2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by fourth year head coach Matt Bollant, play their home games at the State Farm Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference. In November 2015, Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois will host Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball for five games while renovations to the State Farm Center was completed. They finished the season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament to Penn State.

2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2015–16 record9–21 (2–16 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • LaKale Malone
  • Tianna Kirkland
  • Jody Martinez
Home arenaState Farm Center
Parkland College
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Maryland†16–2 .889  31–4  .886
No. 9 Ohio State15–3 .833  26–8  .765
No. 16 Michigan State13–5 .722  25–9  .735
Indiana12–6 .667  21–12  .636
Minnesota11–7 .611  20–12  .625
Purdue10–8 .556  20–12  .625
Michigan9–9 .500  21–14  .600
Nebraska9–9 .500  18–13  .581
Iowa8–10 .444  19–14  .576
Rutgers8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Penn State6–12 .333  12–19  .387
Northwestern4–14 .222  18–17  .514
Wisconsin3–15 .167  7–22  .241
Illinois2–16 .111  9–21  .300
† 2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster
2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Sarah Hartwell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrBellarmine Prep
Georgia Tech		 Tacoma, WA
F 4 Simone Law 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrLoyola
Loyola–Chicago		 South Holland, IL
G 5 Cierra Rice 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrGrosse Point South Grosse Pointe, MI
G 12 Ashley McConnell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrFremd Palatine, IL
G/F 13 Mikaala Shackelford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoHopkins Plymouth, MN
G 15 Kyley Simmons 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SrLewis Central Council Bluffs, IA
G 21 Brooke Kissinger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoMinden Minden, NE
G 23 Jaelyne Kirkpatrick 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrSt. Ignatius of Loyola Oakville, ON
G 25 Kennedy Cattenhead 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoBolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL
C 32 Chatrice White 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoShelby Shelby, NE
F 35 Alex Wittinger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrDelano Delano, MN
Head coach

Matt Bollant (Winona State)

Assistant coach(es)

LaKale Malone (Indiana)
Tianna Kirkland (Bethel College)
Jody Martinez (Ferris State)

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
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm		 Indianapolis W 95–36 
Parkland College 
Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm		 Chicago State W 67–36  1–0
 Parkland College (1,001)
Champaign, IL
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm		 Ohio W 62–53  2–0
 Parkland College (983)
Champaign, IL
11/21/2015*
2:00 pm		 Tennessee–Martin W 94–74  3–0
 Parkland College (907)
Champaign, IL
11/24/2015*
7:00 pm		 Tennessee State W 98–43  4–0
 Parkland College (952)
Champaign, IL
12/02/2015*
6:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Miami (FL)
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge		 L 64–73  4–1
 BankUnited Center (910)
Coral Gables, FL
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm		 Lehigh W 76–67  5–1
 State Farm Center (1,800)
Champaign, IL
12/08/2015*
7:00 pm		 Southern Illinois W 78–64  6–1
 State Farm Center (1,317)
Champaign, IL
12/12/2015*
7:00 pm		 Central Michigan W 74–69  7–1
 State Farm Center (1,557)
Champaign, IL
12/19/2015*
2:00 pm		 at Memphis L 75–81  7–2
 Elma Roane Fieldhouse (593)
Memphis, TN
12/22/2015*
7:00 pm		 South Dakota L 76–85  7–3
 State Farm Center (1,573)
Champaign, IL
12/28/2015*
2:00 pm		 George Washington L 57–70  7–4
 State Farm Center (1,514)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015
2:00 pm		 No. 6 Maryland L 63–79  7–5 (0–1)
 State Farm Center (1,716)
Champaign, IL
01/03/2016
1:00 pm		 at Purdue L 65–69  7–6 (0–2)
 Mackey Arena (6,374)
West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2016
8:00 pm, BTN		 Minnesota L 75–106  7–7 (0–3)
 State Farm Center (1,263)
Champaign, IL
01/10/2016
2:00 pm		 at Nebraska L 57–73  7–8 (0–4)
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,222)
Lincoln, NE
01/13/2016
6:00 pm		 at Rutgers L 54–67  7–9 (0–5)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,829)
Piscataway, NJ
01/17/2016
2:00 pm		 Wisconsin W 71–65  8–9 (1–5)
 State Farm Center (1,857)
Champaign, IL
01/20/2016
6:00 pm		 at Indiana L 66–68  8–10 (1–6)
 Assembly Hall (2,202)
Bloomington, IN
01/23/2016
2:00 pm		 Penn State L 56–65  8–11 (1–7)
 State Farm Center (3,776)
Champaign, IL
01/26/2016
8:00 pm, BTN		 at Minnesota L 77–82  8–12 (1–8)
 Williams Arena (2,618)
Minneapolis, MN
02/01/2016
6:00 pm, BTN		 No. 7 Ohio State L 70–80  8–13 (1–9)
 State Farm Center (1,517)
Champaign, IL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm		 Northwestern L 69–79  8–14 (1–10)
 State Farm Center (1,331)
Champaign, IL
02/07/2016
1:00 pm		 at Michigan L 83–96  8–15 (1–11)
 Crisler Center (2,509)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/10/2016
7:00 pm		 Indiana L 68–80  8–16 (1–12)
 State Farm Center (1,622)
Champaign, IL
02/13/2016
5:00 pm, BTN		 Rutgers L 56–63  8–17 (1–13)
 State Farm Center (2,450)
Champaign, IL
02/17/2016
7:00 pm		 at Wisconsin W 76–56  9–17 (2–13)
 Kohl Center (3,448)
Madison, WI
02/21/2016
1:00 pm		 at No. 5 Ohio State L 74–117  9–18 (2–14)
 Value City Arena (8,247)
Columbus, OH
02/24/2016
7:00 pm		 No. 20 Michigan State L 43–71  9–19 (2–15)
 State Farm Center (1,395)
Champaign, IL
02/27/2016
5:00 pm, BTN		 at Iowa L 56–61  9–20 (2–16)
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,610)
Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/02/2016
3:00 pm, BTN		 vs. Penn State
First Round		 L 66–75  9–21
 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References
  1. http://www.fightingillini.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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