2015–16 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	† 2016 Big Ten Tournament winner ; As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
2015–16 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record	20–12 (10–8 B1G)
Head coach	Sharon Versyp (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Nadine Morgan; Kelly Komara; Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton;
Home arena	Mackey Arena

The 2015–16 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by tenth year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Oklahoma in the first round.

Roster

2015–16 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Ashley Morrissette	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Twinsburg	Twinsburg, OH
G	2	Abby Abel	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Carmel	Carmel, IN
G	3	Tiara Murphy	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Washington	South Bend, IN
G	4	Torrie Thornton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Carmel	Carmel, IN
G	5	Justine Hall	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Regis Jesuit	Denver, CO
G	10	Hayden Hamby	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	West Morgan	Trinity, AL
C	12	Nora Kiesler	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Assumption	Louisville, KY
G	13	Bridget Perry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Roncalli	Mooresville, IN
F	20	Dominique McBryde	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Bedford North Lawrence	Bedford, IN
F	21	Erica Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Mount Vernon	Fortville, IN
C	22	Bree Horrocks	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Buford	Buford, GA
G	24	Andreona Keys	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Roswell	Atlanta, GA
G	25	April Wilson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Manual	Louisville, KY

Head coach

Sharon Versyp (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Nadine Morgan (James Madison)
Kelly Komara (Purdue)
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (Purdue)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 12:00 PM		Marian	W 78–37		Mackey Arena (6,034) West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM		Jacksonville State	W 67–48	1–0	Mackey Arena (5,594) West Lafayette, IN
11/19/2015* 7:00 PM		UIC	W 62–51	2–0	Mackey Arena (5,572) West Lafayette, IN
11/21/2015* 3:00 PM, ESPN3		at North Florida	W 70–47	3–0	UNF Arena (534) Jacksonville, FL
11/27/2015* 7:30 PM, CST		vs. LSU Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 69–52	4–0	Germain Arena (1,257) Estero, FL
11/28/2015* 7:30 PM		vs. No. 22 Louisville Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	W 62–60	5–0	Germain Arena (1,407) Estero, FL
11/29/2015* 7:30 PM		vs. No. 13 Stanford Gulf Coast Showcase championship	L 65–71 ^OT	5–1	Germain Arena Estero, FL
12/03/2015* 6:00 PM, BTN		Boston College ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 56–58	5–2	Mackey Arena (5,805) West Lafayette, IN
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM		Dayton	W 61–58	6–2	Mackey Arena (5,830) West Lafayette, IN
12/10/2015* 7:00 PM		Incarnate Word	W 95–27	7–2	Mackey Arena (5,480) West Lafayette, IN
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM		Ball State	W 73–63	8–2	Mackey Arena (5,958) West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2015* 7:00 PM		Maine	W 56–33	9–2	Mackey Arena (5,803) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015 1:00 PM		at Michigan	W 65–63	10–2 (1–0)	Crisler Center (3,159) Ann Arbor, MI
01/03/2016 2:00 PM		Illinois	W 69–65	11–2 (2–0)	Mackey Arena (6,374) West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2016 8:00 PM		at No. 16 Northwestern	W 85–71	12–2 (3–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (714) Evanston, IL
01/10/2016 2:00 PM		Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 63–53	13–2 (4–0)	Mackey Arena (8,519) West Lafayette, IN
01/14/2016 7:00 PM		Minnesota	W 84–72	14–2 (5–0)	Mackey Arena (5,788) West Lafayette, IN
01/17/2016 2:00 PM, BTN		at No. 5 Ohio State	L 70–90	14–3 (5–1)	Value City Arena (7,418) Columbus, OH
01/20/2016 7:00 PM		Nebraska	L 61–62	14–4 (5–2)	Mackey Arena (6,041) West Lafayette, IN
01/24/2016 3:00 PM, BTN		Iowa	W 90–73	15–4 (6–2)	Mackey Arena (7,865) West Lafayette, IN
01/27/2016 7:00 PM		at No. 21 Michigan State	L 56–68	15–5 (6–3)	Breslin Center (5,272) East Lansing, MI
01/30/2016 2:00 PM		at Penn State	W 88–78 ^2OT	16–5 (7–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,769) University Park, PA
02/02/2016 6:00 PM, BTN		No. 5 Maryland	L 67–87	16–6 (7–4)	Mackey Arena (6,024) West Lafayette, IN
02/08/2016 7:00 PM		at Wisconsin	L 57–64	16–7 (7–5)	Kohl Center (3,149) Madison, WI
02/11/2016 7:00 PM		at No. 5 Maryland	L 59–73	16–8 (7–6)	Xfinity Center (3,646) College Park, MD
02/14/2016 2:00 PM		Michigan	L 61–68	16–9 (7–7)	Mackey Arena (6,427) West Lafayette, IN
02/18/2016 8:00 PM		at Iowa	L 55–63	16–10 (7–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,659) Iowa City, IA
02/21/2016 3:00 PM, BTN		at Nebraska	W 68–50	17–10 (8–8)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,671) Lincoln, NE
02/25/2016 6:30 PM, BTN		Rutgers	W 75–68 ^OT	18–10 (9–8)	Mackey Arena (5,821) West Lafayette, IN
02/28/2016 2:00 PM		Wisconsin	W 68–48	19–10 (10–8)	Mackey Arena (7,146) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 9:00 PM, BTN		vs. Penn State Second Round	W 70–59	20–10	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2016 9:00 PM, BTN		vs. No. 19 Michigan State Quarterfinals	L 64–65	20–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 1:30 PM, ESPN2	(11 L)	vs. (6 L) No. 24 Oklahoma First Round	L 45–61	20–12	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1]

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

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References

"2015-16 Purdue Women's basketball Schedule". Purdue Athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-28.

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[1] "2015-16 Purdue Women's basketball Schedule". Purdue Athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-28.

Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Venues	Mackey Arena (1975–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Head coaches	Deborah Gebhardt (1975–1976) Ruth Jones (1976–1986) Marsha Reall (1986–1987) Lin Dunn (1987–1996) Nell Fortner (1996–1997) Carolyn Peck (1997–1999) Kristy Curry (1999–2006) Sharon Versyp (2006–present)
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Maryland†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
No. 9 Ohio State	15	–	3	.833	26	–	8	.765
No. 16 Michigan State	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Purdue	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Michigan	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Iowa	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Rutgers	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	19	.387
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	18	–	17	.514
Wisconsin	3	–	15	.167	7	–	22	.241
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2016 Big Ten Tournament winner As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References