2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fourth-year head coach Garry Brodhead and played all their home games at the Cajundome with a select few (mainly during the WBI) at Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25-10, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock by the score of 52-63. They competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational and went to the championship game, winning by the score of 87-85 in two overtimes against the Weber State Wildcats

2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Women's Basketball Invitational champion
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	25–10 (13–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Garry Brodhead (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Deacon Jones Katherine Katz Amber Gregg
Home arena	Cajundome Earl K. Long Gymnasium (3 games)

2015–16 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arkansas State	19	–	1		.950			26	–	5		.839
Little Rock	16	–	4		.800			20	–	12		.625
Louisiana–Lafayette	13	–	7		.650			21	–	10		.677
Troy †	12	–	8		.600			20	–	13		.606
South Alabama	11	–	9		.550			15	–	15		.500
UT Arlington	10	–	10		.500			15	–	16		.484
Texas State	7	–	13		.350			12	–	19		.387
Appalachian State	7	–	13		.350			10	–	20		.333
Louisiana–Monroe	6	–	14		.300			12	–	17		.414
Georgia State	5	–	15		.250			10	–	19		.345
Georgia Southern	4	–	16		.200			7	–	22		.241
† 2016 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 26, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2014–15 season 23-12, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish sixth in the conference. They made it to the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball semifinal game after defeating Troy in the first round game before losing to Arkansas State Red Wolves in the semifinals. They would continue on to be invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational for the first time in school history, and would eventually be crowned National Champions in the WBI after defeating UT Pan American, McNeese State, Oral Roberts, and Siena in the first round, second round, semifinals, and championship game, respectively.

Roster

2015–16 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 1 Brooklyn Arceneaux 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr St. Thomas More HS Lafayette, LA C 3 Breionne Cooper 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr West Jefferson HS New Orleans, LA F 5 Jordan Alexander 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Skyline HS Dallas, TX G 10 Kia Wilridge 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr St. Thomas More HS Crowley, LA G 11 Jaylyn Gordon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr West St. John HS Edgard, LA F 14 Adrienne Prejean 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Lafayette HS Lafayette, LA G/F 15 Jodi Quinn 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So St. Thomas More HS St. Martinville, LA F 21 Jasmin Mills 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Assumption HS Belle Rose, LA G/F 22 Gabby Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bogalusa HS Bogalusa, LA G 23 Taylor Washington 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bowie HS Panola College Arlington, TX G 24 Keke Veal 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr St. Thomas More HS Opelousas, LA G 25 Sylvana Okde 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Westbury Christian School Houston, TX F 32 Simone Fields 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Converse Judson HS San Antonio, TX C 33 Alex Weeks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Beau Chene HS Opelousas, LA Nekia Jones — Jr Ozen HS Texas Beaumont, TX	Head coach Garry Boadhead (Louisiana) Assistant coach(es) Deacon Jones (Louisiana) Katherine Katz (Birmingham–Southern) Amber Gregg (Texas–San Antonio) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 17, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 5:00 pm		LSU–Alexandria	W 95-48		27 – Gordon	10 – Quinn	3 – Veal	Cajundome  Lafayette, LA
11/12/2015* 7:00 pm		Xavier (LA)	W 77-69		27 – Gordon	9 – Wilridge	4 – Gordon	Cajundome (356) Lafayette, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 7:00 pm		at Ole Miss	W 82-78	1-0	29 – Gordon	11 – Tied	4 – Wilridge	Tad Smith Coliseum (789) Oxford, MS
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Southern-New Orleans	W 81-28	2-0	15 – Fields	7 – J. Alexander	3 – Gordon	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (392) Lafayette, LA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm		at Houston	L 51-52	2-1	19 – Wilridge	5 – Wilridge	4 – Gordon	Hofheinz Pavilion (909) Houston, TX
11/27/2015* 1:30 pm		vs. Arkansas San Juan Shootout	W 67-59	3-1	20 – Veal	6 – Fields	4 – Wilridge	Mario Morales Coliseum  San Juan, Puerto Rico
11/28/2015* 11:15 am		vs. Sacred Heart San Juan Shootout	W 60-58 OT	4-1	13 – Veal	9 – Arceneaux	4 – Wilridge	Mario Morales Coliseum  San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sun Belt regular season
12/03/2015 5:00 pm		at Louisiana-Monroe	W 71-52	5-1	21 – Gordon	8 – Gordon	7 – Veal	Fant-Ewing Coliseum  Monroe, LA
Non-conference regular season
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		Dillard	W 84-36	6-1	18 – Wilridge	9 – Wilridge	2 – Veal	Cajundome (695) Lafayette, LA
12/15/2015* 11:00 am		UC Santa Barbara	W 61-42	7-1	14 – Wilridge	13 – Wilridge	3 – Wilridge	Cajundome (2,773) Lafayette, LA
12/19/2015* 6:00 pm		at Louisiana Tech	L 62-79	7-2	23 – Veal	6 – Wilridge	5 – Gordon	Thomas Assembly Center (1,818) Ruston, LA
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm		Alcorn State	W 73-61	8-2	22 – Veal	7 – Gordon	6 – Gordon	Cajundome (762) Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt regular season
01/02/2016 5:00 pm		Appalachian State	W 60-51	9-2	15 – Wilridge	7 – Arceneaux	6 – Gordon	Cajundome (1,166) Lafayette, LA
01/07/2016 5:15 pm		at Little Rock	W 65-58	10-2	30 – Veal	6 – Cooper	5 – Gordon	Jack Stephens Center (3,218) Little Rock, AR
01/09/2016 3:05 pm		at Arkansas State	L 56-83	10-3	18 – Veal	9 – Tied	4 – Gordon	Convocation Center (809) Jonesboro, AR
01/14/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia Southern	W 56-39	11-3	17 – Wilridge	13 – Cooper	4 – Veal	Hanner Fieldhouse (424) Statesboro, GA
01/16/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3		at Georgia State	W 77-57	12-3	24 – Gordon	6 – Wilridge	7 – Gordon	GSU Sports Arena (454) Atlanta, GA
01/21/2016 5:00 pm		South Alabama	W 69-50	13-3	14 – Gordon	8 – Arceneaux	5 – Gordon	Cajundome (778) Lafayette, LA
01/23/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Troy	W 56-53	14-3	23 – Gordon	9 – Arceneaux	5 – Gordon	Cajundome (1,292) Lafayette, LA
01/28/2016 5:00 pm		Texas State	L 42-46	14-4	10 – Wilridge	9 – Wilridge	4 – Wilridge	Cajundome (1,476) Lafayette, LA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		UT Arlington	W 63-52	15-4	21 – Veal	6 – Wilridge	4 – Veal	Cajundome (864) Lafayette, LA
02/02/2016 5:00 pm		Louisiana–Monroe	W 52-40	16-4	19 – Fields	10 – Fields	2 – Arceneaux	Cajundome (811) Lafayette, LA
02/04/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Appalachian State	L 59-76	16-5	27 – Veal	9 – Fields	5 – Wilridge	Holmes Center (299) Boone, NC
02/11/2016 5:00 pm		Arkansas State	L 62-74	16-6	25 – Veal	5 – Washington	3 – Veal	Cajundome (958) Lafayette, LA
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Little Rock	L 49-58	16-7	12 – Veal	5 – Wilridge	5 – Veal	Cajundome (1,132) Lafayette, LA
02/18/2016 11:30 am		at UT Arlington	W 59-42	17-7	19 – Fields	9 – Veal	3 – Wilridge	College Park Center (3,007) Arlington, TX
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		at Texas State	W 59-47	18-7	25 – Veal	10 – Fields	7 – Wilridge	Strahan Coliseum  San Marcos, TX
02/25/2016 5:15 pm		at Troy	L 83-90	18-8	34 – Veal	9 – Wilridge	9 – Wilridge	Trojan Arena (924) Troy, AL
02/27/2016 2:00 pm		at South Alabama	L 59-68	18-9	26 – Veal	12 – Fields	3 – Veal	Mitchell Center (2,786) Mobile, AL
03/03/2016 5:00 pm		Georgia State	W 65-60	19-9	20 – Veal	8 – Prejean	6 – Wilridge	Cajundome (869) Lafayette, LA
03/05/2016 5:00 pm		Georgia Southern	W 56-49	20-9	17 – Veal	7 – Wilridge	5 – Wilridge	Cajundome (852) Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament[1]
03/09/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (6) UT Arlington First Round	W 59-53	21-9	18 – Fields	7 – Arceneaux	4 – Veal	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
03/11/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (2) Little Rock Semifinals	L 52-63	21-10	17 – Veal	6 – Fields	4 – Wilridge	Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
Women's Basketball Invitational
03/16/2016 5:00 pm	(1)	vs. (8) Northwestern State First Round	W 69-54	22-10	26 – Veal	5 – Quinn	5 – Veal	Cajundome (803) Lafayette, LA
03/19/2016 7:00 pm	(1)	vs. (4) Stetson Second Round	W 56-47	23-10	17 – Veal	6 – Veal	4 – Arceneaux	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (312) Lafayette, LA
03/23/2016 5:00 pm	(1)	vs. (2) Youngstown State Semifinals	W 69-49	24-10	22 – Wilridge	8 – Veal	3 – Veal	Cajundome (1,317) Lafayette, LA
03/26/2016 4:00 pm	(1)	vs. (7) Weber State Championship	W 87-85 2OT	25-10	32 – Veal	11 – Wilridge	4 – Veal	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636) Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team