# 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team

The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team will represents New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fourth year head coach Steve Lanpher, play their home games at the Fleisher Center and were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 4–26, 1–13 in A-Sun play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | at Binghamton | L 50–54 | 0–1 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,374) Vestal, NY |
| 11/19/2015* 5:00 pm | Lehigh | L 47–75 | 0–2 | Fleisher Center (606) Newark, NJ |
| 11/22/2015* 1:00 pm | at Marshall | L 50–63 | 0–3 | Cam Henderson Center (384) Huntington, WV |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | St. Joseph's–Brooklyn | W 78–41 | 1–3 | Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ |
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 pm | College of Saint Joseph (VT) | W 71–50 | 2–3 | Fleisher Center (300) Newark, NJ |
| 12/02/2015* 5:00 pm | at Wagner | L 53–76 | 2–4 | Spiro Sports Center (N/A) Staten Island, NY |
| 12/05/2015* 7:00 pm | at Virginia | L 54–81 | 2–5 | John Paul Jones Arena (3,268) Charlottesville, VA |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | at LIU Brooklyn | W 53–44 | 3–5 | Steinberg Wellness Center (150) Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/11/2015* 7:00 pm | Army | L 35–71 | 3–6 | Fleisher Center (150) Newark, NJ |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | Vermont | L 46–54 | 3–7 | Fleisher Center (N/A) Newark, NJ |
| 12/22/2015* 12:00 pm | North Dakota State | L 59–64 | 3–8 | Fleisher Center (332) Newark, NJ |
| 12/28/2015* 8:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 50–83 | 3–9 | Williams Arena (2,772) Minneapolis, MN |
| 12/31/2015* 2:00 pm | Dartmouth | L 39–46 | 3–10 | Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ |
| 01/04/2016* 2:00 pm | Brown | L 49–74 | 3–11 | Fleisher Center (202) Newark, NJ |
| Atlantic Sun regular season ||||||
| 01/09/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | USC Upstate | L 41–58 | 3–12 (0–1) | Fleisher Center (202) Newark, NJ |
| 01/11/2016* 7:00 pm | at Columbia | L 52–72 | 3–13 | Levien Gymnasium (236) New York City, NY |
| 01/16/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stetson | L 55–60 | 3–14 (0–2) | Edmunds Center (316) DeLand, FL |
| 01/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 37–70 | 3–15 (0–3) | Alico Arena (1,482) Fort Myers, FL |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | North Florida | L 51–68 | 3–16 (0–4) | Fleisher Center (222) Newark, NJ |
| 01/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Jacksonville | L 36–65 | 3–17 (0–5) | Fleisher Center (335) Newark, NJ |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kennesaw State | L 48–64 | 3–18 (0–6) | KSU Convocation Center (755) Kennesaw, GA |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Lipscomb | W 61–51 | 4–18 (1–6) | Fleisher Center (355) Newark, NJ |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Kennesaw State | L 77–82 | 4–19 (1–7) | Fleisher Center (275) Newark, NJ |
| 02/10/2016 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Lipscomb | L 49–63 | 4–20 (1–8) | Allen Arena (44) Nashville, TN |
| 02/13/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Florida Gulf Coast | L 32–53 | 4–21 (1–9) | Fleisher Center (500) Newark, NJ |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Stetson | L 56–74 | 4–22 (1–10) | Fleisher Center (400) Newark, NJ |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Jacksonville | L 37–68 | 4–23 (1–10) | Swisher Gymnasium (152) Jacksonville, FL |
| 02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at North Florida | L 49–72 | 4–24 (1–11) | UNF Arena (281) Jacksonville, FL |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at USC Upstate | L 47–67 | 4–25 (1–12) | G. B. Hodge Center (168) Spartanburg, SC |
| Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Florida Gulf Coast Quarterfinals | L 31–60 | 4–26 | Alico Arena (1,284) Fort Myers, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||