# 2015–16 IPFW Mastodons women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons women's basketball team represented Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by ninth-year head coach Chris Paul, played their home games at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with one home game at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. They were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 7–23, 2–13 in Summit League play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of The Summit League women's tournament to South Dakota State.
At the end of the season, head coach Chris Paul's contract was not renewed. He posted a record of 125–195 in nine seasons.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 4, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Goshen | W 82–67 | | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (551) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 11:00 a.m. | Trine | W 82–62 | 1–0 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (1,024) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 16, 2015* 5:00 p.m. | Grace (IN) | W 91–39 | 2–0 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (647) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 19, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Kent State | W 86–68 | 3–0 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (539) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 21, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | USC Upstate | L 81–84 | 3–1 | Memorial Coliseum (282) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 24, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Indiana | L 72–79 | 3–2 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (954) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 29, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | Western Michigan | L 48–70 | 3–3 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (753) Fort Wayne, IN |
| December 3, 2015* 11:00 a.m. | at Ohio | L 52–79 | 3–4 | Convocation Center (1,623) Athens, OH |
| December 5, 2015* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Northern Kentucky | L 64–77 | 3–5 | BB&T Arena (1,049) Highland Heights, KY |
| December 9, 2015* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Detroit | L 63–64 | 3–6 | Calihan Hall (507) Detroit, MI |
| December 12, 2015* 11:00 a.m. | Chicago State | W 62–51 | 4–6 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (410) Fort Wayne, IN |
| December 20, 2015* 2:00 p.m. | at Fairfield | L 62–74 | 4–7 | Alumni Hall (121) Fairfield, CT |
| December 22, 2015* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Oakland | L 74–81 | 4–8 | Athletics Center O'rena (457) Rochester, MI |
| December 28, 2015* 8:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Milwaukee | L 60–73 | 4–9 | Klotsche Center (478) Milwaukee, WI |
| The Summit League regular season ||||||
| January 1, 2016 7:00 p.m. | IUPUI | L 50–69 | 4–10 (0–1) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (713) Fort Wayne, IN |
| January 7, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | L 74–78 | 4–11 (0–2) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (498) Fort Wayne, IN |
| January 9, 2016 3:00 p.m. | at Denver | L 50–53 | 4–12 (0–3) | Magness Arena (287) Denver, CO |
| January 13, 2016 7:00 p.m. | South Dakota State | L 42–61 | 4–13 (0–4) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (450) Fort Wayne, IN |
| January 16, 2016 3:00 p.m. | at Oral Roberts | L 59–61 | 4–14 (0–5) | Mabee Center (770) Tulsa, OK |
| January 21, 2016 8:00 p.m. | at South Dakota | L 60–92 | 4–15 (0–6) | DakotaDome (1,453) Vermillion, SD |
| January 23, 2016 3:00 p.m. | at North Dakota State | L 85–94 | 4–16 (0–7) | Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (459) Fargo, ND |
| January 28, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Nebraska–Omaha | L 58–60 | 4–17 (0–8) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (622) Fort Wayne, IN |
| January 30, 2016 2:00 p.m. | Denver | W 61–49 | 5–17 (1–8) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (797) Fort Wayne, IN |
| February 4, 2016 8:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | L 87–88 | 5–18 (1–9) | Western Hall (511) Macomb, IL |
| February 11, 2016 8:00 p.m. | at Nebraska–Omaha | L 64–71 | 5–19 (1–10) | Baxter Arena (758) Omaha, NE |
| February 13, 2016 3:00 p.m. | at South Dakota State | L 64–92 | 5–20 (1–11) | Frost Arena (3,209) Brookings, SD |
| February 17, 2016 7:00 p.m. | Oral Roberts | W 54–48 | 6–20 (2–11) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (481) Fort Wayne, IN |
| February 21, 2016 2:00 p.m., HTSN | at IUPUI | L 52–63 | 6–21 (2–12) | The Jungle (539) Indianapolis, IN |
| February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. | South Dakota | L 63–90 | 6–22 (2–13) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (546) Fort Wayne, IN |
| February 27, 2016 3:00 p.m. | North Dakota State | W 85–69 | 7–22 (3–13) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (683) Fort Wayne, IN |
| The Summit League women's tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2016 3:30 p.m., MidcoSN | vs. South Dakota State Quarterfinals | L 60–80 | 7–23 | Denny Sanford Premier Center (3,209) Sioux Falls, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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