2015-16 Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball Season — Schedule, Stats, Results

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2015-16 Iowa Women's Basketball

19-14

Overall

8-10

Big Ten

#23

Peak AP rank

Lisa Bluder

Head coach

2015-16 Schedule 33 games

Date	Opponent	Score
Nov 13	Home North Dakota	83–61	W
Nov 15	Home Tennessee-Martin	62–56	W
Nov 19	Home Western Illinois	96–81	W
Nov 22	Away Northern Iowa	80–65	W
Nov 26	Home Wright State	83–77	W
Nov 27	Home George Washington	77–81	L
Nov 28	Home Houston	64–50	W
Dec 2	Away Virginia	85–73	W
Dec 6	Home Robert Morris	69–50	W
Dec 11	Away Iowa State	66–69	L
Dec 19	Home Bradley	60–53	W
Dec 22	Home Drake	89–76	W
Dec 31	Away Nebraska	74–68	W
Jan 4	Home Rutgers	69–65	W
Jan 7	Away Michigan	75–82	L
Jan 10	Home Maryland	56–76	L
Jan 13	Away Wisconsin	57–54	W
Jan 16	Away Michigan State	73–80	L
Jan 20	Home Penn State	69–82	L
Jan 24	Away Purdue	73–90	L
Jan 28	Home Michigan	85–69	W
Jan 31	Away Northwestern	79–64	W
Feb 4	Away Indiana	74–79	L
Feb 7	Home Michigan State	69–74	L
Feb 11	Home Ohio State	81–98	L
Feb 15	Away Minnesota	76–78	L
Feb 18	Home Purdue	63–55	W
Feb 21	Home Indiana	76–73	W
Feb 24	Away Penn State	68–81	L
Feb 27	Home Illinois	61–56	W
Mar 3	Away Michigan	97–85	W
Mar 4	Away Maryland	55–75	L
Mar 17	Home Ball State	72–77	L

Team & Player Stats

Per-game averages and the year's standout players. Full box-score totals, advanced metrics, and game-by-game logs.

Per-Game Averages

Points

73.2 vs 71.3

Iowa scored versus Iowa allowed per game.

+1.9 points per game

Field goal %

45.3% vs 42.1%

Shooting accuracy from the field — Iowa vs opponents.

+3.2 percentage points

3-point %

32.9% vs 33.3%

Three-point shooting — higher is better.

-0.4 percentage points

Free throw %

73.0% vs 69.9%

How often Iowa cashed in at the line.

+3.1 percentage points

Total rebounds

33.4 vs 33.0

Boards Iowa pulled down vs boards the other team got.

+0.4 rebounds per game

Assists

16.0 vs 14.2

Buckets set up by a teammate pass.

+1.8 assists per game

Turnovers

15.6 vs 13.2

Times Iowa lost the ball — lower is better.

+2.4 turnovers per game

Top Performers

Leading scorer

Ally Disterhoft

17.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.8 apg (33 games).

Top rebounder

Megan Gustafson

6.8 rpg, 10.7 ppg over 33 games.

Top playmaker

Tania Davis

3.4 apg, 8.1 ppg, 2.2 TO (33 games).

