# 2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Candi Whitaker's third season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 13–18, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Baylor.

## Rankings

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

## 2015–16 media
### Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 2:00 pm | Eastern New Mexico | W 77–43 | | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 11:00 am | Niagara | W 79–45 | 1–0 | United Supermarkets Arena (5,542) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/21/2015* 6:30 pm, FSSW+ | Southeastern Louisiana | W 113–51 | 2–0 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,623) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/24/2015* 6:30 pm | Idaho State | W 79–64 | 3–0 | United Supermarkets Arena (2,917) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 6:30 pm | vs. Fordham South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 62–48 | 4–0 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 11/28/2015* 8:45 pm | vs. Washington South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 73–77 | 4–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/02/2015* 5:30 pm | Abilene Christian | W 71–65 | 5–1 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/09/2015* 5:30 pm | Idaho | W 78–62 | 6–1 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,194) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/12/2015* 4:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Santa Clara | L 70–75 | 6–2 | Leavey Center (252) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/14/2015* 6:30 pm | Incarnate Word | W 70–55 | 7–2 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,096) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/18/2015* 6:30 pm | Grambling State | W 70–55 | 8–2 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,707) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm, FSSW+ | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 84–40 | 9–2 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,398) Lubbock, TX |
| Big 12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2015 6:30 pm, FSSW+ | TCU | L 69–78 | 9–3 (0–1) | United Supermarkets Arena (1,835) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/02/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | at No. 5 Texas | L 62–86 | 9–4 (0–2) | Frank Erwin Center (3,668) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/06/2016 6:30 pm | Oklahoma State | L 46–69 | 9–5 (0–3) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,121) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/09/2016 6:00 pm | at West Virginia | L 57–79 | 9–6 (0–4) | WVU Coliseum (2,471) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | at TCU | L 48–69 | 9–7 (0–5) | Schollmaier Arena (1,696) Fort Worth, TX |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW | Iowa State | W 69–66 $^{OT}$ | 10–7 (1–5) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,108) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/20/2016 10:30 am, FSSW | at No. 19 Oklahoma | L 53–92 | 10–8 (1–6) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW+ | Kansas State | L 53–65 | 10–9 (1–7) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,528) Lubbock, TX |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW | at No. 4 Baylor | L 43–69 | 10–10 (1–8) | Ferrell Center (6,327) Waco, TX |
| 01/30/2016 5:00 pm, FSSW+ | Kansas | W 54–44 | 11–10 (2–8) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,671) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/02/2016 6:00 pm, FS2 | West Virginia | L 42–69 | 11–11 (2–9) | United Supermarkets Arena (2,842) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/07/2016 1:30 pm, FSN | at No. 25 Oklahoma State | L 57–70 | 11–12 (2–10) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,567) Stillwater, OK |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | No. 4 Baylor | L 36–66 | 11–13 (2–11) | United Supermarkets Arena (6,565) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at Iowa State | L 48–77 | 11–14 (2–12) | Hilton Coliseum (10,568) Ames, IA |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm, FCS | at Kansas State | L 53–65 | 11–15 (2–13) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,899) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/24/2016 6:30 pm, FSSW+ | No. 8 Texas | L 55–76 | 11–16 (2–14) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,555) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/27/2016 7:00 pm, JTV/ESPN3 | at Kansas | W 69–58 | 12–16 (3–14) | Allen Fieldhouse (3,432) Lawrence, KS |
| 03/01/2016 6:30 pm | No. 24 Oklahoma | L 60–70 | 12–17 (3–15) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,116) Lubbock, TX |
| Big 12 women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 6:00 pm, FCS | vs. Iowa State First Round | W 89–84 | 13–17 | Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/05/2016 1:30 pm, FSN | vs. No. 4 Baylor Quarterfinals | L 51–82 | 13–18 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,527) Oklahoma City, OK |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||