2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes wordmark.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–14 8–10 Lisa Bluder 16th Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Lacey Goldwire Carver–Hawkeye Arena Hawkeye Classic champions WNIT First Round The 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented University of Iowa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixteenth-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Ball State in the first round. Roster w 2015 Iowa Hawkeyes y y w Alexa Kastanek 1 G 5 10 JR Lincoln, NE Southeast w Ally Disterhoft 2 G 6 0 JR Iowa City, IA West w Claire Till 3 F 6 0 SR Dubuque, IA Wahlert w Chase Coley 4 F 6 3 SO Minneapolis, MN Washburn w Megan Gustafson y 10 F 6 3 FR Port Wing, WI South Shore w Tania Davis 11 G 5 4 FR Grand Blanc, MI Goodrich w Whitney Jennings 15 G 5 5 SO Logansport, IN Logansport w Hannah Stewart 21 F 6 2 FR Minot, ND Bishop Ryan Catholic w Christina Buttenham 23 F 6 0 SO Hamilton, ON St. Mary Catholic Secondary w Tagyn Larson 24 F 6 2 FR Sioux Falls, SD Roosevelt w Kali Peschel 25 F 6 1 SR Sauk Centre, MN Sauke Centre w Carly Mohns 34 F 6 1 SO Brodhead, WI Brodhead w Hailey Schneden 40 F 6 2 JR Davenport, IA Assumption w Nicole Smith 45 C 6 4 SR Rockton, IL Hononegah Lisa Bluder (Northern Iowa) Jan Jensen (Drake) Jenni Fitzgerald (Drake) Lacey Goldwire (Oklahoma State) http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/iowa-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/iowa-w-baskbl-sched.html Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball Hawkeyesports.com 2015-08-14 2015-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905053845/http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/iowa-w-baskbl-sched.html dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Exhibition 11/08/2015 2:00 pm yes Upper Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,614 95–41 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes North Dakota Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Hawkeye Challenge 4,358 83–61 1–0 11/15/2015 1:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA Hawkeye Challenge 3,555 62–56 2–0 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes Western Illinois Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,543 96–81 OT 3–0 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 2,384 ESPN3 80–65 4–0 11/26/2015 11:00 am yes yes 25 Wright State Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase   83–77 5–0 11/27/2015 1:30 pm yes yes 25 George Washington 24 Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 627 77–81 2OT 5–1 11/28/2015 11:00 am yes yes 25 Houston Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase   64–50 6–1 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 3,360 85–73 7–1 12/06/2015 1:00 pm yes Robert Morris Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,620 65–50 8–1 12/11/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 23 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series 11,373 66–69 8–2 12/19/2015 5:00 pm yes Bradley Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 4,051 60–53 9–2 12/22/2015 5:00 pm yes Drake Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 5,430 89–76 10–2 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Big Ten regular season 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 7,329 74–68 11–2 (1–0) 01/04/2016 7:00 pm Rutgers Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 4,959 BTN 69–65 12–2 (2–0) 01/07/2016 6:00 pm yes Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 1,889 75–82 12–3 (2–1) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm Maryland 8 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 7,776 ESPN2 56–76 12–4 (2–2) 01/13/2016 7:00 pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI 3,235 57–54 13–4 (3–2) 01/16/2016 3:30 pm yes Michigan State 18 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 9,017 BTN 73–80 13–5 (3–3) 01/20/2016 7:00 pm Penn State Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,873 69–82 13–6 (3–4) 01/24/2016 2:00 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 7,865 BTN 73–90 13–7 (3–5) 01/28/2016 7:00 pm Michigan Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,780 85–69 14–7 (4–5) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 2,016 79–64 15–7 (5–5) 02/04/2016 6:00 pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 2,421 BTN 74–79 15–8 (5–6) 02/07/2016 2:00 pm Michigan State 17 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 6,255 55–62 15–9 (5–7) 02/11/2016 7:30 pm Ohio State 7 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,667 BTN 81–98 15–10 (5–8) 02/15/2016 7:00 pm yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 6,167 BTN 76–78 15–11 (5–9) 02/18/2016 7:00 pm Purdue Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 3,659 63–55 16–11 (6–9) 02/21/2016 2:00 pm Indiana Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 9,838 76–73 17–11 (7–9) 02/24/2016 6:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 2,812 68–81 17–12 (7–10) 02/27/2016 5:00 pm Illinois Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 4,610 BTN 61–56 18–12 (8–10) |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament 03/03/2016 11:00 am yes Michigan Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Second Round   BTN 97–85 19–12 03/04/2016 11:00 am yes Maryland 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals   BTN 55–75 19–13 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| WNIT 03/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Ball State Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA First Round 2,039 72–77 19–14 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team 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 RV 25 RV 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches 23 23 21 24 19 24 25 25 23 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes References Category:Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball seasons Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa