2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2016 MVC Tournament winner ; As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball
2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball
MVC Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record	24–11 (15–3 The Valley)
Head coach	Tanya Warren (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Brad Nelson; Adam DeJoode; Tiffany Coppage;
Home arena	McLeod Center

The 2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team will represent the University of Northern Iowa in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by ninth year head coach Tanya Warren, played their home games at McLeod Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 15–3 in Missouri Valley League play to win the Missouri Valley Regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Missouri State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Nebraska and Drake in the first and second rounds before losing to South Dakota in the third round.

Roster

2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Mariah Criswell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Winterset	Van Meter, IA
G	2	Madison Weekley	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Benton Community	Atkins, IA
G	4	Lauren Parker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Homewood Flossmoor	Flossmoor, IL
F	5	Amber Sorenson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Caledonia	Caledonia, MN
G	10	Ellie Herzberg	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Manson Northwest Webster	Manson, IA
G	11	Angie Davison	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Maple Grove	Maple Grove, MN
G	13	Sharnae Lamar	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	RS Sr	Des Moines East	Des Moines, IA
G	14	Stephanie Davison	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Maple Grove	Maple Grove, MN
F	15	Dariann Garrison-Nickerson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Des Moines East	West Des Moines, IA
F	20	Hannah Schonhardt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Holy Family Catholic	Waconia, MN
G	22	Rose Simon-Ressler	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Western Dubuque	Epworth, IA
G	24	Mikaela Morgan	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Iowa City West	Coralville, IA
F	32	Heidi Hillyard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mediapolis	Burlington, IA
F	34	Taylor Hagen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Blooming Prairie	Blooming Prairie, MN
F	42	Jen Keitel	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Central Community	DeWitt, IA
F	44	Alyssa Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Estherville Lincoln Central	Estherville, IA

Head coach

Tanya Warren (Creighton)

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Nelson (Oregon)
Adam DeJoode (Iowa State)
Tiffany Coppage (Missouri State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm	Sioux Falls	W 82–66		McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Rockhurst	W 58–39	1–0	McLeod Center (1,318) Cedar Falls, IA
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	South Dakota	W 64–43	2–0	McLeod Center (1,207) Cedar Falls, IA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Iowa	L 65–80	2–1	McLeod Center (2,384) Cedar Falls, IA
11/26/2015* 8:00 pm	vs. Georgia Tech Women's Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 61–58	3–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 8:00 pm	vs. Seton Hall Women's Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 49–57	3–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Iowa State	L 75–84	3–3	McLeod Center (2,095) Cedar Falls, IA
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm	at North Dakota	L 59–64	3–4	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,012) Grand Forks, ND
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm	at South Dakota State	L 86–89 ^2OT	3–5	Frost Arena (1,547) Brookings, SD
12/13/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Akron	W 59–51	4–5	iWireless Center (634) Moline, IL
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	W 75–59	5–5	McLeod Center (1,341) Cedar Falls, IA
12/22/2015* 6:05 pm	at Creighton	L 61–69	5–6	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,228) Omaha, NE
Missouri Valley Conference Regular season
01/01/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 62–51	6–6 (1–0)	McLeod Center (1,107) Cedar Falls, IA
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 60–65	6–7 (1–1)	McLeod Center (1,282) Cedar Falls, IA
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wichita State	W 55–44	7–7 (2–1)	Charles Koch Arena (2,356) Wichita, KS
01/10/2016 2:05 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	W 65–60	8–7 (3–1)	JQH Arena (2,846) Springfield, MO
01/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 65–51	9–7 (4–1)	McLeod Center (1,207) Cedar Falls, IA
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 53–42	10–7 (5–1)	McLeod Center (1,278) Cedar Falls, IA
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	W 79–73	11–7 (5–2)	Knapp Center (2,853) Des Moines, IA
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	L 60–64	11–8 (6–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (426) Des Moines, IA
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 55–47	12–8 (7–2)	Renaissance Coliseum (1,015) Peoria, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 75–78 ^OT	12–9 (7–3)	McLeod Center (1,370) Cedar Falls, IA
02/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 69–48	13–9 (8–3)	McLeod Center (1,226) Cedar Falls, IA
02/12/2016 6:05 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	W 61–45	14–9 (9–3)	Hulman Center (1,381) Terre Haute, IN
02/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	W 61–35	15–9 (10–3)	Redbird Arena (362) Normal, IL
02/19/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	W 85–74	16–9 (11–3)	McLeod Center (2,102) Cedar Falls, IA
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 65–41	17–9 (12–3)	McLeod Center (1,505) Cedar Falls, IA
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	W 63–52	18–9 (13–3)	McLeod Center (1,942) Cedar Falls, IA
03/03/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	W 73–64	19–9 (14–3)	SIU Arena (594) Carbondale, IL
03/05/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	at Evansville	W 61–48	20–9 (15–3)	Ford Center (451) Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/11/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Bradley Quarterfinals	W 46–45	21–9	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/12/2016 1:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Southern Illinois Semifinals	W 67–43	22–9	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Missouri State Championship Game	L 58–71	22–10	iWireless Center Moline, IL
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm	at Nebraska First Round	W 64–62	23–10	Pinnacle Bank Arena (2,942) Lincoln, NE
03/19/2016* 7:00 pm	Drake Second Round	W 64–58	24–10	McLeod Center (1,140) Cedar Falls, IA
03/24/2016* 7:00 pm	at South Dakota Third Round	L 50–51	24–11	DakotaDome (2,433) Vermillion, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

http://unipanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Missouri State †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Drake	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Southern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Loyola-Chicago	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Indiana State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Illinois State	6	–	12	.333	8	–	22	.267
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	22	.267
Bradley	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Evansville	1	–	17	.056	3	–	28	.097


† 2016 MVC Tournament winner As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

References