2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–11 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Nikki West; Gene Hill; Lindsay Edmonds;
Home arena	Broughton HS; PNC Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1	.938	26	–	8	.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	8	.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
NC State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Duke	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	15	–	16	.484
Clemson	0	–	16	.000	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by third-year head coach Wes Moore, played their home games at Needham B. Broughton High School with 2 games at PNC Arena due to renovations at Reynolds Coliseum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 10–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Syracuse. Despite having 20 wins and being projected as a tournament team, they were not invited to the NCAA tournament, the team voted not to accept an invitation to the WNIT.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Camille Anderson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, GA
G	2	Kaila Ealey	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Needham Broughton	Raleigh, NC
G	3	Miah Spencer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Columbia	Decatur, GA
G	4	Ashley Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Green Hope	Cary, NC
F	5	Chelsea Nelson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	John Overton	Antioch, TN
G/F	10	Ashley Eli	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Summit	Mansfield, TX
F	11	Jennifer Mathurin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Champlain College State Lambert	Montreal, Quebec
C	15	Sara Boric	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	Tehnicka Skola	Banja Luka, Bosnia
G	21	DD Rodgers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Myers Park	Charlotte, NC
G	22	Dominique Wilson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	McEachern Arkansas	Powder Springs, GA
G	23	Amber Richardson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Southeast Raleigh	Garner, NC
F	24	Lena Niang	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Rivedale Baptist	Bowie, MD
F/C	25	Carlee Schuhmacher	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Watertown Des Moines Area CC	Watertown, WI
G	30	Kaley Moser	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Williams	Burlington, NC
C	32	Akela Maize	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	New Hope Christian Academy	Greensboro, NC
C	44	Nae Nae Cole	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Paul IV	Gainesville, VA

Head coach

Wes Moore (NC State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Media

WKNC acts as the home for Wolfpack women's basketball. Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale provide the call for the games. ESPN and the ACC RSN will televise select Wolfpack games during the season. All non-televised home conference games will be shown on ESPN3 using the radio broadcasters for the call.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 12:00 pm	Wingate	W 72–37		Broughton HS (566) Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	Villanova	W 70–64	1–0	PNC Arena (1,211) Raleigh, NC
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm	High Point	W 89–48	2–0	Broughton HS (1,073) Raleigh, NC
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Radford	W 67–52	3–0	PNC Arena (1,003) Raleigh, NC
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Liberty	W 61–53	4–0	Vines Center (1,133) Lynchburg, VA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	Davidson	W 58–42	5–0	Broughton HS (1,408) Raleigh, NC
11/26/2015* 6:30 pm	vs. Seton Hall Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 55–58	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 4:00 pm	vs. UAB Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 67–56	6–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/03/2015* 8:00 pm	at Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 67–88	6–2	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,151) Lincoln, NE
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm	Charlotte	W 72–65	7–2	Broughton HS (1,224) Raleigh, NC
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm	Elon	L 66–69	7–3	Broughton HS (1,476) Raleigh, NC
12/16/2015* 7:30 pm	Western Carolina	W 86–55	8–3	Broughton HS (1,040) Raleigh, NC
12/20/2015* 12:00 pm	vs. Eastern Kentucky Gator Holiday Classic semifinals	W 73–62	9–3	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
12/21/2015* 2:30 pm	at Florida Gator Holiday Classic championship	L 72–79	9–4	O'Connell Center (1,053) Gainesville, FL
ACC regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 22 Miami (FL)	L 44–73	9–5 (0–1)	BankUnited Center (857) Coral Gables, FL
01/03/2016 2:00 pm	at Wake Forest	W 64–47	10–5 (1–1)	Broughton HS (2,065) Raleigh, NC
01/07/2016 7:30 pm	Georgia Tech	W 65–57	11–5 (2–1)	Broughton HS (1,052) Raleigh, NC
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, RSN	at Pittsburgh	W 78–76 ^3OT	12–5 (3–1)	Peterson Events Center (3,015) Pittsburgh, PA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, RSN	at No. 22 Duke	W 65–62	13–5 (4–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,830) Durham, NC
01/17/2016 2:00 pm	No. 23 Louisville	L 90–92	13–6 (4–2)	Broughton HS (2,313) Raleigh, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 pm, RSN	at Virginia Tech	W 72–61	14–6 (5–2)	Cassell Coliseum (1,475) Blacksburg, VA
01/27/2016 7:30 pm	Virginia	W 63–52	15–6 (6–2)	Broughton HS (1,499) Raleigh, NC
01/31/2016 2:00 pm	North Carolina Carolina–State Game	W 78–49	16–6 (7–2)	Broughton HS (2,811) Raleigh, NC
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 46–82	16–7 (7–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,835) South Bend, IN
02/07/2016 3:00 pm, RSN	at Wake Forest	L 58–63	16–8 (7–4)	LJVM Coliseum (701) Winston-Salem, NC
02/11/2016 7:30 pm	Boston College	W 74–63	17–8 (8–4)	Broughton HS (1,639) Raleigh, NC
02/14/2016 2:00 pm	Syracuse	L 52–55	17–9 (8–5)	Broughton HS (2,811) Raleigh, NC
02/21/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2	at North Carolina Carolina–State Game	W 80–66	18–9 (9–5)	Carmichael Arena (3,872) Chapel Hill, NC
02/25/2016 7:30 pm	No. 12 Florida State	L 52–56	18–10 (9–6)	Broughton HS (1,656) Raleigh, NC
02/28/2016 2:00 pm	at Clemson	W 71–57	19–10 (10–6)	Jervey Athletic Center (943) Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 8:00 pm, RSN	vs. Boston College Second Round	W 76–60	20–10	Greensboro Coliseum (3,374) Greensboro, NC
03/04/2016 8:00 pm, RSN	vs. No. 17 Syracuse Quarterfinals	L 61–80	20–11	Greensboro Coliseum (5,034) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". NC State Wolfpack.

[1] "2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". NC State Wolfpack.

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Roster

Media

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References