2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team


The 2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by fourth-year head coach Garry Brodhead and played all their home games at the Cajundome with a select few (mainly during the WBI) at Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 25-10, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Little Rock by the score of 52-63. They competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational and went to the championship game, winning by the score of 87-85 in two overtimes against the Weber State Wildcats

2015–16 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Women's Basketball Invitational champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record25–10 (13–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Deacon Jones
  • Katherine Katz
  • Amber Gregg
Home arenaCajundome
Earl K. Long Gymnasium (3 games)
Seasons
2015–16 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Arkansas State191 .950265 .839
Little Rock164 .8002012 .625
Louisiana–Lafayette137 .6502110 .677
Troy128 .6002013 .606
South Alabama119 .5501515 .500
UT Arlington1010 .5001516 .484
Texas State713 .3501219 .387
Appalachian State713 .3501020 .333
Louisiana–Monroe614 .3001217 .414
Georgia State515 .2501019 .345
Georgia Southern416 .200722 .241
2016 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2015
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2014–15 season 23-12, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish sixth in the conference. They made it to the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball semifinal game after defeating Troy in the first round game before losing to Arkansas State Red Wolves in the semifinals. They would continue on to be invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational for the first time in school history, and would eventually be crowned National Champions in the WBI after defeating UT Pan American, McNeese State, Oral Roberts, and Siena in the first round, second round, semifinals, and championship game, respectively.

Roster

2015–16 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F1Brooklyn Arceneaux5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)RS SrSt. Thomas More HSLafayette, LA
C3Breionne Cooper6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)FrWest Jefferson HSNew Orleans, LA
F5Jordan Alexander6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)FrSkyline HSDallas, TX
G10Kia Wilridge5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)SrSt. Thomas More HSCrowley, LA
G11Jaylyn Gordon5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)JrWest St. John HSEdgard, LA
F14Adrienne Prejean5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SrLafayette HSLafayette, LA
G/F15Jodi Quinn5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SoSt. Thomas More HSSt. Martinville, LA
F21Jasmin Mills6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)SrAssumption HSBelle Rose, LA
G/F22Gabby Alexander5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)JrBogalusa HSBogalusa, LA
G23Taylor Washington5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)JrBowie HS
Panola College
Arlington, TX
G24Keke Veal5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)SrSt. Thomas More HSOpelousas, LA
G25Sylvana Okde5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)JrWestbury Christian SchoolHouston, TX
F32Simone Fields6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)SoConverse Judson HSSan Antonio, TX
C33Alex Weeks6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)FrBeau Chene HSOpelousas, LA
Nekia Jones
JrOzen HS
Texas
Beaumont, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: March 17, 2019

