2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Barb Smith, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Evansville.

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	8–22 (6–12 The Valley)
Head coach	Barb Smith (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Lisa Hayden Cathy Boswell Jessica Grayson
Home arena	Redbird Arena

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Iowa	15	–	3		.833			24	–	11		.686
Missouri State †	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
Drake	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
Southern Illinois	12	–	6		.667			20	–	13		.606
Loyola-Chicago	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Indiana State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Illinois State	6	–	12		.333			8	–	22		.267
Wichita State	5	–	13		.278			8	–	22		.267
Bradley	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
Evansville	1	–	17		.056			3	–	28		.097
† 2016 MVC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Colleene Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Cape Coral ASA College New Haven, CT F 3 Octavia Crump 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Zion-Benton Zion, IL G 5 Brechelle Beachum 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Western Texas College Mexia, TX G 11 Morgan Radtke 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Palatine Palatine, IL F 12 Millie Stevens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sevenoaks Suns (WBBL team) Surrey, England G 13 Katrina Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Whitney Young Chicago, IL G 14 Lexie Taylor 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Normal West Normal, IL G 22 Shakeela Fowler 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Milwaukee King Milwaukee, WI G 23 Viria Livingston 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Hopkins Minnetonka, MN G 32 Taylor Stewart 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Lakeville North Lakeville, MN C 34 Kalyn Gebhardt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Beaver Dam Beaver Dam, WI	Head coach Barb Smith (Ohio State) Assistant coach(es) Lisa Hayden (Miami (OH)) Cathy Boswell (Illinois State) Jessica Grayson (Valdosta 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
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Lindenwood	W 71–70		Redbird Arena (637) Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm		at Bowling Green	L 52–70	0–1	Stroh Center (1,469) Bowling Green, OH
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Murray State	W 81–76	1–1	Redbird Arena (707) Normal, IL
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UIC	L 65–74	1–2	Redbird Arena (534) Normal, IL
11/27/2015* 4:00 pm		at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 51–77	1–3	Convocation Center (234) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 12:00 pm		vs. Nebraska–Omaha UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 56–60	1–4	Convocation Center (159) San Antonio, TX
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		SIU Edwardsville	L 57–65	1–5	Redbird Arena (564) Normal, IL
12/05/2015* 7:00 pm		at No. 23 DePaul	L 41–89	1–6	Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,422) Chicago, IL
12/13/2015* 3:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Northern Illinois MVC vs. MAC Basketball Challenge	L 59–68	1–7	iWireless Center (634) Moline, IL
12/16/2015* 6:00 pm		at Yale	L 47–60	1–8	John J. Lee Amphitheater (129) New Haven, CT
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Chicago State	W 57–53	2–8	Redbird Arena (734) Normal, IL
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Illinois	L 64–79	2–9	Redbird Arena (539) Normal, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 51–73	2–10 (0–1)	Redbird Arena (537) Normal, IL
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Wichita State	W 70–49	3–10 (1–1)	Redbird Arena (602) Normal, IL
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	L 58–63	3–11 (1–2)	Hulman Center (1,786) Terre Haute, IN
01/15/2016 7:00 pm		at Northern Iowa	L 51–65	3–12 (1–3)	McLeod Center (1,207) Cedar Falls, IA
01/17/2016 6:00 pm		at Drake	L 41–76	3–13 (1–4)	Knapp Center (2,413) Des Moines, IA
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley	W 54–49	4–13 (2–4)	Redbird Arena (1,142) Normal, IL
01/24/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola-Chicago	L 41–57	4–14 (2–5)	Redbird Arena (1,313) Normal, IL
01/29/2016 7:00 pm		at Evansville	W 64–57	5–14 (3–5)	Ford Center (512) Evansville, IN
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	L 71–76	5–15 (3–6)	SIU Arena (789) Carbondale, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Indiana State	W 73–62	6–15 (4–6)	Redbird Arena (1,240) Normal, IL
02/12/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	L 58–98	6–16 (4–7)	Redbird Arena (613) Normal, IL
02/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	L 35–61	6–17 (4–8)	Redbird Arena (362) Normal, IL
02/19/2016 7:00 pm		at Loyola-Chicago	L 61–73	6–18 (4–9)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536) Chicago, IL
02/21/2016 2:00 pm		at Bradley	L 38–52	6–19 (4–10)	Renaissance Coliseum (717) Peoria, IL
02/25/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3		Southern Illinois	L 55–68	6–20 (4–11)	Redbird Arena (572) Normal, IL
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 65–59	7–20 (5–11)	Redbird Arena (925) Normal, IL
03/03/2016 7:00 pm		at Wichita State	W 53–49	8–20 (6–11)	Charles Koch Arena (1,545) Wichita, KS
03/05/2016 2:00 pm		at Missouri State	L 41–70	8–21 (6–12)	JQH Arena (3,748) Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Evansville First Round	L 59–61 OT	8–22	iWireless Center  Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team