2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball

Rainbow Wahine Showdown Champions SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
2015–16 record	33–2 (16–0 SEC)
Head coach	Dawn Staley (8th year)
Assistant coach	Lisa Boyer
Assistant coach	Nikki McCray-Penson
Assistant coach	Fred Chmiel
Home arena	Colonial Life Arena

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#15 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
#18 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
#12 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
#25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	10	–	20	.333

† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by eighth year head coach Dawn Staley, play their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 33–2, 11–5 in SEC play to win the SEC regular season and the tournament earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Jacksonville and Kansas State in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Syracuse in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Colley, ShayShay Colley	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	St. Edmund Campion Secondary	Brampton, ON
1.5 !G	1	Cuevas, BiancaBianca Cuevas	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	2.0 !So	Nazareth Regional	Bronx, NY
1.5 !G	3	Duckett, KaydraKaydra Duckett	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Dreher	Columbia, SC
1.5 !G	4	Cliney, DoniyahDoniyah Cliney	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Malcolm X Shabazz	Newark, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Sessions, KhadijahKhadijah Sessions	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	North Myrtle Beach	North Myrtle Beach, SC
1.5 !G	10	Gray, AllishaAllisha Gray (I)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Washington County North Carolina	Sandersville, GA
1.5 !G	15	Davis, TiffanyTiffany Davis	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.5 !RS So	Westbury Christian	Houston, TX
3.5 !F	22	Wilson, A'jaA'ja Wilson	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	2.0 !So	Heathwood Hall	Hopkins, SC
1.5 !G	23	Roy, TinaTina Roy	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Kaplan	Kaplan, LA
5.0 !C	24	Imovbioh, SarahSarah Imovbioh	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	St. Anne's-Belfield Virginia	Abuja, Nigeria
1.5 !G	25	Mitchell, TiffanyTiffany Mitchell	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.0 !Sr	Providence Day	Charlotte, NC
2.5 !G/F	31	Dozier, AsiaAsia Dozier	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Spring Valley	Columbia, SC
1.5 !G	35	Davis, KaelaKaela Davis (I)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Buford Georgia Tech	Suwanee, GA
3.5 !F	40	White, JatarieJatarie White	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	2.0 !So	Providence Day	Charlotte, NC
5.0 !C	41	Coates, AlainaAlaina Coates	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	Dutch Fork	Irmo, SC
1.5 !G	44	Farmer, IndiaIndia Farmer	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	North Myrtle Beach	North Myrtle Beach, SC

Head coach

Dawn Staley (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Boyer (Ithaca College)
Nikki McCray-Penson (Tennessee)
Fred Chmiel (Alaska–Anchorage)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Newberry	W 93–49		Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 2	No. 6 Ohio State	W 88–80	1–0	Colonial Life Arena (16,815) Columbia, SC
11/15/2015* 3:00 PM	No. 2	UNC Greensboro	W 91–44	2–0	Colonial Life Arena (13,607) Columbia, SC
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 2	at Clemson Rivalry	W 67–41	3–0	Jervey Athletic Center (1,030) Clemson, SC
11/22/2015* 4:00 PM, P12N	No. 2	at UCLA	W 68–65	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (2,018) Los Angeles, CA
11/27/2015* 7:30 PM	No. 2	vs. No. 16 Arizona State Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 60–58	5–0	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/28/2015* 6:30 PM	No. 2	vs. Cal State Bakersfield Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 90–71	6–0	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/29/2015* 10:00 PM	No. 2	at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 67–51	7–0	Stan Sheriff Center (2,073) Honolulu, HI
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	No. 14 Duke	W 66–55	8–0	Colonial Life Arena (16,429) Columbia, SC
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	Winthrop	W 86–37	9–0	Colonial Life Arena (13,409) Columbia, SC
12/16/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Hampton	W 86–48	10–0	Colonial Life Arena (12,117) Columbia, SC
12/20/2015* 1:00 PM, ASN	No. 2	vs. East Carolina Carolinas Challenge	W 89–57	11–0	Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
12/22/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Elon	W 78–63	12–0	Colonial Life Arena (13,670) Columbia, SC
SEC regular Season
01/03/2016 3:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 2	Arkansas	W 85–32	13–0 (1–0)	Colonial Life Arena (13,407) Columbia, SC
01/07/2016 9:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	at Vanderbilt	W 71–61	14–0 (2–0)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,547) Nashville, TN
01/10/2016 12:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	No. 20 Missouri	W 83–58	15–0 (3–0)	Colonial Life Arena (15,934) Columbia, SC
01/14/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	at No. 9 Kentucky	W 73–62	16–0 (4–0)	Memorial Coliseum (5,527) Lexington, KY
01/17/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	No. 15 Texas A&M	W 59–58	17–0 (5–0)	Colonial Life Arena (15,406) Columbia, SC
01/21/2016 7:00 PM	No. 2	at Auburn	W 74–58	18–0 (6–0)	Auburn Arena (2,419) Auburn, AL
01/24/2016 5:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	at No. 10 Mississippi State	W 57–51	19–0 (7–0)	Humphrey Coliseum (10,626) Starkville, MS
01/28/2016 7:00 PM	No. 2	Ole Miss	W 81–62	20–0 (8–0)	Colonial Life Arena (14,313) Columbia, SC
01/31/2016 6:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 2	at No. 10 Texas A&M	W 70–63	21–0 (9–0)	Reed Arena (8,511) College Station, TX
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	No. 2	No. 18 Kentucky	W 78–68	22–0 (10–0)	Colonial Life Arena (15,015) Columbia, SC
02/08/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	No. 1 Connecticut	L 54–66	22–1	Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC
02/11/2016 7:00 PM	No. 2	No. 16 Florida	W 86–71	23–1 (11–0)	Colonial Life Arena (13,324) Columbia, SC
02/15/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 3	at No. 24 Tennessee	W 62–56	24–1 (12–0)	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,014) Knoxville, TN
02/18/2016 7:00 PM	No. 3	Georgia	W 61–51	25–1 (13–0)	Colonial Life Arena (16,186) Columbia, SC
02/22/2016 7:00 PM, SECN	No. 3	at Alabama	W 66–46	26–1 (14–0)	Foster Auditorium (2,649) Tuscaloosa, AL
02/25/2016 9:00 PM, SECN	No. 3	at Ole Miss	W 66–45	27–1 (15–0)	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,473) Oxford, MS
02/28/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 3	LSU	W 75–39	28–1 (16–0)	Colonial Life Arena (16,240) Columbia, SC
SEC Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 12:00 PM, SECN	No. 3	vs. Auburn Quarterfinals	W 57–48	29–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016 3:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 3	vs. No. 13 Kentucky Semifinals	W 93–63	30–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
03/06/2016 2:30 PM, ESPN	No. 3	vs. No. 16 Mississippi State Championship Game	W 66–52	31–1	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (6,549) Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 7:30 PM, ESPN2	(1 SF) No. 3	(16 SF) Jacksonville First Round	W 77–41	32–1	Colonial Life Arena (10,276) Columbia, SC
03/20/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN	(1 SF) No. 3	(9 SF) Kansas State Second Round	W 73–47	33–1	Colonial Life Arena (10,048) Columbia, SC
03/25/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN	(1 SF) No. 3	vs. (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse Sweet Sixteen	L 72–80	33–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	N/A
Coaches	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5

References

↑ http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/scar-w-baskbl-sched.html

South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball

Venues	Carolina Coliseum (1974–2002) Colonial Life Arena (2002–present)

Rivalries	Clemson

Culture & lore	History Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Garnet Army

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References