2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 12
Ranking
Coaches	#23
AP	#24
2015–16 record	22–11 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Sherri Coale (20th year)
Assistant coach	Jan Ross
Assistant coach	Pam DeCosta
Assistant coach	Chad Thrailkill
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#4 Baylor †	17	–	1		.944			36	–	2		.947
#7 Texas	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
#23 West Virginia	12	–	6		.667			25	–	10		.714
Oklahoma State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
#24 Oklahoma	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Kansas State	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
TCU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Iowa State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Texas Tech	3	–	15		.167			13	–	18		.419
Kansas	0	–	18		.000			6	–	25		.194
† 2016 Big 12 Conference Tournament winner As of March 28, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town C 0 Pierre-Louise, VioniseVionise Pierre-Louise 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Grandview Prep Lake Worth, FL G 2 Edwards, T'onaT'ona Edwards 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Northeast Academy Spencer, OK G 10 Little, PeytonPeyton Little 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Wylie Abilene, TX G 11 Wyatt, DericaDerica Wyatt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Franklin Road Academy Brentwood, TN G 12 Penzo, GileysaGileysa Penzo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Montverde Academy Guaynabo, Puerto Rico G 21 Ortiz, GabbiGabbi Ortiz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So The Prairie School Racine, WI F 22 Kellogg, ShayaShaya Kellogg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Ames Ames, IA G 23 Manning, MaddieMaddie Manning 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Ankeny Ankeny, IA F 24 Odimgbe, IjeomaIjeoma Odimgbe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Johnson Savannah, GA G 25 Carter, GioyaGioya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Carl Albert Midwest City, OK C 30 Treece, McKeenaMcKeena Treece 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Incarnate Word Academy St. Peters, MO G 32 Williams, LaNesiaLaNesia Williams 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Northeast Academy Oklahoma City, OK F 42 Williams, KaylonKaylon Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Midwest City Midwest City, OK	Head coach Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian) Assistant coach(es) Jan Ross (Oklahoma Christian) Pam DeCosta (Metropolitan State) Chad Thrailkill (Southern Nazarene) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-10-14

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 PM, FSSW+	#17	Southwestern Oklahoma State	W 111–73		Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM, FCSC	#17	Winthrop	W 78–48	1–0	Lloyd Noble Center (3,713) Norman, OK
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, FCSC	#17	North Texas	L 57–61	1–1	Lloyd Noble Center (3,829) Norman, OK
11/19/2015* 6:00 PM, FSSW+	#17	BYU	W 73–47	2–1	Lloyd Noble Center (3,849) Norman, OK
11/22/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	#17	at Bradley	W 79–46	3–1	Renaissance Coliseum (778) Peoria, IL
11/26/2015* 3:15 PM	#21	vs. Utah Junkanoo Jam Reef Division	W 70–55	4–1	Grand Lucayan Resort (353) Freeport, BAH
11/28/2015* 7:00 PM	#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+	#21	Arkansas–Little Rock	W 65–52	6–1	Lloyd Noble Center (3,747) Norman, OK
12/06/2015* 5:30 PM, P12N	#21	at Washington	W 71–68	7–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,580) Seattle, WA
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM	#17	at Tulsa	W 75–62	8–1	Reynolds Center (1,770) Tulsa, OK
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM, FSOK	#17	UTSA	W 80–41	9–1	Lloyd Noble Center (4,086) Norman, OK
12/20/2015* 4:00 PM, FS1	#17	vs. #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	#18	Kansas	W 67–44	10–2 (1–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,328) Norman, OK
01/03/2016 3:30 PM, FS1	#18	at #4 Baylor	L 68–78	11–2 (1–1)	Ferrell Center (7,434) Waco, TX
01/06/2016 7:00 PM, FSSW+	#17	at TCU	W 78–65	11–3 (2–1)	Schollmaier Arena (2,227) Fort Worth, TX
01/10/2016 1:00 PM, FSOK	#17	Kansas State	W 68–58	12–3 (3–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,637) Norman, OK
01/16/2016 12:00 PM, FSN	#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	#19	Texas Tech	W 92–53	13–4 (4–2)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
01/23/2016 11:00 AM, FSN	#19	at #6 Texas	L 76–83	13–5 (4–3)	Frank Erwin Center (4,096) Austin, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 PM, FSOK+	#21	#24 West Virginia	W 57–54	14–5 (5–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,182) Norman, OK
01/30/2016 1:00 PM, FSN	#21	at Iowa State	W 77–71	15–5 (6–3)	Hilton Coliseum (11,249) Ames, IA
02/03/2016 7:00 PM, FSOK+	#20	#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	#20	TCU	W 77–64	16–6 (7–4)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,322) Norman, OK
02/09/2016 7:00 PM	#21	at Kansas State	L 71–87	16–7 (7–5)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,954) Manhattan, KS
02/14/2016 1:30 PM, FS1	#21	#6 Texas	W 74–56	17–7 (8–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,853) Norman, OK
02/17/2016 6:00 PM	#20	West Virginia	L 55–63	17–8 (8–6)	WVU Coliseum (2,001) Morgantown, WV
02/20/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	#20	at Kansas	W 72–66	18–8 (9–6)	Allen Fieldhouse (4,737) Lawrence, KS
02/22/2016 8:00 PM, ESPN2	#23	at #4 Baylor	L 70–78	18–9 (9–7)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,277) Norman, OK
02/27/2016 2:00 PM, FSOK+	#23	Iowa State	W 85–54	19–9 (10–7)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,192) Norman, OK
03/01/2016 6:30 PM	#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	#24	vs. Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 61–43	21–9	Chesapeake Energy Arena  Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2016 1:30 PM, FS1	#24	vs. #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	#24	vs. Purdue First Round	W 61–45	22–10	Memorial Coliseum  Lexington, KY
03/21/2016* 5:30 PM, ESPN2	#24	at #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. 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

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 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. http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127261&SPSID=750398

External links

• Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Women's Basketball