# 2015–16 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team

The 2015–16 Georgia Lady Bulldogs women's basketball team represented University of Georgia in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Joni Taylor. The team played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum, and were a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 9–7 in SEC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC women's tournament to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost in the first round to Indiana.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | | Stetson | W 76–55 | 1–0 | Stegeman Coliseum (3,530) Athens, GA |
| 11/18/2015* 7:30 pm | | at No. 23 Michigan State | L 45–66 | 1–1 | Breslin Center (5,117) East Lansing, MI |
| 11/22/2015* 4:00 pm, SECN | | Georgia Tech | W 78–66 | 2–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (4,441) Athens, GA |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 75–28 | 3–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (1,900) Athens, GA |
| 11/27/2015* 8:00 pm | | vs. BYU Radisson Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | W 66–58 | 4–1 | Matadome Northridge, CA |
| 11/28/2015* 7:30 pm | | at Cal State Northridge Radisson Thanksgiving Classic championship | W 83–58 | 5–1 | Matadome (498) Northridge, CA |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | Mercer | W 57–44 | 6–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (1,653) Athens, GA |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | | Kennesaw State | W 89–34 | 7–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (1,622) Athens, GA |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | | No. 22 Seton Hall | W 70–52 | 8–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (3,013) Athens, GA |
| 12/08/2015* 11:00 am | | Furman | W 77–39 | 9–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (6,002) Athens, GA |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | | at Wright State | W 63–57 | 10–1 | Nutter Center (1,563) Dayton, OH |
| 12/23/2015* 1:00 pm | | Cincinnati | W 60–42 | 11–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (2,350) Athens, GA |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | | Tennessee Tech | W 81–48 | 12–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (2,608) Athens, GA |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 5:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 16 Texas A&M | L 62–73 | 12–2 (0–1) | Reed Arena (5,027) College Station, TX |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | | No. 20 Missouri | L 48–54 | 12–3 (0–2) | Stegeman Coliseum (1,935) Athens, GA |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | | No. 12 Kentucky | L 53–64 | 12–4 (0–3) | Stegeman Coliseum (2,681) Athens, GA |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | | at No. 20 Florida | W 71–61 | 13–4 (1–3) | O'Connell Center (1,912) Gainesville, FL |
| 01/17/2016 5:00 pm, SECN | | at Alabama | L 50–64 | 13–5 (1–4) | Foster Auditorium (3,732) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | | No. 10 Mississippi State | W 47–43 | 14–5 (2–4) | Stegeman Coliseum (1,920) Athens, GA |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm | | LSU | L 46–53 | 14–6 (2–5) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,538) Athens, GA |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | | Auburn | W 63–30 | 15–6 (3–5) | Stegeman Coliseum (1,961) Athens, GA |
| 01/31/2016 3:00 pm | | at Vanderbilt | W 64–58 | 16–6 (4–5) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,111) Nashville, TN |
| 02/04/2016 8:00 pm | | at No. 21 Missouri | W 65–50 | 17–6 (5–5) | Mizzou Arena (4,086) Columbia, MO |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | | Ole Miss | W 70–56 | 18–6 (6–5) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,826) Athens, GA |
| 02/14/2016 3:00 pm | | at LSU | W 58–47 | 19–6 (7–5) | Maravich Center (3,781) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | | at No. 3 South Carolina | L 51–61 | 19–7 (7–6) | Colonial Life Arena (16,186) Columbia, SC |
| 02/21/2016 1:00 pm, SECN | | No. 22 Florida | W 74–63 | 20–7 (8–6) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,733) Athens, GA |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | | Arkansas | W 72–57 | 21–7 (9–6) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,131) Athens, GA |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Tennessee | L 60–80 | 21–8 (9–7) | Thompson–Boling Arena (12,446) Knoxville, TN |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 8:30 pm, SECN | | vs. Vanderbilt Second Round | L 49–54 $^{OT}$ | 21–9 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum (3,094) Jacksonville, FL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (8 L) | vs. (9 L) Indiana First Round | L 58–62 | 22–10 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,310) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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