2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team will represent University of Iowa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, play their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Ball State in the first round.

2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Hawkeye Classic champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record	19–14 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lisa Bluder (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Lacey Goldwire
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye Arena

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

Roster

2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexa Kastanek 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Southeast Lincoln, NE G 2 Ally Disterhoft 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Iowa City, IA F 3 Claire Till 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Wahlert Dubuque, IA F 4 Chase Coley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Washburn Minneapolis, MN F 10 Megan Gustafson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr South Shore Port Wing, WI G 11 Tania Davis 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Goodrich Grand Blanc, MI G 15 Whitney Jennings 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Logansport Logansport, IN F 21 Hannah Stewart 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bishop Ryan Catholic Minot, ND F 23 Christina Buttenham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So St. Mary Catholic Secondary Hamilton, ON F 24 Tagyn Larson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Roosevelt Sioux Falls, SD F 25 Kali Peschel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Sauke Centre Sauk Centre, MN F 34 Carly Mohns 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Brodhead Brodhead, WI F 40 Hailey Schneden 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Assumption Davenport, IA C 45 Nicole Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Hononegah Rockton, IL	Head coach Lisa Bluder (Northern Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Jan Jensen (Drake) Jenni Fitzgerald (Drake) Lacey Goldwire (Oklahoma State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm		Upper Iowa	W 95–41		Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,614) Iowa City, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm		North Dakota Hawkeye Challenge	W 83–61	1–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,358) Iowa City, IA
11/15/2015* 1:00 pm		Tennessee–Martin Hawkeye Challenge	W 62–56	2–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,555) Iowa City, IA
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 96–81 ^OT	3–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,543) Iowa City, IA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa	W 80–65	4–0	McLeod Center (2,384) Cedar Falls, IA
11/26/2015* 11:00 am	No. 25	vs. Wright State Lone Star Showcase	W 83–77	5–0	Cedar Park Center  Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015* 1:30 pm	No. 25	vs. No. 24 George Washington Lone Star Showcase	L 77–81 ^2OT	5–1	Cedar Park Center (627) Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015* 11:00 am	No. 25	vs. Houston Lone Star Showcase	W 64–50	6–1	Cedar Park Center  Cedar Park, TX
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		at Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 85–73	7–1	John Paul Jones Arena (3,360) Charlottesville, VA
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm		Robert Morris	W 65–50	8–1	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,620) Iowa City, IA
12/11/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 23	at Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	L 66–69	8–2	Hilton Coliseum (11,373) Ames, IA
12/19/2015* 5:00 pm		Bradley	W 60–53	9–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,051) Iowa City, IA
12/22/2015* 5:00 pm		Drake	W 89–76	10–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,430) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015 1:00 pm		at Nebraska	W 74–68	11–2 (1–0)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,329) Lincoln, NE
01/04/2016 7:00 pm, BTN		Rutgers	W 69–65	12–2 (2–0)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,959) Iowa City, IA
01/07/2016 6:00 pm		at Michigan	L 75–82	12–3 (2–1)	Crisler Center (1,889) Ann Arbor, MI
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 8 Maryland	L 56–76	12–4 (2–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,776) Iowa City, IA
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		at Wisconsin	W 57–54	13–4 (3–2)	Kohl Center (3,235) Madison, WI
01/16/2016 3:30 pm, BTN		at No. 18 Michigan State	L 73–80	13–5 (3–3)	Breslin Center (9,017) East Lansing, MI
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		Penn State	L 69–82	13–6 (3–4)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,873) Iowa City, IA
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue	L 73–90	13–7 (3–5)	Mackey Arena (7,865) West Lafayette, IN
01/28/2016 7:00 pm		Michigan	W 85–69	14–7 (4–5)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,780) Iowa City, IA
01/31/2016 2:00 pm		at Northwestern	W 79–64	15–7 (5–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,016) Evanston, IL
02/04/2016 6:00 pm, BTN		at Indiana	L 74–79	15–8 (5–6)	Assembly Hall (2,421) Bloomington, IN
02/07/2016 2:00 pm		No. 17 Michigan State	L 55–62	15–9 (5–7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,255) Iowa City, IA
02/11/2016 7:30 pm, BTN		No. 7 Ohio State	L 81–98	15–10 (5–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,667) Iowa City, IA
02/15/2016 7:00 pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 76–78	15–11 (5–9)	Williams Arena (6,167) Minneapolis, MN
02/18/2016 7:00 pm		Purdue	W 63–55	16–11 (6–9)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,659) Iowa City, IA
02/21/2016 2:00 pm		Indiana	W 76–73	17–11 (7–9)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,838) Iowa City, IA
02/24/2016 6:00 pm		at Penn State	L 68–81	17–12 (7–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,812) University Park, PA
02/27/2016 5:00 pm, BTN		Illinois	W 61–56	18–12 (8–10)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,610) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 11:00 am, BTN		vs. Michigan Second Round	W 97–85	19–12	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
03/04/2016 11:00 am, BTN		vs. No. 5 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 55–75	19–13	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm		Ball State First Round	L 72–77	19–14	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (2,039) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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	RV	RV	25	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	23	23	21	24	19	24	25	25	23	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

References

1. "Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved 2015-08-14.