2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

The 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by sixth-year head coach Heather Macy, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were second-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 AAC play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to Connecticut.

2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2015–16 record13–19 (6–12 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • John Marcum
  • Dalila Eshe
  • Crayton Jones
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UConn180 1.000  380  1.000
No. 21 South Florida144 .778  2410  .706
Temple135 .722  2312  .657
Memphis126 .667  1813  .581
Tulane117 .611  2312  .657
Tulsa810 .444  1219  .387
SMU711 .389  1318  .419
East Carolina612 .333  1319  .406
Cincinnati414 .222  822  .267
UCF414 .222  723  .233
Houston216 .111  624  .200
American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponent's website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponent's website.

Roster

2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Alexandra Frazier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrCentral Gwinnett Lawrenceville, GA
G 2 Khadidja Toure 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrKamiakan
Oregon State
Kennewick, WA
G/F 3 Manesha Womble 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrCarver
Odessa College
Atlanta, GA
G 4 DeVaughn Gray 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrBooker T. Washington Tulsa, OK
F 5 Chelsie Keys 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrMuskogee
Coffeyville
Muskogee, OK
G 11 Khadijha Ellison 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrBurke
Chipola College
Roxbury, MS
G/F 13 Fanni Csutoras 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrPTE Deak Ferenc Gyakorlo
Iowa Western CC
Bogád, Hungary
C 15 Derreyal Youngblood 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS JrJohn Curtos
LSU
Harvey, LA
G/F 20 Bre McDonald (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrChamblee
West Virginia
Lithonia, GA
G 22 Jasmine Phillips 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrHartsville
Tennessee
Hartsville, SC
G/F 23 Jada Payne 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrHickory
La Salle
Hickory, NC
F 24 I'Tiana Taylor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrPflugerville
Weatherford
Pflugerville, TX
C 25 Zippy Khasoa 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrLaiser Hill Academy
Weatherford
Nairobi, Kenya
G/F 40 Gabrielle Holston 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SoCenter Point
Georgia Tech
Margaret, AL
F 55 Marina Laramie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrFt. Zumwalt West
Indiana State
St. Louis, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
3:30 pm
vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Islanders Classic
W 70–59  1–0
American Bank Center (76)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/14/2015*
8:00 pm
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Islanders Classic
W 82–46  2–0
American Bank Center (513)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
Alcorn State W 87–58  3–0
Williams Arena (1,022)
Greenville, NC
11/20/2015*
11:30 am
Presbyterian W 84–58  4–0
Williams Arena (5,408)
Greenville, NC
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
at Delaware W 68–58  5–0
Bob Carpenter Center (1,450)
Newark, DE
11/26/2015*
8:30 pm
vs. Creighton
Lone Star Showcase
L 66–91  5–1
Cedar Park Center (787)
Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015*
6:00 pm
vs. Eastern Washington
Lone Star Showcase
W 80–62  6–1
Cedar Park Center 
Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015*
8:30 pm
vs. No. 19 Northwestern
Lone Star Showcase
L 75–78  6–2
Cedar Park Center (379)
Cedar Park, TX
12/05/2015*
1:00 pm
at Auburn L 69–83  6–3
Auburn Arena (1,886)
Auburn, AL
12/18/2015*
12:00 pm
vs. Chattanooga
UNCW Christmas Classic
L 61–72  6–4
Trask Coliseum 
Wilmington, NC
12/19/2015*
12:00 pm
vs. Ohio
UNCW Christmas Classic
L 61–64  6–5
Trask Coliseum 
Wilmington, NC
12/20/2015*
1:00 pm, ASN
vs. No. 2 South Carolina
Carolinas Challenge
L 57–88  6–6
Myrtle Beach Convention Center 
Myrtle Beach, SC
AAC regular season
12/30/2015
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulsa L 79–81 OT 6–7 (0–1)
Reynolds Center (337)
Tulsa, OK
01/02/2016
1:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 20 South Florida L 59–61  6–8 (0–2)
Williams Arena (1,454)
Greenville, NC
01/05/2016
7:00 pm, ADN
Tulane L 51–66  6–9 (0–3)
Williams Arena (993)
Greenville, NC
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
at UCF W 71–56  7–9 (1–3)
CFE Arena (354)
Orlando, FL
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, ADN
Houston W 76–70  8–9 (2–3)
Williams Arena (1,094)
Greenville, NC
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, ESPNU
at No. 19 South Florida L 54–75  8–10 (2–4)
USF Sun Dome (2,101)
Tampa, FL
01/20/2016
7:00 pm
Cincinnati W 63–60  9–10 (3–4)
Williams Arena (1,198)
Greenville, NC
01/23/2016
3:00 pm, ADN
at Tulane L 73–78  9–11 (3–5)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,136)
New Orleans, LA
01/30/2016
2:30 pm, ESPN3
Temple L 63–83  9–12 (3–6)
Williams Arena (1,699)
Greenville, NC
02/03/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Tulsa L 54–55  9–13 (3–7)
Williams Arena (1,432)
Greenville, NC
02/06/2016
1:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
at No. 1 Connecticut L 46–92  9–14 (3–8)
Gampel Pavilion (9,780)
Storrs, CT
02/09/2016
8:00 pm
at SMU L 66–74 OT 9–15 (3–9)
Moody Coliseum (636)
Dallas, TX
02/13/2016
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Memphis L 78–79 OT 9–16 (3–10)
Williams Arena (2,169)
Greenville, NC
02/17/2016
8:00 pm, ADN
at Houston W 68–59  10–16 (4–10)
Hofheinz Pavilion (105)
Houston, TX
02/20/2016
8:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 1 Connecticut L 41–84  10–17 (4–11)
Williams Arena (3,781)
Greenville, NC
02/24/2016
7:00 pm
at Cincinnati W 77–55  11–17 (5–11)
Fifth Third Arena (458)
Cincinnati, OH
02/27/2016
3:00 pm, ADN
at Memphis L 83–93 OT 11–18 (5–12)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,617)
Memphis, TN
02/29/2016
7:00 pm
SMU W 78–61  12–18 (6–12)
Williams Arena (1,190)
Greenville, NC
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Cincinnati
First Round
W 70–61  13–18
Mohegan Sun Arena (4,480)
Uncasville, CT
03/05/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. No. 1 Connecticut
Quarterfinals
L 51–92  13–19
Mohegan Sun Arena (7,033)
Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Coaches NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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