2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 women's basketball 2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs Chattanooga Mocs logo.svg 150 Southern Conference SoCon 24–8 12–2 Jim Foster 3rd Katie Burrows Brittany Jonson John McCray McKenzie Arena UNCW Christmas Classic ChampionsSoCon Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Mocs, led by third year head coach Jim Foster, play their home games at the McKenzie Arena and are members of the Southern Conference. They begin the season ranked 25th in the AP poll.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2015/nov/03/utc-women-ranked-25th-preseason-ap-poll/333806/ UTC women ranked 25th in preseason AP poll Henley Gene November 3, 2015 timesfreepress.com November 3, 2015 November 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107035113/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/college/story/2015/nov/03/utc-women-ranked-25th-preseason-ap-poll/333806/ dead They finished the season 24–8, 12–2 in SoCon play to share the SoCon regular season title with Mercer. They also won the SoCon Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State. Roster 2015 w Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team y w Alicia Payne 1 G 5 9 SR Memphis, TN w Jasmine Joyner 3 F/C 6 2 JR Southaven, MS w Anna Claire Noblit 5 G 5 7 SO Tuscumbia, AL w Queen Alford 10 F 5 10 JR Decatur, GA yes w Molly Melton 14 G 5 4 FR Knoxville, TN w Keiana Gilbert 20 G/F 5 11 SO Columbia, TN w Sydney Vanlandingham 21 G/F 5 11 JR yes Hermitage, TN w Shelby Davenport 22 G 6 0 SO Murfreesboro, TN w Moses Johnson 23 G 6 0 JR Atlanta, GA w Nakeia Burks 24 G 5 10 FR Huntsville, AL w Chelsey Schumpert 25 G 5 4 JR Paducah, KY w Ansley Chilton 30 F/C 6 3 SO yes Trenton, GA w Aryanna Gilbert 35 G/F 5 9 SO yes Columbia, TN w Ashlyn Wert 41 F/C 6 5 FR yes Lancaster, PA Jim Foster (Temple) Katie Burrows (Chattanooga) Brittany Jonson (Illinois) John McCray (Ohio State) http://www.gomocs.com/roster.aspx?path=wbb November 3, 2015 Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00386B; color:#E0AA0F;"| Non-conference Regular Season November 13, 2015 6:30 pm yes 25 McNeese State McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN Preseason WNIT First Round 1,565 68–53 1–0 November 15, 2015 2:00 pm yes 25 Butler McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,549 60–49 2–0 November 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 24 Indiana Assembly Hall Chattanooga, TN Preseason WNIT Second Round 1,960 43–54 2–1 November 20, 2015 6:30 pm yes 24 Southern Miss McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN Preseason WNIT Consolation round 1,111 53–48 OT 3–1 November 23, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee 4 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 9,449 57–59 3–2 November 25, 2015 6:30 pm yes Arkansas State McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,189 55–54 4–2 November 28, 2015 2:00 pm yes UT-Martin McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,238 61–46 5–2 November 30, 2015 6:30 pm yes Connecticut 1 McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 6,104 SNY/ESPN3 31–79 5–3 December 13, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes South Florida 21 USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida 1,779 33–61 5–4 December 16, 2015 11:00 am yes Belmont McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,788 62–53 6–4 December 18, 2015 Noon yes yes East Carolina Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC UNCW Christmas Classic   72–61 7–4 December 19, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC UNCW Christmas Classic 417 61–33 8–4 December 28, 2015 10:00 pm yes yes Stanford 11 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 3,410 30–73 8–5 January 4, 2016 6:30 pm yes Harvard McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,398 62–58 9–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00386B; color:#E0AA0F;"| SoCon Regular Season |- January 7, 2016 6:00 pm yes Wofford Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, SC 182 53–40 10–5 (1–0) January 9, 2016 2:00 pm yes Furman Timmons Arena Greenville, SC 507 ESPN3 56–50 11–5 (2–0) January 13, 2016 6:30 pm Western Carolina McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,422 77–59 12–5 (3–0) January 16, 2016 2:00 pm UNC Greensboro McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 2,871 72–61 13–5 (4–0) January 21, 2016 7:00 pm yes Mercer Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 1,574 ESPN3 44–67 13–6 (4–1) January 23, 2016 3:00 pm yes Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL 667 ESPN3 43–48 13–7 (4–2) January 30, 2016 2:00 pm yes East Tennessee State Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 1,034 65–57 14–7 (5–2) February 4, 2016 5:30 pm Furman McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,785 61–46 15–7 (6–2) February 6, 2016 2:00 pm Wofford McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 2,452 65–48 16–7 (7–2) February 11, 2016 7:00 pm yes UNC Greensboro Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC 435 74–53 17–7 (8–2) February 13, 2016 2:00 pm yes Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullhowee, NC   65–51 18–7 (9–2) February 17, 2016 6:30 pm Mercer McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 1,533 53–30 19–7 (10–2) February 20, 2016 2:00 pm Samford McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 2,933 67–45 20–7 (11–2) February 27, 2016 2:00 pm East Tennessee State McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 2,372 66–42 21–7 (12–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00386B; color:#E0AA0F;"| SoCon Tournament March 3, 2016 4:00 pm ESPN3 yes Western Carolina U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Quarterfinals 74–56 22–7 March 4, 2016 1:15 pm ESPN3 yes Samford U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Semifinals 49–41 23–7 March 6, 2016 1:05 pm ESPN3 yes Mercer U.S. Cellular Center 1,320 Asheville, NC Championship Game 65–57 24–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00386B; color:#E0AA0F;"| NCAA Women's Tournament March 18, 2016 1:30 pm yes yes Mississippi State 15 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS First Round ESPN2 50–60 24–8 5,115 Eastern Time Source:Schedule Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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