# 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University in Texas, United States during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third year head coach Julie Goodenough and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. This was the third year of a 4-year transition phase from D2 to D1, In the third year of transition, Abilene Christian could not participate in the Southland Tournament, but was a Division I counter and was part of the Division I rpi calculation. The Wildcats played a full conference schedule in 2015–16. Although they weren't eligible for the Southland Conference and NCAA tournaments, the Wildcats did compete in the WNIT where they lost in the first round to UTEP. They finished the season 26–4, 17–1 to win the Southland Regular season title.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Out of Conference Schedule ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 7:00 pm | Wayland Baptist | W 96–71 | 1–0 | Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, Texas |
| 11/16/2015* 5:30 pm, FCS Atlantic | at Kansas State | L 45–76 | 1–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,784) Manhattan, Kansas |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | UTSA | W 79–60 | 2–1 | Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, Texas |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | Southwest | W 91–39 | 3–1 | Moody Coliseum (517) Abilene, Texas |
| 11/27/2015* 2:00 pm | Missouri Valley | W 96–35 | 4–1 | Moody Coliseum (525) Abilene, Texas |
| 12/02/2015* 5:30 pm | at Texas Tech | L 65–71 | 4–2 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, Texas |
| 12/04/2015* 8:00 pm | vs. Grand Canyon Air Force Classic | W 76–71 | 5–2 | Clune Arena (96) Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 12/05/2015* 3:00 pm | vs. Eastern Michigan Air Force Classic | W 83–59 | 6–2 | Clune Arena Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 12/18/2015* 6:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | W 72–60 | 7–2 | Reese Court (153) Cheney, Washington |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | at Idaho | W 71–59 $^{OT}$ | 8–2 | Cowan Spectrum (201) Moscow, Idaho |
| 12/31/2015* 2:00 pm | Schreiner | W 79–51 | 9–2 | Moody Coliseum (1,031) Abilene, Texas |
| Southland Conference Schedule ||||||
| 01/02/2016 2:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | W 61–49 | 10–2 (1–0) | Farris Center (512) Conway, Arkansas |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | Northwestern State | W 67–46 | 11–2 (2–0) | Moody Coliseum (1,107) Abilene, Texas |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm | at Nicholls State | W 71–68 | 12–2 (3–0) | Stopher Gym (487) Thibodaux, Louisiana |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | McNeese State | W 79–62 | 13–2 (4–0) | Moody Coliseum (1,136) Abilene, Texas |
| 01/16/2016 4:00 pm | at Stephen F. Austin | W 85–70 | 14–2 (5–0) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,749) Nacogdoches, Texas |
| 01/21/2016 6:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | W 87–76 | 15–2 (6–0) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,009) Huntsville TX |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm | at Incarnate Word | W 86–71 | 16–2 (7–0) | McDermott Center (524) San Antonio, Texas |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | Houston Baptist | W 77–60 | 17–2 (8–0) | Moody Coliseum (1,227) Abilene, Texas |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | Lamar | W 90–62 | 18–2 (9–0) | Moody Coliseum (1,306) Abilene, Texas |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lamar | L 54–63 | 18–3 (9–1) | Montagne Center (687) Beaumont, Texas |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | W 88–72 | 19–3 (10–1) | University Center (581) Hammond, Louisiana |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm | Sam Houston State | W 67–55 | 20–3 (11–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,022) Abilene, Texas |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 71–65 | 21–3 (12–1) | Dugan Wellness Center (457) Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 02/21/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 72–70 | 22–3 (13–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,025) Abilene, Texas |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | W 76–65 | 23–3 (14–1) | Sharp Gymnasium (179) Houston, Texas |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | New Orleans | W 76–55 | 24–3 (15–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,015) Abilene, Texas |
| 03/02/2016 7:00 pm | Incarnate Word | W 66–58 | 25–3 (16–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,231) Abilene, Texas |
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 63–52 | 26–3 (17–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,336) Abilene, Texas |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 8:05 pm | at UTEP First Round | L 62–66 | 26–4 | Don Haskins Center (4,517) El Paso, Texas |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||