2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represents James Madison University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by fourteenth year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 27–6, 17–1 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title. They also won the CAA Tournament Championship and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. They lost in the first round to DePaul.

2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball
CAA Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	27–6 (17–1 CAA)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Sean O'Regan Jennifer Brown Sarah Williams
Home arena	JMU Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 CAA women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison †	17	–	1		.944			27	–	6		.818
Hofstra	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Drexel	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Elon	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Delaware	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			15	–	16		.484
William & Mary	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
College of Charleston	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
UNC Wilmington	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Towson	3	–	15		.167			7	–	24		.226
† 2016 CAA tournament winner As of March 28, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

On March 28, it was announced that Kenny Brooks has accepted his coaching position at Virginia Tech. He finished at James Madison with a 14-year record of 337–122.

Roster

2015–16 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Elemy Colome 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Proctor Academy Lawrence, Massachusetts F 2 Destiny Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Archbishop McCarthy Miramar, Florida F 4 Tasia Butler 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So North Point Syracuse Waldorf, Maryland G 5 Ashley Pérez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Manchester St. John's Manchester, Connecticut G 12 Precious Hall 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Maclay School Tallahassee, Florida G 13 Logan Reynolds 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Central Norton, Virginia G 14 Hailee Barron 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Rice Burlington, Vermont F/C 15 Amber Porter (I)   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Potomac Stetson Woodbridge, Virginia G 22 Aneah Young 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore G 24 Jazmon Gwathmey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Liberty Bealeton, Virginia C 31 Kayla Cooper-Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr C. D. Hylton Dumfries, Virginia G 32 Angela Mickens 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Robert E. Lee Staunton, Virginia C 40 Da'Lishia Griffin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Western Branch Chesapeake, Virginia F 42 Carley Brew 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Wilson Wyomissing, Pennsylvania F 45 Savannah Felgemacher 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Volunteer Church Hill, Tennessee	Head coach Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Sean O'Regan (James Madison) Jennifer Brown (James Madison) Sarah Williams (James Madison) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 2:00 pm		Davis & Elkins	W 107–37	1–0	JMU Convocation Center  Harrisonburg, Virginia
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm		Longwood	W 88–30	1–0	JMU Convocation Center (2,201) Harrisonburg, Virginia
11/17/2015* 2:00 pm		Morgan State	W 92–31	2–0	JMU Convocation Center (2,012) Harrisonburg, Virginia
11/20/2015* 10:00 pm		at UCLA	L 61–90	2–1	Pauley Pavilion (840) Los Angeles
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Liberty	W 72–56	3–1	JMU Convocation Center (2,200) Harrisonburg, Virginia
11/29/2015* 5:00 pm		at Hampton	W 68–56 ^OT	4–1	Hampton Convocation Center (1,011) Hampton, Virginia
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm		American	W 74–45	5–1	JMU Convocation Center (2,718) Harrisonburg, Virginia
12/07/2015* 7:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	L 45–56	5–2	Reilly Center (518) Olean, New York
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		at Richmond	W 73–47	6–2	Robins Center (1,015) Richmond, Virginia
12/20/2015* 5:00 pm		vs. West Virginia Florida Sunshine Classic	L 62–69	6–3	Worden Arena (987) Winter Haven, Florida
12/21/2015* 5:00 pm		vs. No. 4 Baylor Florida Sunshine Classic	L 63–77	6–4	Worden Arena (932) Winter Haven, Florida
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm		Davidson	W 87–45	7–4	JMU Convocation Center (2,353) Harrisonburg, Virginia
CAA regular season
01/03/2016 2:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 59–65 ^OT	7–5 (0–1)	Kaplan Arena (741) Williamsburg, Virginia
01/08/2016 7:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 83–61	8–5 (1–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,202) Harrisonburg, Virginia
01/10/2016 2:00 pm		at Elon	W 81–76 ^OT	9–5 (2–1)	Alumni Hall (547) Elon, North Carolina
01/15/2016 7:00 pm		Drexel	W 67–56	10–5 (3–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,495) Harrisonburg, Virginia
01/17/2016 2:00 pm		Northeastern	W 85–62	11–5 (4–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,227) Harrisonburg, Virginia
01/22/2016 7:00 pm		at Towson	W 64–57	12–5 (5–1)	SECU Arena (344) Towson, Maryland
01/29/2016 7:00 pm		Delaware	W 75–55	13–5 (6–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,681) Harrisonburg, Virginia
01/31/2016 2:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 60–40	14–5 (7–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,353) Harrisonburg, Virginia
02/05/2016 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 71–54	15–5 (8–1)	Hofstra Arena (905) Hempstead, New York
02/07/2016 2:00 pm		at Northeastern	W 61–52	16–5 (9–1)	Cabot Center (312) Boston
02/12/2016 7:00 pm		at Drexel	W 59–55	17–5 (10–1)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,016) Philadelphia
02/14/2016 1:00 pm, ASN		Hofstra	W 57–42	18–5 (11–1)	JMU Convocation Center (4,536) Harrisonburg, Virginia
02/19/2016 7:00 pm		William & Mary	W 83–63	19–5 (12–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,428) Harrisonburg, Virginia
02/21/2016 2:00 pm		Towson	W 61–45	20–5 (13–1)	JMU Convocation Center (2,612) Harrisonburg, Virginia
02/26/2016 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	W 77–41	21–5 (14–1)	Trask Coliseum (346) Wilmington, North Carolina
02/28/2016 2:00 pm		Elon	W 73–72	22–5 (15–1)	JMU Convocation Center (4,103) Harrisonburg, Virginia
03/02/2016 8:00 pm, ASN		at Delaware	W 65–43	23–5 (16–1)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,659) Newark, Delaware
03/05/2016 12:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 76–46	24–5 (17–1)	TD Arena (91) Charleston, South Carolina
CAA Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 12:00 pm, ASN		vs. College of Charleston Quarterfinals	W 53–50	25–5	Show Place Arena  Upper Marlboro, Maryland
03/11/2016 1:00 pm, CSN		vs. Delaware Semifinals	W 68–47	26–5	Show Place Arena  Upper Marlboro, Maryland
03/12/2016 4:00 pm, CSN		vs. Drexel Championship	W 60–46	27–5	Show Place Arena (1,207) Upper Marlboro, Maryland
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 D)	vs. (6 D) No. 20 DePaul First Round	L 67–97	27–6	KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2015–16 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team

References

1. "James Madison University Athletics - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". jmusports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2015.