2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Washington the sweet sixteen.

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 12
Record25–8 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
Seasons
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina 16 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 15 Mississippi State 11 5   .688 28 8   .778
No. 18 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 22 10   .688
No. 12 Kentucky 10 6   .625 25 8   .758
No. 25 Florida 10 6   .625 22 9   .710
Georgia 9 7   .563 21 10   .677
Missouri 8 8   .500 22 10   .688
Tennessee 8 8   .500 22 14   .611
Auburn 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Arkansas 7 9   .438 12 18   .400
Vanderbilt 5 11   .313 18 14   .563
Alabama 4 12   .250 15 16   .484
LSU 3 13   .188 10 21   .323
Ole Miss 2 14   .125 10 20   .333
2016 SEC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Batouly Camara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Blair Academy New York, NY
C 2 Ivana Jakubcova 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Murray State (OK) Bratislava, Slovakia
PG 3 Janee Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Whitney Young Chicago, IL
G 4 Maci Morris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bell County Pineville, KY
F 13 Evelyn Akhator 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Chipola College Lagos, Nigeria
G 22 Makenzie Cann   6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cincinnati Lawrenceburg, KY
PG 24 Taylor Murray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Annapolis Area Christian Odenton, MD
G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Marion County Lebanon, KY
F 35 Alexis Jennings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Sparkman Madison, AL
C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Reynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, OH
Head coach

Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State)

Assistant coach(es)

Adeniyi Amadou (Syracuse)
Camryn Whitaker (Western Kentucky)
Tamika Williams (Connecticut)


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

Roster
Last update: done

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015*
5:00 pm
No. 18 Union (TN) W 95–63 
Memorial Coliseum (2,095)
Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 18 Rice W 72–39  1–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,907)
Lexington, KY
11/15/2015*
5:30 pm, P12N
No. 18 at No. 15 Arizona State W 68–64 OT 2–0
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543)
Tempe, AZ
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Morehead State W 112–57  3–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,895)
Lexington, KY
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Colorado W 86–61  4–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,380)
Lexington, KY
11/25/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 12 Eastern Michigan W 89–67  5–0
Memorial Coliseum (4,988)
Lexington, KY
11/29/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 12 Jackson State W 92–24  6–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,010)
Lexington, KY
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 11 at Northern Kentucky W 84–65  7–0
BB&T Arena (4,084)
Highland Heights, KY
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 8 Louisville
The Battle for the Bluegrass
W 72–54  8–0
Rupp Arena (14,425)
Lexington, KY
12/13/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 8 at Middle Tennessee W 68–52  9–0
Murphy Center (5,190)
Murfreesboro, TN
12/20/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 8 No. 13 Duke W 71–61  10–0
Rupp Arena (17,150)
Lexington, KY
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 7 Tennessee State W 81–39  11–0
Memorial Coliseum (5,586)
Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
01/03/2016
3:00 pm
No. 7 at Auburn L 61–66  11–1 (0–1)
Auburn Arena (2,677)
Auburn, AL
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 10 Alabama W 73–48  12–1 (1–1)
Memorial Coliseum (4,792)
Lexington, KY
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
No. 10 at Georgia W 64–53  13–1 (2–1)
Stegeman Coliseum (2,681)
Athens, GA
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 No. 2 South Carolina L 62–73  13–2 (2–2)
Memorial Coliseum (5,527)
Lexington, KY
01/17/2016
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 Auburn W 54–47  14–2 (3–2)
Memorial Coliseum (6,171)
Lexington, KY
01/21/2016
9:00 pm, SECN
No. 9 at Ole Miss L 65–73  14–3 (3–3)
The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,335)
Oxford, MS
01/25/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 19 Tennessee
Rivalry
W 64–63  15–3 (4–3)
Memorial Coliseum (6,188)
Lexington, KY
01/28/2016
7:00 pm
No. 12 Vanderbilt L 69–71  15–4 (4–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,193)
Lexington, KY
01/31/2016
1:00 pm, SECN
No. 12 at Florida L 79–85  15–5 (4–5)
O'Connell Center (3,231)
Gainesville, FL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 at No. 2 South Carolina L 68–78  15–6 (4–6)
Colonial Life Arena (15,015)
Columbia, SC
02/07/2016
12:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 LSU W 70–58  16–6 (5–6)
Memorial Coliseum (6,110)
Lexington, KY
02/14/2016
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 at Vanderbilt W 71–55  17–6 (6–6)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
02/18/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 at No. 14 Mississippi State W 83–60  18–6 (7–6)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,355)
Starkville, MS
02/21/2016
3:00 pm, SECN
No. 16 Arkansas W 77–63  19–6 (8–6)
Memorial Coliseum (7,589)
Lexington, KY
02/26/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 15 No. 24 Missouri W 79–69  20–6 (9–6)
Memorial Coliseum (6,496)
Lexington, KY
02/28/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN
No. 15 at No. 11 Texas A&M W 71–58  21–6 (10–6)
Reed Arena (7,133)
College Station, TX
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
2:30 pm, SECN
No. 13 vs. LSU
Second Round
W 79–71  22–6
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (2,245)
Jacksonville, FL
03/03/2016
2:30 pm, SECN
No. 13 vs. No. 25 Florida
Quarterfinals
W 92–69  23–6
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,703)
Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016
5:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 13 vs. No. 3 South Carolina
Semifinals
L 63–93  23–7
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 
Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 (14 L) UNC Asheville
First Round
W 85–31  24–7
Memorial Coliseum (2,701)
Lexington, KY
03/21/2016*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 (6 L) No. 24 Oklahoma
Second Round
W 79–58  25–7
Memorial Coliseum (3,056)
Lexington, KY
03/25/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 L) No. 12 vs. (7 L) Washington
Sweet Sixteen
L 72–85  25–8
Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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AP 18 13 12 11 8 8 7 7 10 9 9 12 18 18 16 15 13 12 12 N/A
Coaches 17 13 11 10 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 12 18 18 16 14 13 13 13 15
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UK Wildcats | Scores and Schedules". Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.