# 2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

The 2015–16 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers are led by fifth year head coach Nikki Fargas. They played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 3–13 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. They advanced to the second round of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Kentucky.

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2015* 7:00 pm | Union (TN) | W 88–57 | | Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Wake Forest | L 57–60 | 0–1 | LJVM Coliseum (662) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/15/2015* 3:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe | W 61–54 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Maravich Center (2,472) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/18/2015* 7:15 pm, CST | at Little Rock | W 57–51 | 2–1 | Jack Stephens Center (2,275) Little Rock, AR |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | Long Beach State | W 59–53 | 3–1 | Maravich Center (2,026) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm, CST | at Tulane | L 63–67 | 3–2 | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,173) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/27/2015* 6:30 pm, CST | vs. Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals | L 52–69 | 3–3 | Germain Arena (1,257) Estero, FL |
| 11/28/2015* 12:30 pm, CST | vs. Marist Gulf Coast Showcase Consolation 2nd round | W 72–49 | 4–3 | Germain Arena (1,015) Estero, FL |
| 11/29/2015* 12:30 pm, CST | vs. Maine Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game | L 41–52 | 4–4 | Germain Arena Estero, FL |
| 12/01/2015* 11:00 am | Texas Southern | W 86–36 | 5–4 | Maravich Center (5,504) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/13/2015* 3:00 pm, SECN | UC Santa Barbara | W 68–50 | 6–4 | Maravich Center (2,604) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm, BTN | at Rutgers | L 57–69 | 6–5 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,254) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/21/2015* 6:00 pm, SNY | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 40–86 | 6–6 | XL Center (10,183) Hartford, CT |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | Samford | L 44–47 | 6–7 | Maravich Center (2,511) Baton Rouge, LA |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm, SECN | at Alabama | L 45–62 | 6–8 (0–1) | Foster Auditorium (2,705) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/07/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | Ole Miss | W 76–57 | 7–8 (1–1) | Maravich Center (2,189) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/10/2016 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 Texas A&M | L 35–53 | 7–9 (1–2) | Maravich Center (3,774) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | L 42–58 | 7–10 (1–3) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,332) Nashville, TN |
| 01/17/2016 6:00 pm | at No. 20 Florida | L 45–53 | 7–11 (1–4) | O'Connell Center (1,819) Gainesville, FL |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | Arkansas | L 44–48 | 7–12 (1–5) | Maravich Center (2,084) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/24/2016 1:00 pm | at Georgia | W 53–46 | 8–12 (2–5) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,538) Athens, GA |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm | at No. 22 Missouri | L 46–52 | 8–13 (2–6) | Mizzou Arena (3,397) Columbia, MO |
| 02/01/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | Auburn | L 53–63 | 8–14 (2–7) | Maravich Center (2,150) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/04/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 11 Mississippi State | L 52–71 | 8–15 (2–8) | Maravich Center (2,194) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/07/2016 11:00 am, SECN | at No. 18 Kentucky | L 58–70 | 8–16 (2–9) | Memorial Coliseum (6,110) Lexington, KY |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm | Georgia | L 47–58 | 8–17 (2–10) | Maravich Center (3,781) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/18/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | at No. 12 Texas A&M | L 54–68 | 8–18 (2–11) | Reed Arena (4,797) College Station, TX |
| 02/21/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 24 Tennessee | W 57–56 | 9–18 (3–11) | Maravich Center (3,132) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/25/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | Florida | L 56–82 | 9–19 (3–12) | Maravich Center (2,731) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 3 South Carolina | L 39–75 | 9–20 (3–13) | Colonial Life Arena (16,240) Columbia, SC |
| 2016 SEC Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2016 10:00 am, SECN | vs. Alabama First Round | W 58–49 | 10–20 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/03/2016 1:30 pm, SECN | vs. No. 13 Kentucky Second Round | L 71–79 | 10–21 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (2,245) Jacksonville, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
Source:

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |