2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 18 15 28–8 11–5 Vic Schaefer 4th Johnnie Harris Dionnah Jackson Elena Lovato Humphrey Coliseum Puerto Rico Classic champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga and Michigan State in the first and second rounds before getting dismantled by Connecticut by 60 points in the sweet sixteen, the largest defeat in Bulldogs women's basketball history. Roster w 2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs y yes w Dominique Dillingham n 00 G 5 9 Jr Spring, TX Klein Collins HS w Blair Schaefer n 1 G 5 7 So Starkville, MS Starkville HS w Morgan William y 2 G 5 5 So Birmingham, AL Shades Valley HS w Breanna Richardson n 3 F 6 1 Jr Conyers, GA Rockdale County HS w Sherise Williams n 5 F 6 1 Sr St. Louis, MO McCluer HS w Jazzmun Holmes n 10 G 5 8 Fr Gulfport, MS Harrison Central HS w Roshunda Johnson n 11 G 5 7 Jr Little Rock, AR Parkview Arts & Science yes w Jazmine Spears n 12 G 6 0 Jr New Albany, MS Trinity Valley CC w Ketara Chapel n 13 F 6 1 Jr Temple, TX Temple HS w Teaira McCowan y 15 C 6 7 Fr Brenham, TX Brenham HS w Kayla Nevitt n 23 G 5 10 So Houston, TX Andy Dekaney HS w Zion Campbell n 25 C 6 3 Fr Washington, DC Riverdale Baptist School w Victoria Vivians y 35 F 6 1 So Forest, MS Scott Central HS w LaKaris Salter n 44 F 6 1 So Tallahassee, FL FAMU DRS w Chinwe Okorie n 45 C 6 5 Jr Lagos, Nigeria Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M) Johnnie Harris (Arkansas Baptist) Dionnah Jackson (Oklahoma) Elena Lovato (Pittsburg State) http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10995&SPSID=90876 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/10/2015 7:00 pm yes 11 Mississippi College Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS   128–34 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 5:15 pm yes 11 Samford Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 6,463 68–47 1–0 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes 10 Grambling State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,472 107–43 2–0 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes 8 Mississippi Valley State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,566 109–37 3–0 11/27/2015 6:00 pm yes 8 Norfolk State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,894 92–34 4–0 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes 8 Savannah State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,672 92–25 5–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 9 Texas 6 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX 2,887 LHN 47–53 5–1 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes 9 Tennessee State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,828 82–54 6–1 12/13/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 9 Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,513 93–63 7–1 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes 9 Southern Miss Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,505 78–65 8–1 12/19/2015 10:00 am yes yes 9 Florida Gulf Coast Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR Puerto Rico Classic   65–60 9–1 12/20/2015 12:15 pm yes yes 9 Western Michigan Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR Puerto Rico Classic 370 90–68 10–1 12/21/2015 12:15 pm yes yes 8 SMU Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR Puerto Rico Classic   72–70 11–1 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes 8 Southeastern Louisiana Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 3,419 81–41 12–1 12/30/2015 3:30 pm yes yes 8 South Florida 20 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL SEC/AAC Challenge   SECN 68–58 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season 01/03/2016 12:00 pm yes 8 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 1,378 SECN 76–70 14–1 (1–0) 01/07/2016 7:30 pm 7 Auburn Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 4,610 SECN 60–45 15–1 (2–0) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm 7 Arkansas Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 5,712 80–55 16–1 (3–0) 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes 7 Missouri 24 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO 3,461 54–66 16–2 (3–1) 01/18/2016 6:00 pm 10 Ole Miss Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 7,128 SECN 79–51 17–2 (4–1) 01/21/2016 6:00 pm yes 10 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 1,920 43–47 17–3 (4–2) 01/24/2016 4:00 pm 10 South Carolina 2 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 10,626 ESPN2 51–57 17–4 (4–3) 01/28/2016 8:00 pm 13 Tennessee 19 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 5,710 SECN 65–63 OT 18–4 (5–3) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes 13 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 5,273 65–55 19–4 (6–3) 02/04/2016 8:00 pm yes 11 LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA 2,194 SECN 71–52 20–4 (7–3) 02/07/2016 2:00 pm 11 Missouri 21 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 4,521 52–42 21–4 (8–3) 02/11/2016 6:00 pm yes 11 Texas A&M 15 Reed Arena College Station, TX 5,645 SECN 58–64 21–5 (8–4) 02/18/2016 6:00 pm 14 Kentucky 16 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 4,355 SECN 60–83 21–6 (8–5) 02/21/2016 4:00 pm yes 14 Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS 4,411 ESPN2 60–51 22–6 (9–5) 02/25/2016 7:00 pm yes 16 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 2,466 SECN 66–61 23–6 (10–5) 02/28/2016 2:00 pm 16 Alabama Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 6,224 61–52 24–6 (11–5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 7:30 pm yes 16 3 Vanderbilt 11 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Quarterfinals 4,214 SECN 63–46 25–6 03/05/2016 6:30 pm yes 16 3 Tennessee 7 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Semifinals 5,632 ESPNU 58–48 26–6 03/06/2016 1:30 pm yes 16 3 South Carolina 3 1 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Championship Game 6,549 ESPN 52–66 26–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 1:30 pm yes 15 5 B Chattanooga 12 B Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS First Round 5,115 ESPN2 60–50 27–7 03/20/2016 1:30 pm yes yes 15 5 B Michigan State 16 4 B Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS Second Round 7,094 ESPN2 74–72 28–7 03/26/2016 10:30 am yes yes 15 5 B Connecticut 1 1 B Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT Sweet Sixteen 8,898 ESPN 38–98 28–8 AP Poll Central Time B Bridgeport Region Source: http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10995&SPSID=90875 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 2015–16 schedule 2015-09-02 HailState.com 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 11 10 8т 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 10 13 11 11 14 16 16 15 15 N/A Coaches 13 11 10 9 10 9 8 8 6 6 10 13 12 11 13 16 14 14 14 18 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team References Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball seasons Mississippi State Mississippi State Category:2015 in sports in Mississippi Category:2016 in sports in Mississippi