2015–16 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	† American Tournament winner ; As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

SMU Mustangs women's basketball
2015–16 SMU Mustangs women's basketball
SMU Thanksgiving Classic Champions
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2015–16 record	13–18 (7–11 The American)
Head coach	Rhonda Rompola (25th season);
Assistant coaches	Lisa Dark; Deneen Parker; Danny Hughes;
Home arena	Moody Coliseum

The 2015–16 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team will represent Southern Methodist University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs will play their home games at Moody Coliseum. The 2015–16 season will be the third season the Mustangs will participate in the American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs, led by twenty-fifth year head coach Rhonda Rompola, finished the season 13–18, 7–11 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Women's Tournament where they lost to South Florida.

On February 22, Coach Rompola announced she will be retiring at the end of the season. She finished at SMU with a 25-year record of 438–314.[1]

Media

All Pony Express games will air on KAAM. Before conference season home games will be streamed on Pony Up TV. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Pony Up TV. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2015–16 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kiara Perry	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G	2	McKenzie Adams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Frisco Centennial Arkansas	Frisco, TX
G	3	Gabrielle Wilkins	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Garland	Garland, TX
G	4	Mikayla Reese	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Sand Creek	Colorado Springs, CO
G	5	Aurmani DeGar	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Mansfield Timberview	Arlington, TX
F	10	Alicia Froling	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Australia Institute of Sport	Queensland, Australia
F	11	Keely Froling	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Australia Institute of Sport	Queensland, Australia
G	12	Morgan Bolton	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Duncanville Arkansas–Little Rock	Duncanville, TX
C	13	Klara Bradshaw (I)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Jr	Rains TCU	Emory, TX
G	14	Karlie Cronin	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Oakton	Vienna, VA
F	15	Stephanie Collins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Australia Institute of Sport	Melbourne, Australia
F	20	Dai'ja Thomas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Skyline	Dallas, TX
G	24	Kamray Mickens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Carroll Southlake Trinity Valley	Westlake, TX
G	33	Ashley Gibson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Deer Creek Butler	Edmond, OK

Head coach

Rhonda Rompola (SMU)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Dark (SMU)
Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin)
Danny Hughes (TCU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 5:00 pm	Northwestern State	W 74–36	1–0	Moody Coliseum (715) Dallas, TX
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm	TCU	L 79–89	1–1	Moody Coliseum (745) Dallas, TX
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm	No. 18 Arizona State	L 57–64	1–2	Moody Coliseum (302) Dallas, TX
11/27/2015* 5:30 pm	Cal State Fullerton SMU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 74–53	2–2	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
11/28/2015* 5:00 pm	Kansas SMU Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 73–64	3–2	Moody Coliseum (782) Dallas, TX
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm	at North Texas	L 57–60	3–3	The Super Pit (819) Denton, TX
12/05/2015* 5:00 pm	New Mexico	L 58–63	3–4	Moody Coliseum (979) Dallas, TX
12/07/2015* 11:00 am, SECN	at No. 15 Texas A&M	L 55–67	3–5	Reed Arena (8,004) College Station, TX
12/19/2015* 12:15 pm	vs. Arizona Puerto Rico Classic	W 58–46	4–5	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR
12/20/2015* 2:30 pm	vs. Gardner–Webb Puerto Rico Classic	W 69–61	5–5	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR
12/21/2015* 12:15 pm	vs. No. 8 Mississippi State Puerto Rico Classic	L 70–72	5–6	Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR
AAC regular season
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, ADN	at Tulsa	L 54–56	5–7 (0–1)	Reynolds Center (346) Tulsa, OK
01/05/2016 7:00 pm	Temple	W 69–67	6–7 (1–1)	Moody Coliseum (514) Dallas, TX
01/07/2016 6:00 pm, ADN	at No. 22 South Florida	L 56–83	6–8 (1–2)	USF Sun Dome (1,756) Tampa, FL
01/10/2016 2:00 pm	at Houston	W 50–48	7–8 (2–2)	Hofheinz Pavilion (878) Houston, TX
01/16/2016 2:00 pm	Memphis	W 58–49	8–8 (3–2)	Moody Coliseum (743) Dallas, TX
01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Tulane	L 42–54	8–9 (3–3)	Moody Coliseum (612) Dallas, TX
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY	No. 1 Connecticut	L 37–90	8–10 (3–4)	Moody Coliseum (3,732) Dallas, TX
01/27/2016 6:00 pm	at Cincinnati	W 73–55	9–10 (4–4)	Fifth Third Arena (318) Cincinnati, OH
01/31/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 20 South Florida	L 48–66	9–11 (4–5)	Moody Coliseum (982) Dallas, TX
02/03/2016 11:00 am, ADN	at Temple	L 35–55	9–12 (4–6)	Liacouras Center (2,846) Philadelphia, PA
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ADN	UCF	W 65–50	10–12 (5–6)	Moody Coliseum (876) Dallas, TX
02/09/2016 7:00 pm	East Carolina	W 72–66 ^OT	11–12 (6–6)	Moody Coliseum (636) Dallas, TX
02/14/2016 2:00 pm, ADN	at Tulane	L 64–76	11–13 (6–7)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,159) New Orleans, LA
02/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	W 62–45	12–13 (7–7)	Moody Coliseum (923) Dallas, TX
02/20/2016 2:00 pm	at UCF	L 54–66	12–14 (7–8)	CFE Arena (833) Orlando, FL
02/24/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 41–88	12–15 (7–9)	Gampel Pavilion (7,505) Storrs, CT
02/27/2016 2:00 pm	Houston	L 54–63	12–16 (7–10)	Moody Coliseum (914) Dallas, TX
02/29/2016 6:00 pm	at East Carolina	L 61–78	12–17 (7–11)	Williams Arena (1,190) Greenville, NC
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. UCF First Round	W 83–74 ^OT	13–17	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,480) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. No. 20 South Florida Quarterfinals	L 60–73	13–18	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

"Breaking: Rhonda Rompola Announces Retirement as Women's Basketball Coach at SMU". Women's Hoop Dirt. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/smu-w-baskbl-sched.html

External links

SMU Mustangs women's basketball official website

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[1] "Breaking: Rhonda Rompola Announces Retirement as Women's Basketball Coach at SMU". Women's Hoop Dirt. Retrieved March 29, 2016.

[2] ttp://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/smu-w-baskbl-sched.html

SMU Mustangs women's basketball
Venues	Moody Coliseum (1976–present)
Culture & lore	Peruna
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	38	–	0	1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Temple	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Memphis	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
Tulane	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Tulsa	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
SMU	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
UCF	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Houston	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200


† American Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References

External links