2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

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2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
Illinois State Redbirds Wordmark.png
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record8–22 (6–12 The Valley)
Head coach
  • (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRedbird Arena
Seasons
← 
2016–17 →
2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Iowa 15 – 3   .833 24 – 11   .686
Missouri State † 14 – 4   .778 24 – 10   .706
Drake 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
Southern Illinois 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Loyola-Chicago 10 – 8   .556 14 – 16   .467
Indiana State 9 – 9   .500 13 – 17   .433
Illinois State 6 – 12   .333 8 – 22   .267
Wichita State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 22   .267
Bradley 4 – 14   .222 9 – 22   .290
Evansville 1 – 17   .056 3 – 28   .097
† 2016 MVC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach , play their home games at Redbird Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Evansville.

Roster[]

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Colleene Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Cape Coral
ASA College 		New Haven, CT
F 3 Octavia Crump 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Zion-Benton Zion, IL
G 5 Brechelle Beachum 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Western Texas College Mexia, TX
G 11 Morgan Radtke 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Palatine Palatine, IL
F 12 Millie Stevens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sevenoaks Suns (WBBL team) Surrey, England
G 13 Katrina Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Whitney Young Chicago, IL
G 14 Lexie Taylor 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Normal West Normal, IL
G 22 Shakeela Fowler 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Milwaukee King Milwaukee, WI
G 23 Viria Livingston 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Hopkins Minnetonka, MN
G 32 Taylor Stewart 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Lakeville North Lakeville, MN
C 34 Kalyn Gebhardt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Beaver Dam Beaver Dam, WI
Head coach

(Ohio State)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Hayden (Miami (OH))
Cathy Boswell (Illinois State)
Jessica Grayson (Valdosta 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
11/04/2015*
7:00 pm 		Lindenwood W 71–70 
Redbird Arena (637)
Normal, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 pm 		at Bowling Green L 52–70  0–1
 Stroh Center (1,469)
Bowling Green, OH
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		W 81–76  1–1
 Redbird Arena (707)
Normal, IL
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		L 65–74  1–2
 Redbird Arena (534)
Normal, IL
11/27/2015*
4:00 pm 		at UTSA
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic 		L 51–77  1–3
 Convocation Center (234)
San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015*
12:00 pm 		vs. Nebraska–Omaha
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic 		L 56–60  1–4
 Convocation Center (159)
San Antonio, TX
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		L 57–65  1–5
 Redbird Arena (564)
Normal, IL
12/05/2015*
7:00 pm 		at No. 23 DePaul L 41–89  1–6
 Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,422)
Chicago, IL
12/13/2015*
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		vs. Northern Illinois
MVC vs. MAC Basketball Challenge 		L 59–68  1–7
 iWireless Center (634)
Moline, IL
12/16/2015*
6:00 pm 		at  L 47–60  1–8
 John J. Lee Amphitheater (129)
New Haven, CT
12/21/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Chicago State W 57–53  2–8
 Redbird Arena (734)
Normal, IL
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Western Illinois L 64–79  2–9
 Redbird Arena (539)
Normal, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Missouri State L 51–73  2–10 (0–1)
 Redbird Arena (537)
Normal, IL
01/03/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wichita State W 70–49  3–10 (1–1)
 Redbird Arena (602)
Normal, IL
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Indiana State L 58–63  3–11 (1–2)
 Hulman Center (1,786)
Terre Haute, IN
01/15/2016
7:00 pm 		at Northern Iowa L 51–65  3–12 (1–3)
 McLeod Center (1,207)
Cedar Falls, IA
01/17/2016
6:00 pm 		at Drake L 41–76  3–13 (1–4)
 Knapp Center (2,413)
Des Moines, IA
01/22/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Bradley W 54–49  4–13 (2–4)
 Redbird Arena (1,142)
Normal, IL
01/24/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Loyola-Chicago L 41–57  4–14 (2–5)
 Redbird Arena (1,313)
Normal, IL
01/29/2016
7:00 pm 		at Evansville W 64–57  5–14 (3–5)
 Ford Center (512)
Evansville, IN
01/31/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Southern Illinois L 71–76  5–15 (3–6)
 SIU Arena (789)
Carbondale, IL
02/05/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Indiana State W 73–62  6–15 (4–6)
 Redbird Arena (1,240)
Normal, IL
02/12/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Drake L 58–98  6–16 (4–7)
 Redbird Arena (613)
Normal, IL
02/14/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Iowa L 35–61  6–17 (4–8)
 Redbird Arena (362)
Normal, IL
02/19/2016
7:00 pm 		at Loyola-Chicago L 61–73  6–18 (4–9)
 Joseph J. Gentile Arena (536)
Chicago, IL
02/21/2016
2:00 pm 		at Bradley L 38–52  6–19 (4–10)
 Renaissance Coliseum (717)
Peoria, IL
02/25/2016
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		Southern Illinois L 55–68  6–20 (4–11)
 Redbird Arena (572)
Normal, IL
02/28/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Evansville W 65–59  7–20 (5–11)
 Redbird Arena (925)
Normal, IL
03/03/2016
7:00 pm 		at Wichita State W 53–49  8–20 (6–11)
 Charles Koch Arena (1,545)
Wichita, KS
03/05/2016
2:00 pm 		at Missouri State L 41–70  8–21 (6–12)
 JQH Arena (3,748)
Springfield, MO
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		vs. Evansville
First Round 		L 59–61 OT 8–22
 iWireless Center 
Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also[]

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team

References[]

  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".
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