2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
PCT W
L
PCT
No. 1 UConn †18
–
0
1.000
38
–
0
1.000
No. 21 South Florida 14
–
4
.778
24
–
10
.706
Temple 13
–
5
.722
23
–
12
.657
Memphis 12
–
6
.667
18
–
13
.581
Tulane 11
–
7
.611
23
–
12
.657
Tulsa 8
–
10
.444
12
–
19
.387
SMU 7
–
11
.389
13
–
18
.419
East Carolina 6
–
12
.333
13
–
19
.406
Cincinnati 4
–
14
.222
8
–
22
.267
UCF 4
–
14
.222
7
–
23
.233
Houston 2
–
16
.111
6
–
24
.200
† American Tournament winnerAP poll
The 2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 39th season of basketball, were led by ninth-year head coach Joi Williams , and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando , Florida . They finished the season 7–23, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic women's tournament to SMU.
On March 7, 2016, following UCF's third consecutive first round loss in the conference tournament, Joi Williams was fired after serving as head coach for 9 years. Williams finished her record at UCF, 114-163 overall and 59-91 in conference play.
All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on ESPN3 , AAC Digital , or UCF Knights All-Access . Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on the UCF Portal . All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.
Roster
2015–16 UCF Knights women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 4
Ashley Polacek 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Fr SPIRE Institute
Ottawa, ON
G 11
Kayla Thingpen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Palm Beach Lakes HS
West Palm Beach, FL
F 12
Nyala Shuler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Fr Edgewater HS
Orlando, FL
C 13
Kayla Thomas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fr Mastery Charter HS
Philadelphia, PA
G 14
Erica Juarbe 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr Lincoln
Brooklyn, NY
F 21
Makenzi Reasor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
RS So Mount Vernon HS
Fortville, IN
G 22
Aliyah Gregory 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So Strawberry Crest
Tampa, FL
G 23
Zykira Lewis 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jr Bartow HS
Bartow, FL
F 24
Fifi Ndour 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So Montverde Academy
Dakar, Senegal
F 25
Tolulope Omokore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Fr Eleanor Roosevelt HS
Greenbelt, MD
F 32
Joslyn Massey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Jr John Glenn HS
Detroit, MI
G 33
Jamesha Paul 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr Dillard HS
Pompano Beach, FL
Head coach Joi Williams (South Florida )
Assistant coach(es) Ken Griffin (Voorhees College ) Alabama A&M ) Central Florida )
Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule and results
[ 1]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015 *3:00 pm
at Nebraska–Omaha
L 60–75 0–1
Baxter Arena Omaha, NE
11/17/2015 *7:00 pm
FIU W 89–72 1–1
CFE Arena Orlando, FL
11/20/2015 *7:00 pm
Florida A&M W 93–55 2–1
CFE Arena (1,234)Orlando, FL
11/24/2015 *8:00 pm
at South Alabama
W 77–36 3–1
Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
11/28/2015 *2:30 pm
Buffalo UCF Thanksgiving Classic L 60–66 3–2
CFE Arena (273)Orlando, FL
11/29/2015 *2:30 pm
Butler UCF Thanksgiving Classic L 63–71 3–3
CFE Arena (309)Orlando, FL
12/02/2015 *5:30 pm, ESPN3
at Stetson
L 68–83 3–4
Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
12/05/2015 *1:00 pm
at Akron
L 54–74 3–5
James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
12/13/2015 *2:00 pm
St. John's L 42–70 3–6
CFE Arena (1,328)Orlando, FL
12/22/2015 *1:00 pm
Oklahoma State L 55–74 3–7
CFE Arena (908)Orlando, FL
12/30/2015 *7:00 pm, SECN
vs. Florida AAC/SEC Challenge L 79–93 3–8
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL
AAC regular season
01/02/2016 2:00 pm
Cincinnati L 50–68 3–9 (0–1)
CFE Arena (356)Orlando, FL
01/05/2016 7:00 pm
at No. 22 South Florida War on I-4 L 63–108 3–10 (0–2)
USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
01/07/2016 7:00 pm
East Carolina L 56–71 3–11 (0–3)
CFE Arena (354)Orlando, FL
01/10/2016 5:00 pm
at Tulane
L 54–75 3–12 (0–4)
Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Temple L 63–71 3–13 (0–5)
CFE Arena (448)Orlando, FL
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, ADN
at Cincinnati
W 80–60 4–13 (1–5)
Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3/SNY
at No. 1 Connecticut
L 51–106 4–14 (1–6)
XL Center Hartford, CT
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 15 South Florida War on I-4 L 49–88 4–15 (1–7)
CFE Arena (958)Orlando, FL
01/27/2016 8:00 pm, ADN
at Memphis
L 59–75 4–16 (1–8)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
01/30/2016 1:00 pm
Tulsa W 75–74 5–16 (2–8)
CFE Arena (308)Orlando, FL
02/03/2016 8:00 pm
at Houston
L 55–64 5–17 (2–9)
Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
02/06/2016 3:00 pm, ADN
at SMU
L 50–65 5–18 (2–10)
Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
02/10/2016 7:00 pm
Memphis L 52–69 5–19 (2–11)
CFE Arena (538)Orlando, FL
02/13/2016 3:00 pm
at Tulsa
L 71–95 5–20 (2–12)
Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
02/17/2016 7:00 pm
Tulane L 53–65 5–21 (2–13)
CFE Arena (472)Orlando, FL
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, ADN
SMU W 66–54 6–21 (3–13)
CFE Arena (833)Orlando, FL
02/23/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3
Houston W 65–62 7–21 (4–13)
CFE Arena (436)Orlando, FL
02/29/2016 7:00 pm, ADN
at Temple
L 64–78 7–22 (4–14)
McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. SMU First Round L 74–83 OT
7–23
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
See also
References
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