2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team will represent the University of Oklahoma in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners are led by Sherri Coale in her twentieth season. The team will play its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Purdue in the first round before losing to Kentucky in the second round.

2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig 12
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 24
Record22–11 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jan Ross
  • Pam DeCosta
  • Chad Thrailkill
Home arenaLloyd Noble Center
2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Baylor171 .944362  .947
No. 6 Texas153 .833315  .861
No. 22 West Virginia126 .6672510  .714
Oklahoma State117 .6112110  .677
No. 24 Oklahoma117 .6112211  .667
Kansas State810 .4441913  .594
TCU810 .4441815  .545
Iowa State513 .2781317  .433
Texas Tech315 .1671318  .419
Kansas018 .000625  .194
2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

Roster

2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
C 0 Vionise Pierre-Louise 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoGrandview Prep Lake Worth, FL
G 2 T'ona Edwards 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) JrNortheast Academy Spencer, OK
G 10 Peyton Little 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrWylie Abilene, TX
G 11 Derica Wyatt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrFranklin Road Academy Brentwood, TN
G 12 Gileysa Penzo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS FrMontverde Academy Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
G 21 Gabbi Ortiz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoThe Prairie School Racine, WI
F 22 Shaya Kellogg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrAmes Ames, IA
G 23 Maddie Manning 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrAnkeny Ankeny, IA
F 24 Ijeoma Odimgbe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrJohnson Savannah, GA
G 25 Gioya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrCarl Albert Midwest City, OK
C 30 McKeena Treece 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoIncarnate Word Academy St. Peters, MO
G 32 LaNesia Williams 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoNortheast Academy Oklahoma City, OK
F 42 Kaylon Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrMidwest City Midwest City, OK
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-14

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015*
7:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 17 Southwestern Oklahoma State W 111–73 
Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm, FCSC
No. 17 Winthrop W 78–48  1–0
Lloyd Noble Center (3,713)
Norman, OK
11/16/2015*
7:00 pm, FCSC
No. 17 North Texas L 57–61  1–1
Lloyd Noble Center (3,829)
Norman, OK
11/19/2015*
6:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 17 BYU W 73–47  2–1
Lloyd Noble Center (3,849)
Norman, OK
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 17 at Bradley W 79–46  3–1
Renaissance Coliseum (778)
Peoria, IL
11/26/2015*
3:15 pm
No. 21 vs. Utah
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division
W 70–55  4–1
Grand Lucayan Resort (353)
Freeport, BAH
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 21 vs. Boston College
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division
W 76–61  5–1
Grand Lucayan Resort (495)
Freeport, BAH
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 21 Little Rock W 65–52  6–1
Lloyd Noble Center (3,747)
Norman, OK
12/06/2015*
5:30 pm, P12N
No. 21 at Washington W 71–68  7–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,580)
Seattle, WA
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 17 at Tulsa W 75–62  8–1
Reynolds Center (1,770)
Tulsa, OK
12/13/2015*
2:00 pm, FSOK
No. 17 UTSA W 80–41  9–1
Lloyd Noble Center (4,086)
Norman, OK
12/20/2015*
4:00 pm, FS1
No. 17 vs. No. 18 Texas A&M
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
L 68–74  9–2
Chesapeake Energy Arena (2,403)
Oklahoma City, OK
Big 12 Regular Season
12/30/2015
7:00 pm, FSOK
No. 18 Kansas W 67–44  10–2
(1–0)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,328)
Norman, OK
01/03/2016
3:30 pm, FS1
No. 18 at No. 4 Baylor L 68–78  11–2
(1–1)
Ferrell Center (7,434)
Waco, TX
01/06/2016
7:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 17 at TCU W 78–65  11–3
(2–1)
Schollmaier Arena (2,227)
Fort Worth, TX
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, FSOK
No. 17 Kansas State W 68–58  12–3
(3–1)
Lloyd Noble Center (4,637)
Norman, OK
01/16/2016
12:00 pm, FSN
No. 14 at Oklahoma State
Bedlam Series
L 42–73  12–4
(3–2)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,990)
Stillwater, OK
01/20/2016
10:30 am, FSOK
No. 19 Texas Tech W 92–53  13–4
(4–2)
Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, OK
01/23/2016
11:00 am, FSN
No. 19 at No. 6 Texas L 76–83  13–5
(4–3)
Frank Erwin Center (4,096)
Austin, TX
01/27/2016
7:00 pm, FSOK+
No. 21 No. 24 West Virginia W 57–54  14–5
(5–3)
Lloyd Noble Center (4,182)
Norman, OK
01/30/2016
1:00 pm, FSN
No. 21 at Iowa State W 77–71  15–5
(6–3)
Hilton Coliseum (11,249)
Ames, IA
02/03/2016
7:00 pm, FSOK+
No. 20 No. 25 Oklahoma State
Bedlam Series
L 69–71  15–6
(6–4)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,137)
Norman, OK
02/06/2016
2:00 pm, FSOK
No. 20 TCU W 77–64  16–6
(7–4)
Lloyd Noble Center (4,322)
Norman, OK
02/09/2016
7:00 pm
No. 21 at Kansas State L 71–87  16–7
(7–5)
Bramlage Coliseum (3,954)
Manhattan, KS
02/14/2016
1:30 pm, FS1
No. 21 No. 6 Texas W 74–56  17–7
(8–5)
Lloyd Noble Center (4,853)
Norman, OK
02/17/2016
6:00 pm
No. 20 West Virginia L 55–63  17–8
(8–6)
WVU Coliseum (2,001)
Morgantown, WV
02/20/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 20 at Kansas W 72–66  18–8
(9–6)
Allen Fieldhouse (4,737)
Lawrence, KS
02/22/2016
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 at No. 4 Baylor L 70–78  18–9
(9–7)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,277)
Norman, OK
02/27/2016
2:00 pm, FSOK+
No. 23 Iowa State W 85–54  19–9
(10–7)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,192)
Norman, OK
03/01/2016
6:30 pm
No. 24 at Texas Tech W 70–60  20–9
(11–7)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,116)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/05/2016
11:00 am, FSN
No. 24 vs. Oklahoma State
Quarterfinals
W 61–43  21–9
Chesapeake Energy Arena 
Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2016
1:30 pm, FS1
No. 24 vs. No. 4 Baylor
Semifinals
L 57–84  21–10
Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,591)
Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016*
12:30 pm, ESPN2
(6 L) No. 24 vs. (11 L) Purdue
First Round
W 61–45  22–10
Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
03/21/2016*
5:30 pm, ESPN2
(6 L) No. 24 at (3 L) No. 12 Kentucky
Second Round
L 58–79  22–11
Memorial Coliseum (3,056)
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Central Time.

x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 17 17 21 21 17 17 18 18 17 14 19 21 20 21 20 23 24 24 24 N/A
Coaches 18 24т 24 22 18 17 19 19 19 17 19 20 19 21 21 23 22 23 23 23
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

References

  1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Women's Basketball".
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