2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	3–28 (1–17 The Valley)
Head coach	Oties Epps (first 27 games, 5th year); Matt Ruffing (interim HC);
Assistant coaches	Ashley Barlow; Doug Rogers;
Home arena	Ford Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

The 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by fifth year head coach Oties Epps, play their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–28, 1–17 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament where they lost to Drake.

On February 29, 2016, head coach Oties Epps resigned.^[1] He finished at Evansville with a five year record of 44–106 and Matt Ruffing is named the interim coach for the remainder of the season and for the 2016–17 season.

Roster[edit]

2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Camary Williams	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Cape Coral Hillsborough CC	Fort Myers, FL
F	2	Kerri Gasper	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Olmstead Falls	Olmsted Township, OH
G	4	Camille Coleman	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Washington	South Bend, IN
G	5	Aaliyah Gaines	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Canterbury Eastern Illinois	Fort Wayne, IN
G	10	Taloni Reese	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	John Adams	South Bend, IN
G	13	Laura Friday	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Marion	Marion, IN
F	14	Peyton Langston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Mater Dei	Carson, CA
G	15	Kenyia Johnson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Fleming Island	Orange Park, FL
F	22	Sasha Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Brown County	Nashville, IN
G	24	Sara Dickey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Riverton Park	Montezuma, IN
F	25	Jordan Campbell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Oswego	Montgomery, IL
F	31	Tattenai Hall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Heritage	Fort Wayne, IN
F	32	Erin Sinnott	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Oswego	Fort Wayne, IL
F	33	Ashley Hawkins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Antelope Vincennes	Sacramento, CA

Head coach

Oties Epps (UW–Stout)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Ruffing (Dayton)
Ashley Barlow (Notre Dame)
Doug Rogers (Wisconsin)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

^[2]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2015* 7:00 pm	Eureka	W 86–33		Ford Center (407) Evansville, IN
11/07/2015* 12:00 pm	Berea	W 97–53		Ford Center (371) Evansville, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 12:00 pm, FSOH	at Xavier Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic	L 57–65	0–1	Cintas Center (3,122) Cincinnati, OH
11/16/2015* 6:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	L 85–91 ^2OT	0–2	Millett Hall (201) Oxford, OH
11/18/2015* 6:00 pm	at Cleveland State	W 72–63	1–2	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm	vs. Montana State Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	L 55–81	1–3	Mott Gym (105) San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm	vs. Santa Clara Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	L 44–62	1–4	Mott Gym (95) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/02/2015* 5:00 pm	at Bowling Green	L 56–74	1–5	Stroh Center (1,986) Bowling Green, OH
12/05/2015* 1:00 pm	Murray State	L 54–73	1–6	Ford Center (539) Evansville, IN
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm	at Nebraska	L 40–85	1–7	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,614) Lincoln, NE
12/12/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3	Tennessee–Martin	L 48–75	1–8	Ford Center (432) Evansville, IN
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Ball State	L 53–73	1–9	Ford Center (611) Evansville, IN
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	IUPUI	L 62–68	1–10	Ford Center (578) Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley regular season
01/01/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 51–62	1–11 (0–1)	McLeod Center (1,107) Cedar Falls, IA
01/03/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	L 52–94	1–12 (0–2)	Knapp Center (2,215) Des Moines, IA
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	L 49–63	1–13 (0–3)	Ford Center (480) Evansville, IN
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Bradley	W 62–46	2–13 (1–3)	Ford Center (429) Evansville, IN
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	L 56–74	2–14 (1–4)	SIU Arena (729) Carbondale, IL
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 70–77	2–15 (1–5)	JQH Arena (3,287) Springfield, MO
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wichita State	L 50–58	2–16 (1–6)	Charles Koch Arena (1,577) Wichita, KS
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	L 57–64	2–17 (1–7)	Ford Center (512) Evansville, IN
01/31/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	L 44–59	2–18 (1–8)	Ford Center (738) Evansville, IN
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bradley	L 52–66	2–19 (1–9)	Renaissance Coliseum (471) Peoria, IL
02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola-Chicago	L 54–67	2–20 (1–10)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (469) Chicago, IL
02/14/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 63–66	2–21 (1–11)	Ford Center (456) Evansville, IN
02/19/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	L 31–44	2–22 (1–12)	Ford Center (507) Evansville, IN
02/21/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Missouri State	L 47–66	2–23 (1–13)	Ford Center (472) Evansville, IN
02/26/2016 6:05 pm, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 45–57	2–24 (1–14)	Hulman Center (1,870) Terre Haute, IN
02/28/2016 2:05 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	L 59–65	2–25 (1–15)	Redbird Arena (925) Normal, IL
03/03/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 66–86	2–26 (1–16)	Ford Center (394) Evansville, IN
03/05/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	L 48–61	2–27 (1–17)	Ford Center (451) Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Illinois State First Round	W 61–59 ^OT	3–27	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/11/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Drake Quarterfinals	L 53–89	3–28	iWireless Center Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ "UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation". Evansville Athletics. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ "University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.

[1] "UE women's basketball coach Oties Epps announces resignation". Evansville Athletics. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

[2] "University of Evansville". gopurpleaces.com.

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