2015–16 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils MVSU VS simple monogram.svg 150 Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 8–27 6–12 Andre Payne 2nd Eric Strothers Adaiah Curry Darion Harris Leflore County Civic Center The 2015–16 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by second year head coach Andre Payne, were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Due to continued renovations to their normal home stadium, the Harrison HPER Complex, they played their home games at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Mississippi. They finished the season 8–27, 6–12 in SWAC play to finish in a three way tie for seventh place. They defeated Grambling State and Alcorn State to advance to the semifinals of the SWAC tournament where they lost to Jackson State. Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Vacha Vzaughn Forward 6–4 210 Junior Memphis, Tennessee 1 Marcus Romain Guard 6–2 174 Junior Brooklyn, New York 2 Ronald Strother, Jr. Forward 6–5 175 Freshman Birmingham, Alabama 3 Damian Young Forward 6–3 Junior Grayson, Georgia 5 Rashaan Surles Guard 6–4 175 Junior Flossmoor, Illinois 10 Ta'Jay Henry Forward 6–4 215 Junior Queens, New York 11 Kylan Phillips Guard 5–11 164 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee 12 Kevin Portillo Forward 6–5 228 Sophomore Miami, Florida 13 Jabari Alex Forward 6–4 188 Senior Chicago, Illinois 15 Dwain Whitfield Forward 6–6 230 Sophomore Forrest City, Arkansas 20 Dusan Langura Guard 6–3 183 Sophomore Romont, Switzerland 22 Michael Matlock Forward 6–6 221 Junior Memphis, Tennessee 23 Latrell Love Center 6–5 218 Senior Minneapolis, Minnesota 24 Isaac Williams Guard 6–4 181 Junior Powder Springs, Georgia 32 Bennett Davis Center 6–9 275 Junior Raymond, Mississippi Vintavious Coppage Forward 6–7 184 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee Thomas Oglesby Guard 5–10 170 Freshman Atlanta, Georgia James Pierce Guard 6–1 172 Freshman Houston, Texas John Sanders Guard 6–1 190 Junior Brandon, Mississippi Schedule http://mvsusports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=64&path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#228B22; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference Regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 15,489 51–97 0–1 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO Air Force Classic 1,129 64–65 0–2 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Air Force Classic 4,346 46–85 0–3 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 4,613 Cox7 60–94 0–4 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT 15,467 BYUtv 68–75 0–5 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Robert Morris Eblen Center Cookeville, TN Air Force Classic 755 64–67 0–6 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN Air Force Classic 605 64–101 0–7 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 1,079 77–91 0–8 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes yes North Carolina Central McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium Durham, NC 1,133 79–86 0–9 12/06/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 1,276 72–84 0–10 12/12/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,251 ESPN3 60–95 0–11 12/15/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 5,704 48–78 0–12 12/17/2015 11:30 am yes yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 2,180 74–87 0–13 12/29/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 5,431 48–77 0–14 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#228B22; color:#FFFFFF;"|SWAC regular season 01/04/2016 7:30 pm Arkansas–Pine Bluff Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 1,468 66–60 1–14 1–0 01/09/2016 7:30 pm yes Alabama State Dunn–Oliver Acadome Montgomery, AL 872 74–75 OT 1–15 1–1 01/11/2016 7:30 pm yes Alabama A&M Elmore Gymnasium Huntsville, AL   79–73 2–15 2–1 01/16/2016 4:00 pm Alcorn State Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 2,982 87–93 3OT 2–16 2–2 01/18/2016 7:30 pm Southern Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS   54–67 2–17 2–3 01/23/2016 7:30 pm yes Texas Southern H&PE Arena Houston, TX 2,468 60–75 2–18 2–4 01/25/2016 7:30 pm yes Prairie View A&M William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 958 76–73 3–18 3–4 01/30/2016 4:00 pm Jackson State Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 1,998 62–77 3–19 3–5 02/01/2016 7:30 pm Grambling State Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 932 72–59 4–19 4–5 02/06/2016 4:00 pm Alabama State Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 793 62–72 4–20 4–6 02/08/2016 7:30 pm Alabama A&M Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 762 66–64 5–20 5–6 02/13/2016 5:30 pm yes Alcorn State Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS   71–72 OT 5–21 5–7 02/15/2016 5:00 pm yes Southern F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, LA 599 64–97 5–22 5–8 02/20/2016 4:00 pm Texas Southern Harris Arena Moorehead, MS 898 67–98 5–23 5–9 02/22/2016 7:30 pm Prairie View A&M Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 549 61–63 5–24 5–10 02/27/2016 5:30 pm yes Jackson State Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS 2,193 49–60 5–25 5–11 02/29/2016 7:30 pm yes Grambling State Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Grambling, LA 1,752 58–57 6–25 6–11 03/05/2016 7:30 pm yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff K. L. Johnson Complex Pine Bluff, AR 1,999 71–78 6–26 6–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#228B22; color:#FFFFFF;"| SWAC tournament 03/08/2016 2:30 pm yes 7 Grambling State 10 Toyota Center Houston, TX First round 87–73 7–26 03/09/16 2:30 pm yes 7 Alcorn State 2 Toyota Center Houston, TX Quarterfinals 64–61 339 8–26 03/11/16 2:30 pm yes 7 Jackson State 3 Toyota Center Houston, TX Semifinals 68–74 776 8–27 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball seasons Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Valley Mississippi Valley