2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.

2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 11
2015–16 record26–7 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Oregon State162 .889  325  .865
No. 11 Arizona State162 .889  267  .788
No. 13 Stanford144 .778  278  .771
No. 10 UCLA144 .778  269  .743
Washington117 .611  2611  .703
Oregon99 .500  2411  .686
Utah810 .444  1815  .545
USC612 .333  1913  .594
Washington State513 .278  1416  .467
California414 .222  1517  .469
Arizona315 .167  1319  .406
Colorado216 .111  723  .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Katie Hempen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SrHighland/SIU Edwardsville Highland, IL
G 1 Arnecia Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrMountain View Mesa, AZ
G 2 Qiana Levy (W) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrMonterey Trail Sacramento, CA
G 3 Sabrina Haines 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrDesert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 5 Tia Kanoa 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoKamehameha Honolulu, HI
G 11 Peace Amukamara 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrMesa CC/Millennium Goodyear, AZ
F 21 Sophie Brunner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrAquin Freeport, IL
C 22 Quinn Dornstauder 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrLeBoldus Regina, SK
G 23 Elisha Davis 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SrBerkeley Oakland, CA
F 24 Kelsey Moos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrReardan Edwall, WA
C 33 Charnea Johnson-Chapman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrCanyon Springs Moreno Valley, CA
F 42 Kianna Ibis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrBenson Omaha, NE
G 43 Eliza Normen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrMonarch Louisville, CO
G 50 Armani Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrMountain View Mesa, AZ
Head coach

Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Amanda Levens (Arizona State)
Meg Sanders (Fresno State)
Jackie Moore (Armstrong State)


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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
3:30 pm, P12N
No. 15 No. 18 Kentucky L 64–68 OT 0–1
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543)
Tempe, AZ
11/21/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 18 at SMU W 64–57  1–1
Moody Coliseum (302)
Dallas, TX
11/27/2015*
5:30 pm
No. 16 vs. No. 2 South Carolina
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
L 58–60  1–2
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 16 at Hawaiʻi
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 75–49  2–2
Stan Sheriff Center (2,152)
Honolulu, HI
11/29/2015*
5:30 pm
No. 16 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 60–47  3–2
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 17 VCU
ASU Classic semifinals
L 48–57  3–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,430)
Tempe, AZ
12/06/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 17 Columbia
ASU Classic 3rd place game
W 70–49  4–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,283)
Tempe, AZ
12/12/2015*
11:00 am
No. 24 at No. 19 Syracuse W 61–54  5–3
Carrier Dome (526)
Syracuse, NY
12/14/2015*
4:00 pm
No. 21 at Hartford W 60–29  6–3
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822)
Hartford, CT
12/19/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 21 Marquette W 90–80  7–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,439)
Tempe, AZ
12/21/2015*
3:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 22 No. 10 Florida State W 68–56  8–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,783)
Tempe, AZ
12/28/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 17 Cal State Northridge W 69–46  9–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 No. 19 California W 57–49  10–3 (1–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
01/04/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 No. 9 Stanford W 49–31  11–3 (2–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,708)
Tempe, AZ
01/08/2016
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 at Washington W 68–61  12–3 (3–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767)
Seattle, WA
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 at Washington State W 63–45  13–3 (4–0)
Beasley Coliseum (713)
Pullman, WA
01/15/2016
11:00 am
No. 10 Colorado W 64–37  14–3 (5–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (4,139)
Tempe, AZ
01/17/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 Utah W 80–60  15–3 (6–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510)
Tempe, AZ
01/22/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series
W 61–48  16–3 (7–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,455)
Tempe, AZ
01/24/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series
W 62–47  17–3 (8–0)
McKale Center (1,483)
Tucson, AZ
01/29/2016
9:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Oregon W 63–58  18–3 (9–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,988)
Eugene, OR
02/01/2016
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 8 at No. 9 Oregon State L 44–67  18–4 (9–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,427)
Corvallis, OR
02/05/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 No. 14 UCLA W 65–61  19–4 (10–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,095)
Tempe, AZ
02/07/2016
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 USC W 69–68  20–4 (11–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,564)
Tempe, AZ
02/12/2016
8:00 pm
No. 9 at California W 64–49  21–4 (12–1)
Haas Pavilion (1,417)
Berkeley, CA
02/14/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 13 Stanford W 63–61 OT 22–4 (13–1)
Maples Pavilion (3,250)
Stanford, CA
02/19/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington State W 61–39  23–4 (14–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (2,851)
Tempe, AZ
02/21/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington W 77–57  24–4 (15–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,244)
Tempe, AZ
02/26/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at USC W 50–45  25–4 (16–1)
Galen Center (486)
Los Angeles, CA
02/28/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 14 UCLA L 61–74  25–5 (16–2)
Pauley Pavilion (6,972)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
12:30 pm, P12N
(2) No. 10 vs. (10) California
Quarterfinals
L 64–75  25–6
KeyArena (3,747)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
4:30 pm, ESPN2
(2 SF) No. 11 (15 SF) New Mexico State
First Round
W 74–52  26–6
Wells Fargo Arena (3,134)
Tempe, AZ
03/20/2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN
(2 SF) No. 11 (7 SF) Tennessee
Second Round
L 64–75  26–7
Wells Fargo Arena (2,957)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 15 18 16т 17 24 21т 22 17 14 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 N/A
Coaches 15 18 18 17 24 23 21 21 14 13 11 9 10 10 10 9 11 11 11 16
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

References

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