2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

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.

2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	10–21 (3–13 SEC)
Head coach	Nikki Fargas (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Tasha Butts Mickie DeMoss 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
No. 3 South Carolina †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 15 Mississippi State	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			25	–	8		.758
No. 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

Roster

2015–16 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Chloe Jackson (I)  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Riverdale Baptist NC State Upper Marlboro, MD G 1 Jenna Deemer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Ursuline Academy New Orleans, LA G 2 Shanice Norton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Potter's House Christian Academy London, England G 3 Akilah Bethel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Academy of Holy Cross West Virginia Baltimore, MD G/F 4 Anne Pedersen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr The Rock School (Fla.) Copenhagen, Denmark F 5 Ayana Mitchell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Salem HS Conyers, GA G 10 Jasmine Rhodes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Faith Academy Mobile, AL G 11 Raigyne Moncrief 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr American Heritage HS Fort Lauderdale, FL G 13 Rina Hill 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr IMG Academy Nagoya-Shi, Japan F 20 Alexis Hyder 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Lyndon B. Johnson Early College HS North Texas Austin, TX F 23 Stephanie Amichia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So North Gwinnett HS Suwanee, GA F 31 Ann Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Liberty Magnet School Memphis Jackson, TN F/C 35 Alliyah Fareo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So New South Wales HS Sydney, Australia F 44 Tatum Neubert (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 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	Rank#	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:

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

See also

• 2015–16 LSU Tigers basketball team