2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

The 2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team represented South Dakota State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by sixteenth year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League and played home games at Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of the Summit League women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they upset Miami (FL) in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
The Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's tournament, second round
ConferenceSummit League
Record27–7 (13–3 The Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Jewett
  • Katie Falco
  • Haylie Linn
Home arenaFrost Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota 15 1   .938 32 6   .842
South Dakota State 13 3   .813 27 7   .794
IUPUI 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Oral Roberts 10 6   .625 14 16   .467
Western Illinois 8 8   .500 16 16   .500
Omaha 7 9   .438 15 15   .500
IPFW 3 13   .188 7 23   .233
Denver 3 13   .188 5 25   .167
North Dakota State 2 14   .125 7 22   .241
2016 Summit League Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Alexis Alexander 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Champlin Park HS Brooklyn Park, MN
G 3 Annabel Graettinger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Muscatine HS Muscatine, IA
G 4 Gabrielle Boever 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Worthington HS Worthington, MN
F 5 Tonoia Wade (I)   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Kennedy Bloomington, MN
G/F 10 Kerri Young 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mitchell Mitchell, SD
G 11 Madison Guebert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eastview Apple Valley, MN
G 12 Macy Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mitchell Mitchell, SD
G 20 Ena Viso 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Northeast CC Copenhagen, Denmark
C 21 Clarissa Ober 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Glencoe-Silver Lake HS Glencoe, MN
G 22 Chloe Cornemann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Yankton HS Yankton, SD
G 32 Sydney Palmer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr T. F. Riggs HS Pierre, SD
C 35 Tiffaney Flaata 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Prior Lake HS Savage, MN
F 43 Jessica Mieras 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr O'Gorman HS Sioux Falls, SD
F 45 Ellie Thompson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Chaska HS Chaska, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 12/17/15

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2015*
6:00 pm
St. Cloud State W 79–44 
Frost Arena (1,455)
Brookings, SD
11/05/2015*
6:00 pm
Mary W 85–40 
Frost Arena (1,365)
Brookings, SD
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 pm
Marist W 77–68  1–0
Frost Arena (1,624)
Brookings, SD
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm
Arkansas W 76–69  2–0
Frost Arena (2,109)
Brookings, SD
11/21/2015*
2:00 pm, MidcoSN
No. 3 Notre Dame L 64–75  2–1
Frost Arena (5,532)
Brookings, SD
11/26/2015*
7:00 pm
vs. Pittsburgh
Paradise Jam tournament Reef Division
W 55–54  3–1
Sports and Fitness Center (1,024)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015*
4:45 pm
vs. No. 6 Maryland
Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division
L 55–62  3–2
Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015*
4:45 pm
vs. Old Dominion
Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division
W 71–39  4–2
Sports and Fitness Center 
Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm
Portland State W 74–65  5–2
Frost Arena (1,509)
Brookings, SD
12/05/2015*
4:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 66–62  6–2
Frost Arena (2,449)
Brookings, SD
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Northern Iowa W 89–86 2OT 7–2
Frost Arena (1,547)
Brookings, SD
12/12/2015*
7:05 pm
at Creighton W 53–51  8–2
D. J. Sokol Arena (1,023)
Omaha, NE
12/15/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 16 DePaul W 88–79  9–2
Frost Arena (1,621)
Brookings, SD
12/19/2015*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at Green Bay L 57–58  9–3
Kress Events Center (2,527)
Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Bowling Green W 58–45  10–3
Stroh Center (2,175)
Bowling Green, OH
The Summit League regular season
12/30/2015
8:00 pm
at Denver W 76–39  11–3 (1–0)
Magness Arena (540)
Denver, CO
01/03/2016
2:00 pm, KVLY
at North Dakota State W 81–69  12–3 (2–0)
Scheels Arena (2,422)
Fargo, ND
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
Nebraska–Omaha W 68–58  13–3 (3–0)
Frost Arena (1,628)
Brookings, SD
01/13/2016
6:00 pm
at IPFW W 61–42  14–3 (4–0)
Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450)
Fort Wayne, IN
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, MidcoSN
South Dakota L 58–63  14–4 (4–1)
Frost Arena (4,082)
Brookings, SD
01/21/2016
7:00 pm
IUPUI W 68–66 2OT 15–4 (5–1)
Frost Arena (1,686)
Brookings, SD
01/23/2016
2:00 pm
Western Illinois W 85–63  16–4 (6–1)
Frost Arena (1,963)
Brookings, SD
01/27/2016
7:00 pm
at Oral Roberts W 68–50  17–4 (7–1)
Mabee Center (615)
Tulsa, OK
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
at Nebraska–Omaha W 65–47  18–4 (8–1)
Baxter Arena (631)
Omaha, NE
02/06/2016
4:30 pm, MidcoSN
North Dakota State W 81–47  19–4 (9–1)
Frost Arena (3,236)
Brookings, SD
02/11/2016
7:00 pm
Oral Roberts W 60–48  20–4 (10–1)
Frost Arena (1,698)
Brookings, SD
02/13/2016
2:00 pm, MidcoSN
IPFW W 92–64  21–4 (11–1)
Frost Arena (3,209)
Brookings, SD
02/18/2016
2:00 pm, MidcoSN
Denver W 80–52  22–4 (12–1)
Frost Arena (1,823)
Brookings, SD
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, MidcoSN
at South Dakota L 75–80  22–5 (12–2)
DakotaDome (3,612)
Vermillion, SD
02/25/2016
6:00 pm
at IUPUI L 60–63  22–6 (12–3)
The Jungle (361)
Indianapolis, IN
01/27/2016
4:30 pm
at Western Illinois W 66–65  23–6 (13–3)
Western Hall (1,072)
Macomb, IL
The Summit League Women's tournament
03/05/2016
2:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN3
vs. IPFW
Quarterfinals
W 80–60  24–6
Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209)
Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016
2:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN3
vs. Nebraska–Omaha
Semifinals
W 76–58  25–6
Denny Sanford Premier Center (7,237)
Sioux Falls, SD
03/08/2016
1:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. South Dakota
Championship Game
W 61–55  26–6
Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,647)
Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's tournament
03/19/2016*
5:30 pm, ESPN2
(12 L) vs. (5 L) No. 19 Miami (FL)
First round
W 74–71  27–6
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
03/21/2016*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
(12 L) at (4 L) No. 13 Stanford
Second round
L 65–66  27–7
Maples Pavilion (1,961)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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  1. ^ "Basketball-W - 2015-16 Schedule & Results". South Dakota State University Athletics. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

See also

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2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team