2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball

Cancún Challenge Mayan Division Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2015–16 record	20–12 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne P. McCallie (9th year)
Assistant coach	Al Brown
Assistant coach	Rene Haynes
Assistant coach	Hernando Planells
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#8 Louisville	15	–	1	.938	26	–	8	.765
#14 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	8	.789
#17 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
#19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
NC State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Duke	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	15	–	16	.484
Clemson	0	–	16	.000	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 ACC Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team will represent Duke University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 9th season. The team plays its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament to Notre Dame. They missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994 and they were also declined to invite to the Women's National Invitation Tournament due to a limited roster.^[1]

2015–16 media

All Blue Devils games will air on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC will once again act as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.

Roster

2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Gorecki, HaleyHaley Gorecki	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	William Fremd	Palatine, IL
1.5 !G	3	Salvadores, ÁngelaÁngela Salvadores	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Marista San Jose	León, Spain
1.5 !G	4	Brown, LexieLexie Brown (I)	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	North Gwinnett Maryland	Suwanee, GA
2.5 !G/F	11	Stevens, AzuráAzurá Stevens	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	2.0 !So	Cary	Raleigh, NC
1.5 !G	12	Riggs, MercedesMercedes Riggs	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	Timpanogos Salt Lake CC	Lindon, UT
1.5 !G	13	Primm, CrystalCrystal Primm	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Oxbridge Academy	West Palm Beach, FL
2.5 !G/F	14	Suggs, FaithFaith Suggs	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Homewood Flossmoor	Flossmoor, IL
1.5 !G	15	Lambert, KyraKyra Lambert	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Samuel Clemens	Cibolo, TX
4.5 !F/C	21	Cooper, KendallKendall Cooper	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	St. Anthony	Carson, CA
3.5 !F	22	Chidom, OderahOderah Chidom	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop O'Dowd	Oakland, CA
1.5 !G	23	Greenwell, RebeccaRebecca Greenwell	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.5 !RS So	Owensboro Catholic	Owensboro, KY
4.5 !F/C	30	Henson, AmberAmber Henson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Walter L. Sickles	Tampa, FL
4.5 !F/C	34	Belton, LyneéLyneé Belton	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	The Bullis School	Clinton, MD
4.5 !F/C	35	Mathias, ErinErin Mathias	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	2.0 !So	Fox Chapel Area	Pittsburgh, PA

Head coach

Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern)

Assistant coach(es)

Al Brown (Purdue)
Rene Haynes (Michigan State)
Hernando Planells (Regis)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 14	Pfeiffer	W 113–36	–	29 – Stevens	9 – Stevens	8 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
11/08/2015* 1:00 PM	No. 14	Saint Leo	W 116–33	–	26 – Greenwell	11 – Tied	6 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 14	at Penn	W 59–50	1–0	15 – Stevens	9 – Chidom	3 – Lambert	The Palestra (2,587) Philadelphia, PA
11/15/2015* 6:00 PM	No. 14	Winthrop	W 78–50	2–0	18 – Stevens	14 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,582) Durham, NC
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 14	No. 12 Texas A&M	L 66–72 ^OT	2–1	22 – Greenwell	16 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,708) Durham, NC
11/22/2015* 2:00 PM	No. 14	Army	W 72–61	3–1	32 – Stevens	14 – Stevens	5 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,147) Durham, NC
11/26/2015* 1:30 PM	No. 15	vs. Idaho Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 74–68	4–1	22 – Stevens	12 – Stevens	6 – Salvadores	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 1:30 PM	No. 15	vs. Iowa State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 86–48	5–1	15 – Greenwell	11 – Chidom	5 – Gorecki	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015* 1:30 PM	No. 15	vs. Texas State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 85–34	6–1	19 – Stevens	7 – Greenwell	9 – Salvadores	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 14	Minnesota ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 84–64	7–1	26 – Stevens	11 – Stevens	8 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,617) Durham, NC
12/06/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 14	at No. 2 South Carolina	L 55–66	7–2	16 – Lambert	9 – Stevens	2 – 3 tied	Colonial Life Arena (16,429) Columbia, SC
12/14/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 13	Massachusetts	W 70–46	8–2	24 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	5 – Greenwell	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,602) Durham, NC
12/17/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 13	Liberty	W 79–41	9–2	26 – Greenwell	8 – Greenwell	8 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,003) Durham, NC
12/20/2015* 7:00 PM, SECN	No. 13	at No. 8 Kentucky	L 61–71	9–3	17 – Stevens	7 – Chidom	2 – 3 tied	Rupp Arena (17,150) Lexington, KY
12/29/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 12	Western Carolina	W 84–47	10–3	21 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,023) Durham, NC
12/31/2015* 2:00 PM	No. 12	UNC Wilmington	W 78–56	11–3	23 – Greenwell	9 – Greenwell	6 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,844) Durham, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/03/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 12	at Syracuse	L 50–86	11–4 (0–1)	12 – Stevens	12 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Carrier Dome (1,585) Syracuse, NY
01/07/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 18	Wake Forest	W 95–68	12–4 (1–1)	23 – Stevens	9 – Greenwell	5 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,937) Durham, NC
01/10/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 18	at Louisville	L 48–65	12–5 (1–2)	14 – Greenwell	11 – Chidom	3 – Salvadores	KFC Yum! Center (11,342) Louisville, KY
01/14/2016 7:00 PM, RSN	No. 22	NC State	L 62–65	12–6 (1–3)	21 – Stevens	11 – Stevens	2 – 3 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,830) Durham, NC
01/17/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 22	Boston College	W 71–51	13–6 (2–3)	23 – Greenwell	14 – Stevens	7 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,983) Durham, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Clemson	W 72–43	14–6 (3–3)	33 – Stevens	7 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Jervey Athletic Center (494) Clemson, SC
01/24/2016 3:00 PM, RSN		North Carolina	W 71–55	15–6 (4–3)	26 – Stevens	16 – Henson	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,622) Durham, NC
01/28/2016 7:00 PM, RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 70–48	16–6 (5–3)	26 – Stevens	9 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Peterson Events Center (1,204) Pittsburgh, PA
02/01/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN2		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 61–68	16–7 (5–4)	14 – Stevens	9 – Tied	3 – Henson	Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,159) Durham, NC
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Virginia	W 67–52	17–7 (6–4)	25 – Greenwell	12 – Greenwell	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,506) Durham, NC
02/07/2016 1:00 PM, RSN		at No. 16 Miami (FL)	L 53–61	17–8 (6–5)	18 – Chidom	7 – Greenwell	3 – Salvadores	BankUnited Center (1,293) Coral Gables, FL
02/11/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		No. 10 Florida State	L 53–69	17–9 (6–6)	13 – Salvadores	7 – Salvadores	1 – 6 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,536) Durham, NC
02/14/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3		at Wake Forest	L 58–64	17–10 (6–7)	18 – Chidom	8 – Suggs	6 – Salvadores	LJVM Coliseum (1,458) Winston-Salem, NC
02/18/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Virginia Tech	W 66–62	18–10 (7–7)	16 – Chidom	11 – Chidom	4 – Tied	Cassell Coliseum (1,264) Blacksburg, VA
02/21/2016 2:00 PM		Georgia Tech	L 59–64	18–11 (7–8)	19 – Salvadores	9 – Henson	3 – Henson	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,845) Durham, NC
02/28/2016 3:00 PM, ESPN3		at North Carolina	W 93–57	19–11 (8–8)	27 – Greenwell	10 – Tied	7 – Lanbert	Carmichael Arena (4,762) Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 2:00 PM, RSN		vs. Virginia Second Round	W 57–53	20–11	20 – Chidom	15 – Stevens	3 – Salvadores	Greensboro Coliseum (2,114) Greensboro, NC
03/04/2016 2:00 PM, RSN		vs. No. 2 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	L 54–83	20–12	19 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	3 – Salvadores	Greensboro Coliseum (3,148) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[2]

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	18	22	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	12	9	12	13	11	11	12	12	16	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ "Duke women’s basketball not in NCAA Tournament for 1st time in 21 years" in WNCN.com
↑ "2015-16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics. Retrieved 2015-10-19.

Duke Blue Devils women's basketball

Venues	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1975–present)

Culture & lore	"Blue and White" "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

2015–16 media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References