# 2015–16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The "Bucs", led by third year head coach Brittney Ezell, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 16–14, 8–6 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon women's tournament to Furman.
During the February 4, 2016, win against Wofford, junior Shamauria Bridges hit a three-pointer to become the 22nd ETSU player to surpass the 1,000-point mark and only the fourth in program history to reach it in three seasons.

## Previous season

The Bucs finished the 2014–15 season at 21–12, 11–3 and made it to the Southern Conference tournament finals, before losing to Chattanooga in overtime. The team also received a bid to play in the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament for the third time in school history, but lost to NC State in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 7, 2015* 2:00 pm | Milligan | W 88–56 | | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (691) Johnson City, TN |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 7:00 pm | UNC Asheville | W 74–68 | 1–0 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (710) Johnson City, TN |
| November 15, 2015* 2:00 pm | at Wake Forest | L 52–69 | 1–1 | The Joel (554) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 19, 2015* 7:00 pm | at Appalachian State | L 50–72 | 1–2 | Holmes Center (380) Boone, NC |
| November 21, 2015* 7:00 pm | Brevard College | W 69–46 | 2–2 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (627) Johnson City, TN |
| November 23, 2015* 7:00 pm | at Old Dominion | W 56–52 | 3–2 | Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,744) Norfolk, VA |
| November 27, 2015* 7:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | L 41–64 | 3–3 | Alumni Coliseum (150) Richmond, KY |
| November 29, 2015* 2:00 pm | at Elon | L 38–50 | 3–4 | Alumni Gym (572) Elon, NC |
| December 2, 2015* 7:00 pm | at No. 8 Tennessee | L 49–85 | 3–5 | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,328) Knoxville, TN |
| December 5, 2015* 1:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | L 39–65 | 3–6 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,264) Nashville, TN |
| December 13, 2015* 2:00 pm | Armstrong State | W 62–52 | 4–6 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (632) Johnson City, TN |
| December 16, 2015* 7:00 pm | Campbell | W 70–55 | 5–6 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (536) Johnson City, TN |
| December 18, 2015* 11:30 am | at Davidson | W 65–58 | 6–6 | John M. Belk Arena (864) Davidson, NC |
| December 21, 2015* 7:00 pm | Austin Peay | W 80–76 | 7–6 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (764) Johnson City, TN |
| December 29, 2015* 2:00 pm | at Iona | L 50–56 | 7–7 | Hynes Athletic Center (328) New Rochelle, NY |
| January 3, 2016* 2:00 pm | Lees–McRae | W 73–46 | 8–7 | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (635) Johnson City, TN |
| January 7, 2016 7:00 pm | at Furman | L 77–81 | 8–8 (0–1) | Timmons Arena Greenville, SC |
| January 9, 2016 5:00 pm | at Wofford | W 70–54 | 9–8 (1–1) | Benjamin Johnson Arena (191) Spartanburg, SC |
| January 14, 2016 7:00 pm | at UNC Greensboro | W 89–73 | 10–8 (2–1) | Fleming Gymnasium (593) Greensboro, NC |
| January 16, 2016 2:00 pm | Western Carolina | W 74–62 | 11–8 (3–1) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (852) Johnson City, TN |
| January 21, 2016 7:00 pm | at Samford | L 47–55 | 11–9 (3–2) | Pete Hanna Center (334) Homewood, AL |
| January 23, 2016 2:00 pm | at Mercer | W 55–53 | 12–9 (4–2) | Hawkins Arena (721) Macon, GA |
| January 30, 2016 2:00 pm | Chattanooga | L 57–65 | 12–10 (4–3) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (1,034) Johnson City, TN |
| February 4, 2016 11:00 am | Wofford | W 70–69 | 13–10 (5–3) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (1,814) Johnson City, TN |
| February 6, 2016 2:00 pm | Furman | W 68–64 | 14–10 (6–3) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (624) Johnson City, TN |
| February 11, 2016 5:00 pm | at Western Carolina | W 75–73 | 15–10 (7–3) | Ramsey Center (1,982) Cullhowee, NC |
| February 13, 2016 2:00 pm | UNC Greensboro | W 80–77 | 16–10 (8–3) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (592) Johnson City, TN |
| February 18, 2016 7:00 pm | Mercer | L 45–61 | 16–11 (8–4) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (755) Johnson City, TN |
| February 20, 2016 2:00 pm | Samford | L 51–56 | 16–12 (8–5) | J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium (762) Johnson City, TN |
| February 27, 2016 2:00 pm | at Chattanooga | L 42–66 | 16–13 (8–6) | McKenzie Arena (2,372) Chattanooga, TN |
| SoCon Tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2016 1:45 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Furman Quarterfinals | L 68–71 | 16–14 | U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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