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2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

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2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball
Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 11
Record26–7 (16–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWells Fargo Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon State 16 2   .889 32 5   .865
No. 11 Arizona State 16 2   .889 26 7   .788
No. 13 Stanford 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 10 UCLA 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Washington 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Oregon 9 9   .500 24 11   .686
Utah 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
USC 6 12   .333 19 13   .594
Washington State 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
California 4 14   .222 15 17   .469
Arizona 3 15   .167 13 19   .406
Colorado 2 16   .111 7 23   .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.

Roster

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2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Katie Hempen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Highland/SIU Edwardsville Highland, IL
G 1 Arnecia Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Mountain View Mesa, AZ
G 2 Qiana Levy (W) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Monterey Trail Sacramento, CA
G 3 Sabrina Haines 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 5 Tia Kanoa 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Kamehameha Honolulu, HI
G 11 Peace Amukamara 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mesa CC/Millennium Goodyear, AZ
F 21 Sophie Brunner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Aquin Freeport, IL
C 22 Quinn Dornstauder 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr LeBoldus Regina, SK
G 23 Elisha Davis 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Berkeley Oakland, CA
F 24 Kelsey Moos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Reardan Edwall, WA
C 33 Charnea Johnson-Chapman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Canyon Springs Moreno Valley, CA
F 42 Kianna Ibis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Benson Omaha, NE
G 43 Eliza Normen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Monarch Louisville, CO
G 50 Armani Hawkins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mountain View Mesa, AZ
Head coach

Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Amanda Levens (Arizona State)
Meg Sanders (Fresno State)
Jackie Moore (Armstrong State)


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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
3:30 pm, P12N
No. 15 No. 18 Kentucky L 64–68 OT 0–1
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543)
Tempe, AZ
11/21/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 18 at SMU W 64–57  1–1
Moody Coliseum (302)
Dallas, TX
11/27/2015*
5:30 pm
No. 16 vs. No. 2 South Carolina
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
L 58–60  1–2
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 16 at Hawaiʻi
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 75–49  2–2
Stan Sheriff Center (2,152)
Honolulu, HI
11/29/2015*
5:30 pm
No. 16 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 60–47  3–2
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 17 VCU
ASU Classic semifinals
L 48–57  3–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,430)
Tempe, AZ
12/06/2015*
12:00 pm
No. 17 Columbia
ASU Classic 3rd place game
W 70–49  4–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,283)
Tempe, AZ
12/12/2015*
11:00 am
No. 24 at No. 19 Syracuse W 61–54  5–3
Carrier Dome (526)
Syracuse, NY
12/14/2015*
4:00 pm
No. 21 at Hartford W 60–29  6–3
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822)
Hartford, CT
12/19/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 21 Marquette W 90–80  7–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,439)
Tempe, AZ
12/21/2015*
3:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 22 No. 10 Florida State W 68–56  8–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,783)
Tempe, AZ
12/28/2015*
3:00 pm
No. 17 Cal State Northridge W 69–46  9–3
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 No. 19 California W 57–49  10–3 (1–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
01/04/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 No. 9 Stanford W 49–31  11–3 (2–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,708)
Tempe, AZ
01/08/2016
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 at Washington W 68–61  12–3 (3–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767)
Seattle, WA
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 at Washington State W 63–45  13–3 (4–0)
Beasley Coliseum (713)
Pullman, WA
01/15/2016
11:00 am
No. 10 Colorado W 64–37  14–3 (5–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (4,139)
Tempe, AZ
01/17/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 Utah W 80–60  15–3 (6–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510)
Tempe, AZ
01/22/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series
W 61–48  16–3 (7–0)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,455)
Tempe, AZ
01/24/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Arizona
State Farm Territorial Cup Series
W 62–47  17–3 (8–0)
McKale Center (1,483)
Tucson, AZ
01/29/2016
9:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Oregon W 63–58  18–3 (9–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,988)
Eugene, OR
02/01/2016
9:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 8 at No. 9 Oregon State L 44–67  18–4 (9–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,427)
Corvallis, OR
02/05/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 No. 14 UCLA W 65–61  19–4 (10–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,095)
Tempe, AZ
02/07/2016
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 USC W 69–68  20–4 (11–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,564)
Tempe, AZ
02/12/2016
8:00 pm
No. 9 at California W 64–49  21–4 (12–1)
Haas Pavilion (1,417)
Berkeley, CA
02/14/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 13 Stanford W 63–61 OT 22–4 (13–1)
Maples Pavilion (3,250)
Stanford, CA
02/19/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington State W 61–39  23–4 (14–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (2,851)
Tempe, AZ
02/21/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington W 77–57  24–4 (15–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,244)
Tempe, AZ
02/26/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at USC W 50–45  25–4 (16–1)
Galen Center (486)
Los Angeles, CA
02/28/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 14 UCLA L 61–74  25–5 (16–2)
Pauley Pavilion (6,972)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
12:30 pm, P12N
(2) No. 10 vs. (10) California
Quarterfinals
L 64–75  25–6
KeyArena (3,747)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
4:30 pm, ESPN2
(2 SF) No. 11 (15 SF) New Mexico State
First Round
W 74–52  26–6
Wells Fargo Arena (3,134)
Tempe, AZ
03/20/2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN
(2 SF) No. 11 (7 SF) Tennessee
Second Round
L 64–75  26–7
Wells Fargo Arena (2,957)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SF=Sioux Falls Region.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 15 18 16т 17 24 21т 22 17 14 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 N/A
Coaches 15 18 18 17 24 23 21 21 14 13 11 9 10 10 10 9 11 11 11 16
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".