2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	13–17 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Fennelly (21st season);
Assistant coaches	Jodi Steyer; Billy Fennelly; Latoja Schaben;
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's 21st season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. They finished the season 13–17, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 women's tournament to Texas Tech.

2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Baylor †	17	–	1	.944	36	–	2	.947
No. 6 Texas	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 22 West Virginia	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Oklahoma State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	13	.594
TCU	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Iowa State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Texas Tech	3	–	15	.167	13	–	18	.419
Kansas	0	–	18	.000	6	–	25	.194

† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Radio

All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games. To learn which stations will carry games, please visit the Cyclone Radio Network affiliate list linked here. Brent Blum and Molly Parrott called all the action for the Cyclone Radio Network and for games on Cyclones.tv.

Roster

2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Emily Durr	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Notre Dame	Utica, NY
G	11	Jadda Buckley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Mason City	Mason City, IA
G	12	Seanna Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	DeLaSalle	Brooklyn Park, MN
G	15	Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Austin	Sugar Land, TX
G	21	Bridget Carleton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	John McGregor Secondary	Chatham, ON
G	22	TeeTee Starks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Hopkins	Brooklyn Park, MN
G	25	Lexi Albrecht	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Carroll Kuemper	Carroll, IA
F	30	Claire Ricketts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	John Paul II	Parker, TX
F	32	Meredith Burkhall	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Roosevelt	Urbandle, IA
F/C	34	Madison Baier	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	South Tama	Tama, IA
F	35	Jordan Jensen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Mountain View	Gilbert, AZ
C	44	Bryanna Fernstrom	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Chisago Lakes	Center City, MN

Head coach

Bill Fennelly (William Penn)

Assistant coach(es)

Jodi Steyer (Colorado State)
Billy Fennelly (Iowa State)
Latoja Schaben (Toledo)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Midwestern State	W 79–36		Hilton Coliseum (9,910) Ames, IA
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Concordia–St. Paul	W 77–51		Hilton Coliseum (9,998) Ames, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Hampton	W 95–59	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (10,057) Ames, IA
11/15/2015* 2:05 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	L 70–74	1–1	Knapp Center (4,251) Des Moines, IA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	New Orleans			Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
11/26/2015* 10:00 am	vs. Texas State Women's Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 83–61	2–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 12:30 pm	vs. No. 15 Duke Women's Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 48–86	2–2	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015* 10:00 am	vs. Idaho Women's Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 65–97	2–3	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	W 84–75	3–3	McLeod Center (2,095) Cedar Falls, IA
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Southern	W 86–46	4–3	Hilton Coliseum (10,554) Ames, IA
12/11/2015* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 23 Iowa Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	W 69–66	5–3	Hilton Coliseum (11,373) Ames, IA
12/13/2015* 12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 70–41	6–3	Hilton Coliseum (10,156) Ames, IA
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Alcorn State	W 91–41	7–3	Hilton Coliseum (6,651) Ames, IA
12/22/2015* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Northern Arizona	W 79–63	8–3	Hilton Coliseum (7,606) Ames, IA
Big 12 Conference Season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Kansas State	W 84–79	9–3 (1–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,960) Manhattan, KS
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Oklahoma State	W 49–42	10–3 (2–0)	Hilton Coliseum (8,429) Ames, IA
01/06/2016 7:00 pm	at No. 4 Texas	L 54–75	10–4 (2–1)	Frank Erwin Center (2,836) Austin, TX
01/09/2016 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Kansas	W 65–49	11–4 (3–1)	Hilton Coliseum (7,471) Ames, IA
01/17/2016 2:00 pm	at Texas Tech	L 66–69 ^OT	11–5 (3–2)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,108) Lubbock, TX
01/20/2016 7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	L 76–79 ^OT	11–6 (3–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,926) Stillwater, OK
01/23/2016 12:30 pm, FS1	No. 4 Baylor	L 61–77	11–7 (3–4)	Hilton Coliseum (11,587) Ames, IA
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	TCU	L 62–72	11–8 (3–5)	Hilton Coliseum (9,983) Ames, IA
01/30/2016 1:00 pm, FSN	No. 21 Oklahoma	L 71–77	11–9 (3–6)	Hilton Coliseum (11,249) Ames, IA
02/02/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Kansas	W 63–53	12–9 (4–6)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,483) Lawrence, KS
02/06/2016 1:30 pm, FS2	No. 6 Texas	L 49–65	12–10 (4–7)	Hilton Coliseum (11,261) Ames, IA
02/10/2016 6:00 pm	at No. 24 West Virginia	L 47–57	12–11 (4–8)	WVU Coliseum (1,317) Morgantown, WV
02/13/2016 1:00 pm, FSSW	at TCU	L 69–79	12–12 (4–9)	Schollmaier Arena (1,812) Fort Worth, TX
02/17/2016 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Texas Tech	W 77–48	13–12 (5–9)	Hilton Coliseum (10,568) Ames, IA
02/20/2016 2:00 pm	at No. 4 Baylor	L 41–78	13–13 (5–10)	Ferrell Center (7,216) Waco, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	Kansas State	L 53–68	13–14 (5–11)	Hilton Coliseum (10,335) Ames, IA
02/27/2016 2:00 pm	at No. 21 Oklahoma	L 54–85	13–15 (5–12)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,192) Norman, OK
03/01/2016 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 22 West Virginia	L 57–82	13–16 (5–13)	Hilton Coliseum (10,213) Ames, IA
Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, FCS	vs. Texas Tech First Round	L 84–89	13–17	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
*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	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Women's Basketball".

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "Women's Basketball".

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2015–16 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Contents

Radio

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References