# 2015–16 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Mocs, led by third year head coach Jim Foster, play their home games at the McKenzie Arena and are members of the Southern Conference. They begin the season ranked 25th in the AP poll. They finished the season 24–8, 12–2 in SoCon play to share the SoCon regular season title with Mercer. They also won the SoCon Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference Regular Season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 6:30 pm | No. 25 | McNeese State Preseason WNIT First Round | W 68–53 | 1–0 | McKenzie Arena (1,565) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 15, 2015* 2:00 pm | No. 25 | Butler | W 60–49 | 2–0 | McKenzie Arena (1,549) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 17, 2015* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | at Indiana Preseason WNIT Second Round | L 43–54 | 2–1 | Assembly Hall (1,960) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 20, 2015* 6:30 pm | No. 24 | Southern Miss Preseason WNIT Consolation round | W 53–48 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | McKenzie Arena (1,111) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 23, 2015* 7:00 pm | | at No. 4 Tennessee | L 57–59 | 3–2 | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,449) Knoxville, TN |
| November 25, 2015* 6:30 pm | | Arkansas State | W 55–54 | 4–2 | McKenzie Arena (1,189) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 28, 2015* 2:00 pm | | UT-Martin | W 61–46 | 5–2 | McKenzie Arena (1,238) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 30, 2015* 6:30 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | No. 1 Connecticut | L 31–79 | 5–3 | McKenzie Arena (6,104) Chattanooga, TN |
| December 13, 2015* 2:00 pm | | at No. 21 South Florida | L 33–61 | 5–4 | USF Sun Dome (1,779) Tampa, Florida |
| December 16, 2015* 11:00 am | | Belmont | W 62–53 | 6–4 | McKenzie Arena (1,788) Chattanooga, TN |
| December 18, 2015* Noon | | vs. East Carolina UNCW Christmas Classic | W 72–61 | 7–4 | Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC |
| December 19, 2015* 2:00 pm | | at UNC Wilmington UNCW Christmas Classic | W 61–33 | 8–4 | Trask Coliseum (417) Wilmington, NC |
| December 28, 2015* 10:00 pm | | at No. 11 Stanford | L 30–73 | 8–5 | Maples Pavilion (3,410) Stanford, CA |
| January 4, 2016* 6:30 pm | | Harvard | W 62–58 | 9–5 | McKenzie Arena (1,398) Chattanooga, TN |
| SoCon Regular Season ||||||
| January 7, 2016 6:00 pm | | at Wofford | W 53–40 | 10–5 (1–0) | Benjamin Johnson Arena (182) Spartanburg, SC |
| January 9, 2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Furman | W 56–50 | 11–5 (2–0) | Timmons Arena (507) Greenville, SC |
| January 13, 2016 6:30 pm | | Western Carolina | W 77–59 | 12–5 (3–0) | McKenzie Arena (1,422) Chattanooga, TN |
| January 16, 2016 2:00 pm | | UNC Greensboro | W 72–61 | 13–5 (4–0) | McKenzie Arena (2,871) Chattanooga, TN |
| January 21, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Mercer | L 44–67 | 13–6 (4–1) | Hawkins Arena (1,574) Macon, GA |
| January 23, 2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Samford | L 43–48 | 13–7 (4–2) | Pete Hanna Center (667) Homewood, AL |
| January 30, 2016 2:00 pm | | at East Tennessee State | W 65–57 | 14–7 (5–2) | Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,034) Johnson City, TN |
| February 4, 2016 5:30 pm | | Furman | W 61–46 | 15–7 (6–2) | McKenzie Arena (1,785) Chattanooga, TN |
| February 6, 2016 2:00 pm | | Wofford | W 65–48 | 16–7 (7–2) | McKenzie Arena (2,452) Chattanooga, TN |
| February 11, 2016 7:00 pm | | at UNC Greensboro | W 74–53 | 17–7 (8–2) | Fleming Gymnasium (435) Greensboro, NC |
| February 13, 2016 2:00 pm | | at Western Carolina | W 65–51 | 18–7 (9–2) | Ramsey Center Cullhowee, NC |
| February 17, 2016 6:30 pm | | Mercer | W 53–30 | 19–7 (10–2) | McKenzie Arena (1,533) Chattanooga, TN |
| February 20, 2016 2:00 pm | | Samford | W 67–45 | 20–7 (11–2) | McKenzie Arena (2,933) Chattanooga, TN |
| February 27, 2016 2:00 pm | | East Tennessee State | W 66–42 | 21–7 (12–2) | McKenzie Arena (2,372) Chattanooga, TN |
| SoCon Tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Western Carolina Quarterfinals | W 74–56 | 22–7 | U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC |
| March 4, 2016 1:15 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Samford Semifinals | W 49–41 | 23–7 | U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC |
| March 6, 2016 1:05 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Mercer Championship Game | W 65–57 | 24–7 | U.S. Cellular Center (1,320) Asheville, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 15 Mississippi State First Round | L 50–60 | 24–8 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,115) Starkville, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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