2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team will represents New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fourth year head coach Steve Lanpher, play their home games at the Fleisher Center and were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 4–26, 1–13 in A-Sun play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.

2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	4–26 (1–13 Atlantic Sun)
Head coach	Steve Lanpher (4th season)
Assistant coaches	DeAnn Craft La Kea Jones Epiphany Smith
Home arena	Fleisher Center

2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Gulf Coast	14	–	0		1.000			33	–	5		.868
Jacksonville †	11	–	3		.786			22	–	11		.667
USC Upstate	10	–	4		.714			22	–	12		.647
Stetson	9	–	5		.643			20	–	12		.625
Kennesaw State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	19		.367
North Florida	3	–	11		.214			7	–	23		.233
Lipscomb	2	–	12		.143			5	–	25		.167
NJIT	1	–	13		.071			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Kayla Diaz 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Garrett Morgan Academy Clifton, NJ G 1 Alana Dudley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Whippany Park Whippany, NJ G 10 Ronni Grandison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Lakota West UMass West Chester, OH G 11 Jordan Ireland 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Garnet Valley Garnet Valley, PA G 12 Olivia Dudley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Whippany Park Stony Brook Whippany, NJ G 13 Kelly Guarino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Albertus Mangus Thells, NY G 14 Ruta Vetra 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Our Lady of Mercy Academy Jūrmala, Latvia C 21 Maria Ruban 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So Our Lady of Mercy Academy Kyiv, Ukraine G 22 Tatianna Torres 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Thomas A. Edison Arlington, VA G 23 Jillian Libby 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Cheverus South Portland, ME G 24 Camerin Spahn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Freehold Freehold, NJ G 25 Bianca Picard 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Souderton Skippack, PA F 34 Leah Horton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Emmaus Temple Macungie, PA	Head coach Steve Lanpher (St. Joseph) Assistant coach(es) DeAnn Craft (Central Florida) La Kea Jones (VCU) Epiphany Smith (Saint Anselm) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm		at Binghamton	L 50–54	0–1	Binghamton University Events Center (1,374) Vestal, NY
11/19/2015* 5:00 pm		Lehigh	L 47–75	0–2	Fleisher Center (606) Newark, NJ
11/22/2015* 1:00 pm		at Marshall	L 50–63	0–3	Cam Henderson Center (384) Huntington, WV
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		St. Joseph's–Brooklyn	W 78–41	1–3	Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ
11/28/2015* 2:00 pm		College of Saint Joseph (VT)	W 71–50	2–3	Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ
12/02/2015* 5:00 pm		at Wagner	L 53–76	2–4	Spiro Sports Center (N/A) Staten Island, NY
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm		at Virginia	L 54–81	2–5	John Paul Jones Arena (3,268) Charlottesville, VA
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm		at LIU Brooklyn	W 53–44	3–5	Steinberg Wellness Center (150) Brooklyn, NY
12/11/2015* 7:00 pm		Army	L 35–71	3–6	Fleisher Center (150) Newark, NJ
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		Vermont	L 46–54	3–7	Fleisher Center (N/A) Newark, NJ
12/22/2015* 12:00 pm		North Dakota State	L 59–64	3–8	Fleisher Center (332) Newark, NJ
12/28/2015* 8:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 50–83	3–9	Williams Arena (2,772) Minneapolis, MN
12/31/2015* 2:00 pm		Dartmouth	L 39–46	3–10	Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ
01/04/2016* 2:00 pm		Brown	L 49–74	3–11	Fleisher Center (202) Newark, NJ
Atlantic Sun regular season
01/09/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		USC Upstate	L 41–58	3–12 (0–1)	Fleisher Center (202) Newark, NJ
01/11/2016* 7:00 pm		at Columbia	L 52–72	3–13	Levien Gymnasium (236) New York City, NY
01/16/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stetson	L 55–60	3–14 (0–2)	Edmunds Center (316) DeLand, FL
01/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 37–70	3–15 (0–3)	Alico Arena (1,482) Fort Myers, FL
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		North Florida	L 51–68	3–16 (0–4)	Fleisher Center (222) Newark, NJ
01/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Jacksonville	L 36–65	3–17 (0–5)	Fleisher Center (335) Newark, NJ
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kennesaw State	L 48–64	3–18 (0–6)	KSU Convocation Center (755) Kennesaw, GA
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Lipscomb	W 61–51	4–18 (1–6)	Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ
02/06/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Kennesaw State	L 77–82	4–19 (1–7)	Fleisher Center (275) Newark, NJ
02/10/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3		at Lipscomb	L 49–63	4–20 (1–8)	Allen Arena (44) Nashville, TN
02/13/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Florida Gulf Coast	L 32–53	4–21 (1–9)	Fleisher Center (500) Newark, NJ
02/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Stetson	L 56–74	4–22 (1–10)	Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ
02/20/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	L 37–68	4–23 (1–10)	Swisher Gymnasium (152) Jacksonville, FL
02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Florida	L 49–72	4–24 (1–11)	UNF Arena (281) Jacksonville, FL
02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at USC Upstate	L 47–67	4–25 (1–12)	G. B. Hodge Center (168) Spartanburg, SC
Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast Quarterfinals	L 31–60	4–26	Alico Arena (1,284) Fort Myers, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team