2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by third year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 14–15, 9–9 in Southland play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland women's tournament to Lamar.

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	14–15 (9–9 Southland)
Head coach	Donna Finnie (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Chase Lauren Tippert Becca Allison
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium

2015–16 Southland Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Abilene Christian*	17	–	1		.944			26	–	4		.867
Central Arkansas †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
Northwestern State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	12		.613
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
McNeese State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Houston Baptist	9	–	9		.500			14	–	15		.483
Nicholls State	8	–	10		.444			10	–	19		.345
Sam Houston State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Lamar	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
Texas A&M–CC	6	–	12		.333			9	–	20		.310
New Orleans	5	–	13		.278			8	–	19		.296
Incarnate Word*	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
SE Louisiana	3	–	15		.167			4	–	25		.138
† 2016 Southland tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by Legacy Sports Network (LSN) with audio for all road games and video for all home games.

Roster

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Heidi Sihvola 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Makelanrinne Helsinki, Finland G 5 Lisa Zderadicka 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr HAK Korneuburg Vienna, Austria G 10 Bria Johnson (C) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, TX G 14 Amanda Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Georgetown Georgetown, TX F 20 Charlotte Hodges 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Kingwood Kingwood, TX G 21 Rachel Arthur 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Atascocita Humble, TX F 22 Lauren Calver  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Heathcote Helensburgh, Australia F 23 Anna Strickland (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr The Woodlands Harding The Woodlands, TX G 24 Meghan Shank 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Ventura Ventura, CA F 25 Monet Neal (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr William Howard Taft San Antonio, TX F 33 Brooklyn Moore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Wylie Murphy, TX G 35 Ekemini Essien 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Dallas Lutheran Carrollton, TX C 45 Veronika Kirienko 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr School 168 Tashkent, Uzbekistan C 55 Kennedy Collins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cedar Creek Bastrop, TX	Head coach Donna Finnie (Heriot–Watt) Assistant coach(es) Ben Chase (Emerson) Lauren Tippet (Sam Houston State) Becca Allison (Old Dominion) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm		Southwestern	W 90–56		Sharp Gymnasium  Houston, TX
Out of Conference Schedule
11/13/2015* 9:00 pm, RTSW		at New Mexico	L 57–65	0–1	The Pit (12,269) Albuquerque, NM
11/15/2015* 3:00 pm		at UTEP	L 63–98	0–2	Don Haskins Center (977) El Paso, TX
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm		Paul Quinn	W 95–42	1–2	Sharp Gymnasium (418) Houston, TX
11/27/2015* 2:00 pm		vs. Nebraska–Omaha UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	W 64–51	2–2	Convocation Center (150) San Antonio, TX
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm		at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic	L 50–79	2–3	Convocation Center (400) San Antonio, TX
12/02/2015* 2:00 pm		Trinity	W 60–46	3–3	Sharp Gymnasium (422) Houston, TX
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm		at Texas Southern	W 77–65	4–3	Health and Physical Education Arena (214) Houston, TX
12/16/2015* 7:00 pm		Texas State	L 66–71	4–4	Sharp Gymnasium (610) Houston, TX
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm		Texas–Arlington	L 40–64	4–5	Sharp Gymnasium (150) Houston, TX
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm		Huston–Tillotson	W 96–65	5–5	Sharp Gymnasium (385) Houston, TX
Southland Conference Schedule
01/02/2016 1:00 pm		at Northwestern State	L 44–55	5–6 (0–1)	Prather Coliseum (930) Natchitoches, LA
01/04/2016 7:00 pm		McNeese State	L 64–71	5–7 (0–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (285) Houston, TX
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		Nicholls State	W 80–71	6–7 (1–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (200) Houston, TX
01/09/2016 4:00 pm		Southeastern Louisiana	W 64–56	7–7 (2–2)	Sharp Gymnasium (388) Houston, TX
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		at Central Arkansas	L 44–45	7–8 (2–3)	Farris Center (562) Conway, AR
01/16/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Orleans	W 71–51	8–8 (3–3)	Lakefront Arena (1,066) New Orleans, LA
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Lamar	L 70–77	8–9 (3–4)	Montagne Center (826) Beaumont, TX
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		at Abilene Christian	L 60–77	8–10 (3–5)	Moody Coliseum (1,227) Abliene, TX
01/30/2016 4:00 pm		Sam Houston State	W 67–63	9–10 (4–5)	Sharp Gymnasium (712) Houston, TX
02/03/2016 7:00 pm		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 73–59	10–10 (5–5)	Dugan Wellness Center (737) Corpus Christi, TX
02/06/2016 4:00 pm		Stephen F. Austin	L 50–64	10–11 (5–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (897) Houston, TX
02/10/2016 7:00 pm		Lamar	W 77–66	11–11 (6–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (230) Houston, TX
02/13/2016 2:00 pm		at Sam Houston State	L 70–78	11–12 (6–7)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (657) Huntsville, TX
02/18/2016 6:00 pm		at Incarnate Word	W 62–61	12–12 (7–7)	McDermott Center (450) San Antonio, TX
02/24/2016 7:00 pm		Abilene Christian	L 55–76	12–13 (7–8)	Sharp Gymnasium (179) Houston, TX
02/27/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3		at Stephen F. Austin	L 54–66	12–14 (7–9)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,691) Nacogdoches, TX
03/03/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 55–51	13–14 (8–9)	Sharp Gymnasium (622) Houston, TX
03/05/2016 12:00 pm		Incarnate Word	W 64–46	14–14 (9–9)	Sharp Gymnasium (508) Houston, TX
Southland Conference Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3		vs. Lamar First Round	L 95–98 2OT	14–15	Merrell Center  Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team