2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
The Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	The Summit League
2015–16 record	27–7 (13–3 The Summit)
Head coach	Aaron Johnston (16th year)
Assistant coach	Mike Jewett
Assistant coach	Katie Falco
Assistant coach	Haylie Linn
Home arena	Frost Arena

2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	15	–	1		.938			32	–	6		.842
South Dakota State †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
IUPUI	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Oral Roberts	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Western Illinois	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Omaha	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
IPFW	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
Denver	3	–	13		.188			5	–	25		.167
North Dakota State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	22		.241
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represent South Dakota State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led sixteenth year head by Aaron Johnston. The Jackrabbits compete in The Summit League. They play home games in Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of The Summit League Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Miami (FL) in the first round before losing a heartbreaker to Stanford in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town G 1 Alexander, AlexisAlexis Alexander 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Champlin Park HS Brooklyn Park, MN G 3 Graettinger, AnnabelAnnabel Graettinger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Muscatine HS Muscatine, IA G 4 Boever, GabrielleGabrielle Boever 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Worthington HS Worthington, MN F 5 Wade, TonoiaTonoia Wade (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Kennedy Bloomington, MN G/F 10 Young, KerriKerri Young 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mitchell Mitchell, SD G 11 Guebert, MadisonMadison Guebert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eastview Apple Valley, MN G 12 Miller, MacyMacy Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mitchell Mitchell, SD G 20 Viso, EnaEna Viso 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Northeast CC Copenhagen, Denmark C 21 Ober, ClarissaClarissa Ober 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Glencoe-Silver Lake HS Glencoe, MN G 22 Cornemann, ChloeChloe Cornemann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Yankton HS Yankton, SD G 32 Palmer, SydneySydney Palmer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr T. F. Riggs HS Pierre, SD C 35 Flaata, TiffaneyTiffaney Flaata 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Prior Lake HS Savage, MN F 43 Mieras, JessicaJessica Mieras 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr O'Gorman HS Sioux Falls, SD F 45 Thompson, EllieEllie Thompson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Chaska HS Chaska, MN	Head coach Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus) Assistant coach(es) Mike Jewett (Augustana (SD)) Katie Falco (Northern Iowa) Haylie Linn (Toledo) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 12/17/15

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
10/29/2015* 6:00 PM		St. Cloud State	W 79–44		Frost Arena (1,455) Brookings, SD
11/05/2015* 6:00 PM		Mary	W 85–40		Frost Arena (1,365) Brookings, SD
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 PM		Marist	W 77–68	1–0	Frost Arena (1,624) Brookings, SD
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM		Arkansas	W 76–69	2–0	Frost Arena (2,109) Brookings, SD
11/21/2015* 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		#3 Notre Dame	L 64–75	2–1	Frost Arena (5,532) Brookings, SD
11/26/2015* 7:00 PM		vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 55–54	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,024) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015* 4:45 PM		vs. #6 Maryland Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 55–62	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015* 4:45 PM		vs. Old Dominion Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 71–39	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM		Portland State	W 74–65	5–2	Frost Arena (1,509) Brookings, SD
12/05/2015* 4:00 PM		Northern Colorado	W 66–62	6–2	Frost Arena (2,449) Brookings, SD
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM		Northern Iowa	W 89–86 ^2OT	7–2	Frost Arena (1,547) Brookings, SD
12/12/2015* 7:05 PM		at Creighton	W 53–51	8–2	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,023) Omaha, NE
12/15/2015* 7:00 PM		#16 DePaul	W 88–79	9–2	Frost Arena (1,621) Brookings, SD
12/19/2015* 5:00 PM, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 57–58	9–3	Kress Events Center (2,527) Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		at Bowling Green	W 58–45	10–3	Stroh Center (2,175) Bowling Green, OH
The Summit League regular season
12/30/2015 8:00 PM		at Denver	W 76–39	11–3 (1–0)	Magness Arena (540) Denver, CO
01/03/2016 2:00 PM, KVLY		at North Dakota State	W 81–69	12–3 (2–0)	Scheels Arena (2,422) Fargo, ND
01/07/2016 7:00 PM		Nebraska–Omaha	W 68–58	13–3 (3–0)	Frost Arena (1,628) Brookings, SD
01/13/2016 6:00 PM		at IPFW	W 61–42	14–3 (4–0)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450) Fort Wayne, IN
01/17/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		South Dakota	L 58–63	14–4 (4–1)	Frost Arena (4,082) Brookings, SD
01/21/2016 7:00 PM		IUPUI	W 68–66 ^2OT	15–4 (5–1)	Frost Arena (1,686) Brookings, SD
01/23/2016 2:00 PM		Western Illinois	W 85–63	16–4 (6–1)	Frost Arena (1,963) Brookings, SD
01/27/2016 7:00 PM		at Oral Roberts	W 68–50	17–4 (7–1)	Mabee Center (615) Tulsa, OK
02/04/2016 7:00 PM		at Nebraska–Omaha	W 65–47	18–4 (8–1)	Baxter Arena (631) Omaha, NE
02/06/2016 4:30 PM, MidcoSN		North Dakota State	W 81–47	19–4 (9–1)	Frost Arena (3,236) Brookings, SD
02/11/2016 7:00 PM		Oral Roberts	W 60–48	20–4 (10–1)	Frost Arena (1,698) Brookings, SD
02/13/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		IPFW	W 92–64	21–4 (11–1)	Frost Arena (3,209) Brookings, SD
02/18/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		Denver	W 80–52	22–4 (12–1)	Frost Arena (1,823) Brookings, SD
02/20/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		at South Dakota	L 75–80	22–5 (12–2)	DakotaDome (3,612) Vermillion, SD
02/25/2016 6:00 PM		at IUPUI	L 60–63	22–6 (12–3)	The Jungle (361) Indianapolis, IN
01/27/2016 4:30 PM		at Western Illinois	W 66–65	23–6 (13–3)	Western Hall (1,072) Macomb, IL
The Summit League Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 2:30 PM, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. IPFW Quarterfinals	W 80–60	24–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209) Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016 2:30 PM, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. Nebraska–Omaha Semifinals	W 76–58	25–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (7,237) Sioux Falls, SD
03/08/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. South Dakota Championship Game	W 61–55	26–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,647) Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 5:30 PM, ESPN2		vs. #19 Miami (FL) First round	W 74–71	27–6	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
03/21/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN2		at #13 Stanford Second round	L 65–66	27–7	Maples Pavilion (1,961) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "Basketball-W - 2015-16 Schedule & Results". South Dakota State University Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

See also

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team