2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	13–19 (6–12 The American)
Head coach	Heather Macy (6th season);
Assistant coaches	John Marcum; Dalila Eshe; Crayton Jones;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by sixth-year head coach Heather Macy, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were second-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–12 AAC play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to Connecticut.

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	38	–	0	1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Temple	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Memphis	12	–	6	.667	18	–	13	.581
Tulane	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Tulsa	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
SMU	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
East Carolina	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
UCF	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Houston	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200


† American Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponent's website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponent's website.

Roster

2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Alexandra Frazier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Central Gwinnett	Lawrenceville, GA
G	2	Khadidja Toure	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Kamiakan Oregon State	Kennewick, WA
G/F	3	Manesha Womble	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Carver Odessa College	Atlanta, GA
G	4	DeVaughn Gray	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa, OK
F	5	Chelsie Keys	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Muskogee Coffeyville	Muskogee, OK
G	11	Khadijha Ellison	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Burke Chipola College	Roxbury, MS
G/F	13	Fanni Csutoras	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	PTE Deak Ferenc Gyakorlo Iowa Western CC	Bogád, Hungary
C	15	Derreyal Youngblood	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	John Curtos LSU	Harvey, LA
G/F	20	Bre McDonald (I)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Chamblee West Virginia	Lithonia, GA
G	22	Jasmine Phillips	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Hartsville Tennessee	Hartsville, SC
G/F	23	Jada Payne	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Hickory La Salle	Hickory, NC
F	24	I'Tiana Taylor	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Pflugerville Weatherford	Pflugerville, TX
C	25	Zippy Khasoa	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Laiser Hill Academy Weatherford	Nairobi, Kenya
G/F	40	Gabrielle Holston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Center Point Georgia Tech	Margaret, AL
F	55	Marina Laramie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Ft. Zumwalt West Indiana State	St. Louis, MO

Head coach

Heather Macy (Greensboro)

Assistant coach(es)

John Marcum (Oklahoma Baptist)
Dalila Eshe (Florida)
Crayton Jones (Francis Marion)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 3:30 pm	vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Islanders Classic	W 70–59	1–0	American Bank Center (76) Corpus Christi, TX
11/14/2015* 8:00 pm	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Classic	W 82–46	2–0	American Bank Center (513) Corpus Christi, TX
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm	Alcorn State	W 87–58	3–0	Williams Arena (1,022) Greenville, NC
11/20/2015* 11:30 am	Presbyterian	W 84–58	4–0	Williams Arena (5,408) Greenville, NC
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	at Delaware	W 68–58	5–0	Bob Carpenter Center (1,450) Newark, DE
11/26/2015* 8:30 pm	vs. Creighton Lone Star Showcase	L 66–91	5–1	Cedar Park Center (787) Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015* 6:00 pm	vs. Eastern Washington Lone Star Showcase	W 80–62	6–1	Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015* 8:30 pm	vs. No. 19 Northwestern Lone Star Showcase	L 75–78	6–2	Cedar Park Center (379) Cedar Park, TX
12/05/2015* 1:00 pm	at Auburn	L 69–83	6–3	Auburn Arena (1,886) Auburn, AL
12/18/2015* 12:00 pm	vs. Chattanooga UNCW Christmas Classic	L 61–72	6–4	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
12/19/2015* 12:00 pm	vs. Ohio UNCW Christmas Classic	L 61–64	6–5	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
12/20/2015* 1:00 pm, ASN	vs. No. 2 South Carolina Carolinas Challenge	L 57–88	6–6	Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
AAC regular season
12/30/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Tulsa	L 79–81 ^OT	6–7 (0–1)	Reynolds Center (337) Tulsa, OK
01/02/2016 1:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 20 South Florida	L 59–61	6–8 (0–2)	Williams Arena (1,454) Greenville, NC
01/05/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	Tulane	L 51–66	6–9 (0–3)	Williams Arena (993) Greenville, NC
01/07/2016 7:00 pm	at UCF	W 71–56	7–9 (1–3)	CFE Arena (354) Orlando, FL
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	Houston	W 76–70	8–9 (2–3)	Williams Arena (1,094) Greenville, NC
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU	at No. 19 South Florida	L 54–75	8–10 (2–4)	USF Sun Dome (2,101) Tampa, FL
01/20/2016 7:00 pm	Cincinnati	W 63–60	9–10 (3–4)	Williams Arena (1,198) Greenville, NC
01/23/2016 3:00 pm, ADN	at Tulane	L 73–78	9–11 (3–5)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,136) New Orleans, LA
01/30/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3	Temple	L 63–83	9–12 (3–6)	Williams Arena (1,699) Greenville, NC
02/03/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	L 54–55	9–13 (3–7)	Williams Arena (1,432) Greenville, NC
02/06/2016 1:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 46–92	9–14 (3–8)	Gampel Pavilion (9,780) Storrs, CT
02/09/2016 8:00 pm	at SMU	L 66–74 ^OT	9–15 (3–9)	Moody Coliseum (636) Dallas, TX
02/13/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3	Memphis	L 78–79 ^OT	9–16 (3–10)	Williams Arena (2,169) Greenville, NC
02/17/2016 8:00 pm, ADN	at Houston	W 68–59	10–16 (4–10)	Hofheinz Pavilion (105) Houston, TX
02/20/2016 8:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 1 Connecticut	L 41–84	10–17 (4–11)	Williams Arena (3,781) Greenville, NC
02/24/2016 7:00 pm	at Cincinnati	W 77–55	11–17 (5–11)	Fifth Third Arena (458) Cincinnati, OH
02/27/2016 3:00 pm, ADN	at Memphis	L 83–93 ^OT	11–18 (5–12)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,617) Memphis, TN
02/29/2016 7:00 pm	SMU	W 78–61	12–18 (6–12)	Williams Arena (1,190) Greenville, NC
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Cincinnati First Round	W 70–61	13–18	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,480) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Quarterfinals	L 51–92	13–19	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,033) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "2015-2016 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.ECUPirates.com. East Carolina University. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.

[1] "2015-2016 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.ECUPirates.com. East Carolina University. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.

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2015–16 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Contents

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References