2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png 175 Missouri Valley Conference The Valley 8–22 6–12 Barb Smith 3rd Lisa Hayden Cathy Boswell Jessica Grayson Redbird Arena The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Barb Smith, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Evansville. Roster w 2015 Illinois State Redbirds y y w Colleene Smith 1 F 6 0 SR New Haven, CT Cape CoralASA College w Octavia Crump 3 F 5 10 SR Zion, IL Zion-Benton w Brechelle Beachum 5 G 5 7 JR Mexia, TX Western Texas College w Morgan Radtke 11 G 5 10 SO Palatine, IL Palatine w Millie Stevens 12 F 6 0 FR Surrey, England Sevenoaks Suns (WBBL team) w Katrina Beck 13 G 5 9 FR Chicago, IL Whitney Young w Lexie Taylor 14 G 5 5 SR Normal, IL Normal West w Shakeela Fowler 22 G 5 3 FR Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee King w Viria Livingston 23 G 5 8 FR Minnetonka, MN Hopkins w Taylor Stewart 32 G 5 7 JR Lakeville, MN Lakeville North w Kalyn Gebhardt 34 C 6 4 JR Beaver Dam, WI Beaver Dam Barb Smith (Ohio State) Lisa Hayden (Miami (OH))Cathy Boswell (Illinois State)Jessica Grayson (Valdosta State) http://goredbirds.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball Schedule http://goredbirds.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball 2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000000;"| Exhibition 11/04/2015 7:00 pm yes Lindenwood Redbird Arena Normal, IL 637 71–70 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000000;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH 1,469 52–70 0–1 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes Murray State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 707 ESPN3 81–76 1–1 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes UIC Redbird Arena Normal, IL 534 ESPN3 65–74 1–2 11/27/2015 4:00 pm yes yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX UTSA Thanksgiving Classic 234 51–77 1–3 11/29/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Nebraska–Omaha Convocation Center San Antonio, TX UTSA Thanksgiving Classic 159 56–60 1–4 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Redbird Arena Normal, IL 564 ESPN3 57–65 1–5 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes yes DePaul 23 Phillips-McGrath Arena Chicago, IL 2,422 41–89 1–6 12/13/2015 3:30 pm yes yes Northern Illinois iWireless Center Moline, IL MVC vs. MAC Basketball Challenge 634 ESPN3 59–68 1–7 12/16/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 129 47–60 1–8 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Chicago State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 734 ESPN3 57–53 2–8 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Western Illinois Redbird Arena Normal, IL 539 ESPN3 64–79 2–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000000;"| Missouri Valley regular season 01/01/2016 1:00 pm Missouri State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 537 ESPN3 51–73 2–10 (0–1) 01/03/2016 2:00 pm Wichita State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 602 ESPN3 70–49 3–10 (1–1) 01/10/2016 1:00 pm yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 1,786 ESPN3 58–63 3–11 (1–2) 01/15/2016 7:00 pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 1,207 51–65 3–12 (1–3) 01/17/2016 6:00 pm yes Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 2,413 41–76 3–13 (1–4) 01/22/2016 7:00 pm Bradley Redbird Arena Normal, IL 1,142 ESPN3 54–49 4–13 (2–4) 01/24/2016 7:00 pm Loyola-Chicago Redbird Arena Normal, IL 1,313 ESPN3 41–57 4–14 (2–5) 01/29/2016 7:00 pm yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 512 64–57 5–14 (3–5) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 789 ESPN3 71–76 5–15 (3–6) 02/05/2016 7:00 pm Indiana State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 1,240 ESPN3 73–62 6–15 (4–6) 02/12/2016 6:00 pm Drake Redbird Arena Normal, IL 613 ESPN3 58–98 6–16 (4–7) 02/14/2016 7:00 pm Northern Iowa Redbird Arena Normal, IL 362 ESPN3 35–61 6–17 (4–8) 02/19/2016 7:00 pm yes Loyola-Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 536 61–73 6–18 (4–9) 02/21/2016 2:00 pm yes Bradley Renaissance Coliseum Peoria, IL 717 38–52 6–19 (4–10) 02/25/2016 7:30 pm Southern Illinois Redbird Arena Normal, IL 572 ESPN3 55–68 6–20 (4–11) 02/28/2016 2:00 pm Evansville Redbird Arena Normal, IL 925 ESPN3 65–59 7–20 (5–11) 03/03/2016 7:00 pm yes Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 1,545 53–49 8–20 (6–11) 03/05/2016 2:00 pm yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,748 41–70 8–21 (6–12) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:#000000;"| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament 03/10/2016 7:00 pm yes Evansville iWireless Center Moline, IL First Round   ESPN3 59–61 OT 8–22 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team References Category:Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball seasons Illinois State Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball