2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2015–16
Candi Whitaker
(3rd season)
2015–16 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
v t e	Conf				Overall
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 will represent

Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Baylor

.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

2015–16 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on

KLZK or KJTV

.

Roster

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
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)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-14

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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 .

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "TEXASTECH.COM - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[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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