# 2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by second-year head coach Jenerrie Harris and played most of their home games at the Costello Athletic Center while select games were played at the Tsongas Center. They were members of the America East Conference. As part of their transition to Division I, they were ineligible for postseason play until the 2017–18 season. They finished the season 4–24, overall and 1–15 in America East play, placing last in the conference.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games were streamed on the opponent's website.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 14, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Maryland | L 53–102 | 0–1 | Xfinity Center (3,956) College Park, MD |
| November 17, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | at Central Connecticut | L 53–64 | 0–2 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (971) New Britain, CT |
| November 20, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Columbia | L 57–67 | 0–3 | Costello Athletic Center (378) Lowell, MA |
| November 24, 2015* 6:00 p.m. | Bryant | L 64–83 | 0–4 | Costello Athletic Center (346) Lowell, MA |
| November 28, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | L 64–72 | 0–5 | Ryan Center (393) Kingston, RI |
| December 1, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Boston University | W 70–57 | 1–5 | Tsongas Center (515) Lowell, MA |
| December 4, 2015* 5:00 p.m. | at FIU | L 68–71 | 1–6 | FIU Arena (315) Miami, FL |
| December 6, 2015* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Miami (FL) | L 53–84 | 1–7 | BankUnited Center (556) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 9, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Holy Cross | W 75–67 | 2–7 | Costello Athletic Center (226) Lowell, MA |
| December 18, 2015* 5:30 p.m. | at Fairleigh Dickinson | W 78–67 | 3–7 | Rothman Center (216) Hackensack, NJ |
| December 20, 2015* 1:00 p.m. | at Boston College | L 55–66 | 3–8 | Conte Forum (537) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 30, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | at Massachusetts | L 58–84 | 3–9 | Mullins Center (526) Amherst, MA |
| America East regular Season ||||||
| January 6, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Hartford | L 59–72 | 3–10 (0–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (784) Hartford, CT |
| January 9, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Stony Brook | L 50–54 | 3–11 (0–2) | Costello Athletic Center (241) Lowell, MA |
| January 13, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Maine | L 44–74 | 3–12 (0–3) | Cross Insurance Center (1,403) Bangor, ME |
| January 16, 2016 1:00 p.m. | UMBC | L 44–68 | 3–13 (0–4) | Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA |
| January 18, 2016 1:00 p.m. | Vermont | L 51–59 | 3–14 (0–5) | Costello Athletic Center (318) Lowell, MA |
| January 21, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | L 61–65 | 3–15 (0–6) | Lundholm Gym (261) Durham, NH |
| January 24, 2016 11:00 a.m. | Binghamton | L 70–75 $^{OT}$ | 3–16 (0–7) | Tsongas Center (1,272) Lowell, MA |
| January 27, 2016 11:00 a.m. | Albany | L 55–85 | 3–17 (0–8) | Tsongas Center (3,363) Lowell, MA |
| February 3, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Hartford | L 70–75 $^{OT}$ | 3–18 (0–9) | Costello Athletic Center (449) Lowell, MA |
| February 6, 2016 2:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | L 46–60 | 3–19 (0–10) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (851) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 8, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Vermont | W 68–66 | 4–19 (1–10) | Patrick Gym (376) Burlington, VT |
| February 11, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Maine | L 46–73 | 4–20 (1–11) | Costello Athletic Center (321) Lowell, MA |
| February 14, 2016 1:00 p.m. | at UMBC | L 52–68 | 4–21 (1–12) | Retriever Activities Center (503) Catonsville, MD |
| February 17, 2016 7:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | L 55–63 | 4–22 (1–13) | Tsongas Center (1,992) Lowell, MA |
| February 20, 2016 2:00 p.m. | at Binghamton | L 52–55 | 4–23 (1–14) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,284) Vestal, NY |
| February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. | at Albany | L 57–88 | 4–24 (1–15) | SEFCU Arena (1,197) Albany, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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