2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Washington the sweet sixteen.

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 12
Record	25–8 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Adeniyi Amadou Camryn Whitaker Tamika Williams
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum Rupp Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 South Carolina †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 15 Mississippi State	11	–	5		.688			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			25	–	8		.758
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Georgia	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Missouri	8	–	8		.500			22	–	10		.688
Tennessee	8	–	8		.500			22	–	14		.611
Auburn	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Arkansas	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Alabama	4	–	12		.250			15	–	16		.484
LSU	3	–	13		.188			10	–	21		.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14		.125			10	–	20		.333
† 2016 SEC tournament winner As of March 27, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Batouly Camara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Blair Academy New York, NY C 2 Ivana Jakubcova 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Murray State (OK) Bratislava, Slovakia PG 3 Janee Thompson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Whitney Young Chicago, IL G 4 Maci Morris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bell County Pineville, KY F 13 Evelyn Akhator 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Chipola College Lagos, Nigeria G 22 Makenzie Cann  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cincinnati Lawrenceburg, KY PG 24 Taylor Murray 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Annapolis Area Christian Odenton, MD G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Marion County Lebanon, KY F 35 Alexis Jennings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Sparkman Madison, AL C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Reynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, OH	Head coach Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State) Assistant coach(es) Adeniyi Amadou (Syracuse) Camryn Whitaker (Western Kentucky) Tamika Williams (Connecticut) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: done

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 5:00 pm	No. 18	Union (TN)	W 95–63		Memorial Coliseum (2,095) Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 18	Rice	W 72–39	1–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,907) Lexington, KY
11/15/2015* 5:30 pm, P12N	No. 18	at No. 15 Arizona State	W 68–64 OT	2–0	Wells Fargo Arena (4,543) Tempe, AZ
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Morehead State	W 112–57	3–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,895) Lexington, KY
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 13	Colorado	W 86–61	4–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,380) Lexington, KY
11/25/2015* 12:00 pm	No. 12	Eastern Michigan	W 89–67	5–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,988) Lexington, KY
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 12	Jackson State	W 92–24	6–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,010) Lexington, KY
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Northern Kentucky	W 84–65	7–0	BB&T Arena (4,084) Highland Heights, KY
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	Louisville The Battle for the Bluegrass	W 72–54	8–0	Rupp Arena (14,425) Lexington, KY
12/13/2015* 3:00 pm	No. 8	at Middle Tennessee	W 68–52	9–0	Murphy Center (5,190) Murfreesboro, TN
12/20/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	No. 13 Duke	W 71–61	10–0	Rupp Arena (17,150) Lexington, KY
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 7	Tennessee State	W 81–39	11–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,586) Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
01/03/2016 3:00 pm	No. 7	at Auburn	L 61–66	11–1 (0–1)	Auburn Arena (2,677) Auburn, AL
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 10	Alabama	W 73–48	12–1 (1–1)	Memorial Coliseum (4,792) Lexington, KY
01/10/2016 2:00 pm	No. 10	at Georgia	W 64–53	13–1 (2–1)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,681) Athens, GA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	No. 2 South Carolina	L 62–73	13–2 (2–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,527) Lexington, KY
01/17/2016 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	Auburn	W 54–47	14–2 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum (6,171) Lexington, KY
01/21/2016 9:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	at Ole Miss	L 65–73	14–3 (3–3)	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,335) Oxford, MS
01/25/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 19 Tennessee Rivalry	W 64–63	15–3 (4–3)	Memorial Coliseum (6,188) Lexington, KY
01/28/2016 7:00 pm	No. 12	Vanderbilt	L 69–71	15–4 (4–4)	Memorial Coliseum (5,193) Lexington, KY
01/31/2016 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 12	at Florida	L 79–85	15–5 (4–5)	O'Connell Center (3,231) Gainesville, FL
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 18	at No. 2 South Carolina	L 68–78	15–6 (4–6)	Colonial Life Arena (15,015) Columbia, SC
02/07/2016 12:00 pm, SECN	No. 18	LSU	W 70–58	16–6 (5–6)	Memorial Coliseum (6,110) Lexington, KY
02/14/2016 4:00 pm, SECN	No. 18	at Vanderbilt	W 71–55	17–6 (6–6)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 16	at No. 14 Mississippi State	W 83–60	18–6 (7–6)	Humphrey Coliseum (4,355) Starkville, MS
02/21/2016 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 16	Arkansas	W 77–63	19–6 (8–6)	Memorial Coliseum (7,589) Lexington, KY
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	No. 24 Missouri	W 79–69	20–6 (9–6)	Memorial Coliseum (6,496) Lexington, KY
02/28/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 15	at No. 11 Texas A&M	W 71–58	21–6 (10–6)	Reed Arena (7,133) College Station, TX
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 2:30 pm, SECN	No. 13	vs. LSU Second Round	W 79–71	22–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (2,245) Jacksonville, FL
03/03/2016 2:30 pm, SECN	No. 13	vs. No. 25 Florida Quarterfinals	W 92–69	23–6	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,703) Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016 5:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 13	vs. No. 3 South Carolina Semifinals	L 63–93	23–7	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena  Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 12	(14 L) UNC Asheville First Round	W 85–31	24–7	Memorial Coliseum (2,701) Lexington, KY
03/21/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 12	(6 L) No. 24 Oklahoma Second Round	W 79–58	25–7	Memorial Coliseum (3,056) Lexington, KY
03/25/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 12	vs. (7 L) Washington Sweet Sixteen	L 72–85	25–8	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	18	13	12	11	8	8	7	7	10	9	9	12	18	18	16	15	13	12	12	N/A
Coaches	17	13	11	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	12	18	18	16	14	13	13	13	15

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
• Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball