2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Cavalier were led by fifth year head coach Joanne Boyle. The Cavaliers were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the John Paul Jones Arena. They finished the season 17–16, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Duke. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated VCU and Rutgers in the first and second rounds before losing to Hofstra in the third round.

2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–16 (6–10 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne Boyle (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Kim McNeill La'Keshia Frett Meredith Cory McNeill
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1		.938			26	–	8		.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3		.813			30	–	8		.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
NC State	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Duke	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	16		.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			17	–	16		.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
North Carolina	4	–	12		.250			14	–	18		.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			15	–	16		.484
Clemson	0	–	16		.000			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

2015–16 media

Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network

The Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network will broadcast select Cavaliers games on WINA. John Freeman, Larry Johnson, and Myron Ripley will provide the call for the games. Games not broadcast on WINA can be listened to online through Cavaliers Live at virginiasports.com.

Roster

2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 00 Debra Ferguson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Amherst County Madison Heights, VA G 1 Mikayla Venson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Yorktown Arlington, VA F 2 Jae'Lisa Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So White Hall Pine Bluff, AR G 10 J'Kyra Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Rocky Mount East Carolina Rocky Mount, NC G 12 Breyana Mason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Forest Park Woodbridge, VA F 13 Emily Battle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr St. Anne's-Belfield Charlottesville, VA G 20 Faith Randolph 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Our Lady of Good Counsel Derwood, MD F 21 Lauren Moses 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Rancocas Mt. Holly, NJ G 23 Aliyah Huland El 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Randolph Randolph, NJ F 32 Moné Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Riverside Durham, NC F 35 Shakyna Payne 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Acworth, GA F 44 Sydney Umeri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr The Lovett School Acworth, GA	Head coach Joanne Boyle (Duke) Assistant coach(es) Kim McNeill (Richmond) La'Keisha Frett Meredith (Georgia) Cory McNeill (Morgan State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-10-21

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 13* 6:30 pm		at Middle Tennessee	W 70–66	1–0	Murphy Center (5,613) Murfreesboro, TN
November 16* 7:00 pm		Norfolk State	W 86–50	2–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,495) Charlottesville, VA
November 19* 7:00 pm, SECN		at Auburn	W 69–52	3–0	Auburn Arena (1,675) Auburn, AL
November 22* 2:00 pm		Longwood	W 81–46	4–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,616) Charlottesville, VA
November 26* 1:00 pm		vs. Green Bay Paradise Jam tournament Island Division	W 68–59	5–0	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
November 27* 3:15 pm		vs. Rutgers Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 48–60	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
November 28* 1:00 pm		vs. Tulane Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 62–67	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, USVI
December 2* 7:00 pm		Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 73–85	5–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,360) Charlottesville, VA
December 5* 7:00 pm		NJIT	W 81–54	6–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,268) Charlottesville, VA
December 8* 11:00 am		Bowling Green	W 68–39	7–3	John Paul Jones Arena (10,048) Charlottesville, VA
December 18* 7:00 pm		Charleston Southern	W 85–65	8–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,975) Charlottesville, VA
December 21* 7:00 pm		at No. 9 Ohio State	L 73–93	8–4	Value City Arena (4,778) Columbus, OH
December 28* 7:00 pm		Coppin State Cavalier Classic Tournament	W 75–40	9–4	John Paul Jones Arena (3,062) Charlottesville, VA
December 29* 7:00 pm		Richmond Cavalier Classic Tournament	W 71–51	10–4	John Paul Jones Arena (3,190) Charlottesville, VA
Conference regular season
January 3 1:00 pm, RSN		No. 22 Miami (FL)	W 76–56	11–4 (1–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,656) Charlottesville, VA
January 7 7:00 pm		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 46–74	11–5 (1–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,394) Charlottesville, VA
January 10 2:00 pm		at Wake Forest	W 52–50	12–5 (2–1)	LJVM Coliseum (875) Winston-Salem, NC
January 14 7:00 pm		No. 23 Louisville	L 41–59	12–6 (2–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,880) Charlottesville, VA
January 17 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia Tech	W 78–67	13–6 (3–2)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,041) Atlanta, GA
January 21 7:00 pm		at No. 14 Florida State	L 48–70	13–7 (3–3)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,495) Tallahassee, FL
January 24 1:00 pm, RSN		Pittsburgh	L 55–58	13–8 (3–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,895) Charlottesville, VA
January 27 7:30 pm		at NC State	L 52–63	13–9 (3–5)	Broughton HS (1,499) Raleigh, NC
February 4 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Duke	L 52–67	13–10 (3–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,506) Durham, NC
February 7 2:00 pm		Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	L 46–66	13–11 (3–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,052) Charlottesville, VA
February 11 7:00 pm, RSN		Syracuse	L 57–91	13–12 (3–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,081) Charlottesville, VA
February 14 5:00 pm, RSN		at Boston College	W 61–50	14–12 (4–8)	Conte Forum (522) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 18 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 11 Louisville	L 59–74	14–13 (4–9)	KFC Yum! Center (8,736) Louisville, KY
February 21 1:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	W 65–48	15–13 (5–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (5,012) Charlottesville, VA
February 25 7:00 pm, RSN		North Carolina	W 72–68	16–13 (6–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,109) Charlottesville, VA
February 28 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	L 55–60	16–14 (6–10)	Cassell Coliseum (2,710) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Women's tournament
March 3 2:00 pm, RSN		vs. Duke Second Round	L 53–57	16–15	Greensboro Coliseum (2,114) Greensboro, NC
WNIT
March 17* 7:00 pm		at VCU First Round	W 52–50	17–15	Siegel Center (859) Richmond, VA
March 20* 7:00 pm		at Rutgers Second Round	W 71–55	18–15	The RAC (597) Piscataway, NJ
March 22* 7:00 pm		at Hofstra Third Round	L 57–65	18–16	Hofstra Arena (344) Hempstead, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

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

See also

• 2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team