2015–16 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm St. John's Red Storm logo.svg 100px Big East Conference Big East 23–10 11–7 Joe Tartamella 4th Tasha Pointer Jonath Nicholas Da'Shena Stevens Carnesecca Arena Big East tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by fourth-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Auburn in the first round. Roster w 2015 St. John's Red Storm y y w Tamesha Alexander n 1 G 5 7 SO Philadelphia, PA The Shipley School w Aliyyah Handford n 3 G 5 9 JR Newark, NJ Shabazz w Aaliyah Lewis n 4 G 5 5 JR Staten Island, NY Bishop Ford w Kimberly Spruill n 5 G 5 9 JR Raleigh, NC Needham B. Broughton W w Danaejah Grant n 15 G 5 9 SR Piscataway, NJ PiscatawayClemson w Akina Wellere n 20 G/F 5 11 FR Chicago, IL Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy w Jordan Agustus n 23 F 6 1 FR Bronx, NY St. Mary's w Jade Walker n 24 F 6 1 JR Maplewood, NJ DePaul Catholic w Sandra Udobi n 33 F 6 2 JR y Delta State, Nigeria Life Center Academy w Imani Littleton n 35 F 6 3 FR San Diego, CA The Bishop's School Joe Tartamella (James Madison) Tasha Pointer (Rutgers) Jonath Nicholas (Trinity (TX)) Da'Shena Stevens (St. John's) http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stjo-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/stjo-w-baskbl-sched.html St. John's Women's Basketball Official Schedule - REDSTORMSPORTS.COM - St. John's University Official Athletic Site 2015-11-09 2014-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20141227153555/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/stjo-w-baskbl-sched.html dead 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,674 58–73 0–1 11/15/2015 5:00 pm yes yes UC Irvine Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 331 85–63 1–1 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 2,226 69–62 2–1 11/22/2015 7:00 pm yes Marist Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 611 ESPN3 61–47 3–1 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes South Florida 18 Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 535 FS2 74–70 3–2 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes Sacred Heart Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 781 ESPN3 67–54 4–2 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 2,476 ESPN3 86–71 6–1 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes Yale Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 5,602 ESPN3 69–56 7–1 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL 1,328 70–42 8–1 12/19/2015 4:30 pm yes yes 25 Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 402 57–76 8–2 12/22/2015 2:00 pm yes Fairfield Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 408 ESPN3 73–54 9–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#BA0C2F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East regular season 12/29/2015 7:00 pm yes Creighton D. 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Sokol Arena Omaha, NE 1,563 FS2 66–55 10–2 (1–0) 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes Providence Alumni Hall Providence, RI 257 BEDN 80–61 11–2 (2–0) 01/03/2016 5:00 pm DePaul 25 Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 660 CBSSN 61–71 11–3 (2–1) 01/05/2016 7:00 pm Marquette Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 448 BEDN 81–77 OT 12–3 (3–1) 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Seton Hall 25 Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY   BEDN 71–69 13–3 (4–1) 01/15/2016 12:00 pm yes Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 733 BEDN 65–60 14–3 (5–1) 01/17/2016 1:00 pm yes Villanova The Pavilion Villanova, PA 1,059 BEDN 54–58 14–4 (5–2) 01/22/2016 7:00 pm Butler Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 805 BEDN 68–41 15–4 (6–2) 01/24/2016 2:00 pm Xavier Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY   BEDN 57–41 16–4 (7–2) 01/29/2016 8:00 pm yes Marquette Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI 1,131 BEDN 64–67 16–5 (7–3) 01/31/2016 1:00 pm yes DePaul 23 Phillips-McGrath Arena Chicago, IL 2,812 FS2 71–77 16–6 (7–4) 02/07/2016 1:30 pm yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 1,697 FS1 72–64 17–6 (8–4) 02/12/2016 8:00 pm Villanova Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 2,951 FS1 59–71 17–7 (8–5) 02/14/2016 2:00 pm Georgetown Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 3,120 BEDN 63–55 18–7 (9–5) 02/19/2016 7:00 pm yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 1,694 BEDN 69–56 19–7 (10–5) 02/21/2016 2:00 pm yes Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 545 BEDN 58–62 19–8 (10–6) 02/26/2016 11:00 am Providence Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 5,227 BEDN 69–54 20–8 (11–6) 02/28/2016 3:00 pm Creighton Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 1,242 FS2 57–64 20–9 (11–7) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#BA0C2F;"| Big East Women's Tournament 03/06/2016 9:30 pm yes Georgetown McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Quarterfinals FS2 65–52 21–9 2,234 03/07/2016 6:30 pm yes DePaul 18 McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Semifinals FS1 75–66 22–9 2,131 03/08/2016 8:00 pm yes Creighton McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Championship Game FS1 50–37 23–9 1,620 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#BA0C2F;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 7:30 pm yes yes 8 D Auburn 9 D Ferrell Center Waco, TX First Round ESPN2 57–68 23–10 4,990 AP Poll Eastern Time D Dallas Region 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 RV RV 25 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25т RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team References St. John's Category:St. John's Red Storm women's basketball seasons St. John's Saint John's Saint John's