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
2015–16 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Baylor †17–1 .944  36–2  .947
No. 6 Texas15–3 .833  31–5  .861
No. 22 West Virginia12–6 .667  25–10  .714
Oklahoma State11–7 .611  21–10  .677
No. 24 Oklahoma11–7 .611  22–11  .667
Kansas State8–10 .444  19–13  .594
TCU8–10 .444  18–15  .545
Iowa State5–13 .278  13–17  .433
Texas Tech3–15 .167  13–18  .419
Kansas0–18 .000  6–25  .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
PollPre-
Season		Week
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18		Week
19		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. http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127261&SPSID=750398
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