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2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

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2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record18–14 (5–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kim Rosamond
  • Ashley Earley
  • Wendale Farrow
Home arenaMemorial Gymnasium
Seasons
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina 16 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 15 Mississippi State 11 5   .688 28 8   .778
No. 18 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 22 10   .688
No. 12 Kentucky 10 6   .625 25 8   .758
No. 25 Florida 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
Georgia 9 7   .563 21 10   .677
Missouri 8 8   .500 22 10   .688
Tennessee 8 8   .500 22 14   .611
Auburn 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Arkansas 7 9   .438 12 18   .400
Vanderbilt 5 11   .313 18 14   .563
Alabama 4 12   .250 15 16   .484
LSU 3 13   .188 10 21   .323
Ole Miss 2 14   .125 10 20   .333
2016 SEC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Melanie Balcomb, in her fourteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State.

On April 27, it was announced that Melanie Balcomb has resigned her position. She finished at Vanderbilt with a 14-year record of 310–149.

Roster

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2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Rebekah Dahlman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Braham Area Braham, MN
G 3 Rachel Bell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Creek Wood Cumberland Furnace, TN
G 12 Myka Dancy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Antioch Antioch, TN
G 15 Jasmine Jenkins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr East Hall Gainesville, GA
F 22 Marqu'es Webb 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Hoover Hoover, AL
G 23 Minta Spears 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Bullard
Texas Tech
Bullard, TX
F 24 Kristen Gaffney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Green Hope Cary, NC
G 25 Morgan Batey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Pace Academy Atlanta, GA
G 33 Christa Reed 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Bay Bay St. Louis, MS
C 35 Kendall Shaw 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr Barbers Hill Mont Belvieu, TX
F 44 Rayte'a Long 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Chaminade Dayton, OH
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# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
3:00 pm
Clayton State W 96–32 
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 89–39  1–0
Memorial Gymnasium (2,264)
Nashville, TN
11/18/2015*
6:00 pm
at Dayton L 56–81  1–1
UD Arena (1,637)
Dayton, OH
11/21/2015*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Green Bay L 56–58  1–2
Kress Events Center (2,351)
Green Bay, WI
11/23/2015*
11:30 am
Presbyterian W 56–38  2–2
Memorial Gymnasium (5,351)
Nashville, TN
11/27/2015*
12:00 pm
Austin Peay
Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals
W 73–56  3–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,447)
Nashville, TN
11/28/2015*
2:30 pm
Ohio
Thanksgiving Tournament championship
W 62–59  4–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,462)
Nashville, TN
11/30/2015*
8:00 pm, SECN
Air Force W 86–29  5–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,213)
Nashville, TN
12/03/2015*
6:00 pm
at Drexel W 74–64  6–2
Daskalakis Athletic Center (539)
Philadelphia, PA
12/05/2015*
1:00 pm
East Tennessee State W 65–39  7–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,264)
Nashville, TN
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm
Troy W 97–43  8–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,528)
Nashville, TN
12/21/2015*
12:00 pm
Tennessee–Martin W 64–61  9–2
Memorial Gymnasium (2,574)
Nashville, TN
12/29/2015*
3:00 pm
vs. New Mexico State
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals
W 71–45  10–2
Rose Hill Gymnasium (832)
Bronx, NY
12/30/2015*
2:30 pm
at Fordham
Fordham Holiday Classic championship
W 53–40  11–2
Rose Hill Gymnasium (622)
Bronx, NY
SEC regular season
01/03/2016
2:00 pm
at Ole Miss L 52–55  11–3 (0–1)
Tad Smith Coliseum (1,283)
Oxford, MS
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 2 South Carolina L 61–71  11–4 (0–2)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,547)
Nashville, TN
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
at Alabama W 54–48  12–4 (1–2)
Foster Auditorium (3,023)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/14/2016
7:00 pm
LSU W 58–42  13–4 (2–2)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,332)
Nashville, TN
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, SECN
at No. 18 Tennessee
Rivalry
L 49–58  13–5 (2–3)
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,159)
Knoxville, TN
01/25/2016
6:00 pm, SECN
Alabama W 67–52  14–5 (3–3)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,961)
Nashville, TN
01/28/2016
6:00 pm
at No. 12 Kentucky W 71–69  15–5 (4–3)
Memorial Coliseum (5,193)
Lexington, KY
01/31/2016
2:00 pm
Georgia L 58–64  15–6 (4–4)
Memorial Gymnasium (3,111)
Nashville, TN
02/04/2016
6:00 pm
at Auburn L 45–53  15–7 (4–5)
Auburn Arena (2,176)
Auburn, AL
02/08/2016
6:00 pm
at Arkansas L 56–57  15–8 (4–6)
Bud Walton Arena (1,946)
Fayetteville, AR
02/11/2016
8:00 pm, SECN
No. 25 Tennessee
Rivalry
L 51–69  15–9 (4–7)
Memorial Gymnasium (4,980)
Nashville, TN
02/14/2016
3:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 Kentucky L 55–71  15–10 (4–8)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
02/18/2016
6:00 pm
at No. 22 Florida L 67–79  15–11 (4–9)
O'Connell Center (1,439)
Gainesville, FL
02/21/2016
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 12 Texas A&M L 63–75  15–12 (4–10)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,975)
Nashville, TN
02/25/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 Mississippi State L 61–66  15–13 (4–11)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,466)
Nashville, TN
02/28/2016
1:00 pm, SECN
at No. 24 Missouri W 56–52  16–13 (5–11)
Mizzou Arena (5,998)
Columbia, MO
SEC Women's Tournament
03/02/2016
12:30 pm, SECN
vs. Ole Miss
First Round
W 74–59  17–13
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 
Jacksonville, FL
03/03/2016
7:30 pm, SECN
vs. Georgia
Second Round
W 54–49 OT 18–13
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,094)
Jacksonville, FL
03/04/2016
7:30 pm, SECN
vs. No. 16 Mississippi State
Quarterfinals
L 46–63  18–14
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214)
Jacksonville, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2015.