2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by second year head coach Jenerrie Harris and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center and were members of the America East Conference. As part of their transition to Division I, they were ineligible for post season play until the 2017–18 season. They finished the season 4–24, 1–15 in America East play to finish in last place.

2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2015–16 record4–24 (1–15 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kara Kelly
  • Emma Golen
Home arenaCostello Athletic Center
Tsongas Center
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Albany151 .938  285  .848
Maine151 .938  269  .743
UMBC88 .500  1814  .563
Stony Brook88 .500  1715  .531
Binghamton88 .500  1417  .452
Hartford79 .438  1119  .367
New Hampshire610 .375  1218  .400
Vermont412 .250  921  .300
UMass Lowell*115 .063  424  .143
2016 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.

Roster

2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Kayla Gibbs 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoTeaneck Teaneck, NJ
G 4 Brianna Rudolph 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSt. Mary's Lynn, MA
G 12 Asia Mitchell-Owens 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrOliver Ames Roxbury, MA
G 22 Nazarae Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrColumbus Africentric Columbus, OH
G 24 Melissa Frase 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrKennett Tamworth, NH
F 31 Oda Shackelford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSouthwestern Edinburgh, IN
F 32 Lauren Parra 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrSt. John the Baptist Islip, NY
F 33 Lindsey Doucette 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrHopkinton Hopkinton, MA
G 34 Nicole Hayner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrBishop Guertin Bedford, NH
F 50 Kathrine Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrCanterbury Fort Wayne, IN
Head coach

Jenerrie Harris (Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Kara Kelly (Assumption College)
Emma Golen (Harvard)


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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
2:00 pm
at No. 9 Maryland L 53–102  0–1
Xfinity Center (3,956)
College Park, MD
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
at Central Connecticut L 53–64  0–2
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (971)
New Britain, CT
11/20/2015*
7:00 pm
Columbia L 57–67  0–3
Costello Athletic Center (378)
Lowell, MA
11/24/2015*
6:00 pm
Bryant L 64–83  0–4
Costello Athletic Center (346)
Lowell, MA
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm
at Rhode Island L 64–72  0–5
Ryan Center (393)
Kingston, RI
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm
Boston University W 70–57  1–5
Tsongas Center (515)
Lowell, MA
12/04/2015*
5:00 pm
at FIU L 68–71  1–6
FIU Arena (315)
Miami, FL
12/06/2015*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Miami (FL) L 53–84  1–7
BankUnited Center (556)
Coral Gables, FL
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Holy Cross W 75–67  2–7
Costello Athletic Center (226)
Lowell, MA
12/18/2015*
5:30 pm
at Fairleigh Dickinson W 78–67  3–7
Rothman Center (216)
Hackensack, NJ
12/20/2015*
1:00 pm
at Boston College L 55–66  3–8
Conte Forum (537)
Chestnut Hill, MA
12/30/2015*
7:00 pm
at Massachusetts L 58–84  3–9
Mullins Center (526)
Amherst, MA
America East regular Season
01/06/2016
7:00 pm
at Hartford L 59–72  3–10 (0–1)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (784)
Hartford, CT
01/09/2016
7:00 pm
Stony Brook L 50–54  3–11 (0–2)
Costello Athletic Center (241)
Lowell, MA
01/13/2016
7:00 pm
at Maine L 44–74  3–12 (0–3)
Cross Insurance Center (1,403)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2016
1:00 pm
UMBC L 44–68  3–13 (0–4)
Costello Athletic Center (203)
Lowell, MA
01/18/2016
1:00 pm
Vermont L 51–59  3–14 (0–5)
Costello Athletic Center (318)
Lowell, MA
01/21/2016
7:00 pm
at New Hampshire L 61–65  3–15 (0–6)
Lundholm Gym (261)
Durham, NH
01/24/2016
11:00 am
Binghamton L 70–75 OT 3–16 (0–7)
Tsongas Center (1,272)
Lowell, MA
01/27/2016
11:00 am
Albany L 55–85  3–17 (0–8)
Tsongas Center (3,363)
Lowell, MA
02/03/2016
7:00 pm
Hartford L 70–75 OT 3–18 (0–9)
Costello Athletic Center (449)
Lowell, MA
02/06/2016
2:00 pm
at Stony Brook L 46–60  3–19 (0–10)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (851)
Stony Brook, NY
02/08/2016
7:00 pm
at Vermont W 68–66  4–19 (1–10)
Patrick Gym (376)
Burlington, VT
02/11/2016
7:00 pm
Maine L 46–73  4–20 (1–11)
Costello Athletic Center (321)
Lowell, MA
02/14/2016
1:00 pm
at UMBC L 52–68  4–21 (1–12)
Retriever Activities Center (503)
Catonsville, MD
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
New Hampshire L 55–63  4–22 (1–13)
Tsongas Center (1,992)
Lowell, MA
02/20/2016
2:00 pm
at Binghamton L 52–55  4–23 (1–14)
Binghamton University Events Center (2,284)
Vestal, NY
02/25/2016
7:00 pm
at Albany L 57–88  4–24 (1–15)
SEFCU Arena (1,197)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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