2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2016 MVC Tournament winner ; As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball
2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball
WBI, First Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record	20–13 (12–6 The Valley)
Head coach	Cindy Stein (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Andrea Gorski; Kat Martin; Christelle N'Garsanet;
Home arena	SIU Arena
	Seasons ← 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Southern Illinois women's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Salukis, led by third year head coach Cindy Stein. They played their home games at SIU Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 12–6 in MVC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Southern Illinois. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Western Illinois in the first round.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	0	Dyana Pierre	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Lincoln Park Academy	Port St. Lucie, FL
G	2	Blair Stephenson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Cardinal Ritter Lake Land College	St. Louis, MO
G	3	Olivia Bowling	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Elizabethtown	New Haven, KY
G	10	Cartaesha Macklin	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Sr		Mayo, FL
G	13	Rishonda Napier	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	RS Jr	Bellarmine-Jefferson	Burbank, CA
G/F	22	Tiajaney Hawkins	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Central	East Chicago, IN
F	24	Kim Nebo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Hilliard Bradley	Hilliard, OH
G	32	Kylie Giebelhausen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	East Peoria	East Peoria, IL
F	33	Azia Washington	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Blue Springs	Lee's Summit, MO
F/C	35	Celina VanHyfte	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Annawan	Annawa, IL
G/F	40	Carlie Corrigan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Plainfield North	Planfield, IL
F/C	42	Ashley Hummel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Hilliard Bradley	Hilliard, OH

Head coach

Cindy Stein (Illinois)

Assistant coach(es)

Andrea Gorski (Bradley)
Kat Martin (Trinity International)
Christelle N'Garsanet (Missouri)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2015* 6:00 pm	Maryville	W 66–60		SIU Arena (571) Carbondale, IL
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm	Kentucky Wesleyan	W 96–64		SIU Arena (519) Carbondale, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm	at DePaul Preseason WNIT first round	L 61–105	0–1	Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,753) Chicago, IL
11/20/2015* 6:30 pm	Preseason WNIT Consolation Round	W 73–54	1–1	SIU Arena (305) Carbondale, IL
11/21/2015* 6:30 pm	Preseason WNIT Consolation Round	W 79–70 ^OT	2–1	SIU Arena (231) Carbondale, IL
11/25/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		L 63–70	2–2	SIU Arena (516) Carbondale, IL
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	at Memphis	L 58–61	2–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (472) Memphis, TN
12/02/2015* 6:00 pm	at	W 70–57	3–3	CFSB Center (190) Murray, KY
12/04/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		W 71–57	4–3	SIU Arena (1,578) Carbondale, IL
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm	at Illinois	L 64–78	4–4	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
12/12/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		W 102–69	5–4	SIU Arena (800) Carbondale, IL
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at	W 55–52	6–4	Hawkins Arena (446) Macon, GA
12/22/2015* 12:00 pm	at	W 87–72	7–4	Show Me Center (830) Cape Girardeau, MO
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Marshall	L 55–64	7–5	SIU Arena (400) Carbondale, IL
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	W 77–67	8–5 (1–0)	Knapp Center (2,024) Des Moines, IA
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	W 65–60	9–5 (2–0)	McLeod Center (1,282) Cedar Falls, IA
01/08/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 75–49	10–5 (3–0)	SIU Arena (593) Carbondale, IL
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	L 68–69 ^OT	10–6 (3–1)	SIU Arena (619) Carbondale, IL
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 74–56	11–6 (4–1)	SIU Arena (729) Carbondale, IL
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wichita State	L 48–57	11–7 (4–2)	Charles Koch Arena (1,783) Wichita, KS
01/24/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 77–82	11–8 (4–3)	JQH Arena (3,184) Springfield, MO
01/29/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 76–64	12–8 (5–3)	SIU Arena (619) Carbondale, IL
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 76–71	13–8 (6–3)	SIU Arena (789) Carbondale, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola-Chicago	L 59–83	13–9 (6–4)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (437) Chicago, IL
02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 65–51	14–9 (7–4)	Renaissance Coliseum (676) Peoria, IL
02/14/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at Evansville	W 66–63	15–9 (8–4)	Ford Center (456) Evansville, IN
02/19/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Missouri State	W 69–61	16–9 (9–4)	SIU Arena (754) Carbondale, IL
02/21/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 80–66	17–9 (10–4)	SIU Arena (616) Carbondale, IL
02/25/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	W 68–55	18–9 (11–4)	Redbird Arena (572) Normal, IL
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 62–58	19–9 (12–4)	Hulman Center (1,895) Terre Haute, IN
03/03/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	L 64–73	19–10 (12–5)	SIU Arena (594) Carbondale, IL
03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 64–71	19–11 (12–6)	SIU Arena (639) Carbondale, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/11/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Loyola-Chicago Quarterfinals	W 73–64	20–11	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/12/2016 1:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Southern Illinois Semifinals	L 43–67	20–12	iWireless Center Moline, IL
WBI
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm	at Western Illinois First Round	L 97–99 ^OT	20–13	Western Hall (694) Macomb, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[]

^ http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/silu-w-baskbl-sched.html

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2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis women's basketball team

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Roster[]

Schedule[]

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References[]

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t	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