2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball

Conference| Big 12 Conference
Record| 13–18 (3–15 Big 12)
Head coach|

* Candi Whitaker (3rd season)

Assistant coaches|

* Matt Corkery
* Brandi Poole
* Ray Caldwell

Home arena| United Supermarkets Arena

Seasons

<- 2014–15

2016–17 ->

2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 4 Baylor † | 17 | - | 1 |  | .944 |  |  | 36 | - | 2  |  | .947
No. 6 Texas | 15 | - | 3 |  | .833 |  |  | 31 | - | 5  |  | .861
No. 22 West Virginia | 12 | - | 6 |  | .667 |  |  | 25 | - | 10  |  | .714
Oklahoma State | 11 | - | 7 |  | .611 |  |  | 21 | - | 10  |  | .677
No. 24 Oklahoma | 11 | - | 7 |  | .611 |  |  | 22 | - | 11  |  | .667
Kansas State | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 19 | - | 13  |  | .594
TCU | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 18 | - | 15  |  | .545
Iowa State | 5 | - | 13 |  | .278 |  |  | 13 | - | 17  |  | .433
Texas Tech | 3 | - | 15 |  | .167 |  |  | 13 | - | 18  |  | .419
Kansas | 0 | - | 18 |  | .000 |  |  | 6 | - | 25  |  | .194
† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Candi Whitaker's third season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 13–18, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Baylor.

## Rankings

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls  Poll | Pre-
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18 | Final

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## 2015-16 media

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### Television & Radio information

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Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

## Roster

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2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team

Players | Coaches
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F | 00  | Brielle Blaire | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | So | Terra Nova
Virginia Tech | Salisbury, NC
G | 2  | Ivonne Cook-Taylor | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | RS Jr | Terra Nova | San Francisco, CA
G | 3  | Minta Spears | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | RS So | Bullard
UCLA | Bullard, TX
G | 4  | Ryann Bowser | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Sr | Holton
Highland CC | Holton, KS
G | 5  | Larryn Brooks | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Jr | Madison Central
Indiana | Richmond, KY
G | 11  | Rayven Brooks | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Sr | San Ramon Dougherty
Chipola College | Oakland, CA
C | 12  | Jada Terry | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Jr | Cedar Hill
Texas A&M | Cedar Hill, TX
G | 24  | Japreece Dean | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Fr | Vista Ridge | Cedar Park, TX
C | 25  | Leashja Grant | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Jr | Sunrise Christian Academy
Trinity Valley CC | Nassau, BS
F | 30  | Zuri Sanders | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Fr | Evansville Central | Evansville, IN
G/F | 32  | Dayo Olabode | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | So | Mansfield Timberview | Arlington, TX
F | 34  | Paige Parliament | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | RS Sr | Brock
Abilene Christian | Brock, TX
F | 35  | Jamie Roe | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | RS Sr | Tuba City
Central Arizona College | Tuba City, AZ
C | 42  | Ionna McKenzie | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | So | Dr. Phillips | Gotha, FL

Head coach

* Candi Whitaker (Valparaiso)

Assistant coach(es)

* Matt Corkery (West Texas A&M)
* Brett Schneider (West Virginia Wesleyan)
* Ray Caldwell (Chapman)

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster
Last update: 2015-10-14

## Schedule

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Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | Site (attendance)
city, state

