2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans Michigan State Spartans script.svg 100 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 21 16 25–9 13–5 Suzy Merchant 9th Amaka Agugua NcKell Copeland Mark Simons Breslin Center NCAA Women's Tournament second round The 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by ninth year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 25–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round. Roster w 2015 Michigan State Spartans y y w Tori Jankoska y 1 G 5 8 JR Freeland, MI Freeland w Cara Miller n 2 G 6 1 SR Farmington Hills, MI Divine Child w Kalabryah Gondrezick n 3 G 5 8 FR Benton Harbor, MI Benton Harbor w Jasmine Hines n 4 C 6 3 SR y Central Lake, MI Central Lake w Octavia Barnes n 5 F 5 10 FR Jackson, MS Raymond w Brannadais Agee n 10 G 5 11 JR y Detroit, MI Cass Technical w Nahty Dambo n 12 F 6 3 FR Fort-de-France, Martinique Junípero Serra w Morgan Green n 13 G 5 8 SO San Jose, CA Pacific CollegiateChabot College w Victoria Gaines n 15 F 6 1 FR Merrillville, IN Merrillville w Hana Vesela n 21 C 6 4 FR Příbor, Czech Republic Brimley w Kiara Carter n 22 G 5 1 SO Homewood, IL Homewood Flossmoor w Aerial Powers y 23 G 6 0 JR y Detroit, MI Detroit Country Day w Lexi Gussert n 24 G/F 6 0 SO Crystal Falls, MI Forest Park w Jenna Allen n 33 C 6 3 FR Bedford, IN North Lawrence w Kennedy Johnson n 55 F 6 2 FR Galloway, NJ Wildwood Catholic Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan) Amaka Agugua (Hofstra) NcKell Copeland (Jacksonville State) Mark Simons (Michigan State) http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/msu-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html MSUSPARTANS.COM :: Michigan State University Official Athletic Site Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball 2015-08-17 2017-11-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20171122102521/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/08/2015 2:00 pm yes 24 Michigan Tech Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,252 74–43 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes 24 Western Michigan Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 6,270 78–40 1–0 11/18/2015 7:30 pm yes 23 Georgia Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,117 66–45 2–0 11/21/2015 12:00 pm yes 23 Idaho State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 4,984 79–60 3–0 11/27/2015 5:45 pm yes yes 20 Cincinnati St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division 328 103–63 4–0 11/28/2015 5:45 pm yes yes 20 Baylor 5 St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division 684 76–84 4–1 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes 19 Louisville Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 5,721 ESPN2 78–85 4–2 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes 19 Loyola–Chicago Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,706 76–47 5–2 12/09/2015 6:30 pm yes yes 25 Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,714 73–44 6–2 12/13/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 25 Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI 1,837 ESPN3 82–62 7–2 12/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes 24 Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA Northeastern Winter Showdown 1,869 ASN 77–52 8–2 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes 24 Detroit Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 6,540 81–42 9–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season 12/31/2015 12:00 pm yes 24 Ohio State 9 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 5,631 BTN 80–85 9–3 (0–1) 01/03/2016 2:00 pm 24 Wisconsin Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 6,950 77–67 10–3 (1–1) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes 23 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 2,885 71–55 11–3 (2–1) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm 23 Northwestern 16 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 6,272 BTN 74–51 12–3 (3–1) 01/13/2016 7:00 pm yes 18 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 2,507 65–81 12–4 (3–2) 01/16/2016 4:30 pm 18 Iowa Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 9,017 BTN 80–73 13–4 (4–2) 01/19/2016 6:00 pm 21 Rutgers Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 4,911 BTN 59–48 14–4 (5–2) 01/27/2016 7:00 pm 18 Purdue Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,272 68–56 15–4 (6–2) 01/31/2016 4:00 pm yes 18 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI 9,436 77–54 16–4 (7–2) 02/03/2016 7:00 pm 17 Michigan Breslin Center East Lansing, MI Rivalry 8,003 85–64 17–4 (8–2) 02/05/2016 7:00 pm yes 17 Maryland 5 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 5,738 76–85 17–5 (8–3) 02/07/2016 3:00 pm yes 17 Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 6,255 74–69 18–5 (9–3) 02/11/2016 6:30 pm 17 Penn State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,588 BTN 61–65 18–6 (9–4) 02/14/2016 4:00 pm yes 17 Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 8,338 BTN 66–73 18–7 (9–5) 02/18/2016 7:00 pm yes 25 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 2,156 70–67 19–7 (10–5) 02/21/2016 1:00 pm 25 Minnesota Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 9,436 BTN 114–106 20–7 (11–5) 02/24/2016 8:00 pm yes 20 Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL 1,395 71–43 21–7 (12–5) 02/27/2016 2:00 pm 20 Ohio State 5 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 8,631 BTN 107–105 3OT 22–7 (13–5) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|Big Ten Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 9:00 pm yes 19 3 Purdue 6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals   BTN 65–64 23–7 03/05/2016 5:30 pm yes 19 3 Ohio State 9 2 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals   BTN 82–63 24–7 03/06/2016 7:00 pm yes 19 3 Maryland 5 1 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Championship Game 5,109 ESPN 44–60 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 12:00 pm yes yes 16 4 B Belmont 13 B Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS First Round   ESPN2 74–60 25–8 03/20/2016 2:30 pm yes yes 16 4 B Mississippi State 15 5 B Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS Second Round 7,094 ESPN2 72–74 25–9 AP Poll Eastern Time B Bridgeport Region 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 24 23 20 19 25 24 24 24 23 18 21 18 17 17 25 20 19 16 16 N/A Coaches RV RV 22 20 23 22 22 22 22 18 18 15 14 15 22 21 19 17 17 21 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team References Category:Michigan State Spartans women's basketball seasons Michigan State Michigan State