# 2015–16 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team represented Elon University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by fifth year head coach Charlotte Smith, played their home games at Alumni Gym and were second year members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 18–13, 11–7 in CAA play finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Delaware. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Winston-Salem State | W 70–27 | 1–0 | Alumni Gym Elon, North Carolina |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | Lenoir–Rhyne | W 67–29 | 1–0 | Alumni Gym (378) Elon, North Carolina |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Liberty | L 63–72 | 1–1 | Vines Center (1,550) Lynchburg, Virginia |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | Charlotte | W 90–83 | 2–1 | Alumni Gym (423) Elon, North Carolina |
| 11/22/2015* 7:00 pm | at American | W 62–54 | 3–1 | Bender Arena (240) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | at Navy | L 70–73 $^{2OT}$ | 3–2 | Alumni Hall (347) Annapolis, Maryland |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm | East Tennessee State | W 50–38 | 4–2 | Alumni Gym (572) Elon, North Carolina |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | at Furman | W 65–55 | 5–2 | Timmons Arena (502) Greenville, North Carolina |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | at NC State | W 69–66 | 6–2 | Broughton HS (1,476) Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 12/19/2015* 3:30 pm | High Point | W 80–69 | 7–2 | Alumni Gym (607) Elon, North Carolina |
| 12/22/2015* 7:00 pm | at No. 2 South Carolina | L 63–78 | 7–3 | Colonial Life Arena (13,670) Columbia, South Carolina |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | at West Virginia | L 57–67 | 7–4 | WVU Coliseum (2,026) Morgantown, West Virginia |
| CAA regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm | at UNC Wilmington | W 67–60 | 8–4 (1–0) | Trask Coliseum (441) Wilmington, North Carolina |
| 01/08/2016 7:00 pm | Hofstra | W 61–60 | 9–4 (2–0) | Alumni Gym (413) Elon, North Carolina |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | James Madison | L 76–81 $^{OT}$ | 9–5 (2–1) | Alumni Gym (547) Elon, North Carolina |
| 01/15/2016 7:00 pm | at Towson | L 78–85 | 9–6 (2–2) | SECU Arena (453) Towson, Maryland |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm | at Drexel | L 31–74 | 9–7 (2–3) | Daskalakis Athletic Center (916) Philadelphia |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm | College of Charleston | W 52–41 | 10–7 (3–3) | Alumni Gym (650) Elon, North Carolina |
| 01/26/2016 7:00 pm | UNC Wilmington | W 70–53 | 11–7 (4–3) | Alumni Gym (469) Elon, North Carolina |
| 01/29/2016 7:00 pm | at Northeastern | W 56–54 | 12–7 (5–3) | Cabot Center (344) Boston |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm | at Hofstra | L 49–59 | 12–8 (5–4) | Hofstra Arena (245) Hempstead, New York |
| 02/05/2016 7:00 pm | William & Mary | W 73–51 | 13–8 (6–4) | Alumni Gym (468) Elon, North Carolina |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | at Delaware | W 66–64 $^{OT}$ | 14–8 (7–4) | Bob Carpenter Center (1,744) Newark, Delaware |
| 02/12/2016 7:00 pm | Towson | W 80–58 | 15–8 (8–4) | Alumni Gym (473) Elon, North Carolina |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm | Northeastern | L 61–67 | 15–9 (8–5) | Alumni Gym (402) Elon, North Carolina |
| 02/19/2016 11:30 am | at College of Charleston | W 54–38 | 16–9 (9–5) | TD Arena (1,759) Charleston, South Carolina |
| 02/21/2016 3:00 pm, ASN | Drexel | L 47–54 | 16–10 (9–6) | Alumni Gym (527) Elon, North Carolina |
| 02/26/2016 7:00 pm | Delaware | W 62–45 | 17–10 (10–6) | Alumni Gym (605) Elon, North Carolina |
| 02/28/2016 2:00 pm | at James Madison | L 72–73 | 17–11 (10–7) | JMU Convocation Center (4,103) Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 03/02/2016 7:00 pm | at William & Mary | W 74–64 | 18–11 (11–7) | Kaplan Arena (381) Williamsburg, Virginia |
| CAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2016 2:30 pm, ASN | vs. Delaware Quarterfinals | L 50–57 | 18–12 | Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:00 pm | at Virginia Tech First Round | L 59–68 | 18–13 | Cassell Coliseum (657) Blacksburg, Virginia |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||