# 2015–16 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by fourth year head coach Danielle O'Banion, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 6–23, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the East Division. They were seeded 12th in the 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament and lost in the first round to Eastern Michigan.
On March 15, Kent State and Head Coach Danielle O'Banion mutually agreed to part ways. She finished at Kent State with a 4 year record of 21–98.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Hiram College | W 73–45 | | MAC Center Kent, OH |
| Non-Conference Games ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | Colgate | W 76–71 | 1–0 | MAC Center (521) Kent, OH |
| 11/17/2015* 11:00 am | Wright State | L 68–73 | 1–1 | MAC Center (501) Kent, OH |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at IPFW | L 68–86 | 1–2 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (539) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/24/2015* 6:30 pm | Minnesota | L 73–85 | 1–3 | MAC Center (594) Kent, OH |
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 pm | Malone | W 73–59 | 2–3 | MAC Center (397) Kent, OH |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Cleveland State | L 49–60 | 2–4 | MAC Center (375) Kent, OH |
| 12/05/2015* 7:00 pm | North Dakota State | W 75–54 | 3–4 | MAC Center (451) Kent, OH |
| 12/08/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Bradley | L 60–68 | 3–5 | Renaissance Coliseum (412) Peoria, IL |
| 12/12/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Youngstown State | L 61–91 | 3–6 | Beeghly Center (1,245) Youngstown, OH |
| 12/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Brown | L 57–62 | 3–7 | MAC Center (527) Kent, OH |
| Conference Games ||||||
| 01/02/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Central Michigan | L 61–81 | 3–8 (0–1) | McGuirk Arena (1,526) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Toledo | L 67–73 | 3–9 (0–2) | Savage Arena (3,613) Toledo, OH |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Buffalo | L 66–77 | 3–10 (0–3) | MAC Center (433) Kent, OH |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Western Michigan | L 52–73 | 3–11 (0–4) | University Arena (519) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 01/16/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Eastern Michigan | L 51–72 | 3–12 (0–5) | Convocation Center (1,984) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Ohio | L 54–93 | 3–13 (0–6) | MAC Center (589) Kent, OH |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 49–71 | 3–14 (0–7) | Stroh Center (2,053) Bowling Green, OH |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois | W 95–85 | 4–14 (1–7) | MAC Center (361) Kent, OH |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | Western Michigan | L 53–65 | 4–15 (1–8) | MAC Center (525) Kent, OH |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Miami (OH) | L 52–55 | 4–16 (1–9) | Millett Hall (582) Oxford, OH |
| 02/06/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Toledo | L 64–67 | 4–17 (1–10) | MAC Center (666) Kent, OH |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | Ball State | W 59–50 | 5–17 (2–10) | MAC Center (644) Kent, OH |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at Akron | L 66–78 | 5–18 (2–11) | James A. Rhodes Arena (974) Akron, OH |
| 02/20/2016 5:00 pm | Bowling Green | L 55–65 | 5–19 (2–12) | MAC Center (785) Kent, OH |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Ohio | L 52–86 | 5–20 (2–13) | Convocation Center (1,126) Athens, OH |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | Akron | L 60–70 | 5–21 (2–14) | MAC Center Kent, OH |
| 03/02/2016 7:00 pm, BCSN/TWCSC/ESPN3 | Miami (OH) | W 59–53 | 6–21 (3–14) | MAC Center (470) Kent, OH |
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Buffalo | L 47–63 | 6–22 (3–15) | Alumni Arena (1,678) Amherst, NY |
| MAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Eastern Michigan First Round | L 60–73 | 6–23 | Convocation Center (1,075) Ypsilanti, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||