2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Rice Owls Rice Owls logo.svg 100 Conference USA C-USA 9–22 7–11 Tina Langley 1st Josh Hutchinson Angie Nelp Sydney Colson Tudor Fieldhouse The 2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Tina Langley, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–22, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Middle Tennessee. Roster w 2015 Rice Owls y y w Maya Hawkins n 3 G 5 6 JR Mansfield, TX Lake Ridge HS w Lauren Grigsby n 5 G 5 10 FR Spring, TX Dekaney HS w Wendy Knight n 10 G 5 9 SO San Antonio, TX Reagan HS w Lexie Ducat n 11 F 6 1 FR Brock, TX Brock HS w Jazz Taylor n 13 G 5 8 FR Dallas, TX Duncanville HS w Shani Rainey n 20 G 5 10 SO Fairview, TX Lovejoy HS w Gabrielle Stanton n 21 G 5 7 FR Kingwood, TX Kingwood HS w Nicole Iademarco 22 G/F 6 1 FR y The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands HSArizona State w Elena Gumbs n 24 G 5 5 SR Cibolo, TX Cedar Ridge HS w Courtney Brown n 25 F 6 2 SO Austin, TX Steele HS w Alyssa Lang n 32 G/F 6 1 SR Rockwall, TX Rockwall HS w Jasmine Goodwine n 33 F 6 1 JR Killeen, TX Killeen HS w Megan Palmer n 40 F 6 1 SR Katy, TX Cinco Ranch HS w Adaeze Obinnah n 44 G/F 6 1 JR Aurora, CO Grandview HS Tina Langley (West Alabama) Josh Hutchinson (Messiah) Angie Nelp (Colorado State) Sydney Colson (Texas A&M) http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/rice-w-baskbl-mtt.html 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 Coaches + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes Schedule http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/rice-w-baskbl-sched.html RICEOWLS.COM - The Rice Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball 2015-11-03 2014-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20141218000621/http://www.riceowls.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/rice-w-baskbl-sched.html dead 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Kentucky 18 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4,907 39–72 0–1 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Dugan Wellness Center Corpus Christi, TX 617 55–60 0–2 11/21/2015 2:00 pm yes Texas 11 Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 821 47–70 0–3 11/25/2015 12:00 pm yes yes McNeese State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 381 53–61 0–4 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Harvard Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 592 61–67 0–5 12/02/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Baylor 4 Ferrell Center Waco, TX 5,615 FSSW+ 38–89 0–6 12/05/2015 4:00 pm yes Houston Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX Bayou Cup 684 59–62 0–7 12/17/2015 6:30 pm yes yes Sam Houston State Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX 719 58–46 1–7 12/19/2015 9:00 pm yes yes Stephen F. Austin William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX 311 45–59 1–8 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 392 66–69 OT 1–9 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Loyola-Chicago Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 541 50–57 1–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"| Conference USA regular season 01/01/2016 2:00 pm UTEP Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 508 54–60 1–11 0–1 01/03/2016 2:00 pm UTSA Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 583 49–48 OT 2–11 1–1 01/10/2016 2:00 pm North Texas Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 726 ASN 100–97 3OT 3–11 2–1 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 937 49–52 3–12 2–2 01/16/2016 12:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 414 52–81 3–13 2–3 01/21/2016 7:00 pm UAB Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 305 55–64 3–14 2–4 01/23/2016 2:00 pm Middle Tennessee Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 549 60–61 3–15 2–5 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 1,721 79–73 2OT 4–15 3–5 02/04/2016 6:30 pm yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 1,925 63–65 4–16 3–6 02/06/2016 4:00 pm yes Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 1,522 62–68 4–17 3–7 02/11/2016 7:00 pm Charlotte Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 364 58–69 4–18 3–8 02/13/2016 2:00 pm Old Dominion Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 656 68–46 5–18 4–8 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 561 75–54 6–18 5–8 02/20/2016 11:00 am yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 485 FSN 68–62 7–18 6–8 02/25/2016 7:00 pm Southern Miss Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 404 49–59 7–19 6–9 02/27/2016 2:00 pm Louisiana Tech Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 739 84–77 8–19 7–9 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 651 63–68 8–20 7–10 03/05/2016 12:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 2,066 52–61 8–21 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;"|Conference USA Women's Tournament 03/09/2016 5:00 pm yes Louisiana Tech Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Second Round   ASN 62–57 OT 9–21 03/10/2016 5:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 563 ASN 54–74 9–22 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Rice Owls men's basketball team References Category:Rice Owls women's basketball seasons Rice