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2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

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2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record22–14 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
Seasons
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
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

The 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by 4th year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference.

In the February 21 game against LSU, Diamond DeShields scored her 1,000th point. She is the sixth Lady Vol to score 1,000 in her second season and the 43rd to record 1,000 in her career.[1]

Despite having a lackluster performance during the season that dropped them out of the national top-25 ranks in the latter half, Tennessee made it to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. There, they lost to Mississippi State, 58–48.[2] The Lady Vols also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight, before losing 89–67 to Syracuse.[3]

Roster

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2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jordan Reynolds 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Central Catholic HS Portland, OR
C 1 Nia Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Bolingbrook HS Chicago, IL
F 2 Jasmine Jones Injured 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Bob Jones HS Madison, AL
G 10 Meme Jackson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Blackman HS Murfreesboro, TN
G 11 Diamond DeShields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Norcross HS
North Carolina
Norcross, GA
F 12 Bashaara Graves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Clarksville HS Clarksville, TN
G/F 13 Kortney Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Edwardsville HS Edwardsville, IL
G 14 Andraya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Buford HS Flowery Branch, GA
G 20 Te'a Cooper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr McEachern HS Powder Springs, GA
C 21 Mercedes Russell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Springfield HS Springfield, OR
G/F 31 Jaime Nared 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Westview HS Portland, OR
G 33 Alexa Middleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Riverdale HS Murfreesboro, TN
Head coach

Holly Warlick (Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyra Elzy (Tennessee)
Jolette Law (Iowa)
Dean Lockwood (Army)


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

Roster

Rankings

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.
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Final
AP 4 4 4 8 16 14 14 13 12 13 18 19 23 25 24 RV NR RV RV N/A
Coaches 4 5 5 8 15 16 16 16 11 15 22 23 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR 19

