2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Barb Smith, play their home games at Redbird Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Evansville.

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record8–22 (6–12 The Valley)
Head coach
  • Barb Smith (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRedbird Arena
2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Iowa15–3 .833  24–11  .686
Missouri State †14–4 .778  24–10  .706
Drake14–4 .778  23–10  .697
Southern Illinois12–6 .667  20–13  .606
Loyola-Chicago10–8 .556  14–16  .467
Indiana State9–9 .500  13–17  .433
Illinois State6–12 .333  8–22  .267
Wichita State5–13 .278  8–22  .267
Bradley4–14 .222  9–22  .290
Evansville1–17 .056  3–28  .097
† 2016 MVC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster
2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Colleene Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrCape Coral
ASA College		 New Haven, CT
F 3 Octavia Crump 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrZion-Benton Zion, IL
G 5 Brechelle Beachum 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrWestern Texas College Mexia, TX
G 11 Morgan Radtke 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoPalatine Palatine, IL
F 12 Millie Stevens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSevenoaks Suns (WBBL team) Surrey, England
G 13 Katrina Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrWhitney Young Chicago, IL
G 14 Lexie Taylor 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SrNormal West Normal, IL
G 22 Shakeela Fowler 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) FrMilwaukee King Milwaukee, WI
G 23 Viria Livingston 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrHopkins Minnetonka, MN
G 32 Taylor Stewart 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrLakeville North Lakeville, MN
C 34 Kalyn Gebhardt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrBeaver Dam Beaver Dam, WI
Head coach

Barb Smith (Ohio State)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Hayden (Miami (OH))
Cathy Boswell (Illinois State)
Jessica Grayson (Valdosta 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
Exhibition
11/04/2015*
7:00 pm		 Lindenwood W 71–70 
Redbird Arena (637)
Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 pm		 at Bowling Green L 52–70  0–1
 Stroh Center (1,469)
Bowling Green, OH
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Murray State W 81–76  1–1
 Redbird Arena (707)
Normal, IL
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 UIC L 65–74  1–2
 Redbird Arena (534)
Normal, IL
11/27/2015*
4:00 pm		 at UTSA
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic		 L 51–77  1–3
 Convocation Center (234)
San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015*
12:00 pm		 vs. Nebraska–Omaha
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic		 L 56–60  1–4
 Convocation Center (159)
San Antonio, TX
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 SIU Edwardsville L 57–65  1–5
 Redbird Arena (564)
Normal, IL
12/05/2015*
7:00 pm		 at No. 23 DePaul L 41–89  1–6
 Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,422)
Chicago, IL
12/13/2015*
3:30 pm, ESPN3		 vs. Northern Illinois
MVC vs. MAC Basketball Challenge		 L 59–68  1–7
 iWireless Center (634)
Moline, IL
12/16/2015*
6:00 pm		 at Yale L 47–60  1–8
 John J. Lee Amphitheater (129)
New Haven, CT
12/21/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Chicago State W 57–53  2–8
 Redbird Arena (734)
Normal, IL
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Western Illinois L 64–79  2–9
 Redbird Arena (539)
Normal, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Missouri State L 51–73  2–10 (0–1)
 Redbird Arena (537)
Normal, IL
01/03/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 Wichita State W 70–49  3–10 (1–1)
 Redbird Arena (602)
Normal, IL
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Indiana State L 58–63  3–11 (1–2)
 Hulman Center (1,786)
Terre Haute, IN
01/15/2016
7:00 pm		 at Northern Iowa L 51–65  3–12 (1–3)
 McLeod Center (1,207)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/17/2016
6:00 pm		 at Drake L 41–76  3–13 (1–4)
 Knapp Center (2,413)
Des Moines, IA
01/22/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Bradley W 54–49  4–13 (2–4)
 Redbird Arena (1,142)
Normal, IL
01/24/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Loyola-Chicago L 41–57  4–14 (2–5)
 Redbird Arena (1,313)
Normal, IL
01/29/2016
7:00 pm		 at Evansville W 64–57  5–14 (3–5)
 Ford Center (512)
Evansville, IN
01/31/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Southern Illinois L 71–76  5–15 (3–6)
 SIU Arena (789)
Carbondale, IL
02/05/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Indiana State W 73–62  6–15 (4–6)
 Redbird Arena (1,240)
Normal, IL
02/12/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3		 Drake L 58–98  6–16 (4–7)
 Redbird Arena (613)
Normal, IL
02/14/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Northern Iowa L 35–61  6–17 (4–8)
 Redbird Arena (362)
Normal, IL
02/19/2016
7:00 pm		 at Loyola-Chicago L 61–73  6–18 (4–9)
 Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536)
Chicago, IL
02/21/2016
2:00 pm		 at Bradley L 38–52  6–19 (4–10)
 Renaissance Coliseum (717)
Peoria, IL
02/25/2016
7:30 pm, ESPN3		 Southern Illinois L 55–68  6–20 (4–11)
 Redbird Arena (572)
Normal, IL
02/28/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3		 Evansville W 65–59  7–20 (5–11)
 Redbird Arena (925)
Normal, IL
03/03/2016
7:00 pm		 at Wichita State W 53–49  8–20 (6–11)
 Charles Koch Arena (1,545)
Wichita, KS
03/05/2016
2:00 pm		 at Missouri State L 41–70  8–21 (6–12)
 JQH Arena (3,748)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 vs. Evansville
First Round		 L 59–61 OT 8–22
 iWireless Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

References
  1. http://goredbirds.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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