2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 11
Record26–7 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon State † 16 – 2   .889 32 – 5   .865
No. 11 Arizona State 16 – 2   .889 26 – 7   .788
No. 13 Stanford 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
No. 10 UCLA 14 – 4   .778 26 – 9   .743
Washington 11 – 7   .611 26 – 11   .703
Oregon 9 – 9   .500 24 – 11   .686
Utah 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
USC 6 – 12   .333 19 – 13   .594
Washington State 5 – 13   .278 14 – 16   .467
California 4 – 14   .222 15 – 17   .469
Arizona 3 – 15   .167 13 – 19   .406
Colorado 2 – 16   .111 7 – 23   .233
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Katie Hempen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Highland/SIU Edwardsville Highland, IL
G 1 Arnecia Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Mountain View Mesa, AZ
G 2 Qiana Levy (W) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Monterey Trail Sacramento, CA
G 3 Sabrina Haines 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 5 Tia Kanoa 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Kamehameha Honolulu, HI
G 11 Peace Amukamara 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mesa CC/Millennium Goodyear, AZ
F 21 Sophie Brunner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Aquin Freeport, IL
C 22 Quinn Dornstauder 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr LeBoldus Regina, SK
G 23 Elisha Davis 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Berkeley Oakland, CA
F 24 Kelsey Moos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Reardan Edwall, WA
C 33 Charnea Johnson-Chapman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Canyon Springs Moreno Valley, CA
F 42 Kianna Ibis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Benson Omaha, NE
G 43 Eliza Normen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Monarch Louisville, CO
G 50 Armani Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mountain View Mesa, AZ
Head coach

Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Amanda Levens (Arizona State)
Meg Sanders (Fresno State)
Jackie Moore (Armstrong State)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
3:30 pm, P12N 		No. 15 No. 18 Kentucky L 64–68 OT 0–1
 Wells Fargo Arena (4,543)
Tempe, AZ
11/21/2015*
12:00 pm 		No. 18 at SMU W 64–57  1–1
 Moody Coliseum (302)
Dallas, TX
11/27/2015*
5:30 pm 		No. 16 vs. No. 2 South Carolina
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		L 58–60  1–2
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm 		No. 16 at Hawaiʻi
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		W 75–49  2–2
 Stan Sheriff Center (2,152)
Honolulu, HI
11/29/2015*
5:30 pm 		No. 16 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Rainbow Wahine Showdown 		W 60–47  3–2
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm 		No. 17 VCU
ASU Classic semifinals 		L 48–57  3–3
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,430)
Tempe, AZ
12/06/2015*
12:00 pm 		No. 17 Columbia
ASU Classic 3rd place game 		W 70–49  4–3
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,283)
Tempe, AZ
12/12/2015*
11:00 am 		No. 24 at No. 19 Syracuse W 61–54  5–3
 Carrier Dome (526)
Syracuse, NY
12/14/2015*
4:00 pm 		No. 21 at Hartford W 60–29  6–3
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822)
Hartford, CT
12/19/2015*
3:00 pm 		No. 21 Marquette W 90–80  7–3
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,439)
Tempe, AZ
12/21/2015*
3:00 pm, ESPNU 		No. 22 No. 10 Florida State W 68–56  8–3
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,783)
Tempe, AZ
12/28/2015*
3:00 pm 		No. 17 Cal State Northridge W 69–46  9–3
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016
5:00 pm, P12N 		No. 17 No. 19 California W 57–49  10–3 (1–0)
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
01/04/2016
6:00 pm, P12N 		No. 14 No. 9 Stanford W 49–31  11–3 (2–0)
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,708)
Tempe, AZ
01/08/2016
8:00 pm, P12N 		No. 14 at Washington W 68–61  12–3 (3–0)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767)
Seattle, WA
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, P12N 		No. 14 at Washington State W 63–45  13–3 (4–0)
 Beasley Coliseum (713)
Pullman, WA
01/15/2016
11:00 am 		No. 10 Colorado W 64–37  14–3 (5–0)
 Wells Fargo Arena (4,139)
Tempe, AZ
01/17/2016
12:00 pm, P12N 		No. 10 Utah W 80–60  15–3 (6–0)
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,510)
Tempe, AZ
01/22/2016
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 8 Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series 		W 61–48  16–3 (7–0)
 Wells Fargo Arena (3,455)
Tempe, AZ
01/24/2016
5:00 pm, P12N 		No. 8 at Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series 		W 62–47  17–3 (8–0)
 McKale Center (1,483)
Tucson, AZ
01/29/2016
9:00 pm, P12N 		No. 8 at Oregon W 63–58  18–3 (9–0)
 Matthew Knight Arena (1,988)
Eugene, OR
02/01/2016
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 8 at No. 9 Oregon State L 44–67  18–4 (9–1)
 Gill Coliseum (4,427)
Corvallis, OR
02/05/2016
6:00 pm, P12N 		No. 8 No. 14 UCLA W 65–61  19–4 (10–1)
 Wells Fargo Arena (3,095)
Tempe, AZ
02/07/2016
2:00 pm, P12N 		No. 8 USC W 69–68  20–4 (11–1)
 Wells Fargo Arena (1,564)
Tempe, AZ
02/12/2016
8:00 pm 		No. 9 at California W 64–49  21–4 (12–1)
 Haas Pavilion (1,417)
Berkeley, CA
02/14/2016
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 at No. 13 Stanford W 63–61 OT 22–4 (13–1)
 Maples Pavilion (3,250)
Stanford, CA
02/19/2016
6:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 Washington State W 61–39  23–4 (14–1)
 Wells Fargo Arena (2,851)
Tempe, AZ
02/21/2016
12:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 Washington W 77–57  24–4 (15–1)
 Wells Fargo Arena (3,244)
Tempe, AZ
02/26/2016
7:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 at USC W 50–45  25–4 (16–1)
 Galen Center (486)
Los Angeles, CA
02/28/2016
12:00 pm, P12N 		No. 9 at No. 14 UCLA L 61–74  25–5 (16–2)
 Pauley Pavilion (6,972)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
12:30 pm, P12N 		(2) No. 10 vs. (10) California
Quarterfinals 		L 64–75  25–6
 KeyArena (3,747)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
4:30 pm, ESPN2 		(2 SF) No. 11 (15 SF) New Mexico State
First Round 		W 74–52  26–6
 Wells Fargo Arena (3,134)
Tempe, AZ
03/20/2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN 		(2 SF) No. 11 (7 SF) Tennessee
Second Round 		L 64–75  26–7
 Wells Fargo Arena (2,957)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Mountain Time.

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 15 18 16т 17 24 21т 22 17 14 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 N/A
Coaches 15 18 18 17 24 23 21 21 14 13 11 9 10 10 10 9 11 11 11 16
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".