2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team


The 2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team represented the St. Bonaventure University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bonnies were coached by head coach Jim Crowley, in his sixteenth and final year in that position; Crowley left to take over the Providence Friars women's basketball team on May 10, 2016. The Bonnies are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Reilly Center. They finished the season 24–8, 12–4 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 women's tournament to VCU. They received an at large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Oklahoma State in the first round before falling to Oregon State in the second round.

2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record24–8 (12–4 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Andrea Mulcahy
  • Tiara Johnson
  • Jessica Jenkins
Home arenaReilly Center
Seasons
2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Duquesne 13 3   .813 28 6   .824
George Washington 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
Saint Louis 13 3   .813 26 8   .765
St. Bonaventure 12 4   .750 24 8   .750
VCU 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Saint Joseph's 8 8   .500 14 15   .483
Fordham 8 8   .500 14 17   .452
Dayton 7 9   .438 14 15   .483
George Mason 6 10   .375 12 19   .387
Richmond 5 11   .313 13 18   .419
Rhode Island 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
UMass 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
Davidson 5 11   .313 11 19   .367
La Salle 2 14   .125 5 25   .167
2016 A10 Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Crowley finished his tenure at St. Bonaventure with a record of 258–231.

2015–16 media edit

All non-televised Bonnies home games aired on the A-10 Digital Network. On radio, WGWE continued to broadcast games.

Roster edit

2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Keely Fresh 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Rockbridge County Lexington, VA
G 2 Mariah Ruff 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Oneonta Oneonta, NY
G 4 Kelcie Rombach 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Ottawa Township Ottawa, IL
G 10 McKenna Maycock 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Randolph Randolph, NY
F 14 Gabrielle Richmond 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Morgan Park Chicago, IL
G 21 Nyla Rueter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Hagerstown Hagerstown, IN
G 22 Imani Outlaw 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Sycamore Cincinnati, OH
F 23 Matea Britvar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Dr. Phillips Orlando, FL
F 32 Miranda Drummond 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Harpursville Binghamton, NY
G 33 Emily Michael 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Chaminade Julienne Clayton, OH
F 40 Erin Wood 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Noblesville Noblesville, IN
F 42 Katie Healy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lancaster Lancaster, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule edit

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
1:30 pm
Edinboro W 79–37 
Reilly Center (2,870)
Olean, NY
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
5:30 pm
Siena
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 57–40  1–0
Reilly Center (1,090)
Olean, NY
11/15/2015*
5:00 pm
at DePaul
Preseason WNIT Second Round
L 54–77  1–1
McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,308)
Chicago, IL
11/21/2015*
5:00 pm
at Drexel
Preseason WNIT Consolation round
L 46–58  1–2
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,479)
Philadelphia, PA
11/24/2015*
5:00 pm
Detroit W 84–73  2–2
Reilly Center (374)
Olean, NY
11/29/2015*
1:00 pm
Toledo W 74–63  3–2
Reilly Center (378)
Olean, NY
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm
at Stony Brook W 73–68 2OT 4–2
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (433)
Stony Brook, NY
12/05/2015*
1:30 pm
Georgetown W 69–54  5–2
Reilly Center (485)
Olean, NY
12/07/2015*
7:00 pm
James Madison W 56–45  6–2
Reilly Center (518)
Olean, NY
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Buffalo W 59–32  7–2
Reilly Center (498)
Olean, NY
12/12/2015*
1:30 pm
Penn State W 70–60  8–2
Reilly Center (884)
Olean, NY
12/19/2015*
4:00 pm
at Colgate W 62–38  9–2
Cotterell Court (583)
Hamilton, NY
12/23/2015*
12:00 pm
Niagara W 67–55  10–2
Reilly Center (512)
Olean, NY
12/29/2015*
7:00 pm
at Canisius W 59–47  11–2
Koessler Athletic Center (801)
Buffalo, NY
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2016
2:00 pm
at Rhode Island W 69–56  12–2 (1–0)
Ryan Center (452)
Kingston, RI
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
Fordham W 55–41  13–2 (2–0)
Reilly Center (1,344)
Olean, NY
01/10/2016
5:00 pm, ASN
Massachusetts W 66–41  14–2 (3–0)
Reilly Center (1,057)
Olean, NY
01/13/2016
7:00 pm
at Davidson W 59–47  15–2 (4–0)
John M. Belk Arena (387)
Davidson, NC
01/16/2016
1:00 pm
George Mason W 70–55  16–2 (5–0)
Reilly Center (1,221)
Olean, NY
01/20/2016
7:00 pm
at Dayton W 59–54  17–2 (6–0)
UD Arena (2,514)
Dayton, OH
01/23/2016
7:00 pm
at Duquesne L 62–74  17–3 (6–1)
Palumbo Center (652)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/27/2016
7:00 pm
Saint Joseph's W 65–51  18–3 (7–1)
Reilly Center (955)
Olean, NY
01/31/2016
12:30 pm, ASN
Richmond W 66–43  19–3 (8–1)
Reilly Center (2,011)
Olean, NY
02/03/2016
7:00 pm
at VCU L 47–52  19–4 (8–2)
Siegel Center 
Richmond, VA
02/10/2016
7:00 pm
Saint Louis W 80–59  20–4 (9–2)
Reilly Center (987)
Olean, NY
02/13/2016
2:00 pm
at Massachusetts L 60–69  20–5 (9–3)
Mullins Center (374)
Amherst, MA
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
George Washington W 69–67 OT 21–5 (10–3)
Reilly Center (897)
Olean, NY
02/20/2016
1:00 pm
at La Salle W 70–63  22–5 (11–3)
Tom Gola Arena (536)
Philadelphia, PA
02/24/2016
7:00 pm
at Fordham L 68–77  22–6 (11–4)
Rose Hill Gymnasium (785)
Bronx, NY
02/28/2016
1:00 pm
Duquesne W 60–48  23–6 (12–4)
Reilly Center (1,370)
Olean, NY
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/04/2016
2:00 pm, ASN
vs. VCU
Quarterfinals
L 50–59  23–7
Richmond Coliseum 
Richmond, VA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN2
(10 D) vs. (7 D) Oklahoma State
First Round
W 65–54  24–7
Gill Coliseum (4,702)
Corvallis, OR
03/20/2016*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
(10 D) at (2 D) No. 6 Oregon State
Second Round
L 40–69  24–8
Gill Coliseum (6,074)
Corvallis, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
D=Dallas Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings edit

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Coaches NR 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
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2015-16 St. Bonaventure Women's Basketball Schedule". sbu.edu.