2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represents the University at Buffalo during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by fourth year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, play their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They won the MAC women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time in school history where they lost in the first round to Ohio State.

2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball
MAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	20–14 (8–10 MAC)
Head coach	Felisha Legette-Jack (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Cherie Cordoba Ashley Zuber Kristen Sharkey
Home arena	Alumni Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Ohio	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Akron	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
Buffalo †	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Bowling Green	6	–	12		.333			10	–	18		.357
Miami (OH)	3	–	15		.167			9	–	21		.300
Kent State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
West
Central Michigan	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
Ball State	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Toledo	12	–	6		.667			17	–	13		.567
Eastern Michigan	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
Western Michigan	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Northern Illinois	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
† 2016 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

NCAA invitation

Buffalo finished the regular-season tied for seventh in the conference and were assigned the eight seed for the 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament. In the first round game, they beat Bowling Green 64–44, then knocked off the top-seeded Ohio 72–60. After upsetting the fifth seed Akron 88–87 in the semifinals, they face the second-seeded Central Michigan for the tournament championship. This game would be even closer, as it would go to overtime. The game was still tied with 3.4 seconds left in the game. The ball was inbounded to Stephanie Reid who dribbled around a screen and put up a shot that went off the glass, and through the net to win the game 73–71. The win gave Buffalo the first ever championship of the Mid-America Conference and their first ever invitation to the NCAA tournament.^[1]

Roster

2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Stephanie Reid 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So The Peninsula School Melbourne, Australia G 2 Camera Miley 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Midwood Brooklyn, NY G 3 Liisa Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Smith's Hill Wollongong, Australia G 4 Joanna Smith 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Southaven Southaven, Mississippi G 5 Katherine Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Smith's Hill Wollongong, Australia G 10 Gabi Bade 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Pinewood School Milpitas, CA F 12 Courtney Wilkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Haileybury College Melbourne, Australia F 14 Tamara Brcina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Secondary School of Economics and Commerce Tuzla Tuzla, Bosnia F 21 Mariah Suchan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Maize South Wichita, KS G 22 Ayoleka Sodade 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Holy Names Catholic Windsor, ON C 23 Mirte Scheper 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Hermann Wesselink College Amstelveen, Netherlands G 24 Karin Moss 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Sr Troy Troy, MI C 31 Cassie Oursler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Grand Island Grand Island, NY F 32 Brittany Morrison 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Joseph Academy North Ridgeville, OH	Head coach Felisha Legette-Jack Assistant coach(es) Cherie Cordoba Ashley Zuber Kristen Sharkey Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 5, 2016

Schedule

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2015* 7:00 pm		Clarion	W 92–62		Alumni Arena  Amherst, NY
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm		Daemen	W 79–56		Alumni Arena  Amherst, NY
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm		LIU Brooklyn	W 55–38	1–0	Alumni Arena (827) Amherst, NY
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		Canisius	W 55–40	2–0	Alumni Arena (816) Amherst, NY
11/21/2015* 5:00 pm		at Massachusetts	W 56–48	3–0	Mullins Center (334) Amherst, MA
11/25/2015* 2:00 pm		Cornell	W 59–41	4–0	Alumni Arena (785) Amherst, NY
11/28/2015* 2:30 pm		at Central Florida UCF Thanksgiving Classic	W 66–60	5–0	CFE Arena (273) Orlando, FL
11/29/2015* 12:00 pm		vs. Clemson UCF Thanksgiving Classic	W 61–51	6–0	CFE Arena (101) Orlando, FL
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	L 36–79	6–1	Hofstra Arena (157) Hempstead, NY
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Duquesne	L 62–79	6–2	Alumni Arena (832) Amherst, NY
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	L 32–59	6–3	Reilly Center (498) Olean, NY
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm, TWCSC		at Niagara	W 57–48	7–3	Gallagher Center (320) Lewiston, NY
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm		at Sacred Heart	W 66–53	8–3	William H. Pitt Center (201) Fairfield, CT
MAC regular season
01/02/2016 2:30 pm		at Eastern Michigan	L 56–67	8–4 (0–1)	Convocation Center (1,089) Ypsilanti, MI
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Michigan	W 67–61	9–4 (1–1)	Alumni Arena (875) Amherst, NY
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		at Kent State	W 77–66	10–4 (2–1)	MAC Center (433) Kent, OH
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		at Ball State	L 63–68	10–5 (2–2)	John E. Worthen Arena (953) Muncie, IN
01/16/2016 1:00 pm		Akron	L 61–69	10–6 (2–3)	Alumni Arena (816) Amherst, NY
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		Western Michigan	L 78–92	10–7 (2–4)	Alumni Arena (851) Amherst, NY
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		at Miami (OH)	L 58–69	10–8 (2–5)	Millett Hall (350) Oxford, OH
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		at Northern Illinois	L 74–76	10–9 (2–6)	Convocation Center (407) DeKalb, IL
02/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Ohio	W 51–43	11–9 (3–6)	Alumni Arena (350) Amherst, NY
02/06/2016 1:00 pm		Ball State	L 57–59	11–10 (3–7)	Alumni Arena (1,618) Amherst, NY
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Toledo	L 60–71	11–11 (3–8)	Savage Arena (3,476) Toledo, OH
02/13/2016 4:30 pm		at Bowling Green	W 63–50	12–11 (4–8)	Stroh Center (2,513) Bowling Green, OH
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		Eastern Michigan	L 55–70	12–12 (4–9)	Alumni Arena (954) Amherst, NY
02/20/2016 2:30 pm		Miami (OH)	W 58–39	13–12 (5–9)	Alumni Arena  Amherst, NY
02/24/2016 7:00 pm		Bowling Green	W 55–52	14–12 (6–9)	Alumni Arena (824) Amherst, NY
02/27/2016 1:00 pm		at Ohio	W 70–58	15–12 (7–9)	Convocation Center (3,326) Athens, OH
03/02/2016 8:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3		at Akron	L 49–62	15–13 (7–10)	James A. Rhodes Arena (529) Akron, OH
03/05/2016 2:00 pm		Kent State	W 63–47	16–13 (8–10)	Alumni Arena (1,678) Amherst, NY
MAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Bowling Green First Round	W 60–44	17–13	Alumni Arena (807) Amherst, NY
03/09/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Ohio Quarterfinals	W 72–60	18–13	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
03/11/2016 12:00 pm, TWCSOH/BCSN		vs. Akron Semifinals	W 88–87	19–13	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
03/12/2016 1:00 pm, TWCSOH/BCSN		vs. Central Michigan Championship Game	W 73–71 ^OT	20–13	Quicken Loans Arena (1,322) Cleveland, OH
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(14 SF)	at (3 SF) No. 9 Ohio State First Round	L 69–88	20–14	St. John Arena (2,626) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2015–16 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team

References

1. "Buzzer-Beater Gives Bulls First MAC Championship". Buffalo. March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

2015–16 UB Women's Basketball