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2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball
2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	14–16 (10–8 The Valley)
Head coach	Sheryl Swoopes (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Jeanine Wasielewski; Mahogany Green; Kesha Watson;
Home arena	Joseph J. Gentile Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Missouri State †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Drake	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Southern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Loyola-Chicago	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Indiana State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Illinois State	6	–	12	.333	8	–	22	.267
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	22	.267
Bradley	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Evansville	1	–	17	.056	3	–	28	.097


† 2016 MVC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by third year head coach Sheryl Swoopes, played their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Southern Illinois.

Roster

2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Whisper Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Owings Mills	Owings Mills, MD
G	2	Sam Lambringtsen	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Oregon	Oregon, IL
G	3	Tashawnya Edwards	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Midwest City Garden City CC	Midwest City, OK
G/F	4	Dakota Vann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Deek Creek	Oklahoma City, OK
G/F	11	Brandi Segars	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Mount Zion Christian Academy	Queens, NY
G/F	12	Citiana Negatu	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Blake	Silver Spring, MD
G/F	13	Katie Salmon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Wauwatosa East	Wauwatosa, WI
G	15	Grance Goodhart	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Sunnyvale	Sunnyvale, TX
F	21	Ryaen Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Bolingbrook	Lisle, IL
G	23	Becca Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	South Elgin	South Elgin, IL
G	25	Taylor Johnson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Lincoln-Way East	Frankfort, IL
F	44	Nieka Wheeler	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	William Chrisman Johnson County CC	Independence, MO
F	50	Taylor Manuel	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Incarnate Word Academy Purdue	St. Louis, MO

Head coach

Sheryl Swoopes (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeanine Wasielewski (Northwestern)
Mahogany Green (Cleveland State)
Kesha Watson (Oklahoma City)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015* 3:00 pm	UW–Parkside	W 65–54		Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm	Lewis	W 79–73 ^OT		Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 4:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	L 77–84	0–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,156) Atlanta, GA
11/17/2015* 6:00 pm	at Eastern Illinois	W 86–75 ^OT	1–1	Lantz Arena (379) Charleston, IL
11/21/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Miami (FL)	L 50–77	1–2	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (221) Chicago, IL
11/25/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Central Michigan	L 59–68	1–3	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (204) Chicago, IL
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Lamar	W 82–71	2–3	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Western Michigan	L 45–68	2–4	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (203) Chicago, IL
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm	at No. 19 Michigan State	L 47–76	2–5	Breslin Center (5,706) East Lansing, MI
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 12 Northwestern	L 72–81	2–6	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (411) Chicago, IL
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Green Bay	L 51–65	2–7	Kress Events Center (1,960) Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015* 12:00 pm	at No. 17 DePaul	W 88–75	3–7	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,153) Chicago, IL
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm	at Rice	W 57–50	4–7	Tudor Fieldhouse (541) Houston, TX
Missouri Valley regular season
01/03/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 67–54	5–7 (1–0)	Renaissance Coliseum (572) Peoria, IL
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Evansville	W 63–49	6–7 (2–0)	Ford Center (480) Evansville, IN
01/10/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	W 69–68 ^OT	7–7 (3–0)	SIU Arena (619) Carbondale, IL
01/15/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 60–55	8–7 (4–0)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (312) Chicago, IL
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Missouri State	L 62–73	8–8 (4–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (412) Chicago, IL
01/22/2015 6:05 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 48–62	8–9 (4–2)	Hulman Center (1,735) Terre Haute, IN
01/24/2015 2:05 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	W 57–41	9–9 (5–2)	Redbird Arena (1,313) Normal, IL
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	W 64–60	10–9 (6–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (426) Chicago, IL
01/31/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 65–81	10–10 (6–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (417) Chicago, IL
02/05/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	W 83–59	11–10 (7–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (437) Chicago, IL
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 67–54	12–10 (8–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (469) Chicago, IL
02/12/2015 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 81–91 ^OT	12–11 (8–4)	JQH Arena (3,823) Springfield, MO
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wichita State	L 62–65	12–12 (8–5)	Charles Koch Arena (1,634) Wichita, KS
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 73–61	13–12 (9–5)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536) Chicago, IL
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	L 71–74	13–13 (9–6)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (373) Chicago, IL
02/26/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	L 61–91	13–14 (9–7)	Knapp Center (2,834) Chicago, IL
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 52–63	13–15 (9–8)	McLeod Center (1,942) Cedar Falls, IA
03/05/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 69–63	14–15 (10–8)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/11/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Southern Illinois Quarterfinals	L 64–73	14–16	iWireless Center Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.