2015–16 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee State Tigers wordmark.svg 150 Ohio Valley Conference East Division OVC 20–11 11–5 Dana Ford 2nd Randy Peele Rodney Hamilton Pierre Jordan Gentry Complex CIT First round The 2015–16 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second year head coach Dana Ford, played their home games at the Gentry Complex and were members of the East Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–5 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the East Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the OVC tournament to Austin Peay. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Ball State. Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Armani Chaney Guard 5–10 162 Freshman Chicago, Illinois 1 Jordan Reed Guard 6–4 210 Senior Philadelphia 2 Marcus Roper Guard 6–5 200 Senior Fort Walton Beach, Florida 3 Xavier Richards Guard 6–2 200 Senior Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 5 Tahjere McCall Guard 6–5 195 Junior Philadelphia 10 Thomas Davis Guard 6–2 165 Freshman Nashville, Tennessee 11 Demontez Loman Forward 6–6 192 Senior South Port, North Carolina 13 Samson Oyediran Forward 6–7 220 RS–Freshman London, England 14 Darreon Raddick Guard 6–4 204 Sophomore Belleville, Illinois 15 Keron Deshields Guard 6–2 195 Senior Baltimore, Maryland 20 Johnny Woodard Guard 6–4 222 Junior Duluth, Minnesota 21 Christian Mekowulu Forward 6–9 232 Sophomore Lagos, Nigeria 23 Neville Fincher Center 6–10 246 Junior Teaneck, New Jersey 30 Khalil Spencer Guard 6–4 220 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee 33 Wayne Martin Forward 6–7 237 Junior Brooklyn, New York 34 Jalen Duke Forward 6–5 213 Freshman Nashville, Tennessee 42 Christian Griggs-Williams Forward 6–7 265 Senior Milwaukee, Wisconsin Schedule http://www.tsutigers.com/mbasketball/schedule/2015-16/ Men's Basketball – Schedule/Results – Tennessee State Tigers Athletics tsutigers.com 2015-11-09 2015-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905085107/http://www.tsutigers.com/mbasketball/schedule/2015-16/ dead no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Tennessee State Tigers 1; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 7:00 pm yes no Cal State East Bay Kean Hall Nashville, Tennessee   66–61 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Tennessee State Tigers 1; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore 2,100 86–71 1–0 11/16/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Ohio Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 5,854 67–75 1–1 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes no Fisk Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 5,889 72–50 2–1 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Middle Tennessee Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 1,500 66–69 2–2 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes no Reinhardt Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 605 77–61 3–2 11/28/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Kennesaw State KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, Georgia 884 ESPN3 56–49 4–2 12/05/2015 1:00 pm yes no Stetson Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 754 74–54 5–2 12/12/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Grambling State Kroc Center Chicago HBCU Heritage Hardweood Classic 1,482 64–52 6–2 12/14/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Stetson Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida 695 ESPN3 93–90 2OT 7–2 12/17/2015 7:00 pm yes no Lipscomb Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 540 89–86 8–2 12/19/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Alcorn State Verties Sails Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee HBCU Heritage Hardwood Classic 176 81–76 9–2 12/22/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, Illinois 4,205 ESPN3 55–66 9–3 12/29/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee 13,214 ESPNU 69–74 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Tennessee State Tigers 1; color:#FFFFFF;"| Ohio Valley Conference regular season 01/02/2016 4:15 pm yes no Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1,168 72–66 10–4 1–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Eastern Illinois Lantz Arena Charleston, Illinois 716 66–61 11–4 2–0 01/09/2016 7:30 pm no SIU Edwardsville Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 1,368 63–60 12–4 3–0 01/14/2016 7:30 pm no Austin Peay Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 1,488 66–52 13–4 4–0 01/16/2016 7:30 pm no Murray State Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 2,246 73–71 14–4 5–0 01/23/2016 5:00 pm yes no Belmont Curb Event Center Nashville, Tennessee 2,213 95–103 14–5 5–1 01/28/2016 8:00 pm yes no Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, Tennessee 2,146 ASN 79–81 14–6 5–2 01/30/2016 4:30 pm yes no Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, Alabama 1,065 78–53 15–6 6–2 02/04/2016 7:00 pm no Eastern Kentucky Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 1,552 81–97 15–7 6–3 02/06/2016 7:30 pm no Morehead State Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 6,312 77–76 16–7 7–3 02/10/2016 7:30 pm no Tennessee Tech Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 2,554 85–55 17–7 8–3 02/13/2016 1:00 pm yes no Eastern Kentucky McBrayer Arena Richmond, Kentucky 2,700 79–78 18–7 9–3 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes no Morehead State Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky 2,800 61–66 18–8 9–4 02/20/2016 7:30 pm no Jacksonville State Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 2,341 61–46 19–8 10–4 02/25/2016 6:00 pm yes no UT Martin Skyhawk Arena Martin, Tennessee 2,072 56–72 19–9 10–5 02/28/2016 2:30 pm no Belmont Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee 6,845 87–72 20–9 11–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Tennessee State Tigers 1; color:#FFFFFF;"|Ohio Valley Conference tournament 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes no Austin Peay Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Quarterfinals 1,545 72–74 20–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Tennessee State Tigers 1; color:#FFFFFF;"|CIT 03/15/2016 7:00 pm yes no Ball State Gentry Complex Nashville, Tennessee First round 1,013 73–78 2OT 20–11 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Tennessee State Tigers basketball seasons Tennessee State Tennessee State Category:2015 in sports in Tennessee Category:2016 in sports in Tennessee Category:2015 in Nashville, Tennessee Category:2016 in Nashville, Tennessee