# 2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by first year head coach Tina Langley, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–22, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a 3-way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | at No. 18 Kentucky | L 39–72 | 0–1 | Memorial Coliseum (4,907) Lexington, KY |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 55–60 | 0–2 | Dugan Wellness Center (617) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 11 Texas | L 47–70 | 0–3 | Tudor Fieldhouse (821) Houston, TX |
| 11/25/2015* 12:00 pm | at McNeese State | L 53–61 | 0–4 | Burton Coliseum (381) Lake Charles, LA |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm | Harvard | L 61–67 | 0–5 | Tudor Fieldhouse (592) Houston, TX |
| 12/02/2015* 6:00 pm, FSSW+ | at No. 4 Baylor | L 38–89 | 0–6 | Ferrell Center (5,615) Waco, TX |
| 12/05/2015* 4:00 pm | Houston Bayou Cup | L 59–62 | 0–7 | Tudor Fieldhouse (684) Houston, TX |
| 12/17/2015* 6:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | W 58–46 | 1–7 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (719) Huntsville, TX |
| 12/19/2015* 9:00 pm | at Stephen F. Austin | L 45–59 | 1–8 | William R. Johnson Coliseum (311) Nacogdoches, TX |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | Texas Southern | L 66–69 $^{OT}$ | 1–9 | Tudor Fieldhouse (392) Houston, TX |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | Loyola-Chicago | L 50–57 | 1–10 | Tudor Fieldhouse (541) Houston, TX |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2016 2:00 pm | UTEP | L 54–60 | 1–11 (0–1) | Tudor Fieldhouse (508) Houston, TX |
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm | UTSA | W 49–48 $^{OT}$ | 2–11 (1–1) | Tudor Fieldhouse (583) Houston, TX |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ASN | North Texas | W 100–97 $^{3OT}$ | 3–11 (2–1) | Tudor Fieldhouse (726) Houston, TX |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | at WKU | L 49–52 | 3–12 (2–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (937) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/16/2016 12:00 pm | at Marshall | L 52–81 | 3–13 (2–3) | Cam Henderson Center (414) Huntington, WV |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | UAB | L 55–64 | 3–14 (2–4) | Tudor Fieldhouse (305) Houston, TX |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | L 60–61 | 3–15 (2–5) | Tudor Fieldhouse (549) Houston, TX |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | at North Texas | W 79–73 $^{2OT}$ | 4–15 (3–5) | The Super Pit (1,721) Denton, TX |
| 02/04/2016 6:30 pm | at Louisiana Tech | L 63–65 | 4–16 (3–6) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,925) Ruston, LA |
| 02/06/2016 4:00 pm | at Southern Miss | L 62–68 | 4–17 (3–7) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,522) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | Charlotte | L 58–69 | 4–18 (3–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (364) Houston, TX |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | Old Dominion | W 68–46 | 5–18 (4–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (656) Houston, TX |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic | W 75–54 | 6–18 (5–8) | FAU Arena (561) Boca Raton, FL |
| 02/20/2016 11:00 am, FSN | at FIU | W 68–62 | 7–18 (6–8) | FIU Arena (485) Miami, FL |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm | Southern Miss | L 49–59 | 7–19 (6–9) | Tudor Fieldhouse (404) Houston, TX |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | W 84–77 | 8–19 (7–9) | Tudor Fieldhouse (739) Houston, TX |
| 03/03/2016 6:00 pm | at Charlotte | L 63–68 | 8–20 (7–10) | Dale F. Halton Arena (651) Charlotte, NC |
| 03/05/2016 12:00 pm | at Old Dominion | L 52–61 | 8–21 (7–11) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,066) Norfolk, VA |
| Conference USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2016 5:00 pm, ASN | vs. Louisiana Tech Second Round | W 62–57 $^{OT}$ | 9–21 | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| 03/10/2016 5:00 pm, ASN | vs. Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals | L 54–74 | 9–22 | Bartow Arena (563) Birmingham, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||