2015–16 Bradley Braves women's basketball team

2015–16 Bradley Braves women's basketball
2015–16 Bradley Braves women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	9–22 (4–14 The Valley)
Head coach	Michael Brooks (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Lindsay Schultz; Lindsay Weiss; Skyler Young;
Home arena	Renaissance Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Missouri State †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Drake	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Southern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Loyola-Chicago	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Indiana State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Illinois State	6	–	12	.333	8	–	22	.267
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	22	.267
Bradley	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Evansville	1	–	17	.056	3	–	28	.097


† 2016 MVC tournament winner As of March 24, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Bradley Braves women's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Braves were led by fourth year head coach Michael Brooks. The Braves were members of the Missouri Valley Conference and played their home games at Renaissance Coliseum. They finished the season 9–22, 4–14 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Iowa.

On March 14, Michael Brooks was fired.^[1] He finished at Bradley with a four year record 37–84.

Roster

2015–16 Bradley Braves women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Danielle Brewer	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Home schooled	Coatsville, IN
G	2	Daija Hurks	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, IL
F	3	Briana Gray (I)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Nicolet Saint Louis	Milwaukee, WI
G	10	Gabby Green	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Pius XI	Milwaukee, WI
F	11	Tamya Sims	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Oak Creek	Milwaukee, WI
G	12	Kellee Clay	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Metea Valley	Naperville, IL
G	14	Kat Yelle	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Geneva Ohio	Geneva, IL
G	15	Emily Eshoo	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Benet Academy	Naperville, IL
G	20	Shareece Burrell	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	East	Des Moines, IA
C	21	Haley Van Cleave	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Hemptead	Dubuque, IA
G	23	Leti Lerma	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Muscatine	Muscatine, IA
G	24	Sameia Kendall	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Raytown Johnson County	Kansas City, MO
G	30	Whitney Tinjum	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Chisago Lakes Washington State	Stacy, MN
G	32	Madison Dellamuth	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Prairie	Cedar Rapids, IA
G	33	Anneke Schlueter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Max-Weber-Schule	Ulm, Germany
F	44	Vanessa Markert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Brown County	Mount Sterling, IL

Head coach

Michael Brooks (Western Colorado)

Assistant coach(es)

Lindsay Schultz (Cardinal Stritch)
Lindsay Weiss (Central Washington)
Skyler Young (Western Michigan)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[2]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015* 2:00 pm	McKendree	W 52–38		Renaissance Coliseum Peoria, IL
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm	Missouri–Saint Louis	W 78–65		Renaissance Coliseum (512) Peoria, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Detroit	W 75–67	1–0	Calihan Hall (255) Detroit, MI
11/15/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bowling Green	L 53–66	1–1	Stroh Center (1,506) Bowling Green, OH
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 17 Oklahoma	L 46–79	1–2	Renaissance Coliseum (778) Peoria, IL
11/24/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3	Western Michigan	L 59–72	1–3	Renaissance Coliseum (1,504) Peoria, IL
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Eureka	W 87–47	2–3	Renaissance Coliseum (609) Peoria, IL
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm	at Chicago State	W 66–60	3–3	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (225) Chicago, IL
12/05/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3	UIC	L 56–66	3–4	Renaissance Coliseum (521) Peoria, IL
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Kent State	W 68–60	4–4	Renaissance Coliseum (412) Peoria, IL
12/19/2015* 5:00 pm	at Iowa	L 53–60	4–5	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,051) Iowa City, IA
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	L 64–68	4–6	Convocation Center (409) DeKalb, IL
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm	at Saint Louis	L 58–75	4–7	Chaifetz Arena (1,513) St. Louis, MO
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
01/03/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	L 54–67	4–8 (0–1)	Renaissance Coliseum (572) Peoria, IL
01/08/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	L 49–75	4–9 (0–2)	SIU Arena (593) Carbondale, IL
01/10/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Evansville	L 46–62	4–10 (0–3)	Ford Center (429) Evansville, IN
01/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Missouri State	L 44–55	4–11 (0–4)	Renaissance Coliseum (491) Peoria, IL
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 50–44	5–11 (1–4)	Renaissance Coliseum (768) Peoria, IL
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Illinois State	L 49–54	5–12 (1–5)	Redbird Arena (1,142) Normal, IL
01/24/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 37–59	5–13 (1–6)	Hulman Center (1,650) Terre Haute, IN
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Drake	L 64–76	5–14 (1–7)	Renaissance Coliseum (591) Peoria, IL
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Iowa	L 47–55	5–15 (1–8)	Renaissance Coliseum (1,015) Peoria, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 66–52	6–15 (2–8)	Renaissance Coliseum (471) Peoria, IL
02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 51–65	6–16 (2–9)	Renaissance Coliseum (676) Peoria, IL
02/12/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Wichita State	W 55–50	7–16 (3–9)	Charles Koch Arena (1,373) Wichita, KS
02/14/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Missouri State	L 56–59	7–17 (3–10)	JQH Arena (3,427) Springfield, MO
02/19/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State	L 59–68	7–18 (3–11)	Renaissance Coliseum (698) Peoria, IL
02/21/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 52–38	8–18 (4–11)	Renaissance Coliseum (717) Peoria, IL
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 41–65	8–19 (4–12)	McLeod Center (1,505) Cedar Falls, IA
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Drake	L 45–78	8–20 (4–13)	Knapp Center (2,433) Des Moines, IA
03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Loyola-Chicago	L 63–69	8–21 (4–14)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/10/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Wichita State First Round	W 56–51	9–21	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/11/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Northern Iowa Quarterfinals	L 45–46	9–22	iWireless Center Moline, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

[1] "Bradley fires women's coach Michael Brooks".

[2] "Women's Basketball".

[1]

[2]

v t e Bradley Braves women's basketball
Venues	Robertson Memorial Field House (1982–2008) Lorene Ramsey Gymnasium (2008–2010) Renaissance Coliseum (2010–present)
Rivalries	Illinois State
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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule

See also

References