2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 George Washington Colonials George Washington Athletics logo.svg 200 Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 26–7 13–3 Jonathan Tsipis 4th Diane Richardson Melissa Dunne Zach Kancher Charles E. Smith Center A-10 Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team represented George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquesne and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquesne and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Kansas State in the first round. On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4-year record of 92–38. 2015–16 media George Washington Colonials Sports Network WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live. Roster w 2015 George Washington Colonials y y w Kelsi Mahoney n 1 F 6 1 FR Concord, NC Jay M. Robinson w Camila Tapias n 2 G 5 6 SO Bogotá, Colombia IMG Academy w Caira Washington n 3 F 6 2 JR Brandywine, MD Georgetown Day School w Lauren Chase n 4 G 5 5 SR y Bowie, MD Riverdale BaptistUMBC w Aaliyah Brown n 5 G 5 8 SR y League City, TX Clear Springs w Shannon Cranshaw n 13 G 5 9 JR Ormond Beach, FL Father Lopez w DeLacy Anderson n 14 F 6 1 SR Bolingbrook, IL Bolingbrook w Mia Farmer n 15 G 5 8 SO Philadelphia, PA Cardinal O'Hara w Hannah Schaible n 20 G 5 9 JR Orlando, FL Dr. Phillips w Mei-Lyn Bautista n 21 G 5 6 FR Whitestone, NY St. Mary's w Jada Matthews n 22 F 6 0 SO Sicklerville, NJ Winslow Township w Alexis Chandler n 24 G 5 8 SR Cypress, TX Cy-Fair w Kelli Prange n 25 C 6 5 SO Damascus, MD Damascus w Brianna Cummings n 34 G 5 10 SO Lawrenceville, GA Greater Atlanta Christian w Jonquel Jones y 35 F 6 4 SR Freeport, Bahamas Riverdale Baptist Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina) Diane Richardson (Frostburg State) Melissa Dunne (Temple) Zach Kancher (George Washington) http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/gewa-w-baskbl-mtt.html 2015-10-30 Schedule http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gewa-w-baskbl-sched.html George Washington Athletics Official Athletic Site 2015-10-30 2014-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20141007123421/http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gewa-w-baskbl-sched.html dead yes no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00285C; color:#EECFA1;"| Exhibition 11/08/2015 12:00 pm yes 21 Christopher Newport Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 95–47 417 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00285C; color:#EECFA1;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 2:00 pm yes 21 Grambling State Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 85–58 885 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes 22 American Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 78–48 785 2–0 11/21/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 22 Stanford 15 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 63–84 2,854 2–1 11/23/2015 10:00 pm yes yes 24 Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 61–53 2,237 3–1 11/26/2015 2:30 pm yes yes 24 Houston Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 82–78 507 4–1 11/27/2015 2:30 pm yes yes 24 Iowa 25 Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 81–77 2OT 627 5–1 11/28/2015 2:30 pm yes yes 24 Wright State Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 71–77 527 5–2 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes Florida Gulf Coast Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 60–64 875 5–3 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Memphis Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN 68–62 781 6–3 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes Villanova Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 78–70 976 7–3 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes Iona Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 70–65 877 8–3 12/28/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL 70–57 1,514 9–3 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Hartford Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 82–51 915 10–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00285C; color:#EECFA1;"| Atlantic 10 regular season 01/03/2016 3:00 pm yes Saint Joseph's Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA CBSSN 70–45 673 11–3 (1–0) 01/06/2016 12:00 pm Rhode Island Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. NBCSN 68–58 1,989 12–3 (2–0) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, OH CBSSN 62–61 2,331 13–3 (3–0) 01/13/2016 7:00 pm La Salle Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 83–59 754 14–3 (4–0) 01/17/2016 12:00 pm yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA ESPNU 70–52 1,203 15–3 (5–0) 01/20/2016 7:00 pm Massachusetts Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 67–50 565 16–3 (6–0) 01/22/2016 12:00 pm George Mason Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 82–68 502 17–3 (7–0) 01/27/2016 7:00 pm yes Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 79–60 411 18–3 (8–0) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm Saint Louis Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 89–80 781 19–3 (9–0) 02/03/2016 7:00 pm yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 69–76 851 19–4 (9–1) 02/07/2016 2:00 pm yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, VA 62–47 693 20–4 (10–1) 02/14/2016 12:00 pm Dayton Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. ESPNU 72–62 2,102 21–4 (11–1) 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure Reilly Center Olean, NY 67–69 OT 897 21–5 (11–2) 02/20/2016 3:00 pm VCU Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 68–79 2,097 21–6 (11–3) 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Richmond Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 55–53 OT 789 22–6 (12–3) 02/27/2016 2:00 pm yes George Mason EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA 73–66 947 23–6 (13–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00285C; color:#EECFA1;"| Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 11:30 am yes 1 George Mason 9 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Quarterfinals ASN 78–48   24–6 03/05/2016 11:00 am yes 1 VCU 5 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Semifinals CBSSN 72–58   25–6 03/06/2016 1:00 pm yes 1 Duquesne 3 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Championship Game ESPNU 63–60 2,673 26–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00285C; color:#EECFA1;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 5:00 pm yes yes 8 SF Kansas State 9 SF Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC First Round ESPN2 51–56   26–7 AP Poll Eastern Time SF Sioux Falls Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 21 22 24 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV N/A Coaches 21 20 23 RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team References George Washington Category:George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball seasons George Washington George Washington Colonials women's basketball George Washington Colonials women's basketball