2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis. The Colonials were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquense and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquense and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round.

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball
A-10 Regular Season Co-Champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2015–16 record267 (133 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Diane Richardson
  • Melissa Dunne
  • Zach Kancher
Home arenaCharles E. Smith Center
2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Duquesne133 .813  286  .824
George Washington133 .813  267  .788
Saint Louis133 .813  268  .765
St. Bonaventure124 .750  248  .750
VCU106 .625  2310  .697
Saint Joseph's88 .500  1415  .483
Fordham88 .500  1417  .452
Dayton79 .438  1415  .483
George Mason610 .375  1219  .387
Richmond511 .313  1318  .419
Rhode Island511 .313  1218  .400
UMass511 .313  1218  .400
Davidson511 .313  1119  .367
La Salle214 .125  525  .167
2016 A10 Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4-year record of 92–38.

201516 media

George Washington Colonials Sports Network

WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.

Roster

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Kelsi Mahoney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrJay M. Robinson Concord, NC
G 2 Camila Tapias 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoIMG Academy Bogota, Colombia
F 3 Caira Washington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrGeorgetown Day School Brandywine, MD
G 4 Lauren Chase 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS SrRiverdale Baptist
UMBC
Bowie, MD
G 5 Aaliyah Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SrClear Springs League City, TX
G 13 Shannon Cranshaw 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrFather Lopez Ormond Beach, FL
F 14 DeLacy Anderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrBolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL
G 15 Mia Farmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoCardinal O'Hara Philadelphia, PA
G 20 Hannah Schaible 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrDr. Phillips Orlando, FL
G 21 Mei-Lyn Bautista 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrSt. Mary's Whitestone, NY
F 22 Jada Matthews 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoWinslow Township Sicklerville, NJ
G 24 Alexis Chandler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrCy-Fair Cypress, TX
C 25 Kelli Prange 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoDamascus Damascus, MD
G 34 Brianna Cummings 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoGreater Atlanta Christian Lawrenceville, GA
F 35 Jonquel Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrRiverdale Baptist Freeport, Bahamas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-30

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 21 Christopher Newport W 95–47 
Charles E. Smith Center (417)
Washington, D.C.
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 21 Grambling State W 85–58  1–0
Charles E. Smith Center (885)
Washington, D.C.
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 22 American W 78–48  2–0
Charles E. Smith Center (785)
Washington, D.C.
11/21/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 22 at No. 15 Stanford L 63–84  2–1
Maples Pavilion (2,854)
Stanford, CA
11/23/2015*
10:00 pm
No. 24 at Fresno State W 61–53  3–1
Save Mart Center (2,237)
Fresno, CA
11/26/2015*
2:30 pm
No. 24 vs. Houston
Lone Star Showcase
W 82–78  4–1
Cedar Park Center (507)
Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015*
2:30 pm
No. 24 vs. No. 25 Iowa
Lone Star Showcase
W 81–77 2OT 5–1
Cedar Park Center (627)
Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015*
2:30 pm
No. 24 vs. Wright State
Lone Star Showcase
L 71–77  5–2
Cedar Park Center (527)
Cedar Park, TX
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm
Florida Gulf Coast L 60–64  5–3
Charles E. Smith Center (875)
Washington, D.C.
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm
at Memphis W 68–62  6–3
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (781)
Memphis, TN
12/13/2015*
2:00 pm
Villanova W 78–70  7–3
Charles E. Smith Center (976)
Washington, D.C.
12/20/2015*
2:00 pm
Iona W 70–65  8–3
Charles E. Smith Center (877)
Washington, D.C.
12/28/2015*
3:00 pm
at Illinois W 70–57  9–3
State Farm Center (1,514)
Champaign, IL
12/30/2015*
7:00 pm
Hartford W 82–51  10–3
Charles E. Smith Center (915)
Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2016
3:00 pm, CBSSN
at Saint Joseph's W 70–45  11–3 (1–0)
Hagan Arena (673)
Philadelphia, PA
01/06/2016
12:00 pm, NBCSN
Rhode Island W 68–58  12–3 (2–0)
Charles E. Smith Center (1,989)
Washington, D.C.
01/10/2016
2:00 pm, CBSSN
at Dayton W 62–61  13–3 (3–0)
UD Arena (2,331)
Dayton, OH
01/13/2016
7:00 pm
La Salle W 83–59  14–3 (4–0)
Charles E. Smith Center (754)
Washington, D.C.
01/17/2016
12:00 pm, ESPNU
at Duquesne W 70–52  15–3 (5–0)
Palumbo Center (1,203)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/20/2016
7:00 pm
Massachusetts W 67–50  16–3 (6–0)
Charles E. Smith Center (565)
Washington, D.C.
01/22/2016
12:00 pm
George Mason W 82–68  17–3 (7–0)
Charles E. Smith Center (502)
Washington, D.C.
01/27/2016
7:00 pm
at Davidson W 79–60  18–3 (8–0)
John M. Belk Arena (411)
Davidson, NC
01/31/2016
2:00 pm
Saint Louis W 89–80  19–3 (9–0)
Charles E. Smith Center (781)
Washington, D.C.
02/03/2016
7:00 pm
at Fordham L 69–76  19–4 (9–1)
Rose Hill Gymnasium (851)
Bronx, NY
02/07/2016
2:00 pm
at Richmond W 62–47  20–4 (10–1)
Robins Center (693)
Richmond, VA
02/14/2016
12:00 pm, ESPNU
Dayton W 72–62  21–4 (11–1)
Charles E. Smith Center (2,102)
Washington, D.C.
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure L 67–69 OT 21–5 (11–2)
Reilly Center (897)
Olean, NY
02/20/2016
3:00 pm
VCU L 68–79  21–6 (11–3)
Charles E. Smith Center (2,097)
Washington, D.C.
02/24/2016
7:00 pm
Richmond W 55–53 OT 22–6 (12–3)
Charles E. Smith Center (789)
Washington, D.C.
02/27/2016
2:00 pm
at George Mason W 73–66  23–6 (13–3)
EagleBank Arena (947)
Fairfax, VA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
11:30 am, ASN
(1) vs. (9) George Mason
Quarterfinals
W 78–48  24–6
Richmond Coliseum 
Richmond, VA
03/05/2016
11:00 am, CBSSN
(1) vs. (5) VCU
Semifinals
W 72–58  25–6
Richmond Coliseum 
Richmond, VA
03/06/2016
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) vs. (3) Duquesne
Championship Game
W 63–60  26–6
Richmond Coliseum (2,673)
Richmond, VA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
(8 SF) vs. (9 SF) Kansas State
First Round
L 51–56  26–7
Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
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See also

References

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