# 2015–16 Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Kellie Lewis-Jay, played their home games at FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida and were members of Conference USA (C-USA). They finished the season 14–16, 6–12 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to North Texas.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 7, 2014* 5:00 p.m. | Barry | W 79–64 | | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Akron | W 91–77 | 1–0 | FAU Arena (641) Boca Raton, FL |
| November 17, 2015* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Florida Gulf Coast | W 62–55 | 2–0 | Alico Arena (1,704) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 24, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Milwaukee | W 71–67 | 3–0 | FAU Arena (525) Boca Raton, FL |
| November 27, 2015* 12:00 p.m. | Delaware State FAU Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals | W 83–55 | 4–0 | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| November 28, 2015* 2:30 p.m. | South Dakota FAU Thanksgiving Tournament championship | L 53–76 | 4–1 | FAU Arena (441) Boca Raton, FL |
| December 6, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | Keiser | W 74–52 | 5–1 | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| December 13, 2015* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Kansas State | L 53–102 | 5–2 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,905) Manhattan, KS |
| December 19, 2015* 5:30 p.m. | at Montana Lady Griz Classic semifinals | L 69–83 | 5–3 | Dahlberg Arena (2,365) Missoula, MT |
| December 20, 2015* 3:00 p.m. | vs. Tennessee State Lady Griz Classic 3rd-place game | W 69–64 | 6–3 | Dahlberg Arena (384) Missoula, MT |
| December 29, 2015* 5:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman FAU Holiday Tournament semifinals | W 82–60 | 7–3 | FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL |
| December 30, 2015* 7:15 p.m. | Miami (OH) FAU Holiday Tournament championship | W 68–65 $^{OT}$ | 8–3 | FAU Arena (526) Boca Raton, FL |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2016 2:00 p.m. | FIU | W 87–82 | 9–3 (1–0) | FAU Arena (527) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 7, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Marshall | W 84–73 | 10–3 (2–0) | FAU Arena (483) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 9, 2016 3:00 p.m. | WKU | L 62–81 | 10–4 (2–1) | FAU Arena (469) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 14, 2016 9:00 p.m., FSN | at Southern Miss | L 80–89 | 10–5 (2–2) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,546) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 16, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | L 62–65 | 10–6 (2–3) | Thomas Assembly Center (2,116) Ruston, LA |
| January 21, 2016 7:00 p.m. | UTEP | L 66–78 | 10–7 (2–4) | FAU Arena (747) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 23, 2016 5:00 p.m. | UTSA | W 64–51 | 11–7 (3–4) | FAU Arena (763) Boca Raton, FL |
| January 28, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | L 45–85 | 11–8 (3–5) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,718) Norfolk, VA |
| January 30, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Charlotte | L 79–85 | 11–9 (3–6) | Dale F. Halton Arena (1,013) Charlotte, NC |
| February 4, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | L 73–83 | 11–10 (3–7) | FAU Arena (612) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 6, 2016 5:00 p.m. | UAB | L 62–67 | 11–11 (3–8) | FAU Arena (532) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 11, 2016 8:00 p.m. | at UTSA | L 54–57 | 11–12 (3–9) | Convocation Center (536) San Antonio, TX |
| February 13, 2016 4:05 p.m. | at UTEP | L 47–75 | 11–13 (3–10) | Don Haskins Center (2,001) El Paso, TX |
| February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Rice | L 54–75 | 11–14 (3–11) | FAU Arena (561) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 20, 2016 5:00 p.m. | North Texas | W 71–61 | 12–14 (4–11) | FAU Arena (564) Boca Raton, FL |
| February 27, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at FIU | W 63–52 | 13–14 (5–11) | FIU Arena (418) Miami, FL |
| March 3, 2016 7:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | L 65–71 | 13–15 (5–12) | Murphy Center (4,203) Murfreesboro, TN |
| March 5, 2016 2:00 p.m. | at UAB | W 52–51 | 14–15 (6–12) | Bartow Arena (439) Birmingham, AL |
| Conference USA women's tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2016 12:00 p.m., ASN | vs. North Texas First round | L 74–79 | 14–16 | Bartow Arena (273) Birmingham, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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