2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg Big Ten Conference B1G 20–12 11–7 Marlene Stollings 2nd Nikita Lowry Dawkins Gail Striegler John Motherwell Williams Arena WNIT Second Round The 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Marlene Stollings for the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round in the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Milwaukee in the first round before losing to South Dakota in the second round. Roster w 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers y y w Rachel Banham y 1 G 5 9 SR y Lakeville, MN Lakeville North HS w Danielle Garven n 2 F 6 1 FR Scarborough, ON St. John Paul II Catholic w Shayne Mullaney n 3 G 5 10 SR Eden Prairie, MN Eden Prairie HS w Jessie Edwards n 10 C 6 3 SO Leeming, Australia Western Australia w Allina Starr n 15 G 5 10 SO Minneapolis, MN DeLaSalle HSAuburn w Joanna Hedstrom n 22 G 6 1 JR Minnetonka, MN Minnetonka HS w Kenisha Bell n 23 G 5 9 SO Minneapolis, MN Bloomington Kennedy HSMarquette w Mikayla Bailey n 24 G 5 9 SR Maple Grove, MN Osseo HS w Kynadi Johnson n 25 F 6 1 JR Garland, TX Garland HSButler CC w Karley Barnes n 32 C 6 3 JR Milwaukee, WI Vincent HSTallahassee CC w Carlie Wagner y 33 G 5 10 SO New Richland, MN NRHEG HS w Annalese Lamke n 41 C 6 3 FR Milwaukee, WI Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS w Josie Buckingham n 52 C 6 5 SO New Richmond, OH New Richmond HS Marlene Stollings (Ohio) Nikita Lowry Dawkins (Ohio State) Gail Striegler (Central Arkansas) John Motherwell (Michigan) http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/minn-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results yes |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Non conference regular season November 13, 2015 5:30 pm yes Wofford Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 98–54 4,327 1–0 November 20, 2015 7:00 pm yes Maine Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 91–64 2,761 2–0 November 24, 2015 5:30 pm yes yes Kent State MAC Center Kent, OH 85–73 594 3–0 November 27, 2015 3:45 pm yes yes Stetson Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout 72–69   4–0 November 28, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes Auburn Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout 79–81 OT 110 4–1 December 3, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes Duke 14 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge ESPN3 64–84 3,617 4–2 December 6, 2015 7:00 pm yes Towson Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 105–86 2,271 5–2 December 12, 2015 2:00 pm yes Memphis Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 70–60 3,226 6–2 December 16, 2015 12:00 pm yes New Mexico Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 53–72 4,613 6–3 December 23, 2015 3:00 pm yes North Dakota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 57–47 2,800 7–3 December 28, 2015 7:00 pm yes NJIT Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 83–50 2,772 8–3 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten regular season December 31, 2015 12:00 pm yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 55–66 2,057 8–4 (0–1) January 3, 2016 2:00 pm Penn State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 98–85 3,792 9–4 (1–1) January 7, 2016 8:00 pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 106–75 1,263 10–4 (2–1) January 10, 2016 2:00 pm Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 86–93 3,243 10–5 (2–2) January 14, 2016 6:00 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 72–84 5,788 10–6 (2–3) January 17, 2016 2:00 pm Indiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 78–76 4,337 11–6 (3–3) January 20, 2016 7:00 pm Northwestern Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 95–92 2,549 12–6 (4–3) January 23, 2016 11:00 am yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 84–77 4,002 13–6 (5–3) January 26, 2016 8:00 pm Illinois Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 82–77 2,618 14–6 (6–3) January 31, 2016 11:30 am yes Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI BTN 76–92 2,778 14–7 (6–4) February 4, 2016 7:00 pm Rutgers Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 85–72 2,754 15–7 (7–4) February 7, 2016 2:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 116–112 2OT 1,223 16–7 (8–4) February 11, 2016 7:00 pm Nebraska Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 110–73 3,945 17–7 (9–4) February 15, 2016 7:00 pm Iowa Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 78–76 6,167 18–7 (10–4) February 18, 2016 6:00 pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 79–93 2,530 18–8 (10–5) February 21, 2016 12:00 pm yes Michigan State 25 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI BTN 106–114 9,436 18–9 (10–6) February 24, 2016 7:00 pm Ohio State 5 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 90–88 OT 6,434 19–9 (11–6) February 28, 2016 4:00 pm yes Maryland 6 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN2 77–110 11,428 19–10 (11–7) |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten Women's Tournament March 3, 2016 1:30 pm yes Northwestern Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Second Round BTN 74–84   19–11 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|WNIT March 16, 2016 7:00 pm yes Milwaukee Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN First Round 87–80 1,663 20–11 March 20, 2016 2:00 pm yes South Dakota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Second Round 89–101 3,224 20–12 AP Poll Central Time Source http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/minn-w-baskbl-sched.html 2015-16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball Schedule Gophers Athletics November 10, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114413/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/minn-w-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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