# 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the America East Conference. The Retrievers were led by fourteenth year head coach Phil Stern and played their home games in the Retriever Activities Center. They finished the season 18–14, 8–8 in America East play to finish in a 3-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East women's tournament to Maine. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated Fairfield in the first round before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 12:00 pm | Columbia | L 68–70 $^{OT}$ | 0–1 | Retriever Activities Center (650) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/15/2015* 5:00 pm | Penn | L 46–81 | 0–2 | Retriever Activities Center (514) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/19/2015* 12:00 pm | at Coppin State | W 68–61 $^{2OT}$ | 1–2 | Physical Education Complex (1,342) Baltimore, MD |
| 11/21/2015* 1:00 pm | Rider | W 58–53 | 2–2 | Retriever Activities Center (416) Catonsville, MD |
| 11/24/2015* 11:00 am | at Towson | L 51–61 | 2–3 | SECU Arena (2,333) Towson, MD |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | American | W 47–46 | 3–3 | Retriever Activities Center (467) Catonsville, MD |
| 12/06/2015* 1:00 pm | La Salle | W 60–29 | 4–3 | Retriever Activities Center (301) Catonsville, MD |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm | Bucknell | W 65–52 | 5–3 | Retriever Activities Center (612) Catonsville, MD |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm | at Morgan State | W 65–46 | 6–3 | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (459) Baltimore, MD |
| 12/15/2015* 6:00 pm | at Maryland Eastern Shore | W 55–52 $^{OT}$ | 7–3 | Hytche Athletic Center (428) Princess Anne, MD |
| 12/20/2015* 12:00 pm | at Loyola (MD) | W 52–46 | 8–3 | Reitz Arena (258) Baltimore, MD |
| 12/28/2015* 1:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic semifinals | L 45–104 | 8–4 | Hagan Arena (828) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/29/2015* 1:00 pm | vs. Rider Hawk Classic 3rd place game | W 67–58 | 9–4 | Hagan Arena (743) Philadelphia, PA |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 1:00 pm | Vermont | W 85–48 | 10–4 (1–0) | Retriever Activities Center (331) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm | Albany | L 42–77 | 10–5 (1–1) | Retriever Activities Center (317) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/09/2016 12:00 pm | at Maine | L 55–65 | 10–6 (1–2) | Cross Insurance Center (2,026) Bangor, ME |
| 01/13/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stony Brook | L 60–69 $^{OT}$ | 10–7 (1–3) | Retriever Activities Center (2,004) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/16/2016 1:00 pm | at UMass Lowell | W 68–44 | 11–7 (2–3) | Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | at Hartford | L 57–65 | 11–8 (2–4) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,012) Hartford, CT |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | Binghamton | W 62–51 | 12–8 (3–4) | Retriever Activities Center (691) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/30/2016 1:00 pm | at New Hampshire | W 65–55 | 13–8 (4–4) | Lundholm Gym (491) Durham, NH |
| 02/03/2016 2:00 pm | at Albany | L 39–63 | 13–9 (4–5) | SEFCU Arena (1,704) Albany, NY |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm | Maine | L 38–72 | 13–10 (4–6) | Retriever Activities Center (608) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | W 69–65 $^{OT}$ | 14–10 (5–6) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (711) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/14/2016 1:00 pm | UMass Lowell | W 68–52 | 15–10 (6–6) | Retriever Activities Center (503) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | Hartford | W 58–51 | 16–10 (7–6) | Retriever Activities Center (486) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm | at Vermont | W 74–60 | 17–10 (8–6) | Patrick Gym (952) Burlington, VT |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | at Binghamton | L 56–70 | 17–11 (8–7) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,142) Vestal, NY |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm | New Hampshire | L 59–67 | 17–12 (8–8) | Retriever Activities Center (691) Catonsville, MD |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 8:15 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Binghamton Quarterfinals | L 41–49 | 17–13 | Binghamton University Events Center (2,080) Vestal, NY |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/17/2016 7:00 pm | Fairfield First Round | W 61–49 | 18–13 | Retriever Activities Center (2,080) Catonsville, MD |
| 03/19/2016 2:00 pm | at Youngstown State Quarterfinals | L 48–67 | 18–14 | Beeghly Center (1,065) Youngstown, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||