2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces Evansville Purple Aces logo.svg 200 Missouri Valley Conference The Valley 3–28 1–17 Oties Epps (first 27 games, 5th year) Matt Ruffing (interim HC) Ashley Barlow Doug Rogers Ford Center The 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by fifth year head coach Oties Epps, played their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–28, 1–17 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Drake. On February 29, 2016, head coach Oties Epps resigned.http://gopurpleaces.com/news/2016/2/29/ue-womens-basketball-coach-oties-epps-announces-resignation.aspx UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation Evansville Athletics 29 February 2016 He finished at Evansville with a five-year record of 44–106 and Matt Ruffing was named the interim coach for the remainder of the season and for the 2016–17 season. Roster w 2015 Evansville Purple Aces y y w Camary Williams 0 G 5 5 JR Fort Myers, FL Cape CoralHillsborough CC w Kerri Gasper 2 F 5 11 FR Olmsted Township, OH Olmstead Falls w Camille Coleman 4 G 5 7 FR South Bend, IN Washington w Aaliyah Gaines 5 G 5 8 SO y Fort Wayne, IN CanterburyEastern Illinois w Taloni Reese 10 G 5 9 SO South Bend, IN John Adams w Laura Friday 13 G 5 6 SR Marion, IN Marion w Peyton Langston 14 F 6 0 SO Carson, CA Mater Dei w Kenyia Johnson 15 G 5 8 SO Orange Park, FL Fleming Island w Sasha Robinson 22 F 6 1 JR Nashville, IN Brown County w Sara Dickey 24 G 5 11 JR Montezuma, IN Riverton Park w Jordan Campbell 25 F 6 0 FR Montgomery, IL Oswego w Tattenai Hall 31 F 6 0 FR Fort Wayne, IN Heritage w Erin Sinnott 32 F 5 11 FR Fort Wayne, IL Oswego w Ashley Hawkins 33 F 6 1 JR Sacramento, CA AntelopeVincennes Oties Epps (UW–Stout) Matt Ruffing (Dayton) Ashley Barlow (Notre Dame) Doug Rogers (Wisconsin) http://www.gopurpleaces.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball Schedule http://www.gopurpleaces.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball& University of Evansville gopurpleaces.com 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Exhibition 11/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Eureka Ford Center Evansville, IN 407 86–33 11/07/2015 12:00 pm yes Berea Ford Center Evansville, IN 371 97–53 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic 3,122 FSOH 57–65 0–1 11/16/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, OH 201 85–91 2OT 0–2 11/18/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH   72–63 1–2 11/27/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Montana State Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament 105 55–81 1–3 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Santa Clara Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament 95 44–62 1–4 12/02/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH 1,986 56–74 1–5 12/05/2015 1:00 pm yes Murray State Ford Center Evansville, IN 539 54–73 1–6 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,614 40–85 1–7 12/12/2015 12:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin Ford Center Evansville, IN 432 ESPN3 48–75 1–8 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Ball State Ford Center Evansville, IN 611 ESPN3 53–73 1–9 12/29/2015 7:00 pm yes IUPUI Ford Center Evansville, IN 578 ESPN3 62–68 1–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Missouri Valley regular season 01/01/2016 7:00 pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 1,107 ESPN3 51–62 1–11 (0–1) 01/03/2016 4:00 pm yes Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 2,215 ESPN3 52–94 1–12 (0–2) 01/08/2016 7:00 pm Loyola-Chicago Ford Center Evansville, IN 480 ESPN3 49–63 1–13 (0–3) 01/10/2016 1:00 pm Bradley Ford Center Evansville, IN 429 ESPN3 62–46 2–13 (1–3) 01/16/2016 2:00 pm yes Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 729 ESPN3 56–74 2–14 (1–4) 01/22/2016 7:00 pm yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,287 ESPN3 70–77 2–15 (1–5) 01/24/2016 2:00 pm yes Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 1,577 ESPN3 50–58 2–16 (1–6) 01/29/2016 7:00 pm Illinois State Ford Center Evansville, IN 512 ESPN3 57–64 2–17 (1–7) 01/31/2016 12:00 pm Indiana State Ford Center Evansville, IN 738 ESPN3 44–59 2–18 (1–8) 02/05/2016 7:00 pm yes Bradley Renaissance Coliseum Peoria, IL 471 ESPN3 52–66 2–19 (1–9) 02/07/2016 2:00 pm yes Loyola-Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 469 ESPN3 54–67 2–20 (1–10) 02/14/2016 1:00 pm Southern Illinois Ford Center Evansville, IN 456 ESPN3 63–66 2–21 (1–11) 02/19/2016 7:00 pm Wichita State Ford Center Evansville, IN 507 ESPN3 31–44 2–22 (1–12) 02/21/2016 1:00 pm Missouri State Ford Center Evansville, IN 472 ESPN3 47–66 2–23 (1–13) 02/26/2016 6:05 pm yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 1,870 ESPN3 45–57 2–24 (1–14) 02/28/2016 2:05 pm yes Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 925 ESPN3 59–65 2–25 (1–15) 03/03/2016 7:00 pm Drake Ford Center Evansville, IN 394 ESPN3 66–86 2–26 (1–16) 03/05/2016 1:00 pm Northern Iowa Ford Center Evansville, IN 451 ESPN3 48–61 2–27 (1–17) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#5C2F83; color:#FF5100;"| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament 03/10/2016 8:00 pm yes Illinois State iWireless Center Moline, IL First Round   ESPN3 61–59 OT 3–27 03/11/2016 12:00 pm yes Drake iWireless Center Moline, IL Quarterfinals   ESPN3 53–89 3–28 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team References Category:Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball seasons Evansville Category:2015 in sports in Indiana Category:2016 in sports in Indiana