2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
2015–16 record	10–21 (3–13 SEC)
Head coach	Nikki Fargas (5th year)
Assistant coach	Tasha Butts
Assistant coach	Mickie DeMoss
Assistant coach	Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#15 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
#18 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
#12 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
#25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	10	–	20	.333

† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team will represent Louisiana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers are led by fifth year head coach Nikki Fargas. They play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and are members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 3–13 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. They advanced to the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament where they lost to Kentucky.

Roster

2015–16 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Jackson, ChloeChloe Jackson (I)	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Riverdale Baptist NC State	Upper Marlboro, MD
1.5 !G	1	Deemer, JennaJenna Deemer	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Ursuline Academy	New Orleans, LA
1.5 !G	2	Norton, ShaniceShanice Norton	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Potter's House Christian Academy	London, England
1.5 !G	3	Bethel, AkilahAkilah Bethel	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Academy of Holy Cross West Virginia	Baltimore, MD
2.5 !G/F	4	Pedersen, AnneAnne Pedersen	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	The Rock School (Fla.)	Copenhagen, Denmark
3.5 !F	5	Mitchell, AyanaAyana Mitchell	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Salem HS	Conyers, GA
1.5 !G	10	Rhodes, JasmineJasmine Rhodes	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Faith Academy	Mobile, AL
1.5 !G	11	Moncrief, RaigyneRaigyne Moncrief	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	American Heritage HS	Fort Lauderdale, FL
1.5 !G	13	Hill, RinaRina Hill	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	IMG Academy	Nagoya-Shi, Japan
3.5 !F	20	Hyder, AlexisAlexis Hyder	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Lyndon B. Johnson Early College HS North Texas	Austin, TX
3.5 !F	23	Amichia, StephanieStephanie Amichia	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	North Gwinnett HS	Suwanee, GA
3.5 !F	31	Jones, AnnAnn Jones	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Liberty Magnet School Memphis	Jackson, TN
4.5 !F/C	35	Fareo, AlliyahAlliyah Fareo	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	New South Wales HS	Sydney, Australia
3.5 !F	44	Neubert, TatumTatum Neubert (I)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Elizabeth HS Oregon	Elizabeth, CO

Head coach

Nikki Fargas (Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Tasha Butts (Tennessee)
Tony Perotti (Tennessee)
Charlene Thomas-Swinson (Auburn)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and Results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 PM	Union (TN)	W 88–57		Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 4:00 PM, ESPN3	at Wake Forest	L 57–60	0–1	LJVM Coliseum (662) Winston-Salem, NC
11/15/2015* 3:00 PM	Louisiana–Monroe	W 61–54 ^OT	1–1	Maravich Center (2,472) Baton Rouge, LA
11/18/2015* 7:15 PM, CST	at Little Rock	W 57–51	2–1	Jack Stephens Center (2,275) Little Rock, AR
11/21/2015* 2:00 PM	Long Beach State	W 59–53	3–1	Maravich Center (2,026) Baton Rouge, LA
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM, CST	at Tulane	L 63–67	3–2	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,173) New Orleans, LA
11/27/2015* 6:30 PM, CST	vs. Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 52–69	3–3	Germain Arena (1,257) Estero, FL
11/28/2015* 12:30 PM, CST	vs. Marist Gulf Coast Showcase Consolation 2nd round	W 72–49	4–3	Germain Arena (1,015) Estero, FL
11/29/2015* 12:30 PM, CST	vs. Maine Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	L 41–52	4–4	Germain Arena Estero, FL
12/01/2015* 11:00 AM	Texas Southern	W 86–36	5–4	Maravich Center (5,504) Baton Rouge, LA
12/13/2015* 3:00 PM, SECN	UC Santa Barbara	W 68–50	6–4	Maravich Center (2,604) Baton Rouge, LA
12/19/2015* 1:00 PM, BTN	at Rutgers	L 57–69	6–5	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,254) Piscataway, NJ
12/21/2015* 6:00 PM, SNY	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 40–86	6–6	XL Center (10,183) Hartford, CT
12/28/2015* 7:00 PM	Samford	L 44–47	6–7	Maravich Center (2,511) Baton Rouge, LA
SEC regular season
01/03/2016 2:00 PM, SECN	at Alabama	L 45–62	6–8 (0–1)	Foster Auditorium (2,705) Tuscaloosa, AL
01/07/2016 7:30 PM, SECN	Ole Miss	W 76–57	7–8 (1–1)	Maravich Center (2,189) Baton Rouge, LA
01/10/2016 3:00 PM, SECN	No. 13 Texas A&M	L 35–53	7–9 (1–2)	Maravich Center (3,774) Baton Rouge, LA
01/14/2016 7:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	L 42–58	7–10 (1–3)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,332) Nashville, TN
01/17/2016 6:00 PM	at No. 20 Florida	L 45–53	7–11 (1–4)	O'Connell Center (1,819) Gainesville, FL
01/21/2016 7:00 PM	Arkansas	L 44–48	7–12 (1–5)	Maravich Center (2,084) Baton Rouge, LA
01/24/2016 1:00 PM	at Georgia	W 53–46	8–12 (2–5)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,538) Athens, GA
01/28/2016 7:00 PM	at No. 22 Missouri	L 46–52	8–13 (2–6)	Mizzou Arena (3,397) Columbia, MO
02/01/2016 6:00 PM, SECN	Auburn	L 53–63	8–14 (2–7)	Maravich Center (2,150) Baton Rouge, LA
02/04/2016 8:00 PM, SECN	No. 11 Mississippi State	L 52–71	8–15 (2–8)	Maravich Center (2,194) Baton Rouge, LA
02/07/2016 11:00 AM, SECN	at No. 18 Kentucky	L 58–70	8–16 (2–9)	Memorial Coliseum (6,110) Lexington, KY
02/14/2016 2:00 PM	Georgia	L 47–58	8–17 (2–10)	Maravich Center (3,781) Baton Rouge, LA
02/18/2016 8:00 PM, SECN	at No. 12 Texas A&M	L 54–68	8–18 (2–11)	Reed Arena (4,797) College Station, TX
02/21/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 24 Tennessee	W 57–56	9–18 (3–11)	Maravich Center (3,132) Baton Rouge, LA
02/25/2016 7:30 PM, SECN	Florida	L 56–82	9–19 (3–12)	Maravich Center (2,731) Baton Rouge, LA
02/28/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU	at No. 3 South Carolina	L 39–75	9–20 (3–13)	Colonial Life Arena (16,240) Columbia, SC
2016 SEC Tournament
03/02/2016 10:00 AM, SECN	vs. Alabama First Round	W 58–49	10–20	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
03/03/2016 1:30 PM, SECN	vs. No. 13 Kentucky Second Round	L 71–79	10–21	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (2,245) Jacksonville, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:^[1]

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	NR	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

↑ http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2167&SPSID=27832

LSU Lady Tigers basketball

Venues	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1975–present) LSU Basketball Practice Facility LSU Strength and Conditioning facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

Roster

Schedule and Results

Rankings

References

See also