2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball

The Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Summit League
2015–16 record	27–7 (13–3 The Summit)
Head coach	Aaron Johnston (16th season)
Assistant coach	Mike Jewett
Assistant coach	Katie Falco
Assistant coach	Haylie Linn
Home arena	Frost Arena

2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Dakota	15	–	1	.938	32	–	6	.842
South Dakota State †	13	–	3	.813	27	–	7	.794
IUPUI	11	–	5	.688	21	–	11	.656
Oral Roberts	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
Western Illinois	8	–	8	.500	16	–	16	.500
Omaha	7	–	9	.438	15	–	15	.500
IPFW	3	–	13	.188	7	–	23	.233
Denver	3	–	13	.188	5	–	25	.167
North Dakota State	2	–	14	.125	7	–	22	.241


† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represent South Dakota State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led sixteenth year head by Aaron Johnston. The Jackrabbits compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Frost Arena, in Brookings, South Dakota. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in Summit League play to finish in second place. They were champions of The Summit League Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they upset Miami (FL) in the first round before losing a heartbreaker to Stanford in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	1	Alexander, AlexisAlexis Alexander	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Champlin Park HS	Brooklyn Park, MN
1.5 !G	3	Graettinger, AnnabelAnnabel Graettinger	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Muscatine HS	Muscatine, IA
1.5 !G	4	Boever, GabrielleGabrielle Boever	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Worthington HS	Worthington, MN
3.5 !F	5	Wade, TonoiaTonoia Wade (I)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Kennedy	Bloomington, MN
2.5 !G/F	10	Young, KerriKerri Young	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Mitchell	Mitchell, SD
1.5 !G	11	Guebert, MadisonMadison Guebert	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Eastview	Apple Valley, MN
1.5 !G	12	Miller, MacyMacy Miller	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Mitchell	Mitchell, SD
1.5 !G	20	Viso, EnaEna Viso	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	Northeast CC	Copenhagen, Denmark
5.0 !C	21	Ober, ClarissaClarissa Ober	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Glencoe-Silver Lake HS	Glencoe, MN
1.5 !G	22	Cornemann, ChloeChloe Cornemann	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Yankton HS	Yankton, SD
1.5 !G	32	Palmer, SydneySydney Palmer	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	T. F. Riggs HS	Pierre, SD
5.0 !C	35	Flaata, TiffaneyTiffaney Flaata	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.5 !RS So	Prior Lake HS	Savage, MN
3.5 !F	43	Mieras, JessicaJessica Mieras	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	O'Gorman HS	Sioux Falls, SD
3.5 !F	45	Thompson, EllieEllie Thompson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	Chaska HS	Chaska, MN

Head coach

Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Jewett (Augustana (SD))
Katie Falco (Northern Iowa)
Haylie Linn (Toledo)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12/17/15

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2015* 6:00 PM		St. Cloud State	W 79–44		Frost Arena (1,455) Brookings, SD
11/05/2015* 6:00 PM		Mary	W 85–40		Frost Arena (1,365) Brookings, SD
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 PM		Marist	W 77–68	1–0	Frost Arena (1,624) Brookings, SD
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM		Arkansas	W 76–69	2–0	Frost Arena (2,109) Brookings, SD
11/21/2015* 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 64–75	2–1	Frost Arena (5,532) Brookings, SD
11/26/2015* 7:00 PM		vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 55–54	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,024) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/27/2015* 4:45 PM		vs. No. 6 Maryland Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	L 55–62	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2015* 4:45 PM		vs. Old Dominion Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division	W 71–39	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM		Portland State	W 74–65	5–2	Frost Arena (1,509) Brookings, SD
12/05/2015* 4:00 PM		Northern Colorado	W 66–62	6–2	Frost Arena (2,449) Brookings, SD
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM		Northern Iowa	W 89–86 ^2OT	7–2	Frost Arena (1,547) Brookings, SD
12/12/2015* 7:05 PM		at Creighton	W 53–51	8–2	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,023) Omaha, NE
12/15/2015* 7:00 PM		No. 16 DePaul	W 88–79	9–2	Frost Arena (1,621) Brookings, SD
12/19/2015* 5:00 PM, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 57–58	9–3	Kress Events Center (2,527) Green Bay, WI
12/21/2015* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		at Bowling Green	W 58–45	10–3	Stroh Center (2,175) Bowling Green, OH
The Summit League regular season
12/30/2015 8:00 PM		at Denver	W 76–39	11–3 (1–0)	Magness Arena (540) Denver, CO
01/03/2016 2:00 PM, KVLY		at North Dakota State	W 81–69	12–3 (2–0)	Scheels Arena (2,422) Fargo, ND
01/07/2016 7:00 PM		Nebraska–Omaha	W 68–58	13–3 (3–0)	Frost Arena (1,628) Brookings, SD
01/13/2016 6:00 PM		at IPFW	W 61–42	14–3 (4–0)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450) Fort Wayne, IN
01/17/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		South Dakota	L 58–63	14–4 (4–1)	Frost Arena (4,082) Brookings, SD
01/21/2016 7:00 PM		IUPUI	W 68–66 ^2OT	15–4 (5–1)	Frost Arena (1,686) Brookings, SD
01/23/2016 2:00 PM		Western Illinois	W 85–63	16–4 (6–1)	Frost Arena (1,963) Brookings, SD
01/27/2016 7:00 PM		at Oral Roberts	W 68–50	17–4 (7–1)	Mabee Center (615) Tulsa, OK
02/04/2016 7:00 PM		at Nebraska–Omaha	W 65–47	18–4 (8–1)	Baxter Arena (631) Omaha, NE
02/06/2016 4:30 PM, MidcoSN		North Dakota State	W 81–47	19–4 (9–1)	Frost Arena (3,236) Brookings, SD
02/11/2016 7:00 PM		Oral Roberts	W 60–48	20–4 (10–1)	Frost Arena (1,698) Brookings, SD
02/13/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		IPFW	W 92–64	21–4 (11–1)	Frost Arena (3,209) Brookings, SD
02/18/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		Denver	W 80–52	22–4 (12–1)	Frost Arena (1,823) Brookings, SD
02/20/2016 2:00 PM, MidcoSN		at South Dakota	L 75–80	22–5 (12–2)	DakotaDome (3,612) Vermillion, SD
02/25/2016 6:00 PM		at IUPUI	L 60–63	22–6 (12–3)	The Jungle (361) Indianapolis, IN
01/27/2016 4:30 PM		at Western Illinois	W 66–65	23–6 (13–3)	Western Hall (1,072) Macomb, IL
The Summit League Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 2:30 PM, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. IPFW Quarterfinals	W 80–60	24–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209) Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016 2:30 PM, MidcoSN/ESPN3		vs. Nebraska–Omaha Semifinals	W 76–58	25–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (7,237) Sioux Falls, SD
03/08/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. South Dakota Championship Game	W 61–55	26–6	Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,647) Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 5:30 PM, ESPN2	(12 L)	vs. (5 L) No. 19 Miami (FL) First round	W 74–71	27–6	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
03/21/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN2	(12 L)	at (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Second round	L 65–66	27–7	Maples Pavilion (1,961) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ "Basketball-W - 2015-16 Schedule & Results". South Dakota State University Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
Venues	Frost Arena (1973–present)
Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 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 1999–00 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

2015–16 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

References

See also