2015–16 IPFW Mastodons women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons women's basketball team represents Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by ninth year head coach Chris Paul and played their home games at play their home games at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center, with one home game at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. They were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 7–23, 2–13 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Women's Tournament to South Dakota State.

2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons women's basketball
Conference	The Summit League
2015–16 record	7–23 (2–13 The Summit)
Head coach	Chris Paul (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Kip Jones Marcie Alberts Andrea Williams
Home arena	Hilliard Gates Sports Center Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	15	–	1		.938			32	–	6		.842
South Dakota State †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
IUPUI	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Oral Roberts	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Western Illinois	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Omaha	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
IPFW	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
Denver	3	–	13		.188			5	–	25		.167
North Dakota State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	22		.241
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

At the end of the season, head coach Chris Paul's contract was not renewed.[1] He posted a record of 125–195 in 9 seasons.

Roster

2015–16 IPFW Mastodons women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 2 KeShyra McCarver 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Whitmer Toledo, OH G 3 Courtney Ogle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Columbus East Columbus, IN G 4 Kamilah Carter 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Pioneer Owens CC Ann Arbor, MI G 10 Josie Fisher 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Homestead Fort Wayne, IN G 13 De'Jour Young 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Concordia Lutheran Fort Wayne, IN F 15 Selena Lozada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Western Guilford Guilford Technical CC Perth Amboy, NJ F 21 Isis Parker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Solon Cleveland, OH G 23 Peyton Fallis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Heritage Christian Indianapolis, IN G 31 Rachel Rinehart 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Angola Angola, IN F 33 Allyson Bunch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Columbus East Columbus, IN F 35 Hannah Lee 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Terre Haute South Terre Haute, IN F 40 Keanna Gary 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Leo Fort Wayne, IN F 42 Alexis Richards 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Miami Palmetto Miami, FL	Head coach Chris Paul (St. Francis) Assistant coach(es) Kip Jones (Purdue) Marcie Alberts (Ohio State) Andrea Williams (Edinboro (PA)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Goshen	W 82–67		Hilliard Gates Sports Center (551) Fort Wayne, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 11:00 am		Trine	W 82–62	1–0	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (1,024) Fort Wayne, IN
11/16/2015* 5:00 pm		Grace (IN)	W 91–39	2–0	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (647) Fort Wayne, IN
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Kent State	W 86–68	3–0	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (539) Fort Wayne, IN
11/21/2015* 7:00 pm		USC Upstate	L 81–84	3–1	Memorial Coliseum (282) Fort Wayne, IN
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		Indiana	L 72–79	3–2	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (954) Fort Wayne, IN
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm		Western Michigan	L 48–70	3–3	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (753) Fort Wayne, IN
12/03/2015* 11:00 am		at Ohio	L 52–79	3–4	Convocation Center (1,623) Athens, OH
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Kentucky	L 64–77	3–5	BB&T Arena (1,049) Highland Heights, KY
12/09/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	L 63–64	3–6	Calihan Hall (507) Detroit, MI
12/12/2015* 11:00 am		Chicago State	W 62–51	4–6	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (410) Fort Wayne, IN
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		at Fairfield	L 62–74	4–7	Alumni Hall (121) Fairfield, CT
12/22/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oakland	L 74–81	4–8	Athletics Center O'rena (457) Rochester, MI
12/28/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Milwaukee	L 60–73	4–9	Klotsche Center (478) Milwaukee, WI
The Summit League regular season
01/01/2016 7:00 pm		IUPUI	L 50–69	4–10 (0–1)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (713) Fort Wayne, IN
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		Western Illinois	L 74–78	4–11 (0–2)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (498) Fort Wayne, IN
01/09/2016 3:00 pm		at Denver	L 50–53	4–12 (0–3)	Magness Arena (287) Denver, CO
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		South Dakota State	L 42–61	4–13 (0–4)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450) Fort Wayne, IN
01/16/2016 3:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	L 59–61	4–14 (0–5)	Mabee Center (770) Tulsa, OK
01/21/2016 8:00 pm		at South Dakota	L 60–92	4–15 (0–6)	DakotaDome (1,453) Vermillion, SD
01/23/2016 3:00 pm		at North Dakota State	L 85–94	4–16 (0–7)	Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (459) Fargo, ND
01/28/2016 7:00 pm		Nebraska–Omaha	L 58–60	4–17 (0–8)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (622) Fort Wayne, IN
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		Denver	W 61–49	5–17 (1–8)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (797) Fort Wayne, IN
02/04/2016 8:00 pm		at Western Illinois	L 87–88	5–18 (1–9)	Western Hall (511) Macomb, IL
02/11/2016 8:00 pm		at Nebraska–Omaha	L 64–71	5–19 (1–10)	Baxter Arena (758) Omaha, NE
02/13/2016 3:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 64–92	5–20 (1–11)	Frost Arena (3,209) Brookings, SD
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 54–48	6–20 (2–11)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (481) Fort Wayne, IN
02/21/2016 2:00 pm, HTSN		at IUPUI	L 52–63	6–21 (2–12)	The Jungle (539) Indianapolis, IN
02/25/2016 7:00 pm		South Dakota	L 63–90	6–22 (2–13)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (546) Fort Wayne, IN
02/27/2016 3:00 pm		North Dakota State	W 85–69	7–22 (3–13)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (683) Fort Wayne, IN
The Summit League Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 3:30 pm, MidcoSN		vs. South Dakota State Quarterfinals	L 60–80	7–23	Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.gomastodons.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball