2015–16 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team represents Miami University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by third year head coach Cleve Wright, play their home games at Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC women's tournament to Akron.

2015–16 Miami RedHawks women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	9–21 (3–15 MAC)
Head coach	Cleve Wright (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Colleen Day Ashley Saia Alioune Ndiaye
Home arena	Millett Hall

2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Ohio	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Akron	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
Buffalo †	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Bowling Green	6	–	12		.333			10	–	18		.357
Miami (OH)	3	–	15		.167			9	–	21		.300
Kent State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
West
Central Michigan	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
Ball State	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Toledo	12	–	6		.667			17	–	13		.567
Eastern Michigan	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
Western Michigan	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Northern Illinois	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
† 2016 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Morgan Horvath 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Olentangy Lewis Center, OH F 3 Tamira Ford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Padua Franciscan Cleveland, OH G 4 Nanci Hunter 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) Fr Sycamore Cincinnati, OH F 10 Kristen Levering 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Olentangy Liberty Powell, OH G 11 Ana Richter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Talawanda Oxford, OH F 12 Hannah McCue 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Rocky River Rocky River, OH G 15 Kayla Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Westfield Westfield, IN G 21 Leah Purvis 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr The Buckley School Los Angeles, CA G 22 Jazz Smith 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Rogers Toledo, OH G 24 Baleigh Reid 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Twinsburg Twinsburg, OH G/F 25 Molly McDonagh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Glenbrook South Glenview, IL F 34 Megan Galloway 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Greenville Greenville, OH G/F 40 Kendall McCoy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sylvania Northview Sylvania, OH F 42 Jessica Rupright 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Norwell Ossian, IN	Head coach Cleve Wright Assistant coach(es) Colleen Day Ashley Saia Alioune Ndiaye Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 5, 2016

Schedule

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm		West Virginia State	W 70–53		Millett Hall (160) Oxford, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		Northern Kentucky	L 57–71	0–1	Millett Hall (1,651) Oxford, OH
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 91–85 2OT	1–1	Millett Hall (201) Oxford, OH
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Austin Peay	W 75–60	2–1	Millett Hall (226) Oxford, OH
11/24/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Eastern Kentucky	L 72–77 OT	2–2	Millett Hall (980) Oxford, OH
11/29/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Morehead State	W 59–57	3–2	Millett Hall (209) Oxford, OH
12/02/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	W 75–72	4–2	Athletics–Recreation Center (314) Valparaiso, IN
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Oakland	W 65–54	5–2	Millett Hall (180) Oxford, OH
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		at Tennessee–Martin	L 47–74	5–3	Skyhawk Arena (873) Martin, TN
12/19/2015* 2:30 pm		at Michigan	L 55–97	5–4	Crisler Center (2,396) Ann Arbor, MI
12/29/2015* 2:30 pm		vs. LIU Brooklyn FAU Holiday Tournament semifinals	W 68–49	6–4	FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
12/30/2015* 7:15 pm		at Florida Atlantic FAU Holiday Tournament championship	L 65–68 OT	6–5	FAU Arena (526) Boca Raton, FL
MAC regular season
01/02/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Bowling Green	L 58–64	6–6 (0–1)	Millett Hall (512) Oxford, OH
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	W 66–60	7–6 (1–1)	Millett Hall (312) Oxford, OH
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Ball State	L 41–66	7–7 (1–2)	John E. Worthen Arena (1,063) Muncie, IN
01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Toledo	L 50–55	7–8 (1–3)	Millett Hall (189) Oxford, OH
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	L 66–80	7–9 (1–4)	University Arena (795) Kalamazoo, MI
01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Michigan	L 58–72	7–10 (1–5)	Millett Hall (230) Oxford, OH
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Buffalo	W 69–58	8–10 (2–5)	Millett Hall (350) Oxford, OH
01/30/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Central Michigan	L 54–77	8–11 (2–6)	McGuirk Arena (1,600) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/03/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Kent State	W 55–52	9–11 (3–6)	Millett Hall (582) Oxford, OH
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Akron	L 65–77	9–12 (3–7)	James A. Rhodes Arena (642) Akron, OH
02/10/2016 12:30 pm		at Northern Illinois	L 73–92	9–13 (3–8)	Convocation Center (922) DeKalb, IL
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	L 46–70	9–14 (3–9)	Millett Hall (586) Oxford, OH
02/17/2016 7:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3		at Ohio	L 44–72	9–15 (3–10)	Convocation Center (586) Athens, OH
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Buffalo	L 38–59	9–16 (3–11)	Alumni Arena  Amherst, NY
02/24/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Akron	L 62–65 OT	9–17 (3–12)	Millett Hall (425) Oxford, OH
02/27/2016 1:00 pm, BCSN/ESPN3		at Bowling Green	L 56–76	9–18 (3–13)	Stroh Center (2,028) Bowling Green, OH
03/02/2016 7:00 pm, BCSN/TWCSC/ESPN3		at Kent State	L 53–59	9–19 (3–14)	MAC Center (470) Kent, OH
03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Ohio	L 58–77	9–20 (3–15)	Millett Hall (591) Oxford, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 7:00 pm		at Akron First Round	L 54–66	9–21	James A. Rhodes Arena (625) Akron, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2015–16 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team

References

2015–16 Miami Media Guide Archived 2016-04-17 at the Wayback Machine