2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by third-year head coach Wes Moore, played their home games at Needham B. Broughton High School with 2 games at PNC Arena due to renovations at Reynolds Coliseum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 10–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Syracuse. Despite having 20 wins and being projected as a tournament team, they were not invited to the NCAA tournament, the team voted not to accept an invitation to the WNIT.

2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–11 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Nikki West Gene Hill Lindsay Edmonds
Home arena	Broughton HS PNC Arena

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1		.938			26	–	8		.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3		.813			30	–	8		.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
NC State	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Duke	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	16		.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			17	–	16		.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
North Carolina	4	–	12		.250			14	–	18		.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			15	–	16		.484
Clemson	0	–	16		.000			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Camille Anderson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Buford Buford, GA G 2 Kaila Ealey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Needham Broughton Raleigh, NC G 3 Miah Spencer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Columbia Decatur, GA G 4 Ashley Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Green Hope Cary, NC F 5 Chelsea Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So John Overton Antioch, TN G/F 10 Ashley Eli 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Summit Mansfield, TX F 11 Jennifer Mathurin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Champlain College State Lambert Montreal, Quebec C 15 Sara Boric 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Tehnicka Skola Banja Luka, Bosnia G 21 DD Rodgers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Myers Park Charlotte, NC G 22 Dominique Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr McEachern Arkansas Powder Springs, GA G 23 Amber Richardson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Southeast Raleigh Garner, NC F 24 Lena Niang 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Rivedale Baptist Bowie, MD F/C 25 Carlee Schuhmacher 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Watertown Des Moines Area CC Watertown, WI G 30 Kaley Moser 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Williams Burlington, NC C 32 Akela Maize 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So New Hope Christian Academy Greensboro, NC C 44 Nae Nae Cole 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Paul IV Gainesville, VA	Head coach Wes Moore (NC State) Assistant coach(es) Nikki West (Clemson) Gene Hill (Georgia Tech) Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Media

WKNC acts as the home for Wolfpack women's basketball. Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale provide the call for the games. ESPN and the ACC RSN will televise select Wolfpack games during the season. All non-televised home conference games will be shown on ESPN3 using the radio broadcasters for the call.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 12:00 pm		Wingate	W 72–37		Broughton HS (566) Raleigh, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Villanova	W 70–64	1–0	PNC Arena (1,211) Raleigh, NC
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm		High Point	W 89–48	2–0	Broughton HS (1,073) Raleigh, NC
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Radford	W 67–52	3–0	PNC Arena (1,003) Raleigh, NC
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Liberty	W 61–53	4–0	Vines Center (1,133) Lynchburg, VA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm		Davidson	W 58–42	5–0	Broughton HS (1,408) Raleigh, NC
11/26/2015* 6:30 pm		vs. Seton Hall Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 55–58	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 4:00 pm		vs. UAB Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 67–56	6–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/03/2015* 8:00 pm		at Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 67–88	6–2	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,151) Lincoln, NE
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm		Charlotte	W 72–65	7–2	Broughton HS (1,224) Raleigh, NC
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		Elon	L 66–69	7–3	Broughton HS (1,476) Raleigh, NC
12/16/2015* 7:30 pm		Western Carolina	W 86–55	8–3	Broughton HS (1,040) Raleigh, NC
12/20/2015* 12:00 pm		vs. Eastern Kentucky Gator Holiday Classic semifinals	W 73–62	9–3	O'Connell Center  Gainesville, FL
12/21/2015* 2:30 pm		at Florida Gator Holiday Classic championship	L 72–79	9–4	O'Connell Center (1,053) Gainesville, FL
ACC regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 22 Miami (FL)	L 44–73	9–5 (0–1)	BankUnited Center (857) Coral Gables, FL
01/03/2016 2:00 pm		at Wake Forest	W 64–47	10–5 (1–1)	Broughton HS (2,065) Raleigh, NC
01/07/2016 7:30 pm		Georgia Tech	W 65–57	11–5 (2–1)	Broughton HS (1,052) Raleigh, NC
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 78–76 3OT	12–5 (3–1)	Peterson Events Center (3,015) Pittsburgh, PA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, RSN		at No. 22 Duke	W 65–62	13–5 (4–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,830) Durham, NC
01/17/2016 2:00 pm		No. 23 Louisville	L 90–92	13–6 (4–2)	Broughton HS (2,313) Raleigh, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 pm, RSN		at Virginia Tech	W 72–61	14–6 (5–2)	Cassell Coliseum (1,475) Blacksburg, VA
01/27/2016 7:30 pm		Virginia	W 63–52	15–6 (6–2)	Broughton HS (1,499) Raleigh, NC
01/31/2016 2:00 pm		North Carolina Carolina–State Game	W 78–49	16–6 (7–2)	Broughton HS (2,811) Raleigh, NC
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 46–82	16–7 (7–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,835) South Bend, IN
02/07/2016 3:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	L 58–63	16–8 (7–4)	LJVM Coliseum (701) Winston-Salem, NC
02/11/2016 7:30 pm		Boston College	W 74–63	17–8 (8–4)	Broughton HS (1,639) Raleigh, NC
02/14/2016 2:00 pm		Syracuse	L 52–55	17–9 (8–5)	Broughton HS (2,811) Raleigh, NC
02/21/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at North Carolina Carolina–State Game	W 80–66	18–9 (9–5)	Carmichael Arena (3,872) Chapel Hill, NC
02/25/2016 7:30 pm		No. 12 Florida State	L 52–56	18–10 (9–6)	Broughton HS (1,656) Raleigh, NC
02/28/2016 2:00 pm		at Clemson	W 71–57	19–10 (10–6)	Jervey Athletic Center (943) Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 8:00 pm, RSN		vs. Boston College Second Round	W 76–60	20–10	Greensboro Coliseum (3,374) Greensboro, NC
03/04/2016 8:00 pm, RSN		vs. No. 17 Syracuse Quarterfinals	L 61–80	20–11	Greensboro Coliseum (5,034) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source

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	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR

Legend

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

See also

• 2015–16 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team