# 2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by ninth year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Purdue.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2015* 2:00 pm | California (PA) | W 84–58 | | Bryce Jordan Center (2,687) University Park, PA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | Holy Cross | W 86–82 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,941) University Park, PA |
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | Fordham | W 75–59 | 2–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,024) University Park, PA |
| 11/18/2015* 8:00 pm, SECN | at No. 4 Tennessee | L 66–74 | 2–1 | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,858) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Central Connecticut | W 73–47 | 3–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,856) University Park, PA |
| 11/27/2015* 10:30 pm | at Cal State Northridge Radisson Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | L 73–81 | 3–2 | Matadome (586) Northridge, CA |
| 11/28/2015* 5:00 pm | vs. BYU Radisson Thanksgiving Classic 3rd place game | L 51–63 | 3–3 | Matadome Northridge, CA |
| 12/03/2015* 8:00 pm, BTN | Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 59–64 | 3–4 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,897) University Park, PA |
| 12/06/2015* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | at No. 24 South Florida | L 79–101 | 3–5 | USF Sun Dome (1,908) Tampa, FL |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm | Youngstown State | W 68–51 | 4–5 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,627) University Park, PA |
| 12/12/2015* 1:30 pm | at St. Bonaventure | L 60–70 | 4–6 | Reilly Center (884) Olean, NY |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | Sacred Heart | W 83–46 | 5–6 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,081) University Park, PA |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 2:00 pm | No. 14 Northwestern | W 79–72 | 6–6 (1–0) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,956) University Park, PA |
| 01/03/2016 3:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 85–98 | 6–7 (1–1) | Williams Arena (3,792) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | No. 23 Michigan State | L 55–71 | 6–8 (1–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,885) University Park, PA |
| 01/10/2016 4:00 pm, BTN | at Wisconsin | L 62–82 | 6–9 (1–3) | Kohl Center (3,470) Madison, WI |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | Nebraska | L 78–83 | 6–10 (1–4) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,745) University Park, PA |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm | Michigan | L 87–91 | 6–11 (1–5) | Bryce Jordan Center (9,124) University Park, PA |
| 01/20/2016 8:00 pm | at Iowa | W 82–69 | 7–11 (2–5) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,873) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/23/2016 3:00 pm | at Illinois | W 65–56 | 8–11 (3–5) | State Farm Center (3,776) Champaign, IL |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | No. 5 Maryland | L 53–89 | 8–12 (3–6) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,052) University Park, PA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | Purdue | L 78–88 $^{2OT}$ | 8–13 (3–7) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,769) University Park, PA |
| 02/02/2016 8:00 pm, BTN | at Nebraska | L 69–87 | 8–14 (3–8) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,486) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | Rutgers | L 62–74 | 8–15 (3–9) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,677) University Park, PA |
| 02/11/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | at No. 17 Michigan State | W 65–61 | 9–15 (4–9) | Breslin Center (5,588) East Lansing, MI |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 Ohio State | L 63–77 | 9–16 (4–10) | Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA |
| 02/17/2016 8:00 pm | at Northwestern | W 73–54 | 10–16 (5–10) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (796) Evanston, IL |
| 02/20/2016 12:00 pm, BTN | at Michigan | L 73–78 | 10–17 (5–11) | Crisler Center (2,920) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | Iowa | W 81–68 | 11–17 (6–11) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,812) University Park, PA |
| 02/27/2016 4:00 pm, BTN | at Indiana | L 55–76 | 11–18 (6–12) | Assembly Hall (5,246) Bloomington, IN |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2016 4:00 pm, BTN | vs. Illinois First Round | W 75–66 | 12–18 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/03/2016 9:00 pm, BTN | vs. Purdue Second Round | L 59–70 | 12–19 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Rankings

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