2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Southeastern Conference
2015–16 record 22–14 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach Holly Warlick (4th year)
Assistant coach Kyra Elzy
Assistant coach Jolette Law
Assistant coach Dean Lockwood
Home arena Thompson–Boling Arena
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 South Carolina 16 0   1.000     33 2   .943
#15 Mississippi State 11 5   .688     28 8   .778
#18 Texas A&M 11 5   .688     22 10   .688
#12 Kentucky 10 6   .625     25 8   .758
#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, play their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and are 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

2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 0 Reynolds, JordanJordan Reynolds 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Central Catholic HS Portland, OR
C 1 Moore, NiaNia Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Bolingbrook HS Chicago, IL
F 2 Jones, JasmineJasmine Jones  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Bob Jones HS Madison, AL
G 10 Jackson, MemeMeme Jackson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Blackman HS Murfreesboro, TN
G 11 DeShields, DiamondDiamond DeShields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Norcross HS
North Carolina
Norcross, GA
F 12 Graves, BashaaraBashaara Graves 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Clarksville HS Clarksville, TN
G/F 13 Dunbar, KortneyKortney Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Edwardsville HS Edwardsville, IL
G 14 Carter, AndrayaAndraya Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Buford HS Flowery Branch, GA
G 20 Cooper, Te'aTe'a Cooper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr McEachern HS Powder Springs, GA
C 21 Russell, MercedesMercedes Russell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Springfield HS Springfield, OR
G/F 31 Nared, JaimeJaime Nared 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Westview HS Portland, OR
G 33 Middleton, AlexaAlexa 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

Ranking movement
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Schedule and Results

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 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 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 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 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.

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