2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by head coach Kevin Borseth, in his 13th year overall at Green Bay and the fourth of his current stint at the school, played their home games at the Kress Events Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 37th season of Green Bay women's basketball. They finished the season 28–5, 16–2 in Horizon play to win the Horizon League regular and tournament titles to earn an automatic to the NCAA women's tournament. They lost to Tennessee in the first round.

2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
Horizon League Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's tournament, first round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	28–5 (16–2 Horizon)
Head coach	Kevin Borseth (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Amanda Leonhard-Perry Sarah Bronk Megan Vogel
Home arena	Kress Events Center

2015–16 Horizon League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Green Bay †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	5		.848
Wright State	12	–	6		.667			24	–	11		.686
Milwaukee	12	–	6		.667			19	–	13		.594
Detroit	11	–	7		.611			15	–	15		.500
Youngstown State	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Northern Kentucky*	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Oakland	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
Cleveland State	6	–	12		.333			9	–	20		.310
Valparaiso	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Illinois-Chicago	3	–	15		.167			12	–	18		.400
* Ineligible for NCAA postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2016 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 23, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jen Wellnitz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Black Hawk South Wayne, WI G 2 Tesha Buck 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Red Wing Red Wing, MN G 3 Frankie Wurtz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Kimberly Kimberly, WI G 4 Kaili Lukan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Barrie Central Barrie, ON G 5 Laken James 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Oconto Oconto, WI F 10 Mehryn Kraker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr West Allis Central West Allis, WI F 11 Ashley Luke 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Oak Creek Oak Creek, WI G/F 21 Jessica Lindstrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Superior Superior, WI G 24 Allie LeClaire 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Notre Dame Academy Green Bay, WI C 33 Lexi Weitzer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Waukesha South Waukesha, WI F/C 42 Mackenzie Wolf 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Sheboygan North Kohler, WI F 44 Mariah Monke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Fergus Falls Fergus Falls, MN F/C 52 Madison Wolf 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Sheboygan North Kohler, WI G/F 55 Sam Terry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Baraboo Baraboo, WI	Head coach Kevin Borseth (Lake Superior State) Assistant coach(es) Amanda Leonhard-Perry (Green Bay) Sarah Bronk (St. Thomas (MN)) Megan Vogel (South Dakota State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/2015* 4:00 pm		Minnesota–Duluth	W 80–25		Kress Events Center (1,861) Green Bay, WI
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm		St. Norbert	W 75–38		Kress Events Center (1,928) Green Bay, WI
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Marquette	W 75–55	1–0	Kress Events Center (3,323) Green Bay, WI
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		Vanderbilt	W 58–56	2–0	Kress Events Center (2,351) Green Bay, WI
11/26/2015* 12:00 pm		vs. Virginia Paradise Jam tournament Island Division	L 59–68	2–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015* 11:00 am		vs. Tulane Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	W 79–58	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015* 2:15 pm		vs. Rutgers Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 43–54	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	W 86–61	4–2	Knapp Center (2,294) Des Moines, IA
12/09/2015* 6:00 pm		at Butler	W 55–46	5–2	Hinkle Fieldhouse (346) Indianapolis, IN
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		at Wisconsin	W 72–58	6–2	Kohl Center (5,688) Madison, WI
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola–Chicago	W 65–51	7–2	Kress Events Center (1,960) Green Bay, WI
12/19/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		South Dakota State	W 58–57	8–2	Kress Events Center (2,527) Green Bay, WI
12/22/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Belmont	W 66–62	9–2	Kress Events Center (2,113) Green Bay, WI
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Dayton	W 68–52	10–2	Kress Events Center (2,533) Green Bay, WI
Horizon League regular season
01/01/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Milwaukee	W 63–42	11–2 (1–0)	Klotsche Center (1,364) Milwaukee, WI
01/07/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Cleveland State	W 66–45	12–2 (2–0)	Wolstein Center (603) Cleveland, OH
01/09/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3		at Youngstown State	W 68–60	13–2 (3–0)	Beeghly Center (2,553) Youngstown, OH
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Valparaiso	W 81–42	14–2 (4–0)	Kress Events Center (1,994) Green Bay, WI
01/16/2016 1:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		UIC	W 64–22	15–2 (5–0)	Kress Events Center (2,393) Green Bay, WI
01/21/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Kentucky	W 81–73	16–2 (6–0)	BB&T Arena (1,418) Highland Heights, KY
01/23/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wright State	W 63–58	17–2 (7–0)	Nutter Center (908) Dayton, OH
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Oakland	L 56–58	17–3 (7–1)	Kress Events Center (2,083) Green Bay, WI
01/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Detroit	W 58–36	18–3 (8–1)	Kress Events Center (2,460) Green Bay, WI
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		Milwaukee	W 69–46	19–3 (9–1)	Kress Events Center (3,197) Green Bay, WI
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Youngstown State	W 69–35	20–3 (10–1)	Kress Events Center (2,326) Green Bay, WI
02/13/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Cleveland State	W 71–53	21–3 (11–1)	Kress Events Center (2,901) Green Bay, WI
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at UIC	W 58–40	22–3 (12–1)	UIC Pavilion (684) Chicago, IL
02/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	W 71–35	23–3 (13–1)	Athletics–Recreation Center (581) Valparaiso, IN
02/25/2016 7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		Wright State	W 70–55	24–3 (14–1)	Kress Events Center (2,326) Green Bay, WI
02/27/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Kentucky	W 52–40	25–3 (15–1)	Kress Events Center (3,107) Green Bay, WI
03/03/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	W 74–58	26–3 (16–1)	Calihan Hall (237) Detroit, MI
03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oakland	L 69–77	26–4 (16–2)	Athletics Center O'rena (703) Rochester, MI
Horizon League Women's tournament
03/12/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Kentucky Semifinals	W 80–78 2OT	27–4	Kress Events Center  Green Bay, WI
03/13/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU		Milwaukee Championship Game	W 64–32	28–4	Kress Events Center (2,141) Green Bay, WI
NCAA Women's tournament
03/18/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(10 SF)	vs. (7 SF) Tennessee First Round	L 53–59	28–5	Wells Fargo Arena (2,842) Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Central 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	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR

See also

2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team