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Exhibition
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm |  | Eastern New Mexico | W 77–43 |
| United Supermarkets Arena
Lubbock, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
11:00 am |  | Niagara | W 79–45 | 1–0
| United Supermarkets Arena (5,542)
Lubbock, TX
11/21/2015*
6:30 pm, FSSW+ |  | Southeastern Louisiana | W 113–51 | 2–0
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,623)
Lubbock, TX
11/24/2015*
6:30 pm |  | Idaho State | W 79–64 | 3–0
| United Supermarkets Arena (2,917)
Lubbock, TX
11/27/2015*
6:30 pm |  | vs. Fordham
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 62–48 | 4–0
| South Point Arena
Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015*
8:45 pm |  | vs. Washington
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 73–77 | 4–1
| South Point Arena
Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015*
5:30 pm |  | Abilene Christian | W 71–65 | 5–1
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,015)
Lubbock, TX
12/09/2015*
5:30 pm |  | Idaho | W 78–62 | 6–1
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,194)
Lubbock, TX
12/12/2015*
4:00 pm, TheW.tv |  | at Santa Clara | L 70–75 | 6–2
| Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
12/14/2015*
6:30 pm |  | Incarnate Word | W 70–55 | 7–2
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,096)
Lubbock, TX
12/18/2015*
6:30 pm |  | Grambling State | W 70–55 | 8–2
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,707)
Lubbock, TX
12/20/2015*
2:00 pm, FSSW+ |  | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 84–40 | 9–2
| United Supermarkets Arena (3,398)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 regular season
12/30/2015
6:30 pm, FSSW+ |  | TCU | L 69–78 | 9–3
(0–1)  | United Supermarkets Arena (1,835)
Lubbock, TX
01/02/2016
7:00 pm, LHN |  | at No. 5 Texas | L 62–86 | 9–4
(0–2)  | Frank Erwin Center (3,668)
Lubbock, TX
01/06/2016
6:30 pm |  | Oklahoma State | L 46–69 | 9–5
(0–3)  | United Supermarkets Arena (4,121)
Lubbock, TX
01/09/2016
6:00 pm |  | at West Virginia | L 57–79 | 9–6
(0–4)  | WVU Coliseum (2,471)
Morgantown, WV
01/13/2016
7:00 pm, FSSW+ |  | at TCU | L 48–69 | 9–7
(0–5)  | Schollmaier Arena (1,696)
Fort Worth, TX
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, FSSW |  | Iowa State | W 69–66 OT | 10–7
(1–5)  | United Supermarkets Arena (4,108)
Lubbock, TX
01/20/2016
10:30 am, FSSW |  | at No. 19 Oklahoma | L 53–92 | 10–8
(1–6)  | Lloyd Noble Center
Norman, OK
01/24/2016
2:00 pm, FSSW+ |  | Kansas State | L 53–65 | 10–9
(1–7)  | United Supermarkets Arena (3,528)
Lubbock, TX
01/27/2016
7:00 pm, FSSW |  | at No. 4 Baylor | L 43–69 | 10–10
(1–8)  | Ferrell Center (6,327)
Waco, TX
01/30/2016
5:00 pm, FSSW+ |  | Kansas | W 54–44 | 11–10
(2–8)  | United Supermarkets Arena (3,671)
Lubbock, TX
02/02/2016
6:00 pm, FS2 |  | West Virginia | L 42–69 | 11–11
(2–9)  | United Supermarkets Arena (2,842)
Lubbock, TX
02/07/2016
1:30 pm, FSN |  | at No. 25 Oklahoma State | L 57–70 | 11–12
(2–10)  | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,567)
Stillwater, OK
02/13/2016
2:00 pm |  | No. 4 Baylor | L 36–66 | 11–13
(2–11)  | United Supermarkets Arena (6,565)
Lubbock, TX
02/17/2016
7:00 pm |  | at Iowa State | L 48–77 | 11–14
(2–12)  | Hilton Coliseum (10,568)
Ames, IA
02/21/2016
2:00 pm, FCS |  | at Kansas State | L 53–65 | 11–15
(2–13)  | Bramlage Coliseum (4,899)
Manhattan, KS
02/24/2016
6:30 pm, FSSW+ |  | No. 8 Texas | L 55–76 | 11–16
(2–14)  | United Supermarkets Arena (3,555)
Lubbock, TX
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, JTV/ESPN3 |  | at Kansas | W 69–58 | 12–16
(3–14)  | Allen Fieldhouse (3,432)
Lawrence, KS
03/01/2016
6:30 pm |  | No. 24 Oklahoma | L 60–70 | 12–17
(3–15)  | United Supermarkets Arena (3,116)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/04/2016
6:00 pm, FCS |  | vs. Iowa State
First Round | W 89–84 | 13–17
| Chesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2016
1:30 pm, FSN |  | vs. No. 4 Baylor
Quarterfinals | L 51–82 | 13–18
| Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,527)
Oklahoma City, OK

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

## See also

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* Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
* 2015–16 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

## References

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1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.4-6&rft.pub=Big+12+Conference&rft_id=https://s3.amazonaws.com/big12sports.com/documents/2019/10/14/1920Big12WBBRecordBook.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:2015–16+Texas+Tech+Lady+Raiders+basketball+team" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "TEXASTECH.COM - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

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Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball

Arenas|

* Women's Gym
* City Bank Coliseum (1975–1999)
* United Supermarkets Arena (1999–present)

Culture & lore|

* Raider Red
* The Masked Rider
* "Fight, Raiders, Fight"
* "The Matador Song"
* Guns Up

Overview|

* Head coaches
* Players
* in the WNBA draft
* Seasons

Seasons|

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* 1989–90
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* 1991–92
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* 1993–94
* 1994–95
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* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

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