# 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourteenth year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 33–6, 14–0 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the A-Sun women's tournament, where they lost to Jacksonville. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the championship game where they lost to South Dakota.

## Media

All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Road games will also be broadcast on the FGCU Portal.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 5:30 pm | at North Carolina A&T | W 60–36 | 1–0 | Corbett Sports Center (702) Greensboro, NC |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Florida Atlantic | L 55–62 | 1–1 | Alico Arena (1,704) Fort Myers, FL |
| 11/20/2015* 1:00 pm | vs. Ohio Akron Classic | L 57–69 | 1–2 | James A. Rhodes Arena (1,556) Akron, OH |
| 11/21/2015* 3:30 pm | at Akron Akron Classic | W 82–64 | 2–2 | James A. Rhodes Arena (743) Akron, OH |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | at FIU | W 81–53 | 3–2 | FIU Arena (347) Miami, FL |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Arkansas State | L 48–62 | 3–3 | Alico Arena (1,280) Fort Myers, FL |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | at George Washington | W 64–60 | 4–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (875) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/05/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Harvard | W 74–65 | 5–3 | Alico Arena (1,697) Fort Myers, FL |
| 12/12/2015* 2:30 pm, FS2 | at Providence | W 50–41 | 6–3 | Alumni Hall (211) Providence, RI |
| 12/15/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | St. Thomas | W 86–33 | 7–3 | Alico Arena (1,135) Fort Myers, FL |
| 12/19/2015* 11:00 am | vs. No. 9 Mississippi State Puerto Rico Classic | L 60–65 | 7–4 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/20/2015* 2:30 pm | vs. Arizona Puerto Rico Classic | W 57–55 | 8–4 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/21/2015* 11:00 am | vs. Western Michigan Puerto Rico Classic | W 60–42 | 9–4 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Quinnipiac | W 71–70 $^{OT}$ | 10–4 | Alico Arena (1,533) Fort Myers, FL |
| 12/30/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Auburn | W 52–45 | 11–4 | Alico Arena (1,710) Fort Myers, FL |
| 01/02/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Hartford | W 64–44 | 12–4 | Alico Arena (2,217) Fort Myers, FL |
| Atlantic Sun regular season ||||||
| 01/09/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stetson | W 61–48 | 13–4 (1–0) | Alico Arena (2,842) Fort Myers, FL |
| 01/16/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | USC Upstate | W 54–43 | 14–4 (2–0) | Alico Arena (1,628) Fort Myers, FL |
| 01/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | NJIT | W 70–37 | 15–4 (3–0) | Alico Arena (1,482) Fort Myers, FL |
| 01/24/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Lipscomb | W 71–39 | 16–4 (4–0) | Allen Arena (1,183) Nashville, TN |
| 01/26/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kennesaw State | W 78–47 | 17–4 (5–0) | KSU Convocation Center (173) Kennesaw, GA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at North Florida | W 65–38 | 18–4 (6–0) | UNF Arena (423) Jacksonville, FL |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Jacksonville | W 58–39 | 19–4 (7–0) | Alico Arena (2,011) Fort Myers, FL |
| 02/06/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | North Florida | W 75–50 | 20–4 (8–0) | Alico Arena (1,654) Fort Myers, FL |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Jacksonville | W 59–55 $^{OT}$ | 21–4 (9–0) | Swisher Gymnasium (379) Jacksonville, FL |
| 02/13/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at NJIT | W 53–32 | 22–4 (10–0) | Fleisher Center (500) Newark, NJ |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at USC Upstate | W 56–44 | 23–4 (11–0) | G. B. Hodge Center (210) Spartanburg, SC |
| 02/20/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | Kennesaw State | W 63–41 | 24–4 (12–0) | Alico Arena (2,367) Fort Myers, FL |
| 02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Lipscomb | W 91–52 | 25–4 (13–0) | Alico Arena (2,074) Fort Myers, FL |
| 02/27/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stetson | W 60–46 | 26–4 (14–0) | Edmunds Center (590) DeLand, FL |
| Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | NJIT Quarterfinals | W 60–31 | 27–4 | Alico Arena (1,284) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/09/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stetson Semifinals | W 61–46 | 28–4 | Alico Arena (1,505) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Jacksonville Championship Game | L 54–56 | 28–5 | Alico Arena (2,133) Fort Myers, FL |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Bethune-Cookman First Round | W 78–51 | 29–5 | Alico Arena (1,033) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Wake Forest Second Round | W 68–47 | 30–5 | Alico Arena (1,505) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/23/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Tulane Third Round | W 73–61 | 31–5 | Alico Arena (1,641) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Hofstra Quarterfinals | W 61–46 | 32–5 | Alico Arena (3,307) Fort Myers, FL |
| 03/31/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | Michigan Semifinals | W 71–62 | 33–5 | Alico Arena (4,633) Fort Myers, FL |
| 04/02/2016* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | at South Dakota Championship Game | L 65–71 | 33–6 | DakotaDome (7,415) Vermillion, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||