2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball

Paradise Jam Island Division Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record	19–15 (8–10 B1G)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (21st year)
Assistant coach	Kelley Gibson
Assistant coach	Ervin Monier
Assistant coach	Tim Eatman
Home arena	The RAC

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Maryland†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
#9 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	26	–	8	.765
#16 Michigan State	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Michigan	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Iowa	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Rutgers	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	18	–	17	.514
Wisconsin	3	–	15	.167	7	–	22	.241
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2016 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team will represent Rutgers University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twenty-first year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, play their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as second year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Ohio State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Georgetown in the first round before losing to Virginia in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
5.0 !C	1	Hollivay, RachelRachel Hollivay	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.0 !Sr	Heritage Academy	Columbus, MS
2.5 !G/F	2	Copper, KahleahKahleah Copper	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.0 !Sr	Prep Charter	Philadelphia, PA
1.5 !G	3	Scaife, TylerTyler Scaife	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Hall	Little Rock, AR
1.5 !G	4	Canty, BriyonaBriyona Canty	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Trenton Catholic	Willingboro, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Parker, ShritaShrita Parker	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Ocean Lakes	Virginia Beach, VA
2.5 !G/F	11	Jeune, AshliAshli Jeune	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Life Center Academy	Westampton, NJ
1.5 !G	12	Sanders, KhadaizhaKhadaizha Sanders	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	1.0 !Fr	Bishop McNamara	Virginia Beach, IL
1.5 !G	21	Jeune, AshliAshli Jeune	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Life Center Academy	Westampton, NJ
3.5 !F	22	Burke, AlexisAlexis Burke	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Bainbridge/Illinois	Bainbridge, GA
4.5 !F/C	32	Keeling, DesireeDesiree Keeling	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	William Fleming	Roanoke, VA
1.5 !G	33	Alfano, AlexAlex Alfano	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Red Bank Catholic	Atlantic Highlands, NJ
4.5 !F/C	40	Harris, VictoriaVictoria Harris	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	Parkview	Snellville, GA
5.0 !C	43	Butts, ArielAriel Butts	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Carver	Columbus, GA

Head coach

C. Vivian Stringer (Slippery Rock)

Assistant coach(es)

Kelley Gibson (Maryland)
Ervin Monier (Saint Mary's)
Tim Eatman (Talladega)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 PM	at Saint Joseph's	W 78–65	1–0	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, FS2	at Seton Hall	L 49–77	1–1	Walsh Gymnasium (1,628) South Orange, NJ
11/19/2015* 7:00 PM	St. John's	L 62–69	1–2	The RAC (2,226) Piscataway, NJ
11/22/2015* 2:00 PM	Temple	W 61–51	2–2	The RAC (1,725) Piscataway, NJ
11/26/2015* 3:15 PM	vs. Tulane Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	W 75–51	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center (488) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015* 3:15 PM	vs. Virginia Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	W 60–48	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015* 3:15 PM	vs. Green Bay Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	W 54–43	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at #13 Florida State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 43–65	5–3	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,699) Tallahassee, FL
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM	Arkansas	W 60–40	6–3	The RAC (1,810) Piscataway, NJ
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM	Iona	W 58–33	7–3	The RAC (1,599) Piscataway, NJ
12/13/2015* 4:00 PM	Savannah State	W 65–26	8–3	The RAC (1,645) Piscataway, NJ
12/19/2015* 2:00 PM, BTN	LSU	W 69–57	9–3	The RAC (2,254) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015 1:00 PM	Minnesota	W 66–55	10–3 (1–0)	The RAC (2,057) Piscataway, NJ
01/04/2016 8:00 PM, BTN	at Iowa	L 65–69	10–4 (1–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,959) Iowa City, IA
01/07/2016 7:00 PM	Wisconsin	W 61–41	11–4 (2–1)	The RAC (1,873) Piscataway, NJ
01/10/2016 2:00 PM	at #5 Ohio State	L 78–90	11–5 (2–2)	Value City Arena (6,081) Columbus, OH
01/13/2016 7:00 PM	Illinois	W 67–54	12–5 (3–2)	The RAC (1,829) Piscataway, NJ
01/16/2016 6:30 PM, BTN	at Nebraska	L 54–65	12–6 (3–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,622) Lincoln, NE
01/19/2016 6:00 PM, BTN	at #21 Michigan State	L 48–59	12–7 (3–4)	Breslin Center (4,911) East Lansing, MI
01/24/2016 3:00 PM	#7 Ohio State	L 58–67	12–8 (3–5)	The RAC (1,510) Piscataway, NJ
01/27/2016 7:00 PM	at Indiana	L 48–64	12–9 (3–6)	Assembly Hall (2,496) Bloomington, IN
01/30/2016 2:00 PM	Nebraska	W 66–56	13–9 (4–6)	The RAC (2,815) Piscataway, NJ
02/04/2016 8:00 PM	at Minnesota	L 72–85	13–10 (4–7)	Williams Arena (2,754) Minneapolis, MN
02/07/2016 2:00 PM	at Penn State	W 74–62	14–10 (5–7)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,677) University Park, PA
02/10/2016 7:00 PM	Northwestern	W 61–59	15–10 (6–7)	The RAC (3,177) Piscataway, NJ
02/13/2016 6:00 PM, BTN	at Illinois	W 63–56	16–10 (7–7)	State Farm Center (2,450) Champaign, IL
02/18/2016 7:00 PM	#25 Michigan State	L 67–70	16–11 (7–8)	The RAC (2,156) Piscataway, NJ
02/21/2016 3:00 PM, ESPN2	#6 Maryland	L 59–73	16–12 (7–9)	The RAC (3,755) Piscataway, NJ
02/25/2016 6:30 PM, BTN	at Purdue	L 68–75 ^OT	16–13 (7–10)	Mackey Arena (5,821) West Lafayette, IN
02/28/2016 2:00 PM, BTN	Michigan	W 72–50	17–13 (8–10)	The RAC (3,505) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 6:30 PM, BTN	vs. Nebraska Second Round	W 66–63	18–13	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2016 6:30 PM, BTN	vs. #9 Ohio State Quarterfinals	L 58–73	18–14	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 PM	Georgetown First Round	W 57–55	19–14	The RAC (453) Piscataway, NJ
03/20/2016* 2:00 PM	Virginia Second Round	L 55–71	19–15	The RAC (597) Piscataway, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 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	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/rutu-w-baskbl-sched.html

Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball

Venues	College Avenue Gymnasium (1974–1977) The RAC (1977–present)

Rivalries	UConn

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References