2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 18–14 5–11 Melanie Balcomb 14th Kim Rosamond Ashley Earley Wendale Farrow Memorial Gymnasium Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament ChampionsFordham Holiday Classic Champions The 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Melanie Balcomb, in her fourteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State. On April 27, it was announced that Balcomb had resigned her position. She finished at Vanderbilt with a 14-year record of 310–149. Roster w 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores y y w Rebekah Dahlman n 1 G 5 9 SO y Braham, MN Braham Area w Rachel Bell n 3 G 5 10 SO Cumberland Furnace, TN Creek Wood w Myka Dancy n 12 G 5 9 SO Antioch, TN Antioch w Jasmine Jenkins n 15 G 5 8 SR Gainesville, GA East Hall w Marqu'es Webb n 22 F 6 1 JR Hoover, AL Hoover w Minta Spears n 23 G 5 10 JR y Bullard, TX BullardTexas Tech w Kristen Gaffney n 24 F 6 1 JR y Cary, NC Green Hope w Morgan Batey n 25 G 5 10 SR Atlanta, GA Pace Academy w Christa Reed n 33 G 5 11 SO Bay St. Louis, MS Bay w Kendall Shaw n 35 C 6 4 JR y Mont Belvieu, TX Barbers Hill w Rayte'a Long n 44 F 6 0 JR Dayton, OH Chaminade Melanie Balcomb (Trenton State) Kim Rosamond (Ole Miss) Ashley Earley (Vanderbilt) Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan) http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/vand-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/vand-w-baskbl-sched.html Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball 2015-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141007221417/http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/vand-w-baskbl-sched.html 2014-10-07 dead no yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 3:00 pm yes Clayton State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 96–32   |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 89–39 2,264 1–0 11/18/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, OH 56–81 1,637 1–1 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Green Bay Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI ESPN3 56–58 2,351 1–2 11/23/2015 11:30 am yes Presbyterian Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 56–38 5,351 2–2 11/27/2015 12:00 pm yes Austin Peay Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals 73–56 2,447 3–2 11/28/2015 2:30 pm yes Ohio Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Thanksgiving Tournament championship 62–59 2,462 4–2 11/30/2015 8:00 pm yes Air Force Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 86–29 2,213 5–2 12/03/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 74–64 539 6–2 12/05/2015 1:00 pm yes East Tennessee State Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 65–39 2,264 7–2 12/10/2015 7:00 pm yes Troy Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 97–43 2,528 8–2 12/21/2015 12:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 64–61 2,574 9–2 12/29/2015 3:00 pm yes yes New Mexico State Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals 71–45 832 10–2 12/30/2015 2:30 pm yes yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY Fordham Holiday Classic championship 53–40 622 11–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| SEC regular season 01/03/2016 2:00 pm yes Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 52–55 1,283 11–3 (0–1) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm South Carolina 2 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 61–71 2,547 11–4 (0–2) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm yes Alabama Foster Auditorium Tuscaloosa, AL 54–48 3,023 12–4 (1–2) 01/14/2016 7:00 pm LSU Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 58–42 2,332 13–4 (2–2) 01/21/2016 6:00 pm yes Tennessee 18 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Rivalry SECN 49–58 11,159 13–5 (2–3) 01/25/2016 6:00 pm Alabama Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 67–52 2,961 14–5 (3–3) 01/28/2016 6:00 pm yes Kentucky 12 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 71–69 5,193 15–5 (4–3) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm Georgia Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 58–64 3,111 15–6 (4–4) 02/04/2016 6:00 pm yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL 45–53 2,176 15–7 (4–5) 02/08/2016 6:00 pm yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 56–57 1,946 15–8 (4–6) 02/11/2016 8:00 pm Tennessee 25 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN Rivalry SECN 51–69 4,980 15–9 (4–7) 02/14/2016 3:00 pm Kentucky 18 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 55–71   15–10 (4–8) 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes Florida 22 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 67–79 1,439 15–11 (4–9) 02/21/2016 4:00 pm Texas A&M 12 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 63–75 2,975 15–12 (4–10) 02/25/2016 7:00 pm Mississippi State 16 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN 61–66 2,466 15–13 (4–11) 02/28/2016 1:00 pm yes Missouri 24 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN 56–52 5,998 16–13 (5–11) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#BDAE79;"| SEC Women's Tournament 03/02/2016 12:30 pm yes Ole Miss Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL First Round SECN 74–59   17–13 03/03/2016 7:30 pm yes Georgia Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Second Round SECN 54–49 OT 3,094 18–13 03/04/2016 7:30 pm yes Mississippi State 16 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Quarterfinals SECN 46–63 4,214 18–14 AP Poll Central Time 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 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team References Vanderbilt Category:Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball seasons Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball