2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team will represent the Saint Louis University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Billikens, led by fourth year head coach Lisa Stone. The Billikens were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play 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 defeated Arkansas–Little Rock and Ball State in the first and second round before losing to WKU in the third round.

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

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	Rank^#	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

See also

• 2015–16 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

References

1. "Women's Basketball".