2015–16 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team

2015–16 Memphis Tigers women's basketball
2015–16 Memphis Tigers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	18–13 (12–6 The American)
Head coach	Melissa McFerrin (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Darryl Brown; Erin Grant; Jessica Bogia;
Home arena	Elma Roane Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

The 2015–16 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team represented the University of Memphis during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the third for the Tigers as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers, led by eighth year head coach Melissa McFerrin, played their home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. They finished the season 18–13, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to Tulane. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Tennessee–Martin in the first round.

Media

All Tigers home games will have a radio broadcast live on WUMR. Video streaming for all home games will be available on the Memphis Tiger Network, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. 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 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Breigha Wilder-Cochran	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Hoover	Hoover, AL
G	2	Loysha Morris	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Downsview Garden City CC	Toronto, ON
G	3	Taylor Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Bishop Ward	Kansas City, KS
G	4	Ariel Hearn	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Arlington	Memphis, TN
G	5	Brea Elmore	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Redan	Stone Mountain, GA
F	10	Cheyenne Creighton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Blessed Pope John Paul II	Pickering, ON
G	11	Amber Holmes	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Overton	Memphis, TN
F	21	Asianna Fuqua-Bey	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Marist	Chicago, IL
G	22	Alexis Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Westside HS Hissborough CC	Macon, GA
G	24	Mooriah Rowser	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	St. John's College	Rockville, MD
C	25	Brianna Porter	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	University School of Nashville	Nashville, TN
F	33	Brianna Wright	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Greenville-Weston Chipola College	Greenville, MS
F	33	Ashia Jones (I)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Covington Tennessee–Martin	Covington, TN
G	40	Damonique Miller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	Joe T. Robinson	Little Rock, AR
F	44	Milena Bajic	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	None	Podgorica, Montenegro

Head coach

Melissa McFerrin (Missouri)

Assistant coach(es)

Darryl Brown (Temple)
Erin Grant (Texas Tech)
Jessica Bogia (Lafayette)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm	Harding	W 82–51		Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	Jacksonville State	W 70–55	1–0	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (757) Memphis, TN
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm	Eastern Illinois	W 80–49	2–0	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (412) Memphis, TN
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Kansas	L 63–72	2–1	Allen Fieldhouse (1,823) Lawrence, KS
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	Georgetown	W 57–53	3–1	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (579) Memphis, TN
11/27/2015* 5:15 pm	at Arkansas–Little Rock	L 53–61	3–2	Jack Stephens Center (972) Little Rock, AR
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	Southern Illinois	W 61–58	4–2	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (472) Memphis, TN
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm	Saint Louis	L 57–63	4–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (588) Memphis, TN
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm	George Washington	L 62–68	4–4	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (781) Memphis, TN
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm	at Minnesota	L 60–70	4–5	Williams Arena (3,226) Minneapolis, MN
12/15/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3	at Central Michigan	W 64–61	5–5	McGuirk Arena (3,000) Mount Pleasant, MI
12/19/2015* 2:00 pm	Illinois	W 81–75	6–5	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (593) Memphis, TN
AAC regular season
12/30/2015 6:00 pm	at Temple	L 58–82	6–6 (0–1)	McGonigle Hall (1,177) Philadelphia, PA
01/03/2016 4:00 pm, ESPNU	Tulane	W 83–67	7–6 (1–1)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (631) Memphis, TN
01/05/2016 5:00 pm	Houston	W 74–57	8–6 (2–1)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (326) Memphis, TN
01/07/2016 6:00 pm	at Cincinnati	W 64–47	9–6 (3–1)	Fifth Third Arena (373) Cincinnati, OH
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ADN	Tulsa	L 59–65	9–7 (3–2)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (812) Memphis, TN
01/13/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY	No. 1 Connecticut	L 46–86	9–8 (3–3)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,342) Memphis, TN
01/16/2016 2:00 pm	at SMU	L 49–58	9–9 (3–4)	Moody Coliseum (743) Dallas, TX
01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 15 South Florida	W 88–87 ^OT	10–9 (4–4)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (684) Memphis, TN
01/23/2016 2:00 pm	at Tulsa	W 69–58	11–9 (5–4)	Reynolds Center (332) Tulsa, OK
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	UCF	W 75–59	12–9 (6–4)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (413) Memphis, TN
01/30/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3/SNY	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 40–83	12–10 (6–5)	XL Center (12,047) Hartford, CT
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Cincinnati	W 54–51	13–10 (7–5)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,789) Memphis, TN
02/10/2016 6:00 pm	at UCF	W 69–52	14–10 (8–5)	CFE Arena (538) Orlando, FL
02/13/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at East Carolina	W 79–78 ^OT	15–10 (9–5)	Williams Arena (2,169) Greenville, NC
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	Temple	W 100–97 ^5OT	16–10 (10–5)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,521) Memphis, TN
02/21/2016 11:00 am, ESPNU	at No. 19 South Florida	L 82–97	16–11 (10–6)	USF Sun Dome (2,236) Tampa, FL
02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ADN	East Carolina	W 93–83 ^OT	17–11 (11–6)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,617) Memphis, TN
02/29/2016 7:00 pm	at Houston	W 77–64	18–11 (12–6)	Hofheinz Pavilion (336) Houston, TX
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3	vs. Tulane Quarterfinals	L 64–70	18–12	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,033) Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm	Tennessee–Martin First Round	L 73–79	18–13	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,253) Memphis, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "University of Memphis Athletics". University of Memphis.

[1] "University of Memphis Athletics". University of Memphis.

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v t e Memphis Tigers women's basketball
Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1936, 1972–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Louisville
Culture & lore	Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–72 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

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References