2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Princeton Tigers Princeton Tigers logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 23–6 12–2 Courtney Banghart 9th Milena Flores Chessie Jackson Megan Griffith Jadwin Gymnasium DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. During the DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship game on November 28, senior guard Michelle Miller became the 23rd Princeton women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point mark.Miller Nets 1,000th Point; Women's Basketball Powers Past Seattle, 85–48 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072436/http://m.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4232&ATCLID=210540933&DB_OEM_ID=10600 2015-12-08 In the February 7 game against Harvard, senior forward and team co-captain Alex Wheatley scored her 1,000th career point.Princeton Outlasts Harvard In OT As Wheatley Reaches 1,000, Miller Gets 28March 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Princeton finished the regular season with a 23–5 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game.Penn Escapes by Women's Basketball, 62–60, Wins Ivy League Title https://web.archive.org/web/20160309082814/http://m.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210784284&db_oem_id=10600 2016-03-09 The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament.https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14971338/women-committee-got-bracket-right Creme: Women's committee got bracket right Charlie Creme ESPN.com March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.Princeton Falls To West Virginia In NCAA Tournament 74–65 https://web.archive.org/web/20160328121152/http://m.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210814302&db_oem_id=10600 2016-03-28 Previous season The Tigers finished the 2014–15 season at 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title and earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls were the highest in conference history. Princeton's No. 8 seed was the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998. Roster 2015 Princeton Tigers y w w Amanda Berntsen 14 G 5 9 SR Chatham, New Jersey w Taylor Brown 2 G 5 8 JR Woodstock, Georgia w Caroline Davis 5 G/F 6 0 FR Newark, Delaware w Kenya Holland 24 G 5 8 SO Stafford, Virginia w Qalea Ismail 23 G 6 1 FR Bel Air, Maryland w Sydney Jordan 20 G/F 6 0 FR Manassas, Virginia w Michelle Miller 34 G 5 10 SR Pasadena, California w Claudia Muhammad 0 G 5 8 FR Charlotte, North Carolina w Jordan Reid 10 G 5 7 FR DeWitt, Michigan w Jackie Reyneke 44 F 6 4 JR Saddle River, New Jersey w Leslie Robinson 45 F 6 0 SO Corvallis, Oregon w Gabrielle Rush 25 G 5 10 FR Hinsdale, Illinois w Vanessa Smith 13 G 6 1 JR Twinsburg, Ohio w Annie Tarakchian C 15 F 6 0 SR West Hills, California w Tia Weledji 32 G 5 10 SO Overland Park, Kansas w Alex Wheatley C 21 F 6 2 SR Holland, Pennsylvania w Taylor Williams C 22 F 6 3 SR Warren, Ohio Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth College) Milena Flores (Stanford University) Chessie Jackson (Williams College) Megan Griffith (Columbia University) https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092305/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/Players.dbml?db_oem_id=10600&SPID=4232 October 30, 2015 Schedule yes yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes American Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 864 72–34 1–0 Nov 15, 2015 2:00 pm yes Duquesne Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 578 94–66 2–0 Nov 19, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 1,130 FS2 64–71 2–1 Nov 24, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 478 78–59 3–1 Nov 27, 2015 10:00 am yes yes UC Irvine Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic semifinals 471 83–42 4–1 Nov 28, 2015 6:30 pm yes yes Seattle Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship 367 85–48 5–1 Dec 6, 2015 4:00 pm yes Michigan Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,851 ESPN2 74–57 6–1 Dec 9, 2015 7:00 pm yes Monmouth Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 468 81–70 7–1 Dec 12, 2015 3:00 pm yes Pittsburgh Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,002 61–47 8–1 Dec 14, 2015 7:00 pm yes Fordham Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 559 55–44 9–1 Dec 18, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Ohio State 10 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 4,639 70–90 9–2 Dec 20, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, OH 2,385 81–85 9–3 Dec 29, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Marist McCann Arena Poughkeepsie, NY 1,358 77–44 10–3 Jan 3, 2016 2:00 pm yes Hampton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 775 79–55 11–3 |- !colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Ivy League regular season Jan 9, 2016 1:00 pm yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 48–50 11–4 0–1 Jan 29, 2016 7:00 pm Brown Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,819 72–53 12–4 1–1 Jan 30, 2016 6:00 pm Yale Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,109 65–50 13–4 2–1 Feb 5, 2016 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 719 85–48 14–4 3–1 Feb 7, 2016 12:00 pm yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 661 ASN 92–83 OT 15–4 4–1 Feb 12, 2016 7:00 pm Cornell Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 933 71–51 16–4 5–1 Feb 13, 2016 6:00 pm Columbia Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,682 86–54 17–4 6–1 Feb 19, 2016 7:00 pm yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 212 94–81 18–4 7–1 Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 258 83–57 19–4 8–1 Feb 26, 2016 7:00 pm yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York, NY 490 77–48 20–4 9–1 Feb 27, 2016 6:00 pm yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 850 94–57 21–4 10–1 Mar 4, 2016 7:00 pm Harvard Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,234 79–69 22–4 11–1 Mar 5, 2016 7:30 pm Dartmouth Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,057 68–42 23–4 12–1 Mar 8, 2016 5:30 pm Penn Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,278 60–62 23–5 12–2 |- !colspan=12 style="Princeton Tigers"|NCAA Women's Tournament Mar 18, 2016 12:00 pm yes yes 11 SF West Virginia 6 SF St. John Arena Columbus, OH First Round ESPN2 65–74 23–6   AP Poll Eastern Time SF Sioux Falls Region 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball schedule Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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