2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Bulls, led by fourth year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack , played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference . They finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They won the MAC women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time in school history, where they lost in the first round to Ohio State.
NCAA invitation
Buffalo finished the regular-season tied for seventh in the conference and were assigned the eight seed for the 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament . In the first round game, they beat Bowling Green 64–44, then knocked off the top-seeded Ohio 72–60. After upsetting the fifth seed Akron 88–87 in the semifinals, they face the second-seeded Central Michigan for the tournament championship. This game would be even closer, as it would go to overtime. The game was still tied with 3.4 seconds left in the game. The ball was inbounded to Stephanie Reid who dribbled around a screen and put up a shot that went off the glass, and through the net to win the game 73–71. The win gave Buffalo the first ever championship of the Mid-America Conference and their first ever invitation to the NCAA tournament.[ 1]
Roster
2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 1
Stephanie Reid 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
So The Peninsula School
Melbourne, Australia
G 2
Camera Miley 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr Midwood
Brooklyn, NY
G 3
Liisa Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So Smith's Hill
Wollongong, Australia
G 4
Joanna Smith 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jr Southaven
Southaven, Mississippi
G 5
Katherine Ups 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So Smith's Hill
Wollongong, Australia
G 10
Gabi Bade 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Pinewood School
Milpitas, CA
F 12
Courtney Wilkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Haileybury College
Melbourne, Australia
F 14
Tamara Brcina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Secondary School of Economics and Commerce Tuzla
Tuzla, Bosnia
F 21
Mariah Suchan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Maize South
Wichita, KS
G 22
Ayoleka Sodade 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr Holy Names Catholic
Windsor, ON
C 23
Mirte Scheper 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr Hermann Wesselink College
Amstelveen, Netherlands
G 24
Karin Moss 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
RS Sr Troy
Troy, MI
C 31
Cassie Oursler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr Grand Island
Grand Island, NY
F 32
Brittany Morrison 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr St. Joseph Academy
North Ridgeville, OH
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Cherie Cordoba
Ashley Zuber
Kristen Sharkey Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Source: [1]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2015 *7:00 pm
Clarion W 92–62 Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
11/07/2015 *2:00 pm
Daemen W 79–56 Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015 *2:00 pm
LIU Brooklyn W 55–38 1–0
Alumni Arena (827)Amherst, NY
11/17/2015 *7:00 pm
Canisius W 55–40 2–0
Alumni Arena (816)Amherst, NY
11/21/2015 *5:00 pm
at Massachusetts
W 56–48 3–0
Mullins Center Amherst, MA
11/25/2015 *2:00 pm
Cornell W 59–41 4–0
Alumni Arena (785)Amherst, NY
11/28/2015 *2:30 pm
at Central Florida UCF Thanksgiving Classic W 66–60 5–0
CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/29/2015 *12:00 pm
vs. Clemson UCF Thanksgiving Classic W 61–51 6–0
CFE Arena (101)Orlando, FL
12/03/2015 *7:00 pm
at Hofstra
L 36–79 6–1
Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY
12/06/2015 *2:00 pm, ESPN3
Duquesne L 62–79 6–2
Alumni Arena (832)Amherst, NY
12/09/2015 *7:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure
L 32–59 6–3
Reilly Center Olean, NY
12/21/2015 *7:00 pm, TWCSC
at Niagara
W 57–48 7–3
Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY
12/29/2015 *7:00 pm
at Sacred Heart
W 66–53 8–3
William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT
MAC regular season
01/02/2016 2:30 pm
at Eastern Michigan
L 56–67 8–4 (0–1)
Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Central Michigan W 67–61 9–4 (1–1)
Alumni Arena (875)Amherst, NY
01/09/2016 2:00 pm
at Kent State
W 77–66 10–4 (2–1)
MAC Center Kent, OH
01/13/2016 7:00 pm
at Ball State
L 63–68 10–5 (2–2)
John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
01/16/2016 1:00 pm
Akron L 61–69 10–6 (2–3)
Alumni Arena (816)Amherst, NY
01/20/2016 7:00 pm
Western Michigan L 78–92 10–7 (2–4)
Alumni Arena (851)Amherst, NY
01/23/2016 2:00 pm
at Miami (OH)
L 58–69 10–8 (2–5)
Millett Hall Oxford, OH
01/30/2016 2:00 pm
at Northern Illinois
L 74–76 10–9 (2–6)
Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
02/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Ohio W 51–43 11–9 (3–6)
Alumni Arena (350)Amherst, NY
02/06/2016 1:00 pm
Ball State L 57–59 11–10 (3–7)
Alumni Arena (1,618)Amherst, NY
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo
L 60–71 11–11 (3–8)
Savage Arena Toledo, OH
02/13/2016 4:30 pm
at Bowling Green
W 63–50 12–11 (4–8)
Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
02/17/2016 7:00 pm
Eastern Michigan L 55–70 12–12 (4–9)
Alumni Arena (954)Amherst, NY
02/20/2016 2:30 pm
Miami (OH) W 58–39 13–12 (5–9)
Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
02/24/2016 7:00 pm
Bowling Green W 55–52 14–12 (6–9)
Alumni Arena (824)Amherst, NY
02/27/2016 1:00 pm
at Ohio
W 70–58 15–12 (7–9)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
03/02/2016 8:00 pm, ASN /ESPN3
at Akron
L 49–62 15–13 (7–10)
James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
03/05/2016 2:00 pm
Kent State W 63–47 16–13 (8–10)
Alumni Arena (1,678)Amherst, NY
MAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 5:30 pm, ESPN3
Bowling Green First Round W 60–44 17–13
Alumni Arena (807)Amherst, NY
03/09/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Ohio Quarterfinals W 72–60 18–13
Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH
03/11/2016 12:00 pm, TWCSOH /BCSN
vs. Akron Semifinals W 88–87 19–13
Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH
03/12/2016 1:00 pm, TWCSOH/BCSN
vs. Central Michigan Championship Game W 73–71 OT
20–13
Quicken Loans Arena (1,322)Cleveland, OH
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016 *2:30 pm, ESPN2
(14 SF)
at (3 SF) No. 9 Ohio State First Round L 69–88 20–14
St. John Arena Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
See also
2015–16 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
References
2015–16 UB Women's Basketball
