2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 March 2019 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns wordmark.svg 250 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 25–10 13–7 Garry Brodhead 4th Deacon Jones Katherine Katz Amber Gregg CajundomeEarl K. Long Gymnasium (3 games) Women's Basketball Invitational champion The 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fourth-year head coach Garry Brodhead and played all their home games at the Cajundome with a select few (mainly during the WBI) at Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25-10, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock by the score of 52-63. They competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational and went to the championship game, winning by the score of 87-85 in two overtimes against the Weber State Wildcats Previous season The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2014–15 season 23-12, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish sixth in the conference. They made it to the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball semifinal game after defeating Troy in the first round game before losing to Arkansas State Red Wolves in the semifinals. They would continue on to be invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational for the first time in school history, and would eventually be crowned National Champions in the WBI after defeating UT Pan American, McNeese State, Oral Roberts, and Siena in the first round, second round, semifinals, and championship game, respectively. Roster w 2015 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns y y w Brooklyn Arceneaux n 1 G/F 5 9 SR y Lafayette, LA St. Thomas More HS w Breionne Cooper n 3 C 6 3 FR New Orleans, LA West Jefferson HS w Jordan Alexander n 5 F 6 1 FR Dallas, TX Skyline HS w Kia Wilridge n 10 G 5 5 SR Crowley, LA St. Thomas More HS w Jaylyn Gordon n 11 G 5 5 JR Edgard, LA West St. John HS w Adrienne Prejean n 14 F 5 9 SR Lafayette, LA Lafayette HS w Jodi Quinn n 15 G/F 5 7 SO St. Martinville, LA St. Thomas More HS w Jasmin Mills n 21 F 6 1 SR Belle Rose, LA Assumption HS w Gabby Alexander n 22 G/F 5 11 JR Bogalusa, LA Bogalusa HS w Taylor Washington n 23 G 5 7 JR Arlington, TX Bowie HSPanola College w Keke Veal n 24 G 5 6 SR Opelousas, LA St. Thomas More HS w Sylvana Okde n 25 G 5 6 JR Houston, TX Westbury Christian School w Simone Fields n 32 F 6 0 SO San Antonio, TX Converse Judson HS w Alex Weeks n 33 C 6 4 FR Opelousas, LA Beau Chene HS w Nekia Jones n JR Beaumont, TX Ozen HSTexas Garry Boadhead (Louisiana-Lafayette) Deacon Jones (Louisiana-Lafayette) Katherine Katz (Birmingham-Southern) Amber Gregg (UTSA) M. C. Vogt (Texas A&M) http://www.ragincajuns.com/roster.aspx?roster=227&path=wbball March 17, 2019 Schedule and results 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns| Exhibition 11/09/2015 5:00 pm yes LSU–Alexandria Cajundome Lafayette, LA 95-48 Gordon 27 Quinn 10 Veal 3 11/12/2015 7:00 pm yes Xavier (LA) Cajundome Lafayette, LA 77-69 Gordon 27 Wilridge 9 Gordon 4 356 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 7:00 pm yes y Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 82-78 Gordon 29 Tied 11 Wilridge 4 1-0 789 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern-New Orleans Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA 81-28 Fields 15 J. Alexander 7 Gordon 3 2-0 392 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes y Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 51-52 Wilridge 19 Wilridge 5 Gordon 4 2-1 909 11/27/2015 1:30 pm yes y Arkansas Mario Morales Coliseum San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout 67-59 Veal 20 Fields 6 Wilridge 4 3-1 11/28/2015 11:15 am yes y Sacred Heart Mario Morales Coliseum San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan Shootout 60-58 OT Veal 13 Arceneaux 9 Wilridge 4 4-1 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns| Sun Belt regular season 12/03/2015 5:00 pm y Louisiana-Monroe Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 71-52 Gordon 21 Gordon 8 Veal 7 5-1 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns| Non-conference regular season 12/12/2015 2:00 pm yes Dillard