2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball

A-10 Regular Season Co-Champions & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2015–16 record	26–7 (13–3 A-10)
Head coach	Jonathan Tsipis (4th season)
Assistant coach	Diane Richardson
Assistant coach	Melissa Dunne
Assistant coach	Zach Kancher
Home arena	Charles E. Smith Center

2015–16 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Duquesne	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
George Washington †	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
Saint Louis	13	–	3	.813	26	–	8	.765
St. Bonaventure	12	–	4	.750	24	–	8	.750
VCU	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8	.500	14	–	15	.483
Fordham	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Dayton	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
George Mason	6	–	10	.375	12	–	19	.387
Richmond	5	–	11	.313	13	–	18	.419
Rhode Island	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
UMass	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
Davidson	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
La Salle	2	–	14	.125	5	–	25	.167


† 2016 A10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis. The Colonials were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquense and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquense and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round.

On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4 year record of 92–38.

2015–16 media

George Washington Colonials Sports Network

WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.

Roster

2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	1	Mahoney, KelsiKelsi Mahoney	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Jay M. Robinson	Concord, NC
1.5 !G	2	Tapias, CamilaCamila Tapias	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	2.0 !So	IMG Academy	Bogota, Colombia
3.5 !F	3	Washington, CairaCaira Washington	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Georgetown Day School	Brandywine, MD
1.5 !G	4	Chase, LaurenLauren Chase	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Riverdale Baptist UMBC	Bowie, MD
1.5 !G	5	Brown, AaliyahAaliyah Brown	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Clear Springs	League City, TX
1.5 !G	13	Cranshaw, ShannonShannon Cranshaw	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Father Lopez	Ormond Beach, FL
3.5 !F	14	Anderson, DeLacyDeLacy Anderson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.0 !Sr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, IL
1.5 !G	15	Farmer, MiaMia Farmer	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Cardinal O'Hara	Philadelphia, PA
1.5 !G	20	Schaible, HannahHannah Schaible	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Dr. Phillips	Orlando, FL
1.5 !G	21	Bautista, Mei-LynMei-Lyn Bautista	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	1.0 !Fr	St. Mary's	Whitestone, NY
3.5 !F	22	Matthews, JadaJada Matthews	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Winslow Township	Sicklerville, NJ
1.5 !G	24	Chandler, AlexisAlexis Chandler	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Cy-Fair	Cypress, TX
5.0 !C	25	Prange, KelliKelli Prange	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	2.0 !So	Damascus	Damascus, MD
1.5 !G	34	Cummings, BriannaBrianna Cummings	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.0 !So	Greater Atlanta Christian	Lawrenceville, GA
3.5 !F	35	Jones, JonquelJonquel Jones	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.0 !Sr	Riverdale Baptist	Freeport, Bahamas

Head coach

Jonathan Tsipis (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Diane Richardson (Frostburg State)
Melissa Dunne (Temple)
Zach Kancher (George Washington)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-30

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 12:00 PM	No. 21	Christopher Newport	W 95–47		Charles E. Smith Center (417) Washington, D.C.
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 PM	No. 21	Grambling State	W 85–58	1–0	Charles E. Smith Center (885) Washington, D.C.
11/17/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 22	American	W 78–48	2–0	Charles E. Smith Center (785) Washington, D.C.
11/21/2015* 3:00 PM	No. 22	at No. 15 Stanford	L 63–84	2–1	Maples Pavilion (2,854) Stanford, CA
11/23/2015* 10:00 PM	No. 24	at Fresno State	W 61–53	3–1	Save Mart Center (2,237) Fresno, CA
11/26/2015* 2:30 PM	No. 24	vs. Houston Lone Star Showcase	W 82–78	4–1	Cedar Park Center (507) Cedar Park, TX
11/27/2015* 2:30 PM	No. 24	vs. No. 25 Iowa Lone Star Showcase	W 81–77 ^2OT	5–1	Cedar Park Center (627) Cedar Park, TX
11/28/2015* 2:30 PM	No. 24	vs. Wright State Lone Star Showcase	L 71–77	5–2	Cedar Park Center (527) Cedar Park, TX
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM		Florida Gulf Coast	L 60–64	5–3	Charles E. Smith Center (875) Washington, D.C.
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM		at Memphis	W 68–62	6–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (781) Memphis, TN
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM		Villanova	W 78–70	7–3	Charles E. Smith Center (976) Washington, D.C.
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM		Iona	W 70–65	8–3	Charles E. Smith Center (877) Washington, D.C.
12/28/2015* 3:00 PM		at Illinois	W 70–57	9–3	State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM		Hartford	W 82–51	10–3	Charles E. Smith Center (915) Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2016 3:00 PM, CBSSN		at Saint Joseph's	W 70–45	11–3 (1–0)	Hagan Arena (673) Philadelphia, PA
01/06/2016 12:00 PM, NBCSN		Rhode Island	W 68–58	12–3 (2–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,989) Washington, D.C.
01/10/2016 2:00 PM, CBSSN		at Dayton	W 62–61	13–3 (3–0)	UD Arena (2,331) Dayton, OH
01/13/2016 7:00 PM		La Salle	W 83–59	14–3 (4–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (754) Washington, D.C.
01/17/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU		at Duquesne	W 70–52	15–3 (5–0)	Palumbo Center (1,203) Pittsburgh, PA
01/20/2016 7:00 PM		Massachusetts	W 67–50	16–3 (6–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (565) Washington, D.C.
01/22/2016 12:00 PM		George Mason	W 82–68	17–3 (7–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (502) Washington, D.C.
01/27/2016 7:00 PM		at Davidson	W 79–60	18–3 (8–0)	John M. Belk Arena (411) Davidson, NC
01/31/2016 2:00 PM		Saint Louis	W 89–80	19–3 (9–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (781) Washington, D.C.
02/03/2016 7:00 PM		at Fordham	L 69–76	19–4 (9–1)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (851) Bronx, NY
02/07/2016 2:00 PM		at Richmond	W 62–47	20–4 (10–1)	Robins Center (693) Richmond, VA
02/14/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU		Dayton	W 72–62	21–4 (11–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,102) Washington, D.C.
02/17/2016 7:00 PM		at St. Bonaventure	L 67–69 ^OT	21–5 (11–2)	Reilly Center (897) Olean, NY
02/20/2016 3:00 PM		VCU	L 68–79	21–6 (11–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,097) Washington, D.C.
02/24/2016 7:00 PM		Richmond	W 55–53 ^OT	22–6 (12–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (789) Washington, D.C.
02/27/2016 2:00 PM		at George Mason	W 73–66	23–6 (13–3)	EagleBank Arena (947) Fairfax, VA
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 11:30 AM, ASN		vs. George Mason Quarterfinals	W 78–48	24–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
03/05/2016 11:00 AM, CBSSN		vs. VCU Semifinals	W 72–58	25–6	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
03/06/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. Duquesne Championship Game	W 63–60	26–6	Richmond Coliseum (2,673) Richmond, VA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 5:00 PM, ESPN2	(8 SF)	vs. (9 SF) Kansas State First Round	L 51–56	26–7	Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	21	22	24	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	21	20	23	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV

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

References

↑ http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gewa-w-baskbl-sched.html

George Washington Colonials women's basketball
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Rivalries	George Mason
Culture & lore	History
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2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

2015–16 media

George Washington Colonials Sports Network

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References