2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team


The 2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Mocs, led by third year head coach Jim Foster, play their home games at the McKenzie Arena and are members of the Southern Conference. They begin the season ranked 25th in the AP poll.[1] They finished the season 24–8, 12–2 in SoCon play to share the SoCon regular season title with Mercer. They also won the SoCon Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.

2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball
UNCW Christmas Classic Champions
SoCon Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record24–8 (12–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Katie Burrows
  • Brittany Jonson
  • John McCray
Home arenaMcKenzie Arena
Seasons
← 2014–15
2015–16 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Chattanooga122 .857248 .750
Mercer*122 .857249 .727
Samford113 .7862011 .645
East Tennessee State86 .5711614 .533
Furman77 .5001516 .484
Wofford311 .214920 .310
Western Carolina311 .214622 .214
UNC Greensboro014 .000822 .267
2016 SoCon Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearHometown
G1Alicia Payne5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SrMemphis, TN
F/C3Jasmine Joyner6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)JrSouthaven, MS
G5Anna Claire Noblit5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SoTuscumbia, AL
F10Queen Alford  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)JrDecatur, GA
G14Molly Melton5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)FrKnoxville, TN
G/F20Keiana Gilbert5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)SoColumbia, TN
G/F21Sydney Vanlandingham  5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)JrHermitage, TN
G22Shelby Davenport6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)SoMurfreesboro, TN
G23Moses Johnson6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)JrAtlanta, GA
G24Nakeia Burks5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)FrHuntsville, AL
G25Chelsey Schumpert5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)JrPaducah, KY
F/C30Ansley Chilton  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)SoTrenton, GA
G/F35Aryanna Gilbert  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SoColumbia, TN
F/C41Ashlyn Wert  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)FrLancaster, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
November 13, 2015*
6:30 pm
No. 25 McNeese State
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 68–53 1–0
McKenzie Arena (1,565)
Chattanooga, TN
November 15, 2015*
2:00 pm
No. 25 ButlerW 60–49 2–0
McKenzie Arena (1,549)
Chattanooga, TN
November 17, 2015*
7:00 pm
No. 24 at Indiana
Preseason WNIT Second Round
L 43–54 2–1
Assembly Hall (1,960)
Chattanooga, TN
November 20, 2015*
6:30 pm
No. 24 Southern Miss
Preseason WNIT Consolation round
W 53–48 OT3–1
McKenzie Arena (1,111)
Chattanooga, TN
November 23, 2015*
7:00 pm
at No. 4 TennesseeL 57–59 3–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449)
Knoxville, TN
November 25, 2015*
6:30 pm
Arkansas StateW 55–54 4–2
McKenzie Arena (1,189)
Chattanooga, TN
November 28, 2015*
2:00 pm
UT-MartinW 61–46 5–2
McKenzie Arena (1,238)
Chattanooga, TN
November 30, 2015*
6:30 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 ConnecticutL 31–79 5–3
McKenzie Arena (6,104)
Chattanooga, TN
December 13, 2015*
2:00 pm
at No. 21 South FloridaL 33–61 5–4
USF Sun Dome (1,779)
Tampa, Florida
December 16, 2015*
11:00 am
BelmontW 62–53 6–4
McKenzie Arena (1,788)
Chattanooga, TN
December 18, 2015*
Noon
vs. East Carolina
UNCW Christmas Classic
W 72–61 7–4
Trask Coliseum 
Wilmington, NC
December 19, 2015*
2:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington
UNCW Christmas Classic
W 61–33 8–4
Trask Coliseum (417)
Wilmington, NC
December 28, 2015*
10:00 pm
at No. 11 StanfordL 30–73 8–5
Maples Pavilion (3,410)
Stanford, CA
January 4, 2016*
6:30 pm
HarvardW 62–58 9–5
McKenzie Arena (1,398)
Chattanooga, TN
SoCon Regular Season
January 7, 2016
6:00 pm
at WoffordW 53–40 10–5 (1–0)
Benjamin Johnson Arena (182)
Spartanburg, SC
January 9, 2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at FurmanW 56–50 11–5 (2–0)
Timmons Arena (507)
Greenville, SC
January 13, 2016
6:30 pm
Western CarolinaW 77–59 12–5 (3–0)
McKenzie Arena (1,422)
Chattanooga, TN
January 16, 2016
2:00 pm
UNC GreensboroW 72–61 13–5 (4–0)
McKenzie Arena (2,871)
Chattanooga, TN
January 21, 2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at MercerL 44–67 13–6 (4–1)
Hawkins Arena (1,574)
Macon, GA
January 23, 2016
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at SamfordL 43–48 13–7 (4–2)
Pete Hanna Center (667)
Homewood, AL
January 30, 2016
2:00 pm
at East Tennessee StateW 65–57 14–7 (5–2)
Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,034)
Johnson City, TN
February 4, 2016
5:30 pm
FurmanW 61–46 15–7 (6–2)
McKenzie Arena (1,785)
Chattanooga, TN
February 6, 2016
2:00 pm
WoffordW 65–48 16–7 (7–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,452)
Chattanooga, TN
February 11, 2016
7:00 pm
at UNC GreensboroW 74–53 17–7 (8–2)
Fleming Gymnasium (435)
Greensboro, NC
February 13, 2016
2:00 pm
at Western CarolinaW 65–51 18–7 (9–2)
Ramsey Center 
Cullhowee, NC
February 17, 2016
6:30 pm
MercerW 53–30 19–7 (10–2)
McKenzie Arena (1,533)
Chattanooga, TN
February 20, 2016
2:00 pm
SamfordW 67–45 20–7 (11–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,933)
Chattanooga, TN
February 27, 2016
2:00 pm
East Tennessee StateW 66–42 21–7 (12–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,372)
Chattanooga, TN
SoCon Tournament
March 3, 2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Western Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 74–56 22–7
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
March 4, 2016
1:15 pm, ESPN3
vs. Samford
Semifinals
W 49–41 23–7
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
March 6, 2016
1:05 pm, ESPN3
vs. Mercer
Championship Game
W 65–57 24–7
U.S. Cellular Center (1,320)
Asheville, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2016*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
at No. 15 Mississippi State
First Round
L 50–60 24–8
Humphrey Coliseum (5,115)
Starkville, MS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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