2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team

2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball
2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball
A-10 Regular Season Co-Champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	26–8 (13–3 A-10)
Head coach	Lisa Stone (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Geary; Glenn Box; Jordann Plummer;
Home arena	Chaifetz Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Duquesne	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
George Washington †	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
Saint Louis	13	–	3	.813	26	–	8	.765
St. Bonaventure	12	–	4	.750	24	–	8	.750
VCU	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8	.500	14	–	15	.483
Fordham	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Dayton	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
George Mason	6	–	10	.375	12	–	19	.387
Richmond	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Rhode Island	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
UMass	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
Davidson	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
La Salle	2	–	14	.125	5	–	25	.167


† 2016 A10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team represented the Saint Louis University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Billikens, led by fourth year head coach Lisa Stone, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Chaifetz Arena. They finished the season 26–8, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquesne and George Washington. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost to Duquesne. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Arkansas–Little Rock and Ball State in the first and second round before losing to WKU in the third round.

2015–16 media

All non-televised Billikens home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network.

Roster

2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Jackie Kemph	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Rolling Meadows	Arlington Heights, IL
G	4	Kerri McMahan (I)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Novi Akron	Novi, MI
G	5	Aaliyah Covington	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Edwardsville	Edwardsville, IL
F	10	Jenny Vliet	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Rolling Meadows	Arlington Heights, IL
G	11	Jamesia Price	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Blue Springs	Blue Springs, MO
F	12	Olivia Jakubicek	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Cary-Grove	Cary, IL
G	15	Paige Rakers (I)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Carlyle Michigan	Carlyle, IL
G	20	Jordyn Frantz	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	NorthWood	Wakarusa, IN
G	24	Jasmin Samz	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Wausaw West	Wausau, WI
F	33	Erin Nelson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	St. Joseph's	Ballwin, MO
F	34	Denisha Womack	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Peoria Central	Peoria, IL
C	40	Sadie Stipanovich	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Westminster Christian Academy	St. Louis, MO
F	42	Maddison Gits	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Oregon	Fitchburg, WI
C	45	Tara Dusharm	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Foley	Foley, MN
F	55	Shea Shipman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Olathe Northwest	Olathe, KS

Head coach

Lisa Stone (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Geary (Aquinas (MI))
Glenn Box (Southeast Missouri State)
Jordann Plummer (Drake)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015* 7:00 pm	Harris–Stowe	W 107–31		Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 3:00 pm	Southeast Missouri State	W 67–52	1–0	Chaifetz Arena (704) St. Louis, MO
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm	Tulsa	W 82–73	2–0	Chaifetz Arena (225) St. Louis, MO
11/22/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at Mercer	W 68–60	3–0	Hawkins Arena (427) Macon, GA
11/25/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	W 62–52	4–0	Hulman Center (1,493) Terre Haute, IN
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm	Eastern Illinois	W 78–47	5–0	Chaifetz Arena (388) St. Louis, MO
11/30/2015* 3:00 pm	Missouri–St. Louis	W 67–31	6–0	Chaifetz Arena (228) St. Louis, MO
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm	at Memphis	W 63–57	7–0	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (588) Memphis, TN
12/07/2015* 7:00 pm	at SIU Edwardsville	L 64–71	7–1	Vadalabene Center (858) Edwardsville, IL
12/18/2015* 7:00 pm	at Alabama A&M	W 91–60	8–1	Elmore Gymnasium (110) Huntsville, AL
12/20/2015* 3:00 pm	vs. Cleveland State Tulane Classic semifinals	W 76–65	9–1	Devlin Fieldhouse (113) New Orleans, LA
12/21/2015* 5:00 pm	at Tulane Tulane Classic championship	L 58–66	9–2	Devlin Fieldhouse (723) New Orleans, LA
12/28/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Ball State	L 70–79	9–3	John E. Worthen Arena (958) Muncie, IN
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm	Bradley	W 75–58	10–3	Chaifetz Arena (1,513) St. Louis, MO
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/02/2015 1:00 pm	George Mason	L 63–73 ^OT	10–4 (0–1)	Chaifetz Arena (1,007) St. Louis, MO
01/07/2015 6:00 pm	at VCU	W 77–72	11–4 (1–1)	Siegel Center (382) Richmond, VA
01/10/2015 1:00 pm	at Davidson	W 79–50	12–4 (2–1)	John M. Belk Arena (389) Davidson, NC
01/13/2015 7:00 pm	Massachusetts	W 69–49	13–4 (3–1)	Chaifetz Arena (203) St. Louis, MO
01/16/2015 7:00 pm	Dayton	W 70–56	14–4 (4–1)	Chaifetz Arena (9,985) St. Louis, MO
01/20/2015 6:00 pm	at Saint Joseph's	W 77–66	15–4 (5–1)	Hagan Arena (337) Philadelphia, PA
01/23/2015 7:00 pm	La Salle	W 79–70	16–4 (6–1)	Chaifetz Arena (750) St. Louis, MO
01/28/2015 6:00 pm	at George Mason	W 61–50	17–4 (7–1)	EagleBank Arena (502) Fairfax, VA
01/31/2015 1:00 pm	at George Washington	L 80–89	17–5 (7–2)	Charles E. Smith Center (781) Washington, D.C.
02/03/2015 11:00 am	Richmond	W 73–48	18–5 (8–2)	Chaifetz Arena (4,011) St. Louis, MO
02/10/2015 6:00 pm	at St. Bonaventure	L 59–80	18–6 (8–3)	Reilly Center (987) Olean, NY
02/15/2015 11:00 am, NBCSN	Davidson	W 88–51	19–6 (9–3)	Chaifetz Arena (2,084) St. Louis, MO
02/18/2015 7:00 pm	Duquesne	W 84–81	20–6 (10–3)	Chaifetz Arena (837) St. Louis, MO
02/21/2015 1:00 pm	at Fordham	W 51–49	21–6 (11–3)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (522) Bronx, NY
02/24/2015 6:00 pm	at Dayton	W 55–52	22–6 (12–3)	UD Arena (1,689) Dayton, OH
02/27/2015 2:00 pm	Rhode Island	W 77–60	23–6 (13–3)	Chaifetz Arena (3,038) St. Louis, MO
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/04/2016 3:30 pm, ASN	vs. Rhode Island Quarterfinals	W 70–59	24–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
03/05/2016 12:30 pm, CBSSN	vs. Duquesne Semifinals	L 52–56	24–7	Richmond Coliseum (1,335) Richmond, VA
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm	Arkansas–Little Rock First Round	W 70–69	25–7	Chaifetz Arena (1,051) St. Louis, MO
03/21/2016* 7:00 pm	Ball State Second Round	W 59–57	26–7	Chaifetz Arena (1,430) St. Louis, MO
03/25/2016* 7:00 pm	WKU Third Round	L 76–78 ^OT	26–8	Chaifetz Arena (1,754) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "Women's Basketball".

[1] "Women's Basketball".

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v t e Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball
Venues	Kiel Auditorium (1975–1978; 1982–1991) St. Louis Arena (1978–1982; 1991–1994) Scottrade Center (1994–2008) Chaifetz Arena (2008–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2024–25

2015–16 media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References