2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by third year head coach Sheryl Swoopes, played their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 10–8 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament to Southern Illinois.

2015–16 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	14–16 (10–8 The Valley)
Head coach	Sheryl Swoopes (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jeanine Wasielewski Mahogany Green Kesha Watson
Home arena	Joseph J. Gentile 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 Loyola Ramblers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Whisper Fisher 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Owings Mills Owings Mills, MD G 2 Sam Lambringtsen 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Oregon Oregon, IL G 3 Tashawnya Edwards 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Midwest City Garden City CC Midwest City, OK G/F 4 Dakota Vann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Deek Creek Oklahoma City, OK G/F 11 Brandi Segars 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Mount Zion Christian Academy Queens, NY G/F 12 Citiana Negatu 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Blake Silver Spring, MD G/F 13 Katie Salmon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Wauwatosa East Wauwatosa, WI G 15 Grance Goodhart 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, TX F 21 Ryaen Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bolingbrook Lisle, IL G 23 Becca Smith 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr South Elgin South Elgin, IL G 25 Taylor Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Lincoln-Way East Frankfort, IL F 44 Nieka Wheeler 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr William Chrisman Johnson County CC Independence, MO F 50 Taylor Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Incarnate Word Academy Purdue St. Louis, MO	Head coach Sheryl Swoopes (Texas Tech) Assistant coach(es) Jeanine Wasielewski (Northwestern) Mahogany Green (Cleveland State) Kesha Watson (Oklahoma City) 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
11/01/2015* 3:00 pm		UW–Parkside	W 65–54		Joseph J. Gentile Arena  Chicago, IL
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Lewis	W 79–73 OT		Joseph J. Gentile Arena  Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 4:30 pm		at Georgia Tech	L 77–84	0–1	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,156) Atlanta, GA
11/17/2015* 6:00 pm		at Eastern Illinois	W 86–75 OT	1–1	Lantz Arena (379) Charleston, IL
11/21/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Miami (FL)	L 50–77	1–2	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (221) Chicago, IL
11/25/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Michigan	L 59–68	1–3	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (204) Chicago, IL
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Lamar	W 82–71	2–3	Joseph J. Gentile Arena  Chicago, IL
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	L 45–68	2–4	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (203) Chicago, IL
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm		at No. 19 Michigan State	L 47–76	2–5	Breslin Center (5,706) East Lansing, MI
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 12 Northwestern	L 72–81	2–6	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (411) Chicago, IL
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 51–65	2–7	Kress Events Center (1,960) Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015* 12:00 pm		at No. 17 DePaul	W 88–75	3–7	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,153) Chicago, IL
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm		at Rice	W 57–50	4–7	Tudor Fieldhouse (541) Houston, TX
Missouri Valley regular season
01/03/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bradley	W 67–54	5–7 (1–0)	Renaissance Coliseum (572) Peoria, IL
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Evansville	W 63–49	6–7 (2–0)	Ford Center (480) Evansville, IN
01/10/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Southern Illinois	W 69–68 OT	7–7 (3–0)	SIU Arena (619) Carbondale, IL
01/15/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Wichita State	W 60–55	8–7 (4–0)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (312) Chicago, IL
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 62–73	8–8 (4–1)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (412) Chicago, IL
01/22/2015 6:05 pm, ESPN3		at Indiana State	L 48–62	8–9 (4–2)	Hulman Center (1,735) Terre Haute, IN
01/24/2015 2:05 pm, ESPN3		at Illinois State	W 57–41	9–9 (5–2)	Redbird Arena (1,313) Normal, IL
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	W 64–60	10–9 (6–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (426) Chicago, IL
01/31/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	L 65–81	10–10 (6–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (417) Chicago, IL
02/05/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Southern Illinois	W 83–59	11–10 (7–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (437) Chicago, IL
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 67–54	12–10 (8–3)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (469) Chicago, IL
02/12/2015 7:05 pm, ESPN3		at Missouri State	L 81–91 OT	12–11 (8–4)	JQH Arena (3,823) Springfield, MO
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wichita State	L 62–65	12–12 (8–5)	Charles Koch Arena (1,634) Wichita, KS
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Illinois State	W 73–61	13–12 (9–5)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536) Chicago, IL
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Indiana State	L 71–74	13–13 (9–6)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (373) Chicago, IL
02/26/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	L 61–91	13–14 (9–7)	Knapp Center (2,834) Chicago, IL
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa	L 52–63	13–15 (9–8)	McLeod Center (1,942) Cedar Falls, IA
03/05/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley	W 69–63	14–15 (10–8)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena  Chicago, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/11/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Southern Illinois Quarterfinals	L 64–73	14–16	iWireless Center  Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2015–16 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team