2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

The 2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team represented South Dakota State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by sixteenth year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League and played home games at Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of the Summit League women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they upset Miami (FL) in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
The Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's tournament, second round
Conference	Summit League
Record	27–7 (13–3 The Summit)
Head coach	Aaron Johnston (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Jewett Katie Falco Haylie Linn
Home arena	Frost Arena

2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	15	–	1		.938			32	–	6		.842
South Dakota State †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
IUPUI	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Oral Roberts	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Western Illinois	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Omaha	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
IPFW	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
Denver	3	–	13		.188			5	–	25		.167
North Dakota State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	22		.241
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexis Alexander 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Champlin Park HS Brooklyn Park, MN G 3 Annabel Graettinger 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Muscatine HS Muscatine, IA G 4 Gabrielle Boever 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Worthington HS Worthington, MN F 5 Tonoia Wade (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Kennedy Bloomington, MN G/F 10 Kerri Young 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mitchell Mitchell, SD G 11 Madison Guebert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eastview Apple Valley, MN G 12 Macy Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mitchell Mitchell, SD G 20 Ena Viso 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Northeast CC Copenhagen, Denmark C 21 Clarissa Ober 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Glencoe-Silver Lake HS Glencoe, MN G 22 Chloe Cornemann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Yankton HS Yankton, SD G 32 Sydney Palmer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr T. F. Riggs HS Pierre, SD C 35 Tiffaney Flaata 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Prior Lake HS Savage, MN F 43 Jessica Mieras 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr O'Gorman HS Sioux Falls, SD F 45 Ellie Thompson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Chaska HS Chaska, MN	Head coach Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus) Assistant coach(es) Mike Jewett (Augustana (SD)) Katie Falco (Northern Iowa) Haylie Linn (Toledo) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 12/17/15

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2015* 6:00 pm		St. Cloud State	W 79–44		Frost Arena (1,455) Brookings, SD
11/05/2015* 6:00 pm		Mary	W 85–40		Frost Arena (1,365) Brookings, SD
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm		Marist	W 77–68	1–0	Frost Arena (1,624) Brookings, SD
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm		Arkansas	W 76–69	2–0	Frost Arena (2,109) Brookings, SD
11/21/2015* 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 64–75	2–1	Frost Arena (5,532) Brookings, SD
11/26/2015* 7:00 pm		vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam tournament Reef Division	W 55–54	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,024) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015* 4:45 pm		vs. No. 6 Maryland Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 55–62	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015* 4:45 pm		vs. Old Dominion Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 71–39	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm		Portland State	W 74–65	5–2	Frost Arena (1,509) Brookings, SD
12/05/2015* 4:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 66–62	6–2	Frost Arena (2,449) Brookings, SD
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm		Northern Iowa	W 89–86 2OT	7–2	Frost Arena (1,547) Brookings, SD
12/12/2015* 7:05 pm		at Creighton	W 53–51	8–2	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,023) Omaha, NE
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		No. 16 DePaul	W 88–79	9–2	Frost Arena (1,621) Brookings, SD
12/19/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 57–58	9–3	Kress Events Center (2,527) Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bowling Green	W 58–45	10–3	Stroh Center (2,175) Bowling Green, OH
The Summit League regular season
12/30/2015 8:00 pm		at Denver	W 76–39	11–3 (1–0)	Magness Arena (540) Denver, CO
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, KVLY		at North Dakota State	W 81–69	12–3 (2–0)	Scheels Arena (2,422) Fargo, ND
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		Nebraska–Omaha	W 68–58	13–3 (3–0)	Frost Arena (1,628) Brookings, SD
01/13/2016 6:00 pm		at IPFW	W 61–42	14–3 (4–0)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450) Fort Wayne, IN
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		South Dakota	L 58–63	14–4 (4–1)	Frost Arena (4,082) Brookings, SD
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		IUPUI	W 68–66 2OT	15–4 (5–1)	Frost Arena (1,686) Brookings, SD
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 85–63	16–4 (6–1)	Frost Arena (1,963) Brookings, SD
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		at Oral Roberts	W 68–50	17–4 (7–1)	Mabee Center (615) Tulsa, OK
02/04/2016 7:00 pm		at Nebraska–Omaha	W 65–47	18–4 (8–1)	Baxter Arena (631) Omaha, NE
02/06/2016 4:30 pm, MidcoSN		North Dakota State	W 81–47	19–4 (9–1)	Frost Arena (3,236) Brookings, SD
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 60–48	20–4 (10–1)	Frost Arena (1,698) Brookings, SD
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		IPFW	W 92–64	21–4 (11–1)	Frost Arena (3,209) Brookings, SD
02/18/2016 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		Denver	W 80–52	22–4 (12–1)	Frost Arena (1,823) Brookings, SD
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, MidcoSN		at South Dakota	L 75–80	22–5 (12–2)	DakotaDome (3,612) Vermillion, SD
02/25/2016 6:00 pm		at IUPUI	L 60–63	22–6 (12–3)	The Jungle (361) Indianapolis, IN
01/27/2016 4:30 pm		at Western Illinois	W 66–65	23–6 (13–3)	Western Hall (1,072) Macomb, IL
The Summit League Women's tournament
03/05/2016 2:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. IPFW Quarterfinals	W 80–60	24–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209) Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016 2:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. Nebraska–Omaha Semifinals	W 76–58	25–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (7,237) Sioux Falls, SD
03/08/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. South Dakota Championship Game	W 61–55	26–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,647) Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's tournament
03/19/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN2	(12 L)	vs. (5 L) No. 19 Miami (FL) First round	W 74–71	27–6	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
03/21/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(12 L)	at (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Second round	L 65–66	27–7	Maples Pavilion (1,961) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

See also

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's basketball team