2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor University Athletics (logo).svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 4 4 36–2 17–1 Kim Mulkey 15th Bill Brock Sytia Messer Toyelle Wilson Ferrell Center Preseason WNIT championsBig 12 regular season & Tournament champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 15th season. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 33–4, 16–2 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Idaho and Auburn in the first and second rounds, Florida State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Oregon State in the elite eight. Roster 2015 Baylor Bears women y yes w Dekeiya Cohen 1 F 6 2 SO Charleston, SC West Ashley w Niya Johnson 2 G 5 8 SR Gainesville, FL P.K. Yonge Development Research w Chardonae Fuqua' 3 F 6 0 SR Birmingham, AL Hoover w Kristy Wallace y 4 G 5 11 SO Loganholme, Queensland, Australia John Paul College w Alexandria Gulley 10 G 5 7 FR Dallas, Texas Skyline w Justis Szcezepanski 11 F 6 3 FR Fort Worth, TX IMG Academy w Alexis Prince y 12 G 6 1 JR yes Orlando, FL Edgewater w Nina Davis 13 F 6 0 JR Birmingham, AL Hoover w Kalani Brown y 21 C 6 7 FR Slidell, LA Salmen w Alyssa Dry 25 G 5 7 FR Fort Worth, TX IMG Academy w Alexis Jones basketball y 30 G 5 8 JR yes Irving, TX MacArthurDuke w Beatrice Mompremier y 32 C 6 4 FR Miami, FL Miami w Khadijiah Cave 55 F/C 6 2 JR Augusta, GA Lucy Laney http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/bay-w-baskbl-mtt.html 2015-10-10 Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech) Bill Brock (Southeastern Oklahoma State) Sytia Messer (Arkansas) Toyelle Wilson (Manhattan) 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 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 N/A Coaches 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes Schedule yes |- ! colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FECB00;"| Exhibition 11/03/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Texas A&M–Commerce Ferrell Center Waco, TX 104–41 5,352 11/09/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Arkansas–Monticello Ferrell Center Waco, TX 104–39 5,356 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FECB00;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes 5 Texas–Arlington Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT First Round FSSW+ 62–20 1–0 6,804 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Southern Miss Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT Second Round 97–42 2–0 5,400 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 South Florida 19 Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT semifinals 66–63 3–0 5,717 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes 5 DePaul Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT Championship CBSSN 86–72 4–0 5,637 11/26/2015 1:00 pm yes yes 5 Cincinnati St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division 72–34 5–0 353 11/28/2015 4:45 pm yes yes 5 Michigan State 20 St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division 84–76 6–0 684 12/02/2015 6:00 pm yes 4 Rice Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 89–38 7–0 5,615 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes 4 Northwestern State Ferrell Center Waco, TX 86–44 8–0 6,317 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes 4 Grambling State Ferrell Center Waco, TX 96–42 9–0 5,562 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes 4 McNeese State Ferrell Center Waco, TX 105–46 10–0 5,625 12/17/2015 7:00 pm yes 4 Oral Roberts Ferrell Center Waco, TX FCS 97–39 11–0 6,189 12/19/2015 6:00 pm yes yes 4 Miami (FL) 23 Worden Arena Winter Haven, FL Florida Sunshine Classic 88–81 12–0 1,789 12/21/2015 4:00 pm yes yes 4 James Madison Worden Arena Winter Haven, FL Florida Sunshine Classic 77–63 13–0 932 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FECB00;"| Big 12 regular season 12/30/2015 6:00 pm yes 4 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK 45–52 3,173 13–1 0–1 01/03/2016 3:30 pm 4 Oklahoma 18 Ferrell Center Waco, TX FS1 78–68 7,434 14–1 1–1 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes 6 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 58–40 2,109 15–1 2–1 01/09/2016 11:00 am 6 TCU Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSN 72–55 7,081 16–1 3–1 01/12/2016 7:00 pm 6 West Virginia Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 69–64 6,032 17–1 4–1 01/17/2016 2:00 pm yes 6 Texas 4 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 80–67 8,996 18–1 5–1 01/23/2016 12:30 pm yes 4 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA FS1 77–61 11,587 19–1 6–1 01/27/2016 7:00 pm 4 Texas Tech Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 69–43 6,327 20–1 7–1 01/30/2016 3:00 pm yes 4 West Virginia 24 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV FSN 71–61 4,168 21–1 8–1 02/03/2016 7:00 pm 4 Kansas State Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 87–52 5,752 22–1 9–1 02/06/2016 2:00 pm 4 Kansas Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 81–49 6,709 23–1 10–1 02/10/2016 7:00 pm yes 4 TCU Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX FSSW 81–77 3,947 24–1 11–1 02/13/2016 2:00 pm yes 4 Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX 66–36 6,565 25–1 12–1 02/17/2016 7:00 pm 4 Oklahoma State 17 Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW 66–41 6,310 26–1 13–1 02/20/2016 2:00 pm 4 Iowa State Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 78–41 7,216 27–1 14–1 02/22/2016 8:00 pm yes 4 Oklahoma 23 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN2 78–70 5,277 28–1 15–1 02/27/2016 3:30 pm yes 4 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS FS2 63–52 5,451 29–1 16–1 02/29/2016 8:00 pm 4 Texas 6 Ferrell Center Waco, TX FS1 74–48 10,284 30–1 17–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FDBB2F;" | Big 12 Women's Tournament 03/05/2016 1:30 pm yes 4 Texas Tech Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Quarterfinals FSN 82–51 4,527 31–1 03/06/2016 1:30 pm yes 4 Oklahoma 24 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Semifinals FS1 84–57 4,591 32–1 03/07/2016 8:00 pm yes 4 Texas 7 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Championship Game FS1 79–63 3,859 33–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004834; color:#FDBB2F;" | NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 4:00 pm yes 4 1 D Idaho 16 D Ferrell Center Waco, TX First Round ESPN2 89–59 4,990 34–1 03/20/2016 6:00 pm yes 4 1 D Auburn 9 D Ferrell Center Waco, TX Second Round ESPN2 84–52 4,665 35–1 03/26/2016 3:00 pm yes yes 4 1 D Florida State 17 5 D American Airlines Center Dallas, TX Sweet Sixteen ESPN 78–58 7,109 36–1 03/28/2016 6:00 pm yes yes 4 1 D Oregon State 6 2 D American Airlines Center Dallas, TX Elite Eight ESPN 57–60 6,050 36–2 yes AP Poll Central Time D Dallas Region Source http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/bay-w-baskbl-sched.html Baylor Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball baylorbears.com 2015-10-11 2015-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20150426143309/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/bay-w-baskbl-sched.html dead See also 2015–16 Baylor Bears basketball team References Category:Baylor Bears women's basketball seasons Baylor Baylor Baylor Lady Bears basketball Baylor Lady Bears basketball