2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Chattanooga and Michigan State in the first and second rounds before getting dismantled by Connecticut by 60 points in the sweet sixteen, the largest defeat in Lady Bulldogs women's basketball history.

2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball
Puerto Rico Classic champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 15
2015–16 record	28–8 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach	Vic Schaefer (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Johnnie Harris Dionnah Jackson Elena Lovato
Home arena	Humphrey Coliseum

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 South Carolina †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 15 Mississippi State	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			25	–	8		.758
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Missouri	8	–	8		.500			22	–	10		.688
Tennessee	8	–	8		.500			22	–	14		.611
Auburn	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Alabama	4	–	12		.250			15	–	16		.484
LSU	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			10	–	20		.333
† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Dominique Dillingham 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Klein Collins HS Spring, TX G 1 Blair Schaefer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Starkville HS Starkville, MS G 2 Morgan William 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Shades Valley HS Birmingham, AL F 3 Breanna Richardson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Rockdale County HS Conyers, GA F 5 Sherise Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr McCluer HS St. Louis, MO G 10 Jazzmun Holmes 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Harrison Central HS Gulfport, MS G 11 Roshunda Johnson  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Parkview Arts & Science Little Rock, AR G 12 Jazmine Spears 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Trinity Valley CC New Albany, MS F 13 Ketara Chapel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Temple HS Temple, TX C 15 Teaira McCowan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Brenham HS Brenham, TX G 23 Kayla Nevitt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Andy Dekaney HS Houston, TX C 25 Zion Campbell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Riverdale Baptist School Washington, DC F 35 Victoria Vivians 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Scott Central HS Forest, MS F 44 LaKaris Salter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So FAMU DRS Tallahassee, FL C 45 Chinwe Okorie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep Lagos, Nigeria	Head coach Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M) Assistant coach(es) Johnnie Harris (Arkansas Baptist) Dionnah Jackson (Oklahoma) Elena Lovato (Pittsburg State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/10/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Mississippi College	W 128–34		Humphrey Coliseum  Starkville, MS
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:15 pm	No. 11	Samford	W 68–47	1–0	Humphrey Coliseum (6,463) Starkville, MS
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm	No. 10	Grambling State	W 107–43	2–0	Humphrey Coliseum (3,472) Starkville, MS
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 8	Mississippi Valley State	W 109–37	3–0	Humphrey Coliseum (3,566) Starkville, MS
11/27/2015* 6:00 pm	No. 8	Norfolk State	W 92–34	4–0	Humphrey Coliseum (3,894) Starkville, MS
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 8	Savannah State	W 92–25	5–0	Humphrey Coliseum (3,672) Starkville, MS
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 9	at No. 6 Texas	L 47–53	5–1	Frank Erwin Center (2,887) Austin, TX
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 9	Tennessee State	W 82–54	6–1	Humphrey Coliseum (3,828) Starkville, MS
12/13/2015* 3:00 pm	No. 9	at Louisiana Tech	W 93–63	7–1	Thomas Assembly Center (3,513) Ruston, LA
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Southern Miss	W 78–65	8–1	Humphrey Coliseum (3,505) Starkville, MS
12/19/2015* 10:00 am	No. 9	vs. Florida Gulf Coast Puerto Rico Classic	W 65–60	9–1	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez  Trujillo Alto, PR
12/20/2015* 12:15 pm	No. 9	vs. Western Michigan Puerto Rico Classic	W 90–68	10–1	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (370) Trujillo Alto, PR
12/21/2015* 12:15 pm	No. 8	vs. SMU Puerto Rico Classic	W 72–70	11–1	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez  Trujillo Alto, PR
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 8	Southeastern Louisiana	W 81–41	12–1	Humphrey Coliseum (3,419) Starkville, MS
12/30/2015* 3:30 pm, SECN	No. 8	vs. No. 20 South Florida SEC/AAC Challenge	W 68–58	13–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena  Jacksonville, FL
SEC regular season
01/03/2016 12:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	at Florida	W 76–70	14–1 (1–0)	O'Connell Center (1,378) Gainesville, FL
01/07/2016 7:30 pm, SECN	No. 7	Auburn	W 60–45	15–1 (2–0)	Humphrey Coliseum (4,610) Starkville, MS
01/10/2016 2:00 pm	No. 7	Arkansas	W 80–55	16–1 (3–0)	Humphrey Coliseum (5,712) Starkville, MS
01/14/2016 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 24 Missouri	L 54–66	16–2 (3–1)	Mizzou Arena (3,461) Columbia, MO
01/18/2016 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 10	Ole Miss	W 79–51	17–2 (4–1)	Humphrey Coliseum (7,128) Starkville, MS
01/21/2016 6:00 pm	No. 10	at Georgia	L 43–47	17–3 (4–2)	Stegeman Coliseum (1,920) Athens, GA
01/24/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	No. 2 South Carolina	L 51–57	17–4 (4–3)	Humphrey Coliseum (10,626) Starkville, MS
01/28/2016 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	No. 19 Tennessee	W 65–63 ^OT	18–4 (5–3)	Humphrey Coliseum (5,710) Starkville, MS
01/31/2016 2:00 pm	No. 13	at Arkansas	W 65–55	19–4 (6–3)	Bud Walton Arena (5,273) Fayetteville, AR
02/04/2016 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 11	at LSU	W 71–52	20–4 (7–3)	Maravich Center (2,194) Baton Rouge, LA
02/07/2016 2:00 pm	No. 11	No. 21 Missouri	W 52–42	21–4 (8–3)	Humphrey Coliseum (4,521) Starkville, MS
02/11/2016 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 11	at No. 15 Texas A&M	L 58–64	21–5 (8–4)	Reed Arena (5,645) College Station, TX
02/18/2016 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 14	No. 16 Kentucky	L 60–83	21–6 (8–5)	Humphrey Coliseum (4,355) Starkville, MS
02/21/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	at Ole Miss	W 60–51	22–6 (9–5)	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (4,411) Oxford, MS
02/25/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 16	at Vanderbilt	W 66–61	23–6 (10–5)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,466) Nashville, TN
02/28/2016 2:00 pm	No. 16	Alabama	W 61–52	24–6 (11–5)	Humphrey Coliseum (6,224) Starkville, MS
SEC Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 7:30 pm, SECN	No. 16	vs. Vanderbilt Quarterfinals	W 63–46	25–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016 6:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 16	vs. Tennessee Semifinals	W 58–48	26–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (5,632) Jacksonville, FL
03/06/2016 1:30 pm, ESPN	No. 16	vs. No. 3 South Carolina Championship Game	L 52–66	26–7	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (6,549) Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(5 B) No. 15	(12 B) Chattanooga First Round	W 60–50	27–7	Humphrey Coliseum (5,115) Starkville, MS
03/20/2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(5 B) No. 15	vs. (4 B) No. 16 Michigan State Second Round	W 74–72	28–7	Humphrey Coliseum (7,094) Starkville, MS
03/26/2016* 10:30 am, ESPN	(5 B) No. 15	vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 38–98	28–8	Webster Bank Arena (8,898) Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	11	10	8т	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	13	11	11	14	16	16	15	15	N/A
Coaches	13	11	10	9	10	9	8	8	6	6	10	13	12	11	13	16	14	14	14	18

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

1. "Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 2015–16 schedule". HailState.com. Retrieved 2015-09-02.