Cajundome Lafayette, LA 84-36 Wilridge 18 Wilridge 9 Veal 2 6-1 695 12/15/2015 11:00 am yes UC Santa Barbara Cajundome Lafayette, LA 61-42 Wilridge 14 Wilridge 13 Wilridge 3 7-1 2,773 12/19/2015 6:00 pm yes y Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 62-79 Veal 23 Wilridge 6 Gordon 5 7-2 1,818 12/29/2015 7:00 pm yes Alcorn State Cajundome Lafayette, LA 73-61 Veal 22 Gordon 7 Gordon 6 8-2 762 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns| Sun Belt regular season 01/02/2016 5:00 pm Appalachian State Cajundome Lafayette, LA 60-51 Wilridge 15 Arceneaux 7 Gordon 6 9-2 1,166 01/07/2016 5:15 pm y Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 65-58 Veal 30 Cooper 6 Gordon 5 10-2 3,218 01/09/2016 3:05 pm y Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 56-83 Veal 18 Tied 9 Gordon 4 10-3 809 01/14/2016 4:00 pm y Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA ESPN3 56-39 Wilridge 17 Cooper 13 Veal 4 11-3 424 01/16/2016 11:00 am y Georgia State GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA ESPN3 77-57 Gordon 24 Wilridge 6 Gordon 7 12-3 454 01/21/2016 5:00 pm South Alabama Cajundome Lafayette, LA 69-50 Gordon 14 Arceneaux 8 Gordon 5 13-3 778 01/23/2016 4:00 pm Troy Cajundome Lafayette, LA ESPN3 56-53 Gordon 23 Arceneaux 9 Gordon 5 14-3 1,292 01/28/2016 5:00 pm Texas State Cajundome Lafayette, LA 42-46 Wilridge 10 Wilridge 9 Wilridge 4 14-4 1,476 01/30/2016 2:00 pm UT Arlington Cajundome Lafayette, LA 63-52 Veal 21 Wilridge 6 Veal 4 15-4 864 02/02/2016 5:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe Cajundome Lafayette, LA 52-40 Fields 19 Fields 10 Arceneaux 2 16-4 811 02/04/2016 4:00 pm y Appalachian State Holmes Center Boone, NC ESPN3 59-76 Veal 27 Fields 9 Wilridge 5 16-5 299 02/11/2016 5:00 pm Arkansas State Cajundome Lafayette, LA 62-74 Veal 25 Washington 5 Veal 3 16-6 958 02/13/2016 2:00 pm Little Rock Cajundome Lafayette, LA ESPN3 49-58 Veal 12 Wilridge 5 Veal 5 16-7 1,132 02/18/2016 11:30 am y UT Arlington College Park Center Arlington, TX 59-42 Fields 19 Veal 9 Wilridge 3 17-7 3,007 02/20/2016 2:00 pm y Texas State Strahan Coliseum San Marcos, TX 59-47 Veal 25 Fields 10 Wilridge 7 18-7 02/25/2016 5:15 pm y Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 83-90 Veal 34 Wilridge 9 Wilridge 9 18-8 924 02/27/2016 2:00 pm y South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 59-68 Veal 26 Fields 12 Veal 3 18-9 2,786 03/03/2016 5:00 pm Georgia State Cajundome Lafayette, LA 65-60 Veal 20 Prejean 8 Wilridge 6 19-9 869 03/05/2016 5:00 pm Georgia Southern Cajundome Lafayette, LA 56-49 Veal 17 Wilridge 7 Wilridge 5 20-9 852 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns| Sun Belt Women's TournamentSun Belt Standings - 2015-16 http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/27/year/2016 ESPN ESPN March 20, 2019 03/09/2016 7:30 pm yes 3 UT Arlington 6 Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA First Round ESPN3 59-53 Fields 18 Arceneaux 7 Veal 4 21-9 03/11/2016 2:00 pm yes 3 Little Rock 2 Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA Semifinals ESPN3 52-63 Veal 17 Fields 6 Wilridge 4 21-10 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns| Women's Basketball Invitational 03/16/2016 5:00 pm yes 1 Northwestern State 8 Cajundome Lafayette, LA First Round 69-54 Veal 26 Quinn 5 Veal 5 22-10 803 03/19/2016 7:00 pm yes 1 Stetson 4 Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA Second Round 56-47 Veal 17 Veal 6 Arceneaux 4 23-10 312 03/23/2016 5:00 pm yes 1 Youngstown State 2 Cajundome Lafayette, LA Semifinals 69-49 Wilridge 22 Veal 8 Veal 3 24-10 1,317 03/26/2016 4:00 pm yes 1 Weber State 7 Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA Championship 87-85 2OT Veal 32 Wilridge 11 Veal 4 25-10 636 AP Poll Central Time http://www.ragincajuns.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=175 2015-16 Ragin' Cajuns Women's Basketball Schedule March 17, 2019 See also 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team References Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball seasons Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Lafayette Category:Women's Basketball Invitational championship seasons Louisiana Louisiana