2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

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2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record921 (216 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • LaKale Malone
  • Tianna Kirkland
  • Jody Martinez
Home arena State Farm Center
Parkland College
Seasons
  2014–15
2016–17  
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Maryland162 .889314  .886
No. 9 Ohio State 153 .833268  .765
No. 16 Michigan State 135 .722259  .735
Indiana 126 .6672112  .636
Minnesota 117 .6112012  .625
Purdue 108 .5562012  .625
Michigan 99 .5002114  .600
Nebraska 99 .5001813  .581
Iowa 810 .4441914  .576
Rutgers 810 .4441915  .559
Penn State 612 .3331219  .387
Northwestern 414 .2221817  .514
Wisconsin 315 .167722  .241
Illinois 216 .111921  .300
2016 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by fourth year head coach Matt Bollant, play their home games at the State Farm Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference. In November 2015, Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois will host Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball for five games while renovations to the State Farm Center was completed. They finished the season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Penn State.

Contents

Roster

2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0Sarah Hartwell5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)RS Sr Bellarmine Prep
Georgia Tech
Tacoma, WA
F 4Simone Law6 ft 0 in(1.83 m)RS Sr Loyola
Loyola–Chicago
South Holland, IL
G 5Cierra Rice5 ft 9 in(1.75 m)Fr Grosse Point South Grosse Pointe, MI
G 12Ashley McConnell5 ft 9 in(1.75 m)Jr Fremd Palatine, IL
G/F 13Mikaala Shackelford5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)RS So Hopkins Plymouth, MN
G 15Kyley Simmons5 ft 7 in(1.7 m)RS Sr Lewis Central Council Bluffs, IA
G 21Brooke Kissinger5 ft 7 in(1.7 m)So Minden Minden, NE
G 23Jaelyne Kirkpatrick5 ft 7 in(1.7 m)Fr St. Ignatius of Loyola Oakville, ON
G 25Kennedy Cattenhead5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)RS So Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL
C 32Chatrice White6 ft 3 in(1.91 m)So Shelby Shelby, NE
F 35Alex Wittinger6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)FrDelano Delano, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm
Indianapolis W 95–36 
Parkland College  
Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
Chicago State W 67–36 1–0
Parkland College (1,001)
Champaign, IL
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm
Ohio W 62–53 2–0
Parkland College (983)
Champaign, IL
11/21/2015*
2:00 pm
Tennessee–Martin W 94–74 3–0
Parkland College (907)
Champaign, IL
11/24/2015*
7:00 pm
Tennessee State W 98–43 4–0
Parkland College (952)
Champaign, IL
12/02/2015*
6:00 pm,  ESPN3
at  Miami (FL)
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 64–73 4–1
BankUnited Center  (910)
Coral Gables, FL
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm
Lehigh W 76–67 5–1
State Farm Center  (1,800)
Champaign, IL
12/08/2015*
7:00 pm
Southern Illinois W 78–64 6–1
State Farm Center (1,317)
Champaign, IL
12/12/2015*
7:00 pm
Central Michigan W 74–69 7–1
State Farm Center (1,557)
Champaign, IL
12/19/2015*
2:00 pm
at  Memphis L 75–81 7–2
Elma Roane Fieldhouse  (593)
Memphis, TN
12/22/2015*
7:00 pm
South Dakota L 76–85 7–3
State Farm Center (1,573)
Champaign, IL
12/28/2015*
2:00 pm
George Washington L 57–70 7–4
State Farm Center (1,514)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015
2:00 pm
No. 6  Maryland L 63–79 7–5 (0–1)
State Farm Center (1,716)
Champaign, IL
01/03/2016
1:00 pm
at  Purdue L 65–69 7–6 (0–2)
Mackey Arena  (6,374)
West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2016
8:00 pm,  BTN
Minnesota L 75–106 7–7 (0–3)
State Farm Center (1,263)
Champaign, IL
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
at  Nebraska L 57–73 7–8 (0–4)
Pinnacle Bank Arena  (6,222)
Lincoln, NE
01/13/2016
6:00 pm
at  Rutgers L 54–67 7–9 (0–5)
Louis Brown Athletic Center  (1,829)
Piscataway, NJ
01/17/2016
2:00 pm
Wisconsin W 71–65 8–9 (1–5)
State Farm Center (1,857)
Champaign, IL
01/20/2016
6:00 pm
at  Indiana L 66–68 8–10 (1–6)
Assembly Hall  (2,202)
Bloomington, IN
01/23/2016
2:00 pm
Penn State L 56–65 8–11 (1–7)
State Farm Center (3,776)
Champaign, IL
01/26/2016
8:00 pm, BTN
at MinnesotaL 77–82 8–12 (1–8)
Williams Arena  (2,618)
Minneapolis, MN
02/01/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 7  Ohio State L 70–80 8–13 (1–9)
State Farm Center (1,517)
Champaign, IL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
Northwestern L 69–79 8–14 (1–10)
State Farm Center (1,331)
Champaign, IL
02/07/2016
1:00 pm
at  Michigan L 83–96 8–15 (1–11)
Crisler Center  (2,509)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/10/2016
7:00 pm
IndianaL 68–80 8–16 (1–12)
State Farm Center (1,622)
Champaign, IL
02/13/2016
5:00 pm, BTN
RutgersL 56–63 8–17 (1–13)
State Farm Center (2,450)
Champaign, IL
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
at WisconsinW 76–56 9–17 (2–13)
Kohl Center  (3,448)
Madison, WI
02/21/2016
1:00 pm
at No. 5 Ohio StateL 74–117 9–18 (2–14)
Value City Arena  (8,247)
Columbus, OH
02/24/2016
7:00 pm
No. 20  Michigan State L 43–71 9–19 (2–15)
State Farm Center (1,395)
Champaign, IL
02/27/2016
5:00 pm, BTN
at  Iowa L 56–61 9–20 (2–16)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena  (4,610)
Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/02/2016
3:00 pm, BTN
vs. Penn State
First Round
L 66–75 9–21
Bankers Life Fieldhouse  
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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