2015–16 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

2015–16 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
2015–16 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
Lehigh Christmas City Classic Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	20–12 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Harry Perretta (38th season);
Assistant coaches	Joe Mullaney; Laura Kurz; Shanette Lee;
Home arena	The Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 DePaul*	16	–	2	.889	27	–	9	.750
Seton Hall	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Villanova	12	–	6	.667	20	–	12	.625
St. John's †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Georgetown	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Marquette	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Xavier	8	–	10	.444	17	–	13	.567
Creighton	8	–	10	.444	17	–	18	.486
Butler	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Providence	1	–	17	.056	5	–	24	.172


† 2016 Big East Basketball Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 26, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by thirty-eighth year head coach Harry Perretta, played their games at The Pavilion and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Creighton. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Liberty in the first round before losing to Bucknell in the second.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Bridget Herlihy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Braintree	Braintree, MA
G	2	Alex Louin (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Mount St. Joseph Academy	Doylestown, PA
G	4	Karlie Crispin	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Pitman	Pitman, NJ
G	5	Caroline Coyer	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Oakton	Oak Hill, VA
G	10	Katherine Coyer	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Oakton	Oak Hill, VA
G	11	Jordan Dillard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Decatur	Conyers, GA
C	12	Megan Quinn	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Episcopal Academy	Berwyn, PA
F	20	Kate Brunori	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Hilton Head Prep	Hilton Head, SC
G/F	21	Jannah Tucker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	New Town	Baltimore, MD
G	22	Kendall Burton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Newton South	Newton Highlands, MA
F	25	Brandi Teague	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	American Heritage	Davie, FL
G	31	Adrianna Hahn	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Ursuline Academy	Wilmington, DE
F	32	Samantha Wilkes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Immaculate Heart Academy	Fair Lawn, NJ
F	35	Kavunaa Edwards	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Pickerington North	Pickerington, OH
G	45	Grace Stant	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Rumson Fair Haven	Fair Haven, NJ

Head coach

Harry Perretta (Lycoming)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Mullaney (Providence)
Laura Kurz (Villanova)
Shanette Lee (Villanova)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR

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

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm	Bloomsburg	W 78–51		The Pavilion (409) Villanova, PA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	at NC State	L 64–70	0–1	PNC Arena (1,211) Raleigh, NC
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm	Loyola (MD)	W 67–55	1–1	The Pavilion (809) Villanova, PA
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm	Saint Joseph's	W 55–49	2–1	The Pavilion (1,151) Villanova, PA
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm	vs. Drexel Lehigh Christmas City Classic semifinals	W 67–55	3–1	Stabler Arena (473) Bethlehem, PA
11/29/2015* 2:30 pm	at Lehigh Lehigh Christmas City Classic championship	W 65–44	4–1	Stabler Arena (652) Bethlehem, PA
12/02/2015* 5:00 pm	at Temple	L 55–61	4–2	McGonigle Hall (725) Philadelphia, PA
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm	vs. Sacramento State Cal Classic semifinals	W 78–54	5–2	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
12/06/2015* 6:00 pm	vs. Saint Mary's Cal Classic championship	L 60–67	5–3	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm	at George Washington	L 70–78	5–4	Charles E. Smith Center (976) Washington, D.C.
12/20/2015* 1:00 pm	at La Salle	W 67–56	6–4	Tom Gola Arena (278) Philadelphia, PA
Big East regular season
12/29/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN	at Butler	W 57–45	7–4 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (530) Indianapolis, IN
12/31/2015 2:00 pm, BEDN	at Xavier	L 67–74 ^OT	7–5 (1–1)	Cintas Center (918) Cincinnati, OH
01/03/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN	Providence	W 67–39	8–5 (2–1)	The Pavilion (1,141) Villanova, PA
01/05/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN	Creighton	L 62–65	8–6 (2–2)	The Pavilion (509) Villanova, PA
01/08/2016 8:00 pm, BEDN	at Marquette	W 82–75	9–6 (3–2)	Al McGuire Center (1,257) Milwaukee, WI
01/10/2016 4:00 pm, CBSSN	at No. 24 DePaul	W 64–60	10–6 (4–2)	Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,044) Chicago, IL
01/15/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN	Seton Hall	W 55–45	11–6 (5–2)	The Pavilion (909) Villanova, PA
01/17/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN	St. John's	W 58–54	12–6 (6–2)	The Pavilion (1,059) Villanova, PA
01/24/2016 1:00 pm, FS2	Georgetown	L 51–57	12–7 (6–3)	The Pavilion (335) Villanova, PA
01/26/2016* 7:00 pm	Penn	W 66–46	13–7	The Pavilion (809) Villanova, PA
01/29/2016 8:00 pm, FS1	at Creighton	L 48–53	13–8 (6–4)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,327) Omaha, NE
01/31/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN	at Providence	W 76–47	14–8 (7–4)	Alumni Hall (352) Providence, RI
02/05/2016 11:30 am, BEDN	DePaul	L 47–75	14–9 (7–5)	The Pavilion (641) Villanova, PA
02/07/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN	Marquette	W 81–60	15–9 (8–5)	The Pavilion (1,009) Villanova, PA
02/12/2016 8:00 pm, FS1	at St. John's	W 71–59	16–9 (9–5)	Carnesecca Arena (2,951) Queens, NY
02/14/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN	at Seton Hall	L 50–60	16–10 (9–6)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,231) South Orange, NJ
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, BEDN	at Georgetown	W 63–60	17–10 (10–6)	McDonough Gymnasium (1,109) Washington, D.C.
02/26/2016 9:00 pm, FS1	Xavier	W 58–55	18–10 (11–6)	The Pavilion (541) Villanova, PA
02/28/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN	Butler	W 66–46	19–10 (12–6)	The Pavilion (901) Villanova, PA
Big East Women's Tournament
03/06/2016 1:00 pm, FS2	vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	L 48–57	19–11	McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm	Liberty First Round	W 67–51	20–11	The Pavilion (305) Villanova, PA
03/19/2016* 6:00 pm	Hofstra Second Round	L 74–82	20–12	The Pavilion (327) Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "Villanova Women's Basketball Official Schedule - Villanova University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

[1] "Villanova Women's Basketball Official Schedule - Villanova University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

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v t e Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Jake Nevin Field House (1969–1986, 2017–18) Finneran Pavilion (1986–2017, 2018–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	Will D. Cat City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 "V for Villanova"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 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

Rankings

Schedule

See also

References