2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	8–22 (6–12 The Valley)
Head coach	Barb Smith (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Lisa Hayden; Cathy Boswell; Jessica Grayson;
Home arena	Redbird Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Barb Smith, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Evansville.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Colleene Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Cape Coral ASA College	New Haven, CT
F	3	Octavia Crump	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Zion-Benton	Zion, IL
G	5	Brechelle Beachum	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Western Texas College	Mexia, TX
G	11	Morgan Radtke	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Palatine	Palatine, IL
F	12	Millie Stevens	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Sevenoaks Suns (WBBL team)	Surrey, England
G	13	Katrina Beck	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
G	14	Lexie Taylor	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Normal West	Normal, IL
G	22	Shakeela Fowler	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Fr	Milwaukee King	Milwaukee, WI
G	23	Viria Livingston	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
G	32	Taylor Stewart	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Lakeville North	Lakeville, MN
C	34	Kalyn Gebhardt	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Beaver Dam	Beaver Dam, WI

Head coach

Barb Smith (Ohio State)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Hayden (Miami (OH))
Cathy Boswell (Illinois State)
Jessica Grayson (Valdosta 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
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm	Lindenwood	W 71–70		Redbird Arena (637) Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm	at Bowling Green	L 52–70	0–1	Stroh Center (1,469) Bowling Green, OH
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Murray State	W 81–76	1–1	Redbird Arena (707) Normal, IL
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	UIC	L 65–74	1–2	Redbird Arena (534) Normal, IL
11/27/2015* 4:00 pm	at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 51–77	1–3	Convocation Center (234) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 12:00 pm	vs. Nebraska–Omaha UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 56–60	1–4	Convocation Center (159) San Antonio, TX
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	SIU Edwardsville	L 57–65	1–5	Redbird Arena (564) Normal, IL
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm	at No. 23 DePaul	L 41–89	1–6	Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,422) Chicago, IL
12/13/2015* 3:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Northern Illinois MVC vs. MAC Basketball Challenge	L 59–68	1–7	iWireless Center (634) Moline, IL
12/16/2015* 6:00 pm	at Yale	L 47–60	1–8	John J. Lee Amphitheater (129) New Haven, CT
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Chicago State	W 57–53	2–8	Redbird Arena (734) Normal, IL
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Western Illinois	L 64–79	2–9	Redbird Arena (539) Normal, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Missouri State	L 51–73	2–10 (0–1)	Redbird Arena (537) Normal, IL
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 70–49	3–10 (1–1)	Redbird Arena (602) Normal, IL
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 58–63	3–11 (1–2)	Hulman Center (1,786) Terre Haute, IN
01/15/2016 7:00 pm	at Northern Iowa	L 51–65	3–12 (1–3)	McLeod Center (1,207) Cedar Falls, IA
01/17/2016 6:00 pm	at Drake	L 41–76	3–13 (1–4)	Knapp Center (2,413) Des Moines, IA
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 54–49	4–13 (2–4)	Redbird Arena (1,142) Normal, IL
01/24/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	L 41–57	4–14 (2–5)	Redbird Arena (1,313) Normal, IL
01/29/2016 7:00 pm	at Evansville	W 64–57	5–14 (3–5)	Ford Center (512) Evansville, IN
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	L 71–76	5–15 (3–6)	SIU Arena (789) Carbondale, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 73–62	6–15 (4–6)	Redbird Arena (1,240) Normal, IL
02/12/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 58–98	6–16 (4–7)	Redbird Arena (613) Normal, IL
02/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	L 35–61	6–17 (4–8)	Redbird Arena (362) Normal, IL
02/19/2016 7:00 pm	at Loyola-Chicago	L 61–73	6–18 (4–9)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536) Chicago, IL
02/21/2016 2:00 pm	at Bradley	L 38–52	6–19 (4–10)	Renaissance Coliseum (717) Peoria, IL
02/25/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 55–68	6–20 (4–11)	Redbird Arena (572) Normal, IL
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 65–59	7–20 (5–11)	Redbird Arena (925) Normal, IL
03/03/2016 7:00 pm	at Wichita State	W 53–49	8–20 (6–11)	Charles Koch Arena (1,545) Wichita, KS
03/05/2016 2:00 pm	at Missouri State	L 41–70	8–21 (6–12)	JQH Arena (3,748) Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Evansville First Round	L 59–61 ^OT	8–22	iWireless Center Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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v t e Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
Venues	Horton Fieldhouse (1971–1988) CEFCU Arena (1989–present)
Rivalries	Bradley
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule

See also

References