2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg 100 Big Ten Conference B1G 18–17 4–14 Joe McKeown 8th Sam Dixon Carrie Banks Shauna Green Welsh-Ryan Arena Lone Star Showcase Champions WNIT First Round The 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth year head coach Joe McKeown, played their home games at the Welsh-Ryan Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–17, 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. They advanced to the semifinals 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 San Diego in the first round. Roster w 2015 Northwestern Wildcats y y w Tessa Haldes 2 G 5 10 SR Chicago, IL Whitney Young w Ashley Deary 3 G 5 4 JR Flower Mound, TX Flower Mound w Jordan Hankins 5 G 5 8 FR Indianapolis, IN Lawrence North w Nia Coffey y 10 F 6 1 JR Minneapolis, MN Hopkins w Lauren Douglas 11 F 6 2 SR Collierville, TN Briarcrest Christian w Lydia Rohde 12 G 5 10 SO Brookfield, WI Brookfield Central w Nof Kedem 13 G 5 6 SR Olesh, Israel Ostrovski w Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpannah y 14 F 6 2 FR Abuja, Nigeria Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School w Christen Inman 24 G 5 10 JR Katy, TX Seven Lakes w Maggie Lyon 25 G 6 1 JR Wilmette, IL New Trier w Allie Tuttle 30 F/C 6 4 JR Cary, NC Panther Creek w Christen Johnson 32 F 6 3 SR Powder Springs, GA The Lovett School w Oceana Hamilton 33 C 6 4 JR Mississauga, ON St. Edmund CampionAlabama yes I w Amber Jamison 34 F 6 0 FR Rochester Hills, MI Rochester Adams w Maya Jonas 35 G 6 2 SO Whitefish Bay, WI Whitefish Bay Joe McKeown (Mercer) Sam Dixon (Wooster) Carrie Banks (Detroit) Shauna Green (Canisius) http://www.nusports.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball& Schedule http://www.nusports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball 2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/08/2015 2:00 pm yes 19 Seton Hill Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 103–44   |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 6:00 pm yes 19 Howard Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 89–49 623 1–0 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes 20 Idaho State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 72–36 420 2–0 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes 20 Western Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 86–62 652 3–0 11/26/2015 5:00 pm yes yes 19 Eastern Washington Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 74–70   4–0 11/27/2015 7:30 pm yes yes 19 Creighton Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 75–52 687 5–0 11/28/2015 7:30 pm yes yes 19 East Carolina Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX Lone Star Showcase 78–75 379 6–0 12/02/2015 5:00 pm yes yes 15 North Carolina Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 1,664 ESPN3 85–72 7–0 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes 15 Milwaukee Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 69–44 812 8–0 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes yes 12 Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 81–72 411 9–0 12/15/2015 11:00 am yes 12 Alcorn State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 91–47 5,246 10–0 12/19/2015 5:00 pm yes 12 DePaul 16 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 64–77 1,744 10–1 12/22/2015 1:00 pm yes 15 UMKC Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 80–38 625 11–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes 14 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 2,956 72–79 11–2 (0–1) 01/03/2016 1:00 pm 14 Nebraska Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,249 BTN 85–62 12–2 (1–1) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm 16 Purdue Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 714 71–85 12–3 (1–2) 01/10/2016 1:00 pm yes 16 Michigan State 23 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 6,272 BTN 51–74 12–4 (1–3) 01/14/2016 7:00 pm Ohio State 5 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 852 BTN 86–82 13–4 (2–3) 01/17/2016 11:00 am yes Maryland 8 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 6,037 BTN 62–80 13–5 (2–4) 01/20/2016 7:00 pm yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 2,549 92–95 13–6 (2–5) 01/24/2016 4:00 pm Indiana Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,642 BTN 84–91 13–7 (2–6) 01/28/2016 6:00 pm yes Ohio State 7 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,606 BTN 73–76 13–8 (2–7) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm Iowa Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 2,016 64–79 13–9 (2–8) 02/04/2016 7:00 pm Illinois Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,331 69–59 14–9 (3–8) 02/07/2016 2:00 pm Minnesota Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,223 BTN 106–112 2OT 14–10 (3–9) 02/10/2016 6:00 pm yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 3,177 59–61 14–11 (3–10) 02/14/2016 3:00 pm Maryland 5 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,792 ESPN2 70–79 14–12 (3–11) 02/17/2016 7:00 pm Penn State Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 796 54–73 14–13 (3–12) 02/20/2016 1:00 pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI 3,942 BTN 71–53 15–13 (4–12) 02/23/2016 5:30 pm Michigan Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,140 BTN 65–70 15–14 (4–13) 02/28/2016 3:00 pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 6,596 BTN 67–76 15–15 (4–14) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81;"|Big Ten Women's Tournament 03/02/2016 12:30 pm yes Wisconsin Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First Round   BTN 76–72 OT 16–15 03/03/2016 1:30 pm yes Minnesota Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Second Round   BTN 84–74 17–15 03/04/2016 1:30 pm yes Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals   BTN 79–73 18–15 03/05/2016 2:00 pm yes Maryland 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals   BTN 62–83 18–16 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#431F81;"|WNIT 03/17/2016 7:00 pm yes San Diego Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL First Round 416 65–69 18–17 AP Poll Central Time 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 19 20 19 15 12 12 15 14 16 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches 24 22 19 16 14 13 15 15 17 24 20 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team References Category:Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball seasons Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern