2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team will represent University of Kentucky during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Washington the sweet sixteen.

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 12
2015–16 record25–8 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina160 1.000  332  .943
No. 15 Mississippi State115 .688  288  .778
No. 18 Texas A&M115 .688  2210  .688
No. 12 Kentucky106 .625  258  .758
No. 25 Florida106 .625  229  .710
Georgia97 .563  2110  .677
Missouri88 .500  2210  .688
Tennessee88 .500  2214  .611
Auburn88 .500  2013  .606
Arkansas79 .438  1218  .400
Vanderbilt511 .313  1814  .563
Alabama412 .250  1516  .484
LSU313 .188  1021  .323
Ole Miss214 .125  1020  .333
2016 SEC Tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Batouly Camara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrBlair Academy New York, NY
C 2 Ivana Jakubcova 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) SrMurray State (OK) Bratislava, Slovakia
PG 3 Janee Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrWhitney Young Chicago, IL
G 4 Maci Morris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrBell County Pineville, KY
F 13 Evelyn Akhator 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrChipola College Lagos, Nigeria
G 22 Makenzie Cann  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoCincinnati Lawrenceburg, KY
PG 24 Taylor Murray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrAnnapolis Area Christian Odenton, MD
G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrMarion County Lebanon, KY
F 35 Alexis Jennings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoSparkman Madison, AL
C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoReynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, OH
Head coach

Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State)

Assistant coach(es)

Adeniyi Amadou (Syracuse)
Camryn Whitaker (Western Kentucky)
Tamika Williams (Connecticut)


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

Roster
Last update: done

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015*
5:00 pm
No. 18 Union (TN) W 95–63 
Memorial Coliseum (2,095)
Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 18 Rice W 72–39  1–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,907)
Lexington, KY
11/15/2015*
5:30 pm, P12N
No. 18 at No. 15 Arizona State W 68–64 OT 2–0
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543)
Tempe, AZ
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Morehead State W 112–57  3–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,895)
Lexington, KY
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Colorado W 86–61  4–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,380)
Lexington, KY
11/25/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 12 Eastern Michigan W 89–67  5–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,988)
Lexington, KY
11/29/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 12 Jackson State W 92–24  6–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,010)
Lexington, KY
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 11 at Northern Kentucky W 84–65  7–0
BB&T Arena (4,084)
Highland Heights, KY
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 8 Louisville
The Battle for the Bluegrass
W 72–54  8–0
Rupp Arena (14,425)
Lexington, KY
12/13/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 8 at Middle Tennessee W 68–52  9–0
Murphy Center (5,190)
Murfreesboro, TN
12/20/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 8 No. 13 Duke W 71–61  10–0
Rupp Arena (17,150)
Lexington, KY
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 Tennessee State W 81–39  11–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,586)
Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
01/03/2016
3:00 pm
No. 7 at Auburn L 61–66  11–1 (0–1)
Auburn Arena (2,677)
Auburn, AL
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 10 Alabama W 73–48  12–1 (1–1)
Memorial Coliseum (4,792)
Lexington, KY
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
No. 10 at Georgia W 64–53  13–1 (2–1)
Stegeman Coliseum (2,681)
Athens, GA
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 No. 2 South Carolina L 62–73  13–2 (2–2)
Memorial Coliseum (5,527)
Lexington, KY
01/17/2016
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 Auburn W 54–47  14–2 (3–2)
Memorial Coliseum (6,171)
Lexington, KY
01/21/2016
9:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 at Ole Miss L 65–73  14–3 (3–3)
The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,335)
Oxford, MS
01/25/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 19 Tennessee W 64–63  15–3 (4–3)
Memorial Coliseum (6,188)
Lexington, KY
01/28/2016
7:00 pm
No. 12 Vanderbilt L 69–71  15–4 (4–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,193)
Lexington, KY
01/31/2016
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 12 at Florida L 79–85  15–5 (4–5)
O'Connell Center (3,231)
Gainesville, FL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 at No. 2 South Carolina L 68–78  15–6 (4–6)
Colonial Life Arena (15,015)
Columbia, SC
02/07/2016
12:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 LSU W 70–58  16–6 (5–6)
Memorial Coliseum (6,110)
Lexington, KY
02/14/2016
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 at Vanderbilt W 71–55  17–6 (6–6)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
02/18/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 at No. 14 Mississippi State W 83–60  18–6 (7–6)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,355)
Starkville, MS
02/21/2016
3:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 Arkansas W 77–63  19–6 (8–6)
Memorial Coliseum (7,589)
Lexington, KY
02/26/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 15 No. 24 Missouri W 79–69  20–6 (9–6)
Memorial Coliseum (6,496)
Lexington, KY
02/28/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN
No. 15 at No. 11 Texas A&M W 71–58  21–6 (10–6)
Reed Arena (7,133)
College Station, TX
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
2:30 pm, SECN
No. 13 vs. LSU
Second Round
W 79–71  22–6
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (2,245)
Jacksonville, FL
03/03/2016
2:30 pm, SECN
No. 13 vs. No. 25 Florida
Quarterfinals
W 92–69  23–6
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,703)
Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016
5:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 13 vs. No. 3 South Carolina
Semifinals
L 63–93  23–7
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 
Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 (14 L) UNC Asheville
First Round
W 85–31  24–7
Memorial Coliseum (2,701)
Lexington, KY
03/21/2016*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 (6 L) No. 24 Oklahoma
Second Round
W 79–58  25–7
Memorial Coliseum (3,056)
Lexington, KY
03/25/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 vs. (7 L) Washington
Sweet Sixteen
L 72–85  25–8
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Final
AP 18 13 12 11 8 8 7 7 10 9 9 12 18 18 16 15 13 12 12 N/A
Coaches 17 13 11 10 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 12 18 18 16 14 13 13 13 15
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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