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015*
5:00 pm
LSU–AlexandriaW 95-48 
 27  Gordon  10  Quinn  3  Veal Cajundome 
Lafayette, LA
11/12/2015*
7:00 pm
Xavier (LA)W 77-69 
 27  Gordon  9  Wilridge  4  Gordon Cajundome (356)
Lafayette, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
7:00 pm
at Ole MissW 82-78 1-0
 29  Gordon  11  Tied  4  Wilridge Tad Smith Coliseum (789)
Oxford, MS
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
Southern-New OrleansW 81-28 2-0
 15  Fields  7  J. Alexander  3  Gordon Earl K. Long Gymnasium (392)
Lafayette, LA
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
at HoustonL 51-52 2-1
 19  Wilridge  5  Wilridge  4  Gordon Hofheinz Pavilion (909)
Houston, TX
11/27/2015*
1:30 pm
vs. Arkansas
San Juan Shootout
W 67-59 3-1
 20  Veal  6  Fields  4  Wilridge Mario Morales Coliseum 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
11/28/2015*
11:15 am
vs. Sacred Heart
San Juan Shootout
W 60-58 OT4-1
 13  Veal  9  Arceneaux  4  Wilridge Mario Morales Coliseum 
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sun Belt regular season
12/03/2015
5:00 pm
at Louisiana-MonroeW 71-52 5-1
 21  Gordon  8  Gordon  7  Veal Fant-Ewing Coliseum 
Monroe, LA
Non-conference regular season
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
DillardW 84-36 6-1
 18  Wilridge  9  Wilridge  2  Veal Cajundome (695)
Lafayette, LA
12/15/2015*
11:00 am
UC Santa BarbaraW 61-42 7-1
 14  Wilridge  13  Wilridge  3  Wilridge Cajundome (2,773)
Lafayette, LA
12/19/2015*
6:00 pm
at Louisiana TechL 62-79 7-2
 23  Veal  6  Wilridge  5  Gordon Thomas Assembly Center (1,818)
Ruston, LA
12/29/2015*
7:00 pm
Alcorn StateW 73-61 8-2
 22  Veal  7  Gordon  6  Gordon Cajundome (762)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt regular season
01/02/2016
5:00 pm
Appalachian StateW 60-51 9-2
 15  Wilridge  7  Arceneaux  6  Gordon Cajundome (1,166)
Lafayette, LA
01/07/2016
5:15 pm
at Little RockW 65-58 10-2
 30  Veal  6  Cooper  5  Gordon Jack Stephens Center (3,218)
Little Rock, AR
01/09/2016
3:05 pm
at Arkansas StateL 56-83 10-3
 18  Veal  9  Tied  4  Gordon Convocation Center (809)
Jonesboro, AR
01/14/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Georgia SouthernW 56-39 11-3
 17  Wilridge  13  Cooper  4  Veal Hanner Fieldhouse (424)
Statesboro, GA
01/16/2016
11:00 am, ESPN3
at Georgia StateW 77-57 12-3
 24  Gordon  6  Wilridge  7  Gordon GSU Sports Arena (454)
Atlanta, GA
01/21/2016
5:00 pm
South AlabamaW 69-50 13-3
 14  Gordon  8  Arceneaux  5  Gordon Cajundome (778)
Lafayette, LA
01/23/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
TroyW 56-53 14-3
 23  Gordon  9  Arceneaux  5  Gordon Cajundome (1,292)
Lafayette, LA
01/28/2016
5:00 pm
Texas StateL 42-46 14-4
 10  Wilridge  9  Wilridge  4  Wilridge Cajundome (1,476)
Lafayette, LA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm
UT ArlingtonW 63-52 15-4
 21  Veal  6  Wilridge  4  Veal Cajundome (864)
Lafayette, LA
02/02/2016
5:00 pm
Louisiana–MonroeW 52-40 16-4
 19  Fields  10  Fields  2  Arceneaux Cajundome (811)
Lafayette, LA
02/04/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Appalachian StateL 59-76 16-5
 27  Veal  9  Fields  5  Wilridge Holmes Center (299)
Boone, NC
02/11/2016
5:00 pm
Arkansas StateL 62-74 16-6
 25  Veal  5  Washington  3  Veal Cajundome (958)
Lafayette, LA
02/13/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Little RockL 49-58 16-7
 12  Veal  5  Wilridge  5  Veal Cajundome (1,132)
Lafayette, LA
02/18/2016
11:30 am
at UT ArlingtonW 59-42 17-7
 19  Fields  9  Veal  3  Wilridge College Park Center (3,007)
Arlington, TX
02/20/2016
2:00 pm
at Texas StateW 59-47 18-7
 25  Veal  10  Fields  7  Wilridge Strahan Coliseum 
San Marcos, TX
02/25/2016
5:15 pm
at TroyL 83-90 18-8
 34  Veal  9  Wilridge  9  Wilridge Trojan Arena (924)
Troy, AL
02/27/2016
2:00 pm
at South AlabamaL 59-68 18-9
 26  Veal  12  Fields  3  Veal Mitchell Center (2,786)
Mobile, AL
03/03/2016
5:00 pm
Georgia StateW 65-60 19-9
 20  Veal  8  Prejean  6  Wilridge Cajundome (869)
Lafayette, LA
03/05/2016
5:00 pm
Georgia SouthernW 56-49 20-9
 17  Veal  7  Wilridge  5  Wilridge Cajundome (852)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Women's Tournament[1]
03/09/2016
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (6) UT Arlington
First Round
W 59-53 21-9
 18  Fields  7  Arceneaux  4  Veal Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
03/11/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (2) Little Rock
Semifinals
L 52-63 21-10
 17  Veal  6  Fields  4  Wilridge Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
Women's Basketball Invitational
03/16/2016
5:00 pm
(1) vs. (8) Northwestern State
First Round
W 69-54 22-10
 26  Veal  5  Quinn  5  Veal Cajundome (803)
Lafayette, LA
03/19/2016
7:00 pm
(1) vs. (4) Stetson
Second Round
W 56-47 23-10
 17  Veal  6  Veal  4  Arceneaux Earl K. Long Gymnasium (312)
Lafayette, LA
03/23/2016
5:00 pm
(1) vs. (2) Youngstown State
Semifinals
W 69-49 24-10
 22  Wilridge  8  Veal  3  Veal Cajundome (1,317)
Lafayette, LA
03/26/2016
4:00 pm
(1) vs. (7) Weber State
Championship
W 87-85 2OT25-10
 32  Veal  11  Wilridge  4  Veal Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636)
Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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