2015–16 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 UMass Minutewomen UMass Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 12–18 5–11 Sharon Dawley 6th Jen MacAulay Yolanda Griffith Chris Wielgus William D. Mullins Memorial Center The 2015–16 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by sixth year head coach Sharon Dawley, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 12–18, 5–11 in A-10 to finish in a 4 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost to Fordham. On March 6, Dawley was fired. She finished at UMass with a six year record of 46–133. 2015–16 media All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA will carry Minutewomen games with Cody Chrusciel on the call. Roster w 2015 UMass Minutewomen y y w Maggie Mulligan n 0 FC 6 2 SO Boston, MA Boston Latin School w Amber Dillon n 2 G 5 2 SR y Jamaica Plain, MA BrooklineMaine w Alyx Stiff n 3 G 5 9 SO Las Vegas, NV Quest Preparatory Academy w Stephanie Foukaris n 10 F 6 1 FR Nicosia, Cyprus Pascal English School Nicosia w Ciara Rosten n 11 F 6 2 SO Cheektowaga, NY Maryvale w Bria Stallworth n 13 G 5 6 FR Flossmoor, IL Homewood Flossmoor w Cierra Dillard y 15 G 5 9 FR Rochester, NY Gates Chili w Victoria Stewart n 21 G 5 7 JR Amherst, MA Amherst-Pelham Regional w Jessica George n 22 G 5 10 FR Waldorf, MD North Point w Rashida Timbilla n 23 G/F 6 1 SR Ottawa, ON John McCrae w Leah McDerment n 25 G 5 10 SO Stockport, England Priestnall School w Kymber Hill n 31 F/C 6 2 JR Belleville, IL Althoff Catholic w Alyssa Lawrence n 32 F 6 1 SO y New Rochelle, NY The Ursuline SchoolSan Diego State Sharon Dawley (Saint Anselm) Jen MacAulay (Vermont) Yolanda Griffith (Florida Atlantic) Chris Wielgus (Springfield) http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/umas-w-baskbl-mtt.html done Schedule http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/umas-w-baskbl-sched.html University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball 2015-11-02 2016-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160514110630/http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/umas-w-baskbl-sched.html dead yes no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#881c1c; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:05 pm yes yes Holy Cross Hart Center Worcester, MA 74–60 1–0 767 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 65–67 1–1 404 11/21/2015 5:00 pm yes Buffalo Mullins Center Amherst, MA 48–56 1–2 334 11/27/2015 9:30 pm yes yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Omni Hotels Classic semifinals 63–90 1–3 1,611 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Ball State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Omni Hotels Classic 3rd place game 54–81 1–4   12/02/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Bryant Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI 86–69 2–4 104 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes Hofstra Mullins Center Amherst, MA 57–56 3–4 226 12/12/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Central Connecticut William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT 68–78 OT 3–5 517 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Duke 13 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 46–70 3–6 3,602 12/19/2015 6:00 pm yes Boston University Mullins Center Amherst, MA 73–56 4–6 418 12/22/2015 2:00 pm yes Hartford Mullins Center Amherst, MA 63–56 5–6 256 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes UMass Lowell Mullins Center Amherst, MA 84–58 6–6 526 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#881c1c; color:#FFFFFF;"| Atlantic 10 regular season 01/02/2016 2:00 pm VCU Mullins Center Amherst, MA 66–74 6–7 (0–1) 385 01/06/2016 7:00 pm Saint Joseph's Mullins Center Amherst, MA 58–62 6–8 (0–2) 220 01/10/2016 5:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure Reilly Center Amherst, MA ASN 41–66 6–9 (0–3) 1,057 01/13/2016 5:00 pm yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO 49–69 6–10 (0–4) 203 01/16/2016 7:00 pm Richmond Mullins Center Amherst, MA 68–74 6–11 (0–5) 255 01/20/2016 7:00 pm yes George Washington Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 50–67 6–12 (0–6) 565 01/27/2016 12:00 pm Rhode Island Mullins Center Amherst, MA 79–80 6–13 (0–7) 1,281 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes George Mason EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA 59–64 6–14 (0–8) 566 02/02/2016 7:00 pm yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 64–73 OT 6–15 (0–9) 747 02/06/2016 2:00 pm Fordham Mullins Center Amherst, MA 55–60 6–16 (0–10) 211 02/10/2016 7:00 pm yes La Salle Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA 57–66 6–17 (0–11) 274 02/13/2016 2:00 pm St. Bonaventure Mullins Center Amherst, MA 69–60 7–17 (1–11) 374 02/17/2016 7:00 pm Dayton Mullins Center Amherst, MA 76–69 8–17 (2–11) 461 02/21/2016 2:00 pm yes Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 66–62 9–17 (3–11)   02/24/2016 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 71–64 10–17 (4–11) 494 02/27/2016 2:00 pm La Salle Mullins Center Amherst, MA 80–57 11–17 (5–11) 402 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#881c1c; color:#FFFFFF;"| Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament 03/02/2016 7:00 pm yes La Salle Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA First Round 81–65 12–17 604 03/03/2016 7:00 pm yes Fordham Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Second Round 63–74 OT 12–18   AP Poll Eastern 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 Final AP Coaches + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked See also 2015–16 UMass Minutemen basketball team References 2 Category:UMass Minutewomen basketball seasons UMass