2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	13–18 (3–15 Big 12)
Head coach	Candi Whitaker (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Matt Corkery; Brandi Poole; Ray Caldwell;
Home arena	United Supermarkets Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Baylor †	17	–	1	.944	36	–	2	.947
No. 6 Texas	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 22 West Virginia	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Oklahoma State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	13	.594
TCU	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Iowa State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Texas Tech	3	–	15	.167	13	–	18	.419
Kansas	0	–	18	.000	6	–	25	.194

† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

The 2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Candi Whitaker's third season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 13–18, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Baylor.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	Final
AP
Coaches

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

2015–16 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

Roster

2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Brielle Blaire	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Terra Nova Virginia Tech	Salisbury, NC
G	2	Ivonne Cook-Taylor	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Terra Nova	San Francisco, CA
G	3	Minta Spears	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Bullard UCLA	Bullard, TX
G	4	Ryann Bowser	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Holton Highland CC	Holton, KS
G	5	Larryn Brooks	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Madison Central Indiana	Richmond, KY
G	11	Rayven Brooks	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	San Ramon Dougherty Chipola College	Oakland, CA
C	12	Jada Terry	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Cedar Hill Texas A&M	Cedar Hill, TX
G	24	Japreece Dean	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Vista Ridge	Cedar Park, TX
C	25	Leashja Grant	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Sunrise Christian Academy Trinity Valley CC	Nassau, BS
F	30	Zuri Sanders	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Evansville Central	Evansville, IN
G/F	32	Dayo Olabode	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Mansfield Timberview	Arlington, TX
F	34	Paige Parliament	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Brock Abilene Christian	Brock, TX
F	35	Jamie Roe	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Tuba City Central Arizona College	Tuba City, AZ
C	42	Ionna McKenzie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Dr. Phillips	Gotha, FL

Head coach

Candi Whitaker (Valparaiso)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Corkery (West Texas A&M)
Brett Schneider (West Virginia Wesleyan)
Ray Caldwell (Chapman)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-14

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm	Eastern New Mexico	W 77–43		United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 11:00 am	Niagara	W 79–45	1–0	United Supermarkets Arena (5,542) Lubbock, TX
11/21/2015* 6:30 pm, FSSW+	Southeastern Louisiana	W 113–51	2–0	United Supermarkets Arena (3,623) Lubbock, TX
11/24/2015* 6:30 pm	Idaho State	W 79–64	3–0	United Supermarkets Arena (2,917) Lubbock, TX
11/27/2015* 6:30 pm	vs. Fordham South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 62–48	4–0	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015* 8:45 pm	vs. Washington South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 73–77	4–1	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015* 5:30 pm	Abilene Christian	W 71–65	5–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX
12/09/2015* 5:30 pm	Idaho	W 78–62	6–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,194) Lubbock, TX
12/12/2015* 4:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Santa Clara	L 70–75	6–2	Leavey Center (252) Santa Clara, CA
12/14/2015* 6:30 pm	Incarnate Word	W 70–55	7–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,096) Lubbock, TX
12/18/2015* 6:30 pm	Grambling State	W 70–55	8–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,707) Lubbock, TX
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm, FSSW+	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 84–40	9–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,398) Lubbock, TX
Big 12 regular season
12/30/2015 6:30 pm, FSSW+	TCU	L 69–78	9–3 (0–1)	United Supermarkets Arena (1,835) Lubbock, TX
01/02/2016 7:00 pm, LHN	at No. 5 Texas	L 62–86	9–4 (0–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,668) Lubbock, TX
01/06/2016 6:30 pm	Oklahoma State	L 46–69	9–5 (0–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,121) Lubbock, TX
01/09/2016 6:00 pm	at West Virginia	L 57–79	9–6 (0–4)	WVU Coliseum (2,471) Morgantown, WV
01/13/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW+	at TCU	L 48–69	9–7 (0–5)	Schollmaier Arena (1,696) Fort Worth, TX
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW	Iowa State	W 69–66 ^OT	10–7 (1–5)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,108) Lubbock, TX
01/20/2016 10:30 am, FSSW	at No. 19 Oklahoma	L 53–92	10–8 (1–6)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW+	Kansas State	L 53–65	10–9 (1–7)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,528) Lubbock, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW	at No. 4 Baylor	L 43–69	10–10 (1–8)	Ferrell Center (6,327) Waco, TX
01/30/2016 5:00 pm, FSSW+	Kansas	W 54–44	11–10 (2–8)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,671) Lubbock, TX
02/02/2016 6:00 pm, FS2	West Virginia	L 42–69	11–11 (2–9)	United Supermarkets Arena (2,842) Lubbock, TX
02/07/2016 1:30 pm, FSN	at No. 25 Oklahoma State	L 57–70	11–12 (2–10)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,567) Stillwater, OK
02/13/2016 2:00 pm	No. 4 Baylor	L 36–66	11–13 (2–11)	United Supermarkets Arena (6,565) Lubbock, TX
02/17/2016 7:00 pm	at Iowa State	L 48–77	11–14 (2–12)	Hilton Coliseum (10,568) Ames, IA
02/21/2016 2:00 pm, FCS	at Kansas State	L 53–65	11–15 (2–13)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,899) Manhattan, KS
02/24/2016 6:30 pm, FSSW+	No. 8 Texas	L 55–76	11–16 (2–14)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,555) Lubbock, TX
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, JTV/ESPN3	at Kansas	W 69–58	12–16 (3–14)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,432) Lawrence, KS
03/01/2016 6:30 pm	No. 24 Oklahoma	L 60–70	12–17 (3–15)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,116) Lubbock, TX
Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, FCS	vs. Iowa State First Round	W 89–84	13–17	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2016 1:30 pm, FSN	vs. No. 4 Baylor Quarterfinals	L 51–82	13–18	Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,527) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "TEXASTECH.COM - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "TEXASTECH.COM - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

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