2015–16 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 women's basketball 2015–16 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears Central Arkansas Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Southland Conference Southland 28–4 16–2 Sandra Rushing 4th Destinee Rogers Greg Long Brooke Rhodes Farris Center Southland Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears, led by fourth-year head coach Sandra Rushing, played their home games at the Farris Center. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 28–4, 16–2 in Southland play to finish in second place. They won the Southland women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time in school history. They lost to Louisville in the first round. Roster w 2015 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears y yes w Raquel Logan 4 f 6 1 jr West Memphis, AR West Memphis HS w Jameka Watkins 5 g 5 6 sr England, AR England HS w Brianna Mullins 10 G 5 6 jr Rosston, AR Nevada HS w Kendara Watts 11 f 5 10 sr Fairfield, AL Fairfield HSShelton State CC w Tieraney Paylor 15 f 5 10 fr Memphis, TN Ridgeway HS w Angel Williams 21 g 5 7 so Bellaire, TX Bellaire HS w Maggie Proffitt 22 g 5 7 jr Columbus, MS Starkville Academy w Taylor Baudoin 23 f 5 11 so Columbus, MS Bessemer HSJones County JC w Taylor Strickland 24 c 5 11 jr Fayetteville, AR Rogers HSUMKC w Olivia McWilliams 25 g 5 7 fr y Little Rock, AR eStem HS w Alexis Hardaway 33 g 5 8 jr North Little Rock, AR North Little Rock HSTyler JC/Arkansas State w Taisiya Novokreschevnova 50 c 6 0 sr Moscow, Russia Frank Phillips College Sandra Rushing (Alabama) Destinee Rogers (Central Arkansas) Greg Long (Chowan) Brooke Rhodes (Southern Miss) http://ucasports.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball Schedule http://ucasports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball 2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F2D7F; color:#818A8F;"| Non-conference regular schedule 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Hendrix College Farris Center Conway, AR 845 72–43 1–0 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Tennessee 4 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 9,709 47–102 1–1 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY 212 61–51 2–1 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes Alcorn State Farris Center Conway, AR 385 58–35 3–1 11/28/2015 2:00 pm yes Murray State Farris Center Conway, AR 312 50–40 4–1 12/03/2015 6:00 pm yes Crowley's Ridge Farris Center Conway, AR 515 93–38 5–1 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO 928 63–54 6–1 12/15/2015 6:00 pm yes Central Baptist Farris Center Conway, AR 332 70–37 7–1 12/19/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Campbell UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Oceanfront Holiday Classic   57–34 8–1 12/20/2015 12:00 pm yes yes South Carolina State UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Oceanfront Holiday Classic   51–38 9–1 12/29/2015 2:00 pm yes Jarvis Christian Farris Center Conway, AR 315 77–23 10–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F2D7F; color:#818A8F;"| Southland Conference schedule 01/02/2016 2:00 pm Abilene Christian Farris Center Conway, AR 512 49–61 10–2 (0–1) 01/05/2016 5:30 pm yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX 465 66–55 11–2 (1–1) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes Stephen F. Austin William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX 476 55–53 12–2 (2–1) 01/11/2016 5:30 pm Lamar Farris Center Conway, AR 361 74–49 13–2 (3–1) 01/13/2016 7:00 pm Houston Baptist Farris Center Conway, AR 562 45–44 14–2 (4–1) 01/21/2016 7:00 pm yes New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 302 59–44 15–2 (5–1) 01/23/2016 5:30 pm yes Nicholls State Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 1,735 ESPN3 71–65 16–2 (6–1) 01/27/2016 6:30 pm yes Northwestern State Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA 1,118 74–49 17–2 (7–1) 02/03/2016 7:00 pm Southeastern Louisiana Farris Center Conway, AR 722 80–58 18–2 (8–1) 02/06/2016 2:00 pm New Orleans Farris Center Conway, AR 1,585 67–55 19–2 (9–1) 02/10/2016 7:00 pm Northwestern State Farris Center Conway, AR 552 56–60 19–3 (9–2) 02/13/2016 2:00 pm yes Incarnate Word McDermott Center San Antonio, TX 275 76–57 20–3 (10–2) 02/17/2016 6:00 pm yes McNeese State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 614 70–56 21–3 (11–2) 02/20/2016 2:00 pm yes Sam Houston State Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX 455 73–63 22–3 (12–2) 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Sam Houston State Farris Center Conway, AR 1,905 72–53 23–3 (13–2) 02/27/2016 1:00 pm yes Southeastern Louisiana University Center Hammond, LA 694 64–60 24–3 (14–2) 03/02/2016 7:00 pm Nicholls State Farris Center Conway, AR 459 56–51 25–3 (15–2) 03/05/2016 2:00 pm McNeese State Farris Center Conway, AR 976 76–52 26–3 (16–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F2D7F; color:#818A8F;"| Southland Women's Tournament 03/12/2016 1:00 pm yes McNeese State Merrell Center Katy, TX Semifinals   ESPN3 72–64 27–3 03/13/2016 11:30 am yes Sam Houston State Merrell Center Katy, TX Championship Game 882 CBSSN 69–62 28–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F2D7F; color:#818A8F;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 2:30 pm yes yes 14 D Louisville 8 3 D KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY First Round 5,823 ESPN2 60–87 28–4 AP Poll Central Time D Dallas Region See also 2015–16 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team References Category:Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball seasons Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Bears basketball team Central Arkansas Bears basketball team Central Arkansas