2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball

Southland Regular Season Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Southland Conference
2015–16 record	26–4 (17–1 Southland)
Head coach	Julie Goodenough (4th year)
Assistant coach	Erika Lambert
Assistant coach	Kyle Felan
Assistant coach	Matt Stine
Home arena	Moody Coliseum (Capacity: 4,600)

2015–16 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Abilene Christian*	17	–	1	.944	26	–	4	.867
Central Arkansas †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
Northwestern State	13	–	5	.722	19	–	12	.613
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
McNeese State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Houston Baptist	9	–	9	.500	14	–	15	.483
Nicholls State	8	–	10	.444	10	–	19	.345
Sam Houston State	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Lamar	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Texas A&M-CC	6	–	12	.333	9	–	20	.310
New Orleans	5	–	13	.278	8	–	19	.296
Incarnate Word*	3	–	15	.167	6	–	23	.207
SE Louisiana	3	–	15	.167	4	–	25	.138

† 2016 Southland Tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third year head coach Julie Goodenough and play their home games at the Moody Coliseum. This will be the third year of a 4-year transition phase from D2 to D1, In the third year of transition, Abilene Christian cannot participate in the Southland Tournament, but will be a Division I counter and will be part of the Division I rpi calculation.^[1] The Wildcats will play a full conference schedule in 2015–16. Although not eligible for the Southland Conference and NCAA tournament, the Wildcats will be able to participate in the WNIT or WBI tournaments if invited.^[2]^[3] They finished the season 26–4, 17–1 to win the Southland Regular season tournament. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to UTEP.

Roster

2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Williamson, SaraSara Williamson	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Rockwall HS	Rockwall, TX
1.5 !G	2	Echols, AlyssaAlyssa Echols	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Pflugerville HS	Pflugerville, TX
3.5 !F	5	Martin, McKenzieMcKenzie Martin	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Allen HS	Allen, TX
1.5 !G	10	Webb, ParisParis Webb	64 !5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	4.0 !Sr	Midland HS	Midland, TX
1.5 !G	12	West Swinford, WhitneyWhitney West Swinford	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	Gregory-Portland HS	Portland, TX
1.5 !G	15	Mason, AlexisAlexis Mason	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	McKinney North HS	McKinney, TX
5.0 !C	22	Allen, SierraSierra Allen	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	Highland Roscoe HS	Roscoe, TX
3.5 !F	23	Dimba, SuzzySuzzy Dimba	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	Lubbuck Coronado HS	Lubbock, TX
1.5 !G	24	Wentz, BreklynBreklyn Wentz	62 !5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	1.0 !Fr	Trinity Christian HS	Lubbock, TX
3.5 !F	32	Dimba, LizzyLizzy Dimba	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	Lubbuck Coronado HS	Lubbock, TX
3.5 !F	33	Shelstead, SydneySydney Shelstead	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Mineral Wells HS	Mineral Wells, TX
1.5 !G	42	Snyder, HannahHannah Snyder	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	1.0 !Fr	Albany HS	Albany, TX

Head coach

Julie Goodenough (Abilene Christian)

Assistant coach(es)

Erika Lambert (College of Charleston)
Kyle Felan (Texas A&M)
Matt Stine (Dayton)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Out of Conference Schedule
11/14/2015* 7:00 PM	Wayland Baptist	W 96–71	1–0	Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, TX
11/16/2015* 5:30 PM, FCS Atlantic	at Kansas State	L 45–76	1–1	Bramlage Coliseum (3,784) Manhattan, KS
11/21/2015* 2:00 PM	UTSA	W 79–60	2–1	Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, TX
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM	Southwest	W 91–39	3–1	Moody Coliseum (517) Abilene, TX
11/27/2015* 2:00 PM	Missouri Valley	W 96–35	4–1	Moody Coliseum (525) Abilene, TX
12/02/2015* 5:30 PM	at Texas Tech	L 65–71	4–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX
12/04/2015* 8:00 PM	vs. Grand Canyon Air Force Classic	W 76–71	5–2	Clune Arena (96) Colorado Springs, CO
12/05/2015* 3:00 PM	vs. Eastern Michigan Air Force Classic	W 83–59	6–2	Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
12/18/2015* 6:00 PM	at Eastern Washington	W 72–60	7–2	Reese Court (153) Cheney, WA
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM	at Idaho	W 71–59 ^OT	8–2	Cowan Spectrum (201) Moscow, ID
12/31/2015* 2:00 PM	Schreiner	W 79–51	9–2	Moody Coliseum (1,031) Abilene, TX
Southland Conference Schedule
01/02/2016 2:00 PM	at Central Arkansas	W 61–49	10–2 (1–0)	Farris Center (512) Conway, AR
01/07/2016 7:00 PM	Northwestern State	W 67–46	11–2 (2–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,107) Abilene, TX
01/10/2016 1:00 PM	at Nicholls State	W 71–68	12–2 (3–0)	Stopher Gym (487) Thibodaux, LA
01/13/2016 7:00 PM	McNeese State	W 79–62	13–2 (4–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,136) Abilene, TX
01/16/2016 4:00 PM	at Stephen F. Austin	W 85–70	14–2 (5–0)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,749) Nacogdoches, TX
01/21/2016 6:30 PM	at Sam Houston State	W 87–76	15–2 (6–0)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,009) Huntsville TX
01/23/2016 2:00 PM	at Incarnate Word	W 86–71	16–2 (7–0)	McDermott Convocation Center (524) San Antonio, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 PM	Houston Baptist	W 77–60	17–2 (8–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,227) Abilene, TX
01/30/2016 2:00 PM	Lamar	W 90–62	18–2 (9–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,306) Abilene, TX
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Lamar	L 54–63	18–3 (9–1)	Montagne Center (687) Beaumont, TX
02/06/2016 1:00 PM	at Southeastern Louisiana	W 88–72	19–3 (10–1)	University Center (581) Hammond, LA
02/10/2016 7:00 PM	Sam Houston State	W 67–55	20–3 (11–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,022) Abilene, TX
02/17/2016 7:00 PM	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 71–65	21–3 (12–1)	Dugan Wellness Center (457) Corpus Christi, TX
02/21/2016 3:30 PM, ESPN3	Southeastern Louisiana	W 72–70	22–3 (13–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 PM	at Houston Baptist	W 76–65	23–3 (14–1)	Sharp Gymnasium (179) Houston, TX
02/27/2016 2:00 PM	New Orleans	W 76–55	24–3 (15–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,015) Abilene, TX
03/02/2016 7:00 PM	Incarnate Word	W 66–58	25–3 (16–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,231) Abilene, TX
03/05/2016 2:00 PM	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 63–52	26–3 (17–1)	Moody Coliseum (1,336) Abilene, TX
WNIT
03/17/2016* 8:05 PM	at UTEP First Round	L 62–66	26–4	Don Haskins Center (4,517) El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://www.acu.edu/division1/timeline.html
↑ "Event Info". 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
↑ "WBI Selection Process". womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
↑ http://www.acusports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

References