2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis. The Colonials were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquesne and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquesne and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round.

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball
A-10 Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	26–7 (13–3 A-10)
Head coach	Jonathan Tsipis (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Diane Richardson Melissa Dunne Zach Kancher
Home arena	Charles E. Smith Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Duquesne	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
George Washington †	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Saint Louis	13	–	3		.813			26	–	8		.765
St. Bonaventure	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
VCU	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8		.500			14	–	15		.483
Fordham	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Dayton	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
George Mason	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
Richmond	5	–	11		.313			13	–	18		.419
Rhode Island	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
UMass	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
Davidson	5	–	11		.313			11	–	19		.367
La Salle	2	–	14		.125			5	–	25		.167
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4-year record of 92–38.

2015–16 media

George Washington Colonials Sports Network

WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.

Roster

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Kelsi Mahoney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Jay M. Robinson Concord, NC G 2 Camila Tapias 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So IMG Academy Bogota, Colombia F 3 Caira Washington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Georgetown Day School Brandywine, MD G 4 Lauren Chase 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Sr Riverdale Baptist UMBC Bowie, MD G 5 Aaliyah Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Clear Springs League City, TX G 13 Shannon Cranshaw 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Father Lopez Ormond Beach, FL F 14 DeLacy Anderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL G 15 Mia Farmer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Cardinal O'Hara Philadelphia, PA G 20 Hannah Schaible 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Dr. Phillips Orlando, FL G 21 Mei-Lyn Bautista 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr St. Mary's Whitestone, NY F 22 Jada Matthews 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Winslow Township Sicklerville, NJ G 24 Alexis Chandler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Cy-Fair Cypress, TX C 25 Kelli Prange 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Damascus Damascus, MD G 34 Brianna Cummings 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Greater Atlanta Christian Lawrenceville, GA F 35 Jonquel Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Riverdale Baptist Freeport, Bahamas	Head coach Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina) Assistant coach(es) Diane Richardson (Frostburg State) Melissa Dunne (Temple) Zach Kancher (George Washington) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-10-30

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 12:00 pm	No. 21	Christopher Newport	W 95–47		Charles E. Smith Center (417) Washington, D.C.
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 21	Grambling State	W 85–58	1–0	Charles E. Smith Center (885) Washington, D.C.
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 22	American	W 78–48	2–0	Charles E. Smith Center (785) Washington, D.C.
11/21/2015* 3:00 pm	No. 22	at No. 15 Stanford	L 63–84	2–1	Maples Pavilion (2,854) Stanford, CA
11/23/2015* 10:00 pm	No. 24	at Fresno State	W 61–53	3–1	Save Mart Center (2,237) Fresno, CA
11/26/2015* 2:30 pm	No. 24	vs. Houston Lone Star Showcase	W 82–78	4–1	Cedar Park Center (507) Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015* 2:30 pm	No. 24	vs. No. 25 Iowa Lone Star Showcase	W 81–77 2OT	5–1	Cedar Park Center (627) Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015* 2:30 pm	No. 24	vs. Wright State Lone Star Showcase	L 71–77	5–2	Cedar Park Center (527) Cedar Park, TX
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm		Florida Gulf Coast	L 60–64	5–3	Charles E. Smith Center (875) Washington, D.C.
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm		at Memphis	W 68–62	6–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (781) Memphis, TN
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		Villanova	W 78–70	7–3	Charles E. Smith Center (976) Washington, D.C.
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		Iona	W 70–65	8–3	Charles E. Smith Center (877) Washington, D.C.
12/28/2015* 3:00 pm		at Illinois	W 70–57	9–3	State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm		Hartford	W 82–51	10–3	Charles E. Smith Center (915) Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2016 3:00 pm, CBSSN		at Saint Joseph's	W 70–45	11–3 (1–0)	Hagan Arena (673) Philadelphia, PA
01/06/2016 12:00 pm, NBCSN		Rhode Island	W 68–58	12–3 (2–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,989) Washington, D.C.
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Dayton	W 62–61	13–3 (3–0)	UD Arena (2,331) Dayton, OH
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		La Salle	W 83–59	14–3 (4–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (754) Washington, D.C.
01/17/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU		at Duquesne	W 70–52	15–3 (5–0)	Palumbo Center (1,203) Pittsburgh, PA
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		Massachusetts	W 67–50	16–3 (6–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (565) Washington, D.C.
01/22/2016 12:00 pm		George Mason	W 82–68	17–3 (7–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (502) Washington, D.C.
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		at Davidson	W 79–60	18–3 (8–0)	John M. Belk Arena (411) Davidson, NC
01/31/2016 2:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 89–80	19–3 (9–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (781) Washington, D.C.
02/03/2016 7:00 pm		at Fordham	L 69–76	19–4 (9–1)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (851) Bronx, NY
02/07/2016 2:00 pm		at Richmond	W 62–47	20–4 (10–1)	Robins Center (693) Richmond, VA
02/14/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU		Dayton	W 72–62	21–4 (11–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,102) Washington, D.C.
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	L 67–69 OT	21–5 (11–2)	Reilly Center (897) Olean, NY
02/20/2016 3:00 pm		VCU	L 68–79	21–6 (11–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,097) Washington, D.C.
02/24/2016 7:00 pm		Richmond	W 55–53 OT	22–6 (12–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (789) Washington, D.C.
02/27/2016 2:00 pm		at George Mason	W 73–66	23–6 (13–3)	EagleBank Arena (947) Fairfax, VA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 11:30 am, ASN	(1)	vs. (9) George Mason Quarterfinals	W 78–48	24–6	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, VA
03/05/2016 11:00 am, CBSSN	(1)	vs. (5) VCU Semifinals	W 72–58	25–6	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, VA
03/06/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (3) Duquesne Championship Game	W 63–60	26–6	Richmond Coliseum (2,673) Richmond, VA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN2	(8 SF)	vs. (9 SF) Kansas State First Round	L 51–56	26–7	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 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	Week 19	Final
AP	21	22	24	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	21	20	23	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV

Legend

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

See also

• 2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team

References

1. "George Washington Athletics Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2015.