2015–16 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team represented the University of Tulsa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the second season for the Golden Hurricane as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Golden Hurricane, led by fifth year head coach Matilda Mossman, played their home games at the Reynolds Center. They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 AAC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to Temple.

2015–16 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	12–19 (8–10 The American)
Head coach	Matilda Mossman (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Shane Coffey Megan Robbins Leah Foster
Home arena	Reynolds Center

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	0		1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
Temple	13	–	5		.722			23	–	12		.657
Memphis	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Tulsa	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
SMU	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
UCF	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Houston	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Golden Hurricane games will be broadcast on KTGX CHROME 95.3 FM and KWTU 88.7 FM HD3. The audio broadcast can also be heard on Hurricane Vision. A video stream for all home games will be on Hurricane Vision, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2015–16 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Kelsee Grovey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Shawnee Shawnee, OK G 1 Jordyn Holmes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Crockett Austin, TX G 2 Tatyana Perez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Cypress Woods Cypress, TX G 3 Erika Wakefield 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Heritage Hall Moore, OK G 4 Teanna Reid 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Millwood Butler CC Oklahoma City, OK G 13 Ashley Hughes 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Sulphur Sulphur, OK G 15 Antoinet Webster 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Western Heights Oklahoma City, OK F 21 Te'era Williams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Douglass Butler CC Oklahoma City, OK F 22 Jessica Pongonis (I)  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Hamilton Southeastern Saint Joseph's Fishers, IN G 23 Ashley Clark 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Midwest City Midwest City, OK F 25 Tyjae' Scales 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Kinkaid Houston, TX F 33 Crystal Polk 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lawton Ike Lawton, OK F 35 Liesl Spoerl 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Cascia Hall Tulsa, OK	Head coach Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Shane Coffey (Oklahoma State) Megan Robbins (Oklahoma State) Leah Foster (St. Edward's) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2015* 7:00 pm		Rogers State	W 85–51		Reynolds Center  Tulsa, OK
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm		Southeastern Oklahoma State	W 92–50		Reynolds Center  Tulsa, OK
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm		Kansas State	L 67–75	0–1	Reynolds Center (1,433) Tulsa, OK
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		at Saint Louis	L 73–82	0–2	Chaifetz Arena (225) St. Louis, MO
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm		Oral Roberts PSO Mayor's Cup	L 53–59	0–3	Reynolds Center (1,171) Tulsa, OK
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		at Arkansas	W 74–67	1–3	Bud Walton Arena (1,653) Fayetteville, AR
11/28/2015* 4:30 pm		vs. Drake UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up semifinals	L 80–91	1–4	Cox Pavilion (840) Paradise, NV
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm		vs. George Mason UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up 3rd place game	L 63–64	1–5	Cox Pavilion  Paradise, NV
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		Grambling State	W 79–51	2–5	Reynolds Center (302) Tulsa, OK
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm		Indiana State	L 63–67	2–6	Reynolds Center (351) Tulsa, OK
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm		No. 17 Oklahoma	L 62–75	2–7	Reynolds Center (1,770) Tulsa, OK
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		at Arkansas–Little Rock	W 74–63	3–7	Jack Stephens Center (1,087) Little Rock, AR
12/20/2015* 1:00 pm		at Northern Iowa	L 59–75	3–8	McLeod Center (1,341) Cedar Falls, IA
AAC regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		East Carolina	W 81–79 OT	4–8 (1–0)	Reynolds Center (337) Tulsa, OK
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, ADN		SMU	W 56–54	5–8 (2–0)	Reynolds Center (346) Tulsa, OK
01/06/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 35–85	5–9 (2–1)	XL Center (8,515) Hartford, CT
01/08/2016 4:00 pm, ESPNU		at Temple	L 46–66	5–10 (2–2)	McGonigle Hall (748) Philadelphia, PA
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ADN		at Memphis	W 65–59	6–10 (3–2)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (812) Memphis, TN
01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ADN		Cincinnati	L 53–55	6–11 (3–3)	Reynolds Center (363) Tulsa, OK
01/16/2016 1:00 pm, ADN		Tulane	L 47–71	6–12 (3–4)	Reynolds Center (377) Tulsa, OK
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		at Houston	W 79–62	7–12 (4–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (154) Houston, TX
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		Memphis	L 58–69	7–13 (4–5)	Reynolds Center (332) Tulsa, OK
01/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY		No. 1 Connecticut	L 30–94	7–14 (4–6)	Reynolds Center (2,091) Tulsa, OK
01/30/2016 12:00 pm		at UCF	L 74–75	7–15 (4–7)	CFE Arena (308) Orlando, FL
02/03/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at East Carolina	W 55–54	8–15 (5–7)	Williams Arena (1,432) Greenville, NC
02/10/2016 7:00 pm		Houston	W 44–28	9–15 (6–7)	Reynolds Center (467) Tulsa, OK
02/13/2016 2:00 pm		UCF	W 95–71	10–15 (7–7)	Reynolds Center (273) Tulsa, OK
02/17/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at SMU	L 45–62	10–16 (7–8)	Moody Coliseum (923) Dallas, TX
02/20/2016 1:00 pm, ADN		at Tulane	L 42–61	10–17 (7–9)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,436) New Orleans, LA
02/24/2016 7:00 pm, ADN		No. 21 South Florida	L 66–72	10–18 (7–10)	Reynolds Center (337) Tulsa, OK
02/27/2016 12:00 pm		at Cincinnati	W 76–63	11–18 (8–10)	Fifth Third Arena (553) Cincinnati, OH
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Houston First Round	W 76–38	12–18	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,480) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Temple Quarterfinals	L 52–78	12–19	Mohegan Sun Arena (5,071) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team