The 2015–16 UMKC Kangaroos women's basketball team represents the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Kangaroos are led by coach Marsha Frese. They will play most of their home games at the Swinney Recreation Center, with two taking place at Municipal Auditorium. UMKC entered the season as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–18, 5–9 in WAC play to finish sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC women's tournament to Utah Valley.
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 10–18 (5–9 WAC) |
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| Home arena | Swinney Recreation Center Municipal Auditorium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTRGV | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 WAC tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster edit
| Number | Name | Position | Height | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Daijane Dillard | Guard | 5–4 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2 | Kristen Moore | Forward | 6–0 | RS Freshman | Chicago, IL |
| 3 | Sierra Bone | Guard | 5–10 | Sophomore | Flower Mound, TX |
| 5 | India Johnson | Guard | 5–6 | Junior | Overland Park, KS |
| 10 | Aries Washington | Guard | 5–9 | Sophomore | Kansas City, MO |
| 11 | Justice Collins | Guard | 5–7 | Junior | Springfield, IL |
| 12 | Kelsey Barrett | Guard | 5–10 | Junior | Kansas City, MO |
| 13 | Taylor Leathers | Guard/Forward | 6–0 | Senior | Overland Park, KS |
| 15 | Ceidra Coleman | Forward | 6–0 | Junior | Bryan, TX |
| 21 | Grace Mitchell | Forward | 6–0 | Junior | Plano, TX |
| 22 | Samantha Waldron | Guard | 5–11 | Sophomore | Omaha, NE |
| 23 | LaDerica Paul | Guard | 5–8 | Freshman | Dallas, TX |
| 32 | Kiana Law | Forward | 6–1 | Sophomore | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 41 | Paige Husa | Center | 6–1 | Sophomore | Fairbury, NE |
Schedule edit
Source:[1]
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 11/06/2015* 7:30 pm |
Rockhurst | L 52–58 | Swinney Recreation Center Kansas City, MO | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/13/2015* 1:00 pm |
North Florida | L 55–62 | 0–1 |
Swinney Recreation Center (156) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Milwaukee | L 48–70 | 0–2 |
Klotsche Center (516) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 11/20/2015* 6:00 pm |
at Southeast Missouri State | L 65–78 | 0–3 |
Show Me Center (642) Cape Girardeau, MO | |||||||
| 11/27/2015* 1:00 pm |
Indiana State Plaza Lights Classic |
L 47–77 | 0–4 |
Swinney Recreation Center (296) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 11/28/2015* 3:30 pm |
SIU Edwardsville Plaza Lights Classic |
L 58–63 | 0–5 |
Swinney Recreation Center (189) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Nebraska–Omaha | L 42–57 | 0–6 |
Baxter Arena (655) Omaha, NE | |||||||
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm |
Stephens College | W 76–46 | 1–6 |
Swinney Recreation Center (218) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, TWCS KC |
at Kansas | W 47–44 | 2–6 |
Allen Fieldhouse (1,736) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
| 12/12/2015* 1:00 pm, WAC DN |
Denver | W 68–58 | 3–6 |
Municipal Auditorium (207) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm, KSMO |
Bethany | W 64–51 | 4–6 |
Municipal Auditorium (209) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 12/22/2015* 1:00 pm |
at No. 15 Northwestern | L 38–80 | 4–7 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (625) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/30/2015* 3:00 pm |
at Towson | L 47–70 | 4–8 |
SECU Arena (382) Towson, MD | |||||||
| 01/02/2016* 1:00 pm |
at Morgan State | W 59–50 | 5–8 |
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (58) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
| WAC regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/07/2016 9:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Seattle | L 63–69 | 5–9 (0–1) |
Connolly Center (234) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| 01/09/2016 5:00 pm |
at Cal State Bakersfield | W 56–40 | 6–9 (1–1) |
Icardo Center (490) Bakersfield, CA | |||||||
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
New Mexico State | L 62–68 | 6–10 (1–2) |
Swinney Recreation Center (231) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm, WAC DN |
UTRGV | L 53–62 | 6–11 (1–3) |
Swinney Recreation Center (247) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 01/21/2016 6:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Utah Valley | L 71–79 | 6–12 (1–4) |
UCCU Center (222) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 01/24/2016 3:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Grand Canyon | W 63–57 | 7–12 (2–4) |
GCU Arena (217) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm |
at Chicago State | L 72–77 OT | 7–13 (2–5) |
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (231) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Cal State Bakersfield | L 68–78 | 7–14 (2–6) |
Swinney Recreation Center (286) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 02/06/2015 1:00 pm |
Seattle | W 64–43 | 8–14 (3–6) |
Swinney Recreation Center (248) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 02/13/2016 1:00 pm, WAC DN |
at UTRGV | W 59–57 | 9–14 (4–6) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (668) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm |
Grand Canyon | L 59–68 | 9–15 (4–7) |
Swinney Recreation Center (365) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 02/20/2016 2:00 pm, WAC DN |
Utah Valley | L 44–58 | 9–16 (4–8) |
Swinney Recreation Center (411) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 02/27/2016 3:00 pm |
at New Mexico State | L 74–78 OT | 9–17 (4–9) |
Pan American Center (1,142) Las Cruces, NM | |||||||
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm |
Chicago State | W 67–50 | 10–17 (5–9) |
Swinney Recreation Center (472) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| WAC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/09/2016 4:00 pm, WAC DN |
vs. Utah Valley Quarterfinals |
L 53–61 | 10–18 |
Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2015–16 UMKC Kangaroos Women's Basketball Schedule". UMKC athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2015.