2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

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2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
2015–16 record26–8 (15–3 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joy Cheek
  • Patrick Klein
  • Mark Mitchell
Home arenaValue City Arena
Seasons
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Maryland 16 2   .889 31 4   .886
No. 9 Ohio State 15 3   .833 26 8   .765
No. 16 Michigan State 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Indiana 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
Minnesota 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Purdue 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Michigan 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Nebraska 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
Iowa 8 10   .444 19 14   .576
Rutgers 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Penn State 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
Northwestern 4 14   .222 18 17   .514
Wisconsin 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Illinois 2 16   .111 9 21   .300
2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team will represent the Ohio State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, led by third year head coach Kevin McGuff, play their home games at Value City Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 15–3 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Buffalo and West Virginia in the first and second rounds round before losing to Tennessee in the sweet sixteen.

Roster[]

2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Kaylan Pugh 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Mary's Episcopal Collierville, TN
F 1 Kalpana Beach 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Westlake Westlake, OH
G 3 Kelsey Mitchell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Princeton Cincinnati, OH
G 4 Sierra Calhoun (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Christ the King
Duke
Brooklyn, NY
F 5 Chelsea Mitchell 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Princeton Cincinnati, OH
G 12 Kianna Holland 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Seneca Seneca, SC
G 13 Cait Craft 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Liberty-Benton Findlay, OH
G 14 Ameryst Alston 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr McKinley Canton, OH
G 20 Asia Doss 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Country Day School Detroit, MI
C 21 Lisa Blair 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Jr Nazareth Regional Brooklyn, NY
F 22 Alexa Hart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Africentric Columbus, OH
F 23 Stephanie Mavunga (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Brownsburg
North Carolina
Brownsburg, IN
F 24 Makayla Waterman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Fairmont Kettering, OH
F 32 Shayla Cooper 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Norcross Norcross, GA
C 34 Theresa Ekhelar 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Fr Life Center Academy Woodbridge, NJ
Head coach

Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Joy Cheek (Duke)
Patrick Klein (Ohio State)
Mark Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky)


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

Roster

Schedule[]

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 6 Ursuline W 113–61 
Value City Arena (3,824)
Columbus, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 6 at No. 2 South Carolina L 80–88  0–1
Colonial Life Arena (16,815)
Columbia, SC
11/16/2015*
5:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 No. 1 Connecticut
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
L 56–100  0–2
Value City Arena (11,435)
Columbus, OH
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 7 W 84–56  1–2
Value City Arena (3,826)
Columbus, OH
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 7 W 106–47  2–2
St. John Arena (3,803)
Columbus, OH
11/27/2015*
5:15 pm
No. 11 vs. 
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 75–65  3–2
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 11 vs. No. 10 Texas A&M
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 95–80  4–2
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 at No. 3 Notre Dame
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 72–75  4–3
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,609)
South Bend, IN
12/06/2015*
1:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 10 at Cincinnati W 105–76  5–3
Fifth Third Arena (1,767)
Cincinnati, OH
12/13/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 10 W 89–56  6–3
Value City Arena (4,577)
Columbus, OH
12/18/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Princeton W 90–70  7–3
Value City Arena (4,639)
Columbus, OH
12/21/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 9 Virginia W 93–73  8–3
Value City Arena (4,778)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 9 No. 24 Michigan State W 85–80  9–3 (1–0)
Value City Arena (5,631)
Columbus, OH
01/02/2016
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 9 at No. 6 Maryland W 80–71  10–3 (2–0)
Xfinity Center (10,119)
College Park, MD
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
No. 5 Indiana W 97–70  11–3 (3–0)
Value City Arena (4,420)
Columbus, OH
01/10/2016
2:00 pm
No. 5 Rutgers W 90–78  12–3 (4–0)
Value City Arena (6,081)
Columbus, OH
01/14/2016
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 at Northwestern L 82–86  12–4 (4–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (852)
Evanston, IL
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 Purdue W 90–70  13–4 (5–1)
Value City Arena (7,418)
Columbus, OH
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Michigan W 97–93  14–4 (6–1)
Crisler Center (2,093)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/24/2016
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 at Rutgers W 67–58  15–4 (7–1)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,510)
Piscataway, NJ
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 Northwestern W 76–73  16–4 (8–1)
Value City Arena (4,606)
Columbus, OH
02/01/2016
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Illinois W 80–70  17–4 (9–1)
State Farm Center (1,517)
Champaign, IL
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
No. 7 Wisconsin W 87–61  18–4 (10–1)
Value City Arena (4,267)
Columbus, OH
02/08/2016
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 7 No. 5 Maryland W 94–86  19–4 (11–1)
Value City Arena (4,911)
Columbus, OH
02/11/2016
8:30 pm, BTN
No. 7 Iowa W 98–81  20–4 (12–1)
Value City Arena (3,667)
Columbus, OH
02/14/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 at Penn State W 77–63  21–4 (13–1)
Bryce Jordan Center 
University Park, PA
02/18/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 Nebraska W 96–70  22–4 (14–1)
Value City Arena (5,243)
Columbus, OH
02/21/2016
2:00 pm
No. 5 Illinois W 117–74  23–4 (15–1)
Value City Arena (8,247)
Columbus, OH
02/24/2016
8:00 pm
No. 5 at Minnesota L 88–90 OT 23–5 (15–2)
Williams Arena (6,434)
Minneapolis, MN
02/27/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 5 at No. 20 Michigan State L 105–107 3OT 23–6 (15–3)
Breslin Center (8,631)
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
6:30 pm, BTN
(2) No. 9 vs. (10) Rutgers
Quarterfinals
W 73–58  24–6
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
03/05/2016
5:30 pm, BTN
(2) No. 9 vs. (3) No. 19 Michigan State
Semifinals
L 63–82  24–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (14 SF) Buffalo
First Round
W 88–69  25–7
St. John Arena (2,626)
Columbus, OH
03/20/2016*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (6 SF) No. 23 West Virginia
Second Round
W 88–81  26–7
St. John Arena (2,558)
Columbus, OH
03/25/2016*
9:30 pm, ESPN2
(3 SF) No. 9 vs. (7 SF) Tennessee
Sweet Sixteen
L 62–78  26–8
Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610)
Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 6 7 11 10 10 10 9 9 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 9 9 9 N/A
Coaches 10 14т 14 12 13 12 10 9 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 9 9 9 10
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also[]

2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

References[]

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