2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball
Conference America East Conference
2015–16 record 9–21 (4–12 America East)
Head coach Lori Gear McBride (6th year)
Assistant coach Courtnay Pilypaitis
Assistant coach Brett Benzio
Assistant coach Jon Silver
Home arena Patrick Gym
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Albany † 15 – 1   .938     28 – 5   .848
Maine 15 – 1   .938     26 – 9   .743
UMBC 8 – 8   .500     18 – 14   .563
Stony Brook 8 – 8   .500     17 – 15   .531
Binghamton 8 – 8   .500     14 – 17   .452
Hartford 7 – 9   .438     11 – 19   .367
New Hampshire 6 – 10   .375     12 – 18   .400
Vermont 4 – 12   .250     9 – 21   .300
UMass Lowell* 1 – 15   .063     4 – 24   .143
† 2016 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team will represent the University of Vermont in the America East Conference. The Catamounts, led by sixth year head coach Lori Gear McBride and play their home games in the Patrick Gym. They finished the season 9–21, 4–12 in America East play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Women's Tournament to Albany.

On March 25, Lori Gear McBride was fired.[1] She finished at Vermont with a 6 year record of 46–134.

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games will be televised by the Northeast Sports Network. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on WVMT 620 AM and streamed online through SportsJuice.com with Rob Ryan calling the action.

Roster

2015–16 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 1 Butler, KylieKylie Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 3 Smith, SydneySydney Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vernon Hills Vernon Hills, IL
G 4 Robertson, HayleyHayley Robertson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Bill Crothers Secondary Toronto, ON
G 10 Atwood, KylieKylie Atwood 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Lake Region Union Irasburg, VT
F 11 Wright, CandiceCandice Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Jacob Hespeler Cambridge, ON
G 12 Lavelle, KatieKatie Lavelle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Long Island Lutheran Hicksville, NY
G 13 White, KristinaKristina White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Woodbury Woodbury, MN
F 14 Handy, LaurenLauren Handy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northern Collegiate Sarnia, ON
F 21 Wright, CourtneyCourtney Wright 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Jacob Hespeler Cambridge, ON
G 22 Thomas, AndreanaAndreana Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Sr James Hillhouse
Hofstra		 West Haven, CT
F 23 Hutson, GraciaGracia Hutson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Hopkins Wayzata, MN
F 32 Merrill, RachelRachel Merrill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Owego Free Academy Owego, NY
G 33 Manta, Anna-MariaAnna-Maria Manta 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr American Community Schools Piraeus, Greece
Head coach

Lori Gear McBride (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont)
Brett Benzio (Tulane)
Jon Silver (UCLA)

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

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

11/07/2015*
1:00 PM		 Saint Michael's College W 58–56 
Patrick Gym (539)
Burlington, VT
Non-conference regular season

11/13/2015*
11:30 AM		 Central Connecticut W 79–63  1–0
 Patrick Gym (1,599)
Burlington, VT

11/17/2015*
7:00 PM		 at Columbia L 56–73  1–1
 Levien Gymnasium (317)
New York City, NY

11/21/2015*
1:00 PM		 at Bryant L 52–68  1–2
 Chace Athletic Center (218)
Smithfield, RI

11/23/2015*
7:00 PM		 at Brown L 54–71  1–3
 Pizzitola Sports Center (218)
Providence, RI

11/27/2015*
7:00 PM		 St. Francis Brooklyn
TD Bank Classic semifinals		 L 55–59  1–4
 Patrick Gym (575)
Burlington, VT

11/28/2015*
5:00 PM		 Quinnipiac
TD Bank Classic 3rd place game		 L 65–77  1–5
 Patrick Gym (461)
Burlington, VT

12/02/2015*
7:00 PM		 at Holy Cross L 63–77  1–6
 Hart Center (652)
Worcester, MA

12/06/2015*
2:00 PM		 Sacred Heart W 53–51  2–6
 Patrick Gym (410)
Burlington, VT

12/09/2015*
12:00 PM		 at Dartmouth W 56–54  3–6
 Leede Arena (1,904)
Hanover, NH

12/20/2015*
2:00 PM		 at NJIT W 54–46  4–6
 Fleisher Center 
Newark, NJ

12/22/2015*
6:00 PM		 at Delaware L 60–71  4–7
 Bob Carpenter Center (1,575)
Newark, DE

12/28/2015*
1:00 PM		 at Boston University W 60–45  5–7
 Case Gym 
Boston, MA

12/30/2015*
2:00 PM		 Oakland L 68–74  5–8
 Patrick Gym (515)
Burlington, VT
America East regular season

01/02/2016
1:00 PM		 at UMBC L 48–85  5–9 (0–1)
 Retriever Activities Center (331)
Catonsville, MD

01/06/2016
7:00 PM		 Maine L 41–62  5–10 (0–2)
 Patrick Gym (371)
Burlington, VT

01/09/2016
2:00 PM		 at Albany L 43–72  5–11 (0–3)
 SEFCU Arena (1,362)
Albany, NY

01/16/2016
2:00 PM		 Hartford L 47–51  5–12 (0–4)
 Patrick Gym (481)
Burlington, VT

01/18/2016
1:00 PM		 at UMass Lowell W 59–51  6–12 (1–4)
 Costello Athletic Center (318)
Lowell, MA

01/21/2016
1:00 PM		 Binghamton L 53–57  6–13 (1–5)
 Patrick Gym (427)
Burlington, VT

01/27/2016
7:00 PM		 New Hampshire W 83–63  7–13 (2–5)
 Patrick Gym (427)
Burlington, VT

01/30/2016
2:00 PM		 at Stony Brook L 59–73  7–14 (2–6)
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (918)
Stony Brook, NY

02/03/2016
7:00 PM		 at Maine L 51–63  7–15 (2–7)
 Cross Insurance Center (1,666)
Bangor, ME

02/06/2016
2:00 PM		 Albany L 40–75  7–16 (2–8)
 Patrick Gym (371)
Burlington, VT

02/08/2016
7:00 PM		 UMass Lowell L 66–68  7–17 (2–9)
 Patrick Gym (376)
Burlington, VT

02/14/2016
2:00 PM		 at Hartford L 50–52 OT 7–18 (2–10)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,440)
Hartford, CT

02/16/2016
7:00 PM		 at Binghamton L 52–66  7–19 (2–11)
 Binghamton University Events Center (1,305)
Vestal, NY

02/20/2016
1:00 PM		 UMBC L 60–74  7–20 (2–12)
 Patrick Gym (952)
Burlington, VT

02/25/2016
7:00 PM		 at New Hampshire W 63–59  8–20 (3–12)
 Lundholm Gym (313)
Durham, NH

02/28/2016
2:00 PM		 Stony Brook W 44–37  9–20 (4–12)
 Patrick Gym (520)
Burlington, VT
America East Women's Tournament

03/05/2016
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 vs. Albany
Quarterfinals		 L 43–95  9–21
 Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UVM fires Lori Gear McBride". Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ↑ http://uvmathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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