2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fourth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center . They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament , where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament , where they defeated Alabama State and Missouri in the first and second rounds, UCLA in the sweet sixteen before last year's sweet sixteen rematch to Connecticut in the elite eight.
Rankings
2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll
Pre- Season
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Final
AP
12
11
8
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
6
6
6
6
8
8
6
7
7
N/A
Coaches
11
8
8
6
6
6
6
6
4
4
6
6
6
5
7
8
7
7
7
7
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network , with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9. This was the first year that radio broadcasts had moved from KVET (1300 AM/103.1 FM) .
Roster
2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
1
Empress Davenport
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr
Duncanville
Duncanville, TX
G
2
Celina Rodrigo
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
RS Sr
Hillgrove
Marietta, GA
F
5
Jordan Hosey
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Manvel
Pearland, TX
G
10
Lashann Higgs
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
Cedar Ridge
Round Rock, TX
G
11
Brooke McCarty
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
So
Clear Springs
League City, TX
G
13
Emily Johnson
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Jr
Georgetown Colorado State
Georgetown, TX
F
14
Christina Aborowa
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr
Neumann-Goretti
Ondo, Nigeria
G
20
Brianna Taylor
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Jr
Spring Dekaney
Houston, TX
F
21
Nekia Jones
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So
Ozen
Beaumont, TX
G
22
Tasia Forman
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
So
Duncanville
Duncanville, TX
G
24
Ariel Atkins
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
So
Duncanville
Duncanville, TX
F
30
Khaléann Caron-Goudreau
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So
IMG Academy Vanderbilt
Gatineau, QE
G
32
Brady Sanders
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
RS Sr
Godley
Joshua, TX
F
33
Sara Hattis
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Jr
Cleveland
Rio Rancho, NM
C
34
Imani Boyette
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Sr
Windward
Los Angeles, CA
F
35
Diani Akigbogun
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So
Regis Jesuit
Aurora, CO
C
40
Kelsey Lang
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr
The Woodlands
The Woodlands, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 2015-06-07
Schedule
[ 2]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015 *7:00 pm, LHN
No. 12
UTSA
W 90–53
1–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,596)Austin, TX
11/18/2015 *11:00 am, LHN
No. 11
Northwestern State
W 86–33
2–0
Frank Erwin Center (7,582)Austin, TX
11/21/2015 *2:00 pm
No. 11
at Rice
W 70–47
3–0
Tudor Fieldhouse (821)Houston, TX
11/25/2015 *7:00 pm, LHN
No. 8
Hampton
W 79–52
4–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,507)Austin, TX
11/29/2015 *1:30 pm, ESPN
No. 8
at No. 4 Tennessee
W 64–53
5–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,204)Knoxville, TN
12/02/2015 *7:00 pm, LHN
No. 6
No. 9 Mississippi State
W 53–47
6–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,887)Austin, TX
12/06/2015 *2:00 pm
No. 6
at Little Rock
W 66–56
7–0
Jack Stephens Center (1,642)Little Rock, AR
12/13/2015 *12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 5
No. 14 Stanford
W 77–69
8–0
Frank Erwin Center (3,942)Austin, TX
12/16/2015 *7:00 pm, LHN
No. 5
Canisius
W 92–62
9–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,370)Austin, TX
12/20/2015 *1:30 pm, FS1
No. 5
vs. Arkansas Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 61–50
10–0
Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
12/27/2015 *2:00 pm, LHN
No. 5
Sam Houston State
W 83–49
11–0
Frank Erwin Center (3,123)Austin, TX
Big 12 regular season
12/30/2015 6:00 pm
No. 5
at West Virginia
W 65–54
12–0 (1–0)
WVU Coliseum (4,153)Morgantown, WV
01/02/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 5
Texas Tech
W 86–62
13–0 (2–0)
Frank Erwin Center (3,668)Austin, TX
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 4
Iowa State
W 75–54
14–0 (3–0)
Frank Erwin Center (2,836)Austin, TX
01/09/2016 5:00 pm
No. 4
at Oklahoma State
W 78–48
15–0 (4–0)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,290)Stillwater, OK
01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 4
at Kansas
W 75–38
16–0 (5–0)
Allen Fieldhouse (1,903)Lawrence, KS
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 4
No. 6 Baylor
L 67–80
16–1 (5–1)
Frank Erwin Center (8,996)Austin, TX
01/20/2016 7:00 pm
No. 6
at TCU
W 65–58
17–1 (6–1)
Schollmaier Arena (2,792)Fort Worth, TX
01/23/2016 11:00 am, FSN
No. 6
No. 19 Oklahoma
W 83–76
18–1 (7–1)
Frank Erwin Center (4,096)Austin, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 6
Kansas
W 70–46
19–1 (8–1)
Frank Erwin Center (3,126)Austin, TX
01/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 6
Kansas State
W 66–51
20–1 (9–1)
Bramlage Coliseum (4,846)Manhattan, KS
02/06/2016 1:30 pm, FS2
No. 6
at Iowa State
W 65–49
21–1 (10–1)
Hilton Coliseum (11,261)Ames, IA
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 6
No. 20 Oklahoma State
W 70–55
22–1 (11–1)
Frank Erwin Center (2,638)Austin, TX
02/14/2016 1:30 pm, FS1
No. 6
at No. 21 Oklahoma
L 56–74
22–2 (11–2)
Lloyd Noble Center (4,853)Norman, OK
02/17/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 8
Kansas State
W 58–51
23–2 (12–2)
Frank Erwin Center (3,036)Austin, TX
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, FSN
No. 8
West Virginia
W 73–50
24–2 (13–2)
Frank Erwin Center (4,143)Austin, TX
02/24/2016 6:30 pm
No. 8
at Texas Tech
W 76–55
25–2 (14–2)
United Supermarkets Arena (3,555)Lubbock, TX
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, LHN
No. 8
TCU
W 71–58
26–2 (15–2)
Frank Erwin Center (4,069)Austin, TX
02/29/2016 8:00 pm, FS1
No. 6
at No. 4 Baylor
L 48–74
26–3 (15–3)
Ferrell Center (10,284)Waco, TX
2016 Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/05/2016 6:00 pm, FSN
No. 6
vs. Kansas Quarterfinals
W 66–50
27–3
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,863)Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2016 4:00 pm, FS1
No. 6
vs. West Virginia Semifinals
W 67–51
28–3
Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,591)Oklahoma City, OK
03/07/2016 8:00 pm, FS1
No. 7
vs. No. 4 Baylor Championship Game
L 63–79
28–4
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,859)Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA women's tournament
03/19/2016 *8:00 pm, ESPN2
(2 B) No. 7
(15 B) Alabama State First Round
W 86–42
29–4
Frank Erwin Center (2,645)Austin, TX
03/21/2016 *8:15 pm, ESPN2
(2 B) No. 7
(10 B) Missouri Second Round
W 73–55
30–4
Frank Erwin Center (2,345)Austin, TX
03/26/2016 *12:30 pm, ESPN
(2 B) No. 7
vs. (3 B) No. 10 UCLA Sweet Sixteen
W 72–64
31–4
Webster Bank Arena (8,898)Bridgeport, CT
03/28/2016 *6:00 pm, ESPN
(2 B) No. 7
vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Elite Eight
L 65–86
31–5
Webster Bank Arena (9,088)Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B=Bridgeport Region.
All times are in
Central Time .
See also
References
Venues Rivalries People Culture and lore Seasons NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics