# 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

The 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Vols, led by 4th year head coach Holly Warlick, played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference.
In the February 21 game against LSU, Diamond DeShields scored her 1,000th point. She is the sixth Lady Vol to score 1,000 in her second season and the 43rd to record 1,000 in her career.
Despite having a lackluster performance during the season that dropped them out of the national top-25 ranks in the latter half, Tennessee made it to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament. There, they lost to Mississippi State, 58–48. The Lady Vols also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Elite Eight, before losing 89–67 to Syracuse.

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| 11/09/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | Carson–Newman | W 101–59 | | 23 – Russell | 10 – Russell | 7 – Reynolds | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,218) Knoxville, TN |
| Regular season |||||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 4 | Central Arkansas | W 102–47 | 1–0 | 24 – Dunbar | 13 – Tied | 6 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/18/2015* 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 4 | Penn State | W 74–66 | 2–0 | 24 – Graves | 13 – Tied | 5 – Reynolds | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,858) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/20/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | No. 25 Syracuse | W 57–55 | 3–0 | 16 – Graves | 10 – Graves | 4 – Cooper | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,007) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | Chattanooga | W 59–57 | 4–0 | 17 – DeShields | 11 – Graves | 4 – Cooper | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/27/2015* 12:00 pm | No. 4 | Albany | W 63–55 | 5–0 | 12 – Russell | 7 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,806) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/29/2015* 2:30 pm, ESPN | No. 4 | No. 8 Texas | L 53–64 | 5–1 | 24 – DeShields | 11 – Tied | 5 – Carter | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,204) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 8 | East Tennessee State | W 85–49 | 6–1 | 31 – DeShields | 10 – Russell | 5 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,328) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, SECN | No. 8 | Virginia Tech | L 43–57 | 6–2 | 15 – DeShields | 15 – Russell | 3 – Cooper | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,431) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/11/2015* 8:05 pm, ESPN3 | No. 16 | at Wichita State | W 58–51 | 7–2 | 18 – Graves | 13 – Graves | 4 – DeShields | Charles Koch Arena (2,424) Wichita, KS |
| 12/16/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 14 | at No. 15 Stanford Rivalry | L 55–69 | 7–3 | 12 – Tied | 8 – Russell | 3 – Graves | Maples Pavilion (3,768) Stanford, CA |
| 12/19/2015* 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | at No. 7 Oregon State | W 53–50 | 8–3 | 14 – DeShields | 9 – DeShields | 2 – 4 Tied | Gill Coliseum (8,223) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/30/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 13 | Stetson | W 90–56 | 9–3 | 30 – DeShields | 8 – Russell | 6 – Cooper | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,705) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/04/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 | at No. 20 Missouri | W 71–54 | 10–3 (1–0) | 13 – Nared | 9 – DeShields | 4 – Graves | Mizzou Arena (7,989) Columbia, MO |
| 01/07/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | No. 12 | Florida | L 66–74 | 10–4 (1–1) | 16 – DeShields | 19 – Graves | 2 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,774) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | Auburn | W 79–52 | 11–4 (2–1) | 25 – DeShields | 10 – Russell | 7 – DeShields | Thompson–Boling Arena (11,539) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/14/2016 9:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 | at Arkansas | L 59–64 | 11–5 (2–2) | 14 – DeShields | 11 – Russell | 3 – Reynolds | Bud Walton Arena (1,644) Fayetteville, AR |
| 01/18/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 18 | at No. 3 Notre Dame | L 66–79 | 11–6 | 17 – DeShields | 10 – Graves | 7 – Reynolds | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,961) South Bend, IN |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 18 | Vanderbilt Rivalry | W 58–49 | 12–6 (3–2) | 13 – Cooper | 6 – Graves | 4 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (11,159) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/25/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 19 | at No. 12 Kentucky Rivalry | L 63–64 | 12–7 (3–3) | 13 – DeShields | 12 – Graves | 3 – Cooper | Memorial Coliseum (6,188) Lexington, KY |
| 01/28/2016 9:00 pm, SECN | No. 19 | at No. 13 Mississippi State | L 63–65 $^{OT}$ | 12–8 (3–4) | 15 – Reynolds | 11 – Reynolds | 3 – Reynolds | Humphrey Coliseum (5,710) Starkville, MS |
| 01/31/2016 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 19 | Alabama | W 70–42 | 13–8 (4–4) | 17 – Tied | 13 – Russell | 5 – Reynolds | Thompson–Boling Arena (12,613) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm | No. 23 | Arkansas | W 75–57 | 14–8 (5–4) | 15 – Tied | 11 – Russell | 6 – Reynolds | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,414) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/07/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN | No. 23 | at No. 12 Texas A&M | L 71–76 $^{OT}$ | 14–9 (5–5) | 16 – Reynolds | 9 – Russell | 4 – Carter | Reed Arena (4,791) College Station, TX |
| 02/11/2016 9:00 pm, SECN | No. 25 | at Vanderbilt Rivalry | W 69–51 | 15–9 (6–5) | 18 – Nared | 9 – DeShields | 4 – Nared | Memorial Gymnasium (4,980) Nashville, TN |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 24 | No. 3 South Carolina | L 56–62 | 15–10 (6–6) | 21 – DeShields | 10 – Graves | 2 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (12,014) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Ole Miss | W 57–51 | 16–10 (7–6) | 15 – Graves | 12 – Graves | 5 – Cooper | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,548) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 24 | at LSU | L 56–57 | 16–11 (7–7) | 19 – DeShields | 8 – Graves | 3 – Middleton | Maravich Center (3,132) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/25/2016 8:30 pm, SECN | | at Alabama | L 46–54 | 16–12 (7–8) | 15 – Graves | 11 – Russell | 2 – Reynolds | Foster Auditorium (2,767) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Georgia | W 80–60 | 17–12 (8–8) | 22 – DeShields | 10 – Graves | 5 – Reynolds | Thompson–Boling Arena (12,446) Knoxville, TN |
| 2016 SEC Tournament |||||||||
| 03/03/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | | vs. Arkansas Second Round | W 68–51 | 18–12 | 15 – DeShields | 8 – Reynolds | 4 – Tied | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,094) Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/04/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | | vs. No. 15 Texas A&M Quarterfinals | W 70–60 | 19–12 | 21 – DeShields | 7 – Graves | 4 – DeShields | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. No. 16 Mississippi State Semifinals | L 48–58 | 19–13 | 22 – DeShields | 15 – Graves | 2 – Tied | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (5,632) Jacksonville, FL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament |||||||||
| 03/18/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | (7 SF) | vs. (10 SF) Green Bay First Round | W 59–53 | 20–13 | 15 – Cooper | 14 – Russell | 4 – Reynolds | Wells Fargo Arena (2,842) Tempe, AZ |
| 03/20/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN | (7 SF) | vs. (2 SF) No. 11 Arizona State Second Round | W 75–64 | 21–13 | 24 – DeShields | 11 – Graves | 3 – Russell | Wells Fargo Arena (2,957) Tempe, AZ |
| 03/25/2016* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | (7 SF) | vs. (3 SF) No. 9 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen | W 78–62 | 22–13 | 25 – Russell | 15 – Russell | 7 – DeShields | Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,610) Sioux Falls, SD |
| 03/27/2016* 3:30 pm, ESPN | (7 SF) | vs. (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse Elite Eight | L 67–89 | 22–14 | 20 – DeShields | 10 – DeShields | 6 – Nared | Denny Sanford Premier Center (4,055) Sioux Falls, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||
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