2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team

2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball
2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic Champions
Conference	Conference USA
Record	10–19 (6–12 C-USA)
Head coach	Lubomyr Lichonczak (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Kristen Holt; Nicole Dunson; Ela Mukosiej;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTEP	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
WKU	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Middle Tennessee †	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Charlotte	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
Old Dominion	10	–	8	.556	17	–	17	.500
Marshall	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Louisiana Tech	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
UAB	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Southern Miss	7	–	11	.389	14	–	16	.467
Rice	7	–	11	.389	9	–	22	.290
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12	.333	14	–	16	.467
UTSA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
North Texas	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
FIU	2	–	16	.111	5	–	26	.161


† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 28, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by third year head coach Lubomyr Lichonczak, play their home games at the Convocation Center and were third year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 10–19, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to FIU.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Kasia Kiejdrowska	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Mineral Area College	Grudziądz, Poland
G/F	2	Mathilde Hergott	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Lycee Jean Mermoz	Jonage, France
G	3	Alexus Dukes	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Harker Heights HS	Harker Heights, TX
G	4	Crystal Chidomere	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Bush HS	Richmond, TX
G	5	Alana Heard	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Hightower HS	Missouri City, TX
G	11	Sara Anastasieska	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Monte Sant Angelo Mercy	Collaroy, Australia
G/F	12	Niaga Mitchell-Cole	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Roosevelt HS	San Antonio, TX
F	21	Akunna Elonu	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Alief Elsik HS	Houston, TX
C	23	Dempsey Thornton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	King HS	Corpus Christi, TX
F	25	Taylor Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Cinco Ranch HS	Katy, TX
C	30	Tesha Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Wagner HS	San Antonio, TX
G	31	Carlie Henieman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Brennan HS	San Antonio, TX
G	32	Dwanisha Tate	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Seguin HS	Arlington, TX

Head coach

Lubomyr Lichonczak (Idaho)

Assistant coach(es)

Kristen Holt (Ohio)
Nicole Dunson (Texas–San Antonio)
Ela Mukosiej (Seton Hall)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/2015* 2:00 pm	Trinity	W 59–50		Convocation Center (433) San Antonio, TX
11/08/2015* 7:00 pm	St. Edward's	W 81–50		Convocation Center (251) San Antonio, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN	at No. 12 Texas	L 53–90	0–1	Frank Erwin Center (2,596) Austin, TX
11/21/2015* 2:00 pm	at Abilene Christian	L 60–79	0–2	Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, TX
11/27/2015* 4:00 pm	Illinois State UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 77–51	1–2	Convocation Center (234) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm	Houston Baptist UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 79–50	2–2	Convocation Center (400) San Antonio, TX
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm	at Texas State I-35 Rivalry	L 64–72	2–3	Strahan Coliseum (1,309) San Angelo, TX
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm, FSSW	at No. 17 Oklahoma	L 41–80	2–4	Lloyd Noble Center (4,086) Norman, OK
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm	Howard Payne	W 106–65	3–4	Convocation Center (265) San Antonio, TX
12/19/2015* 2:00 pm	Texas A&M–Commerce	W 88–51	4–4	Convocation Center (250) San Antonio, TX
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm	Texas–Arlington	L 47–51	4–5	Convocation Center (353) San Antonio, TX
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm	Texas Southern UTSA Holiday Classic	L 44–59	4–6	Convocation Center (297) San Antonio, TX
12/30/2015* 12:00 pm	Bowling Green UTSA Holiday Classic			Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
Conference USA regular season
01/01/2016 2:00 pm	at North Texas	L 58–68	4–7 (0–1)	The Super Pit (882) Denton, TX
01/03/2016 2:00 pm	at Rice	L 48–49 ^OT	4–8 (0–2)	Tudor Fieldhouse (583) Houston, TX
01/07/2016 7:00 pm	UAB	W 54–52	5–8 (1–2)	Convocation Center (307) San Antonio, TX
01/09/2016 2:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	L 63–74	5–9 (1–3)	Convocation Center (303) San Antonio, TX
01/17/2016 2:00 pm	at UTEP	L 55–62	5–10 (1–4)	Don Haskins Center (1,605) El Paso, TX
01/21/2016 6:00 pm	at FIU	W 63–52	6–10 (2–4)	FIU Arena (376) Miami, FL
01/21/2016 6:00 pm	at Florida Atlantic	L 51–64	6–11 (2–5)	FAU Arena (763) Boca Raton, FL
01/28/2016 7:00 pm	Louisiana Tech	L 72–82	6–12 (2–6)	Convocation Center (539) San Antonio, TX
01/30/2016 2:00 pm	Southern Miss	W 47–41	7–12 (3–6)	Convocation Center (554) San Antonio, TX
02/04/2016 7:00 pm	at WKU	L 65–72	7–13 (3–7)	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,076) Bowling Green, KY
02/06/2016 12:00 pm	at Marshall	L 76–80	7–14 (3–8)	Cam Henderson Center (812) Huntington, WV
02/11/2016 7:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	W 57–54	8–14 (4–8)	Convocation Center (536) San Antonio, TX
02/13/2016 1:00 pm	FIU	L 54–59	8–15 (4–9)	Convocation Center (401) San Antonio, TX
02/18/2016 6:30 pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 66–75	8–16 (4–10)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,835) Ruston, LA
02/20/2016 4:00 pm	at Southern Miss	L 53–65	8–17 (4–11)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,549) Hattiesburg, MS
02/25/2016 7:00 pm	Charlotte	L 54–64	8–18 (4–12)	Convocation Center (490) San Antonio, TX
02/27/2016 2:00 pm	Old Dominion	W 70–67	9–18 (5–12)	Convocation Center (803) San Antonio, TX
03/03/2016 7:00 pm	UTEP	W 69–64	10–18 (6–12)	Convocation Center (646) San Antonio, TX
C-USA Women's Tournament
03/08/2016 1:30 pm, ASN	vs. FIU First Round	L 56–61	10–19	Bartow Arena (272) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule/Results - goUTSAcom: Official website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
^ "Final two days of UTSA Holiday Classic canceled". UTSA Roadrunner Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2015.

[1] "Women's Basketball - Schedule/Results - goUTSAcom: Official website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

[2] "Final two days of UTSA Holiday Classic canceled". UTSA Roadrunner Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2015.

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v t e UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball
Venues	Convocation Center (1981–present)
Rivalries	Texas State
Culture & lore	Rowdy
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 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

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