2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team will represent Texas Tech University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It will be head coach Candi Whitaker's third season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 13–18, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Baylor.

2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2015–16 record13–18 (3–15 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Corkery
  • Brandi Poole
  • Ray Caldwell
Home arenaUnited Supermarkets Arena
2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Baylor171 .944  362  .947
No. 6 Texas153 .833  315  .861
No. 22 West Virginia126 .667  2510  .714
Oklahoma State117 .611  2110  .677
No. 24 Oklahoma117 .611  2211  .667
Kansas State810 .444  1913  .594
TCU810 .444  1815  .545
Iowa State513 .278  1317  .433
Texas Tech315 .167  1318  .419
Kansas018 .000  625  .194
2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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

201516 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

Roster

2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 00 Brielle Blaire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoTerra Nova
Virginia Tech
Salisbury, NC
G 2 Ivonne Cook-Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS JrTerra Nova San Francisco, CA
G 3 Minta Spears 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoBullard
UCLA
Bullard, TX
G 4 Ryann Bowser 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrHolton
Highland CC
Holton, KS
G 5 Larryn Brooks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrMadison Central
Indiana
Richmond, KY
G 11 Rayven Brooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrSan Ramon Dougherty
Chipola College
Oakland, CA
C 12 Jada Terry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrCedar Hill
Texas A&M
Cedar Hill, TX
G 24 Japreece Dean 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrVista Ridge Cedar Park, TX
C 25 Leashja Grant 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrSunrise Christian Academy
Trinity Valley CC
Nassau, BS
F 30 Zuri Sanders 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrEvansville Central Evansville, IN
G/F 32 Dayo Olabode 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoMansfield Timberview Arlington, TX
F 34 Paige Parliament 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SrBrock
Abilene Christian
Brock, TX
F 35 Jamie Roe 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrTuba City
Central Arizona College
Tuba City, AZ
C 42 Ionna McKenzie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoDr. Phillips Gotha, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-14

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm
Eastern New Mexico W 77–43 
United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
11:00 am
Niagara W 79–45  1–0
United Supermarkets Arena (5,542)
Lubbock, TX
11/21/2015*
6:30 pm, FSSW+
Southeastern Louisiana W 113–51  2–0
United Supermarkets Arena (3,623)
Lubbock, TX
11/24/2015*
6:30 pm
Idaho State W 79–64  3–0
United Supermarkets Arena (2,917)
Lubbock, TX
11/27/2015*
6:30 pm
vs. Fordham
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 62–48  4–0
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015*
8:45 pm
vs. Washington
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 73–77  4–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015*
5:30 pm
Abilene Christian W 71–65  5–1
United Supermarkets Arena (3,015)
Lubbock, TX
12/09/2015*
5:30 pm
Idaho W 78–62  6–1
United Supermarkets Arena (3,194)
Lubbock, TX
12/12/2015*
4:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Santa Clara L 70–75  6–2
Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
12/14/2015*
6:30 pm
Incarnate Word W 70–55  7–2
United Supermarkets Arena (3,096)
Lubbock, TX
12/18/2015*
6:30 pm
Grambling State W 70–55  8–2
United Supermarkets Arena (3,707)
Lubbock, TX
12/20/2015*
2:00 pm, FSSW+
Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 84–40  9–2
United Supermarkets Arena (3,398)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 regular season
12/30/2015
6:30 pm, FSSW+
TCU L 69–78  9–3
(0–1)
United Supermarkets Arena (1,835)
Lubbock, TX
01/02/2016
7:00 pm, LHN
at No. 5 Texas L 62–86  9–4
(0–2)
Frank Erwin Center (3,668)
Lubbock, TX
01/06/2016
6:30 pm
Oklahoma State L 46–69  9–5
(0–3)
United Supermarkets Arena (4,121)
Lubbock, TX
01/09/2016
6:00 pm
at West Virginia L 57–79  9–6
(0–4)
WVU Coliseum (2,471)
Morgantown, WV
01/13/2016
7:00 pm, FSSW+
at TCU L 48–69  9–7
(0–5)
Schollmaier Arena (1,696)
Fort Worth, TX
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, FSSW
Iowa State W 69–66 OT 10–7
(1–5)
United Supermarkets Arena (4,108)
Lubbock, TX
01/20/2016
10:30 am, FSSW
at No. 19 Oklahoma L 53–92  10–8
(1–6)
Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, OK
01/24/2016
2:00 pm, FSSW+
Kansas State L 53–65  10–9
(1–7)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,528)
Lubbock, TX
01/27/2016
7:00 pm, FSSW
at No. 4 Baylor L 43–69  10–10
(1–8)
Ferrell Center (6,327)
Waco, TX
01/30/2016
5:00 pm, FSSW+
Kansas W 54–44  11–10
(2–8)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,671)
Lubbock, TX
02/02/2016
6:00 pm, FS2
West Virginia L 42–69  11–11
(2–9)
United Supermarkets Arena (2,842)
Lubbock, TX
02/07/2016
1:30 pm, FSN
at No. 25 Oklahoma State L 57–70  11–12
(2–10)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,567)
Stillwater, OK
02/13/2016
2:00 pm
No. 4 Baylor L 36–66  11–13
(2–11)
United Supermarkets Arena (6,565)
Lubbock, TX
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
at Iowa State L 48–77  11–14
(2–12)
Hilton Coliseum (10,568)
Ames, IA
02/21/2016
2:00 pm, FCS
at Kansas State L 53–65  11–15
(2–13)
Bramlage Coliseum (4,899)
Manhattan, KS
02/24/2016
6:30 pm, FSSW+
No. 8 Texas L 55–76  11–16
(2–14)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,555)
Lubbock, TX
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, JTV/ESPN3
at Kansas W 69–58  12–16
(3–14)
Allen Fieldhouse (3,432)
Lawrence, KS
03/01/2016
6:30 pm
No. 24 Oklahoma L 60–70  12–17
(3–15)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,116)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/04/2016
6:00 pm, FCS
vs. Iowa State
First Round
W 89–84  13–17
Chesapeake Energy Arena 
Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2016
1:30 pm, FSN
vs. No. 4 Baylor
Quarterfinals
L 51–82  13–18
Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,527)
Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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