2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team

2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball
UNCW Christmas Classic Champions
SoCon Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record24–8 (12–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Katie Burrows
  • Brittany Jonson
  • John McCray
Home arenaMcKenzie Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Chattanooga 12 2   .857 24 8   .750
Mercer* 12 2   .857 24 9   .727
Samford 11 3   .786 20 11   .645
East Tennessee State 8 6   .571 16 14   .533
Furman 7 7   .500 15 16   .484
Wofford 3 11   .214 9 20   .310
Western Carolina 3 11   .214 6 22   .214
UNC Greensboro 0 14   .000 8 22   .267
2016 SoCon Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016
Rankings from AP poll


The 2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Mocs, led by third year head coach Jim Foster, play their home games at the McKenzie Arena and are members of the Southern Conference. They begin the season ranked 25th in the AP poll.[1] They finished the season 24–8, 12–2 in SoCon play to share the SoCon regular season title with Mercer. They also won the SoCon Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.

Roster

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2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 1 Alicia Payne 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Memphis, TN
F/C 3 Jasmine Joyner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Southaven, MS
G 5 Anna Claire Noblit 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Tuscumbia, AL
F 10 Queen Alford Current redshirt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Decatur, GA
G 14 Molly Melton 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Knoxville, TN
G/F 20 Keiana Gilbert 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Columbia, TN
G/F 21 Sydney Vanlandingham Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Hermitage, TN
G 22 Shelby Davenport 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Murfreesboro, TN
G 23 Moses Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Atlanta, GA
G 24 Nakeia Burks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Huntsville, AL
G 25 Chelsey Schumpert 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Paducah, KY
F/C 30 Ansley Chilton Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Trenton, GA
G/F 35 Aryanna Gilbert Current redshirt 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Columbia, TN
F/C 41 Ashlyn Wert Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Lancaster, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
November 13, 2015*
6:30 pm
No. 25 McNeese State
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 68–53  1–0
McKenzie Arena (1,565)
Chattanooga, TN
November 15, 2015*
2:00 pm
No. 25 Butler W 60–49  2–0
McKenzie Arena (1,549)
Chattanooga, TN
November 17, 2015*
7:00 pm
No. 24 at Indiana
Preseason WNIT Second Round
L 43–54  2–1
Assembly Hall (1,960)
Chattanooga, TN
November 20, 2015*
6:30 pm
No. 24 Southern Miss
Preseason WNIT Consolation round
W 53–48 OT 3–1
McKenzie Arena (1,111)
Chattanooga, TN
November 23, 2015*
7:00 pm
at No. 4 Tennessee L 57–59  3–2
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449)
Knoxville, TN
November 25, 2015*
6:30 pm
Arkansas State W 55–54  4–2
McKenzie Arena (1,189)
Chattanooga, TN
November 28, 2015*
2:00 pm
UT-Martin W 61–46  5–2
McKenzie Arena (1,238)
Chattanooga, TN
November 30, 2015*
6:30 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 Connecticut L 31–79  5–3
McKenzie Arena (6,104)
Chattanooga, TN
December 13, 2015*
2:00 pm
at No. 21 South Florida L 33–61  5–4
USF Sun Dome (1,779)
Tampa, Florida
December 16, 2015*
11:00 am
Belmont W 62–53  6–4
McKenzie Arena (1,788)
Chattanooga, TN
December 18, 2015*
Noon
vs. East Carolina
UNCW Christmas Classic
W 72–61  7–4
Trask Coliseum 
Wilmington, NC
December 19, 2015*
2:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington
UNCW Christmas Classic
W 61–33  8–4
Trask Coliseum (417)
Wilmington, NC
December 28, 2015*
10:00 pm
at No. 11 Stanford L 30–73  8–5
Maples Pavilion (3,410)
Stanford, CA
January 4, 2016*
6:30 pm
Harvard W 62–58  9–5
McKenzie Arena (1,398)
Chattanooga, TN
SoCon Regular Season
January 7, 2016
6:00 pm
at Wofford W 53–40  10–5 (1–0)
Benjamin Johnson Arena (182)
Spartanburg, SC
January 9, 2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Furman W 56–50  11–5 (2–0)
Timmons Arena (507)
Greenville, SC
January 13, 2016
6:30 pm
Western Carolina W 77–59  12–5 (3–0)
McKenzie Arena (1,422)
Chattanooga, TN
January 16, 2016
2:00 pm
UNC Greensboro W 72–61  13–5 (4–0)
McKenzie Arena (2,871)
Chattanooga, TN
January 21, 2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Mercer L 44–67  13–6 (4–1)
Hawkins Arena (1,574)
Macon, GA
January 23, 2016
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at Samford L 43–48  13–7 (4–2)
Pete Hanna Center (667)
Homewood, AL
January 30, 2016
2:00 pm
at East Tennessee State W 65–57  14–7 (5–2)
Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,034)
Johnson City, TN
February 4, 2016
5:30 pm
Furman W 61–46  15–7 (6–2)
McKenzie Arena (1,785)
Chattanooga, TN
February 6, 2016
2:00 pm
Wofford W 65–48  16–7 (7–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,452)
Chattanooga, TN
February 11, 2016
7:00 pm
at UNC Greensboro W 74–53  17–7 (8–2)
Fleming Gymnasium (435)
Greensboro, NC
February 13, 2016
2:00 pm
at Western Carolina W 65–51  18–7 (9–2)
Ramsey Center 
Cullhowee, NC
February 17, 2016
6:30 pm
Mercer W 53–30  19–7 (10–2)
McKenzie Arena (1,533)
Chattanooga, TN
February 20, 2016
2:00 pm
Samford W 67–45  20–7 (11–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,933)
Chattanooga, TN
February 27, 2016
2:00 pm
East Tennessee State W 66–42  21–7 (12–2)
McKenzie Arena (2,372)
Chattanooga, TN
SoCon Tournament
March 3, 2016
4:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Western Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 74–56  22–7
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
March 4, 2016
1:15 pm, ESPN3
vs. Samford
Semifinals
W 49–41  23–7
U.S. Cellular Center 
Asheville, NC
March 6, 2016
1:05 pm, ESPN3
vs. Mercer
Championship Game
W 65–57  24–7
U.S. Cellular Center (1,320)
Asheville, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2016*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
at No. 15 Mississippi State
First Round
L 50–60  24–8
Humphrey Coliseum (5,115)
Starkville, MS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ Henley, Gene (November 3, 2015). "UTC women ranked 25th in preseason AP poll". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Schedule