Schedule and Results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 4 Carson–Newman W 101–59 
 23  Russell   10  Russell   7  Reynolds  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,218)
Knoxville, TN
Regular season
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 4 Central Arkansas W 102–47  1–0
 24  Dunbar   13  Tied   6  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709)
Knoxville, TN
11/18/2015*
8:00 pm, SECN
No. 4 Penn State W 74–66  2–0
 24  Graves   13  Tied   5  Reynolds  Thompson–Boling Arena (8,858)
Knoxville, TN
11/20/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 4 No. 25 Syracuse W 57–55  3–0
 16  Graves   10  Graves   4  Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,007)
Knoxville, TN
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 4 Chattanooga W 59–57  4–0
 17  DeShields   11  Graves   4  Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449)
Knoxville, TN
11/27/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 4 Albany W 63–55  5–0
 12  Russell   7  Tied   4  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,806)
Knoxville, TN
11/29/2015*
2:30 pm, ESPN
No. 4 No. 8 Texas L 53–64  5–1
 24  DeShields   11  Tied   5  Carter  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,204)
Knoxville, TN
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 8 East Tennessee State W 85–49  6–1
 31  DeShields   10  Russell   5  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,328)
Knoxville, TN
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm, SECN
No. 8 Virginia Tech L 43–57  6–2
 15  DeShields   15  Russell   3  Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,431)
Knoxville, TN
12/11/2015*
8:05 pm, ESPN3
No. 16 at Wichita State W 58–51  7–2
 18  Graves   13  Graves   4  DeShields  Charles Koch Arena (2,424)
Wichita, KS
12/16/2015*
9:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 14 at No. 15 Stanford
Rivalry
L 55–69  7–3
 12  Tied   8  Russell   3  Graves  Maples Pavilion (3,768)
Stanford, CA
12/19/2015*
9:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 at No. 7 Oregon State W 53–50  8–3
 14  DeShields   9  DeShields   2  4 Tied  Gill Coliseum (8,223)
Corvallis, OR
12/30/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Stetson W 90–56  9–3
 30  DeShields   8  Russell   6  Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,705)
Knoxville, TN
01/04/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 12 at No. 20 Missouri W 71–54  10–3 (1–0)
 13  Nared   9  DeShields   4  Graves  Mizzou Arena (7,989)
Columbia, MO
01/07/2016
7:30 pm, SECN
No. 12 Florida L 66–74  10–4 (1–1)
 16  DeShields   19  Graves   2  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,774)
Knoxville, TN
01/10/2016
2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 12 Auburn W 79–52  11–4 (2–1)
 25  DeShields   10  Russell   7  DeShields  Thompson–Boling Arena (11,539)
Knoxville, TN
01/14/2016
9:00 pm, SECN
No. 13 at Arkansas L 59–64  11–5 (2–2)
 14  DeShields   11  Russell   3  Reynolds  Bud Walton Arena (1,644)
Fayetteville, AR
01/18/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 18 at No. 3 Notre Dame L 66–79  11–6
 17  DeShields   10  Graves   7  Reynolds  Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,961)
South Bend, IN
01/21/2016
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 18 Vanderbilt
Rivalry
W 58–49  12–6 (3–2)
 13  Cooper   6  Graves   4  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (11,159)
Knoxville, TN
01/25/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 19 at No. 12 Kentucky
Rivalry
L 63–64  12–7 (3–3)
 13  DeShields   12  Graves   3  Cooper  Memorial Coliseum (6,188)
Lexington, KY
01/28/2016
9:00 pm, SECN
No. 19 at No. 13 Mississippi State L 63–65 OT 12–8 (3–4)
 15  Reynolds   11  Reynolds   3  Reynolds  Humphrey Coliseum (5,710)
Starkville, MS
01/31/2016
3:00 pm, SECN
No. 19 Alabama W 70–42  13–8 (4–4)
 17  Tied   13  Russell   5  Reynolds  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,613)
Knoxville, TN
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
No. 23 Arkansas W 75–57  14–8 (5–4)
 15  Tied   11  Russell   6  Reynolds  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,414)
Knoxville, TN
02/07/2016
4:00 pm, ESPN
No. 23 at No. 12 Texas A&M L 71–76 OT 14–9 (5–5)
 16  Reynolds   9  Russell   4  Carter  Reed Arena (4,791)
College Station, TX
02/11/2016
9:00 pm, SECN
No. 25 at Vanderbilt
Rivalry
W 69–51  15–9 (6–5)
 18  Nared   9  DeShields   4  Nared  Memorial Gymnasium (4,980)
Nashville, TN
02/15/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 24 No. 3 South Carolina L 56–62  15–10 (6–6)
 21  DeShields   10  Graves   2  Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,014)
Knoxville, TN
02/18/2016
7:00 pm
No. 24 Ole Miss W 57–51  16–10 (7–6)
 15  Graves   12  Graves   5  Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,548)
Knoxville, TN
02/21/2016
2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 24 at LSU L 56–57  16–11 (7–7)
 19  DeShields   8  Graves   3  Middleton  Maravich Center (3,132)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/25/2016
8:30 pm, SECN
at Alabama L 46–54  16–12 (7–8)
 15  Graves   11  Russell   2  Reynolds  Foster Auditorium (2,767)
Tuscaloosa, AL
02/28/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN2
Georgia W 80–60  17–12 (8–8)
 22  DeShields   10  Graves   5  Reynolds  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,446)
Knoxville, TN
2016 SEC Tournament
03/03/2016
6:00 pm, SECN
vs. Arkansas
Second Round
W 68–51  18–12
 15  DeShields   8  Reynolds   4  Tied  Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,094)
Jacksonville, FL
03/04/2016
6:00 pm, SECN
vs. No. 15 Texas A&M
Quarterfinals
W 70–60  19–12
 21  DeShields   7  Graves   4  DeShields  Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214)
Jacksonville, FL
03/05/2016
6:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. No. 16 Mississippi State
Semifinals
L 48–58  19–13
 22  DeShields   15  Graves   2  Tied  Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (5,632)
Jacksonville, FL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
(7 SF) vs. (10 SF) Green Bay
First Round
W 59–53  20–13
 15  Cooper   14  Russell   4  Reynolds  Wells Fargo Arena (2,842)
Tempe, AZ
03/20/2016*
9:00 pm, ESPN
(7 SF) vs. (2 SF) No. 11 Arizona State
Second Round
W 75–64  21–13
 24  DeShields   11  Graves   3  Russell  Wells Fargo Arena (2,957)
Tempe, AZ
03/25/2016*
9:30 pm, ESPN2
(7 SF) vs. (3 SF) No. 9 Ohio State
Sweet Sixteen
W 78–62  22–13
 25  Russell   15  Russell   7  DeShields  Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610)
Sioux Falls, SD
03/27/2016*
3:30 pm, ESPN
(7 SF) vs. (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse
Elite Eight
L 67–89  22–14
 20  DeShields   10  DeShields   6  Nared  Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,055)
Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lady Vols Fall In Final Seconds To LSU, 57-56". Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mississippi St. Tops Lady Vols in SEC Semis, 58-48". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Lady Vols Fall to Syracuse in Elite Eight, 89-67". Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "2015-16 Tennessee Women's Basketball Schedule". Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.