2015–16 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by second year head coach Carolyn Kieger, are members of the Big East Conference. The Golden Eagles play their home games at the Al McGuire Center. They finished the season 14–16, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Seton Hall.

2015–16 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
FIU Turkey Slam Champions
Conference	Big East
Record	14–16 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ginny Boggess Scott Merritt Vernette Skeete
Home arena	Al McGuire Center

2015–16 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 DePaul*	16	–	2		.889			27	–	9		.750
Seton Hall	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			20	–	12		.625
St. John's †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Marquette	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Xavier	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Creighton	8	–	10		.444			17	–	18		.486
Butler	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Providence	1	–	17		.056			5	–	24		.172
† 2016 Big East Basketball Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 26, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Danielle King 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Bloom Township Chicago, IL G 3 McKayla Yentz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Sun Prairie Sun Prairie, WI G 5 Natisha Hiedeman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Green Bay Southwest Green Bay, WI F 10 Sandra Dahling 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr None Stockholm, Sweden G 11 Allazia Blockton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dominican Milwaukee, WI F 12 Erika Davenport 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Clarkston Clarkston, MI G 13 Olivia Moskari 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr None Helsinki, Finland G 15 Amani Wilborn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Riverside University Milwaukee, WI F 22 Ines Mata 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr None Madrid, Spain C 31 Shantelle Valentine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Roch Toronto, ON G 32 Chesley Gibson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Gulf Coast State College Pensacola, FL	Head coach Carolyn Kieger (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Ginny Boggess (Wingate) Scott Merritt (Marquette) Vernette Skeete (Alcorn State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 3:30 pm		Southwest Baptist	W 70–68		Al McGuire Center (958) Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm		at Green Bay	L 55–75	0–1	Kress Events Center (3,323) Green Bay, WI
11/16/2015* 12:00 pm		IUPUI	L 55–60	0–2	Al McGuire Center (3,757) Milwaukee, WI
11/21/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Kentucky	L 78–83	0–3	BB&T Arena (654) Highland Heights, KY
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		at South Dakota	L 69–97	0–4	DakotaDome (1,537) Vermillion, SD
11/27/2015* 11:00 am		at FIU FIU Turkey Slam semifinals	W 95–83	1–4	FIU Arena  Miami, FL
11/29/2015* 11:00 am		vs. Richmond FIU Turkey Slam championship	W 98–80	2–4	FIU Arena  Miami, FL
12/03/2015* 6:00 pm, FS1		No. 7 Oregon State	L 58–65	2–5	Al McGuire Center (1,208) Milwaukee, WI
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, TWCSC		Wisconsin	W 77–61	3–5	Al McGuire Center (2,043) Milwaukee, WI
12/13/2015* 1:00 pm, TWCSC		Auburn	W 70–69 OT	4–5	Al McGuire Center (1,275) Milwaukee, WI
12/19/2015* 4:00 pm		at No. 21 Arizona State	L 80–90	4–6	Wells Fargo Arena (1,439) Tempe, AZ
12/22/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Milwaukee	W 101–81	5–6	Klotsche Center (1,322) Milwaukee, WI
Big East regular season
12/29/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN		at No. 25 DePaul	L 86–91	5–7 (0–1)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,206) Chicago, IL
01/03/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Seton Hall	L 68–99	5–8 (0–2)	Walsh Gymnasium (842) South Orange, NJ
01/05/2016 6:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	L 77–81 OT	5–9 (0–3)	Carnesecca Arena (448) Queens, NY
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN		Villanova	L 75–82	5–10 (0–4)	Al McGuire Center (1,257) Milwaukee, WI
01/10/2016 12:00 pm, FS2		Georgetown	W 87–72	6–10 (1–4)	Al McGuire Center (920) Milwaukee, WI
01/15/2016 6:00 pm, BEDN		at Xavier	L 66–71	6–11 (1–5)	Cintas Center (1,015) Cincinnati, OH
01/17/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Butler	W 80–64	7–11 (2–5)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (344) Indianapolis, IN
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, FS1		Providence	W 105–75	8–11 (3–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,135) Milwaukee, WI
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN		Creighton	W 79–72	9–11 (4–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,117) Milwaukee, WI
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN		St. John's	W 67–64	10–11 (5–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,131) Milwaukee, WI
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	W 89–82	11–11 (6–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,527) Milwaukee, WI
02/05/2016 6:05 pm, BEDN		at Georgetown	L 72–75	11–12 (6–6)	McDonough Gymnasium (466) Washington, D.C.
02/07/2016 12:00 pm, BEDN		at Villanova	L 60–81	11–13 (6–7)	The Pavilion (1,009) Villanova, PA
02/12/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN		Butler	W 76–69	12–13 (7–7)	Al McGuire Center (1,231) Milwaukee, WI
02/14/2016 1:30 pm, FS2		Xavier	W 74–69	13–13 (8–7)	Al McGuire Center (1,769) Milwaukee, WI
02/19/2016 7:05 pm, BEDN		at Creighton	L 81–83	13–14 (8–8)	D. J. Sokol Arena (964) Omaha, NE
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, BEDN		at Providence	W 92–85	14–14 (9–8)	Alumni Hall (317) Providence, RI
02/27/2016 5:00 pm, BEDN		No. 19 DePaul	L 65–98	14–15 (9–9)	Al McGuire Center (2,039) Milwaukee, WI
Big East Women's Tournament
03/06/2016 2:30 pm, FS2		vs. Seton Hall Quarterfinals	L 86–93	14–16	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,884) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

2015–16 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team