2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
2015–16 record	4–24 (1–15 America East)
Head coach	Jenerrie Harris (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Kara Kelly
Assistant coach	Emma Golen
Home arena	Costello Athletic Center Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	5		.848
Maine	15	–	1		.938			26	–	9		.743
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
UMass Lowell*	1	–	15		.063			4	–	24		.143
† 2016 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by second year head coach Jenerrie Harris and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and are members of the America East Conference. As part of their transition to Division I, they are ineligible for post season play until the 2017–18 season. They finished the season 4–24, 1–15 in America East play to finish in last place.

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.

Roster

2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High school/previous college Home town G 1 Kayla Gibbs 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Teaneck Teaneck, NJ G 4 Brianna Rudolph 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Mary's Lynn, MA G 12 Asia Mitchell-Owens 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Oliver Ames Roxbury, MA G 22 Nazarae Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Columbus Africentric Columbus, OH G 24 Melissa Frase 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Kennett Tamworth, NH F 31 Oda Shackelford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Southwestern Edinburgh, IN F 32 Lauren Parra 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr St. John the Baptist Islip, NY F 33 Lindsey Doucette 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Hopkinton Hopkinton, MA G 34 Nicole Hayner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Bishop Guertin Bedford, NH F 50 Kathrine Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Canterbury Fort Wayne, IN	Head coach Jenerrie Harris (Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Kara Kelly (Assumption College) Emma Golen (Harvard) 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
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 PM		at #9 Maryland	L 53–102	0–1	Xfinity Center (3,956) College Park, MD
11/17/2015* 7:00 PM		at Central Connecticut	L 53–64	0–2	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (971) New Britain, CT
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM		Columbia	L 57–67	0–3	Costello Athletic Center (378) Lowell, MA
11/24/2015* 6:00 PM		Bryant	L 64–83	0–4	Costello Athletic Center (346) Lowell, MA
11/28/2015* 2:00 PM		at Rhode Island	L 64–72	0–5	Ryan Center (393) Kingston, RI
12/01/2015* 7:00 PM		Boston University	W 70–57	1–5	Tsongas Center (515) Lowell, MA
12/04/2015* 5:00 PM		at FIU	L 68–71	1–6	FIU Arena (315) Miami, FL
12/06/2015* 1:00 PM, ESPN3		at Miami (FL)	L 53–84	1–7	BankUnited Center (556) Coral Gables, FL
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM		Holy Cross	W 75–67	2–7	Costello Athletic Center (226) Lowell, MA
12/18/2015* 5:30 PM		at Fairleigh Dickinson	W 78–67	3–7	Rothman Center (216) Hackensack, NJ
12/20/2015* 1:00 PM		at Boston College	L 55–66	3–8	Conte Forum (537) Chestnut Hill, MA
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM		at Massachusetts	L 58–84	3–9	Mullins Center (526) Amherst, MA
America East regular Season
01/06/2016 7:00 PM		at Hartford	L 59–72	3–10 (0–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (784) Hartford, CT
01/09/2016 7:00 PM		Stony Brook	L 50–54	3–11 (0–2)	Costello Athletic Center (241) Lowell, MA
01/13/2016 7:00 PM		at Maine	L 44–74	3–12 (0–3)	Cross Insurance Center (1,403) Bangor, ME
01/16/2016 1:00 PM		UMBC	L 44–68	3–13 (0–4)	Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA
01/18/2016 1:00 PM		Vermont	L 51–59	3–14 (0–5)	Costello Athletic Center (318) Lowell, MA
01/21/2016 7:00 PM		at New Hampshire	L 61–65	3–15 (0–6)	Lundholm Gym (261) Durham, NH
01/24/2016 11:00 AM		Binghamton	L 70–75 OT	3–16 (0–7)	Tsongas Center (1,272) Lowell, MA
01/27/2016 11:00 AM		Albany	L 55–85	3–17 (0–8)	Tsongas Center (3,363) Lowell, MA
02/03/2016 7:00 PM		Hartford	L 70–75 OT	3–18 (0–9)	Costello Athletic Center (449) Lowell, MA
02/06/2016 2:00 PM		at Stony Brook	L 46–60	3–19 (0–10)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (851) Stony Brook, NY
02/08/2016 7:00 PM		at Vermont	W 68–66	4–19 (1–10)	Patrick Gym (376) Burlington, VT
02/11/2016 7:00 PM		Maine	L 46–73	4–20 (1–11)	Costello Athletic Center (321) Lowell, MA
02/14/2016 1:00 PM		at UMBC	L 52–68	4–21 (1–12)	Retriever Activities Center (503) Catonsville, MD
02/17/2016 7:00 PM		New Hampshire	L 55–63	4–22 (1–13)	Tsongas Center (1,992) Lowell, MA
02/20/2016 2:00 PM		at Binghamton	L 52–55	4–23 (1–14)	Binghamton University Events Center (2,284) Vestal, NY
02/25/2016 7:00 PM		at Albany	L 57–88	4–24 (1–15)	SEFCU Arena (1,197) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team