA) 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
11/07/2015* 1:00 pm		Saint Michael's College	W 58–56		Patrick Gym (539) Burlington, VT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 11:30 am		Central Connecticut	W 79–63	1–0	Patrick Gym (1,599) Burlington, VT
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		at Columbia	L 56–73	1–1	Levien Gymnasium (317) New York City, NY
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm		at Bryant	L 52–68	1–2	Chace Athletic Center (218) Smithfield, RI
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		at Brown	L 54–71	1–3	Pizzitola Sports Center (218) Providence, RI
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm		St. Francis Brooklyn TD Bank Classic semifinals	L 55–59	1–4	Patrick Gym (575) Burlington, VT
11/28/2015* 5:00 pm		Quinnipiac TD Bank Classic 3rd place game	L 65–77	1–5	Patrick Gym (461) Burlington, VT
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		at Holy Cross	L 63–77	1–6	Hart Center (652) Worcester, MA
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm		Sacred Heart	W 53–51	2–6	Patrick Gym (410) Burlington, VT
12/09/2015* 12:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 56–54	3–6	Leede Arena (1,904) Hanover, NH
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		at NJIT	W 54–46	4–6	Fleisher Center  Newark, NJ
12/22/2015* 6:00 pm		at Delaware	L 60–71	4–7	Bob Carpenter Center (1,575) Newark, DE
12/28/2015* 1:00 pm		at Boston University	W 60–45	5–7	Case Gym  Boston, MA
12/30/2015* 2:00 pm		Oakland	L 68–74	5–8	Patrick Gym (515) Burlington, VT
America East regular season
01/02/2016 1:00 pm		at UMBC	L 48–85	5–9 (0–1)	Retriever Activities Center (331) Catonsville, MD
01/06/2016 7:00 pm		Maine	L 41–62	5–10 (0–2)	Patrick Gym (371) Burlington, VT
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		at Albany	L 43–72	5–11 (0–3)	SEFCU Arena (1,362) Albany, NY
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		Hartford	L 47–51	5–12 (0–4)	Patrick Gym (481) Burlington, VT
01/18/2016 1:00 pm		at UMass Lowell	W 59–51	6–12 (1–4)	Costello Athletic Center (318) Lowell, MA
01/21/2016 1:00 pm		Binghamton	L 53–57	6–13 (1–5)	Patrick Gym (427) Burlington, VT
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		New Hampshire	W 83–63	7–13 (2–5)	Patrick Gym (427) Burlington, VT
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		at Stony Brook	L 59–73	7–14 (2–6)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (918) Stony Brook, NY
02/03/2016 7:00 pm		at Maine	L 51–63	7–15 (2–7)	Cross Insurance Center (1,666) Bangor, ME
02/06/2016 2:00 pm		Albany	L 40–75	7–16 (2–8)	Patrick Gym (371) Burlington, VT
02/08/2016 7:00 pm		UMass Lowell	L 66–68	7–17 (2–9)	Patrick Gym (376) Burlington, VT
02/14/2016 2:00 pm		at Hartford	L 50–52 OT	7–18 (2–10)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,440) Hartford, CT
02/16/2016 7:00 pm		at Binghamton	L 52–66	7–19 (2–11)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,305) Vestal, NY
02/20/2016 1:00 pm		UMBC	L 60–74	7–20 (2–12)	Patrick Gym (952) Burlington, VT
02/25/2016 7:00 pm		at New Hampshire	W 63–59	8–20 (3–12)	Lundholm Gym (313) Durham, NH
02/28/2016 2:00 pm		Stony Brook	W 44–37	9–20 (4–12)	Patrick Gym (520) Burlington, VT
America East Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Albany Quarterfinals	L 43–95	9–21	Binghamton University Events Center  Vestal, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team