Team Stats per Game

Stat

Iowa

Opponents

Diff

Games

33.0

0.0

Minutes

40.5

0.0

26.7

27.3

-0.6

FGA

59.1

64.8

-5.7

FG%

45.3%

42.1%

+3.2

6.1

5.9

+0.2

3PA

18.4

17.8

+0.6

3P%

32.9%

33.3%

-0.4

20.7

21.4

-0.7

2PA

40.6

47.1

-6.5

2P%

50.9%

45.4%

+5.5

13.7

10.8

+2.9

FTA

18.8

15.5

+3.3

FT%

73.0%

69.9%

+3.1

ORB

9.2

11.1

-1.9

DRB

24.3

22.0

+2.3

TRB

33.4

33.0

+0.4

AST

16.0

14.2

+1.8

STL

6.1

8.5

-2.4

BLK

4.7

3.7

+1.0

TOV

15.6

13.2

+2.4

15.9

19.3

-3.4

PTS

73.2

71.3

+1.9

Player Stats — Per Game

Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
Ally DisterhoftG	33	33	36.6	6.0	11.2	53.5	1.3	3.2	41.3	3.9	5.3	72.7	5.5	2.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	17.1
Chase ColeyF	33	31	25.3	4.6	8.8	52.2	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.8	2.2	81.1	5.9	1.6	0.7	1.1	1.5	11.1
Megan GustafsonF-C	33	14	22.5	4.4	7.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	—	1.9	3.2	61.5	6.8	0.8	0.3	1.8	1.7	10.7
Whitney JenningsG	33	31	32.7	3.3	9.6	34.5	1.2	4.0	30.1	1.8	2.4	75.9	3.1	3.0	1.3	0.2	2.4	9.6
Tania DavisG	33	16	26.3	2.9	7.2	40.3	0.6	2.4	26.3	1.7	2.2	77.5	2.7	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.2	8.1
Alexa KastanekG	33	20	20.5	2.6	6.5	39.8	1.7	4.7	35.9	1.1	1.4	74.5	1.9	2.2	0.9	0.1	2.3	8.0
Kali PeschelF	32	20	17.9	1.5	4.1	35.9	0.6	2.1	28.8	1.1	1.3	83.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.5	4.7
Carly MohnsF	9	0	13.8	1.4	2.8	52.0	0.2	1.0	22.2	0.2	0.6	40.0	3.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	3.3
Christina ButtenhamF	31	0	15.5	1.1	3.0	37.6	0.6	1.8	31.6	0.2	0.3	60.0	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.2	3.0
Nicole SmithC	4	0	1.8	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Claire TillF	14	0	3.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	83.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4
Hannah StewartF	12	0	2.3	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.0	0.0	—	0.1	0.3	25.0	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4
Tagyn LarsonF	5	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hailey SchnedenF	2	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Stats — Advanced

Player	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	USG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	BPM	PProd
Ally DisterhoftG	33	1208	25.0	62.6	—	21.4	6.2	11.6	9.1	15.3	1.4	2.0	15.5	5.4	-0.1	5.3	8.9	535
Chase ColeyF	33	834	23.9	56.0	—	21.8	6.7	20.7	14.2	13.3	1.6	3.8	13.1	3.0	0.5	3.4	6.5	344
Nicole SmithC	4	7	15.9	100.0	—	6.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	1
Megan GustafsonF-C	33	744	26.7	56.9	—	23.8	14.9	21.5	18.4	7.5	0.7	6.7	15.3	2.8	0.4	3.2	6.0	336
Hannah StewartF	12	27	12.2	31.6	—	21.3	14.4	21.2	18.0	18.9	4.0	6.4	33.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	8
Carly MohnsF	9	124	15.2	54.8	—	13.4	10.5	17.5	14.2	14.5	0.4	1.4	20.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	4.1	34
Alexa KastanekG	33	678	15.7	55.2	—	22.5	1.3	9.6	5.7	20.4	2.4	0.4	24.4	1.3	0.0	1.3	3.3	255
Tania DavisG	33	867	15.5	49.3	—	19.2	1.9	10.0	6.2	23.3	2.3	0.3	20.9	1.6	0.0	1.6	2.9	292
Christina ButtenhamF	31	479	9.7	48.1	—	13.6	10.3	11.2	10.8	10.7	1.5	0.4	27.5	0.4	-0.1	0.4	1.9	113
Whitney JenningsG	33	1079	11.6	45.0	—	19.4	1.1	9.8	5.7	16.4	2.1	0.6	18.5	1.2	0.0	1.1	1.1	327
Tagyn LarsonF	5	10	1.9	—	—	0.0	0.0	11.4	6.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0
Kali PeschelF	32	572	10.3	49.2	—	16.9	7.3	16.8	12.3	8.2	1.0	1.4	24.1	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.3	156
Claire TillF	14	45	4.9	36.5	—	10.6	11.6	17.8	14.9	13.5	0.0	3.8	30.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.4	9
Hailey SchnedenF	2	1	0.0	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	-3.1	0

Game Logs

Date	Opp	Rslt	Shooting			3PT		Boards			Other
			FG-FGA	FG%	eFG%	3P-3PA	3P%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	TOV
Nov 13	North Dakota	W 83–61	31-71	43.7	50.0	9-20	45.0	16	24	40	19	6	12
Nov 15	UT Martin	W 62–56	21-49	42.9	50.0	7-24	29.2	6	24	30	14	5	11
Nov 19	Western Illinois	W 96–81 OT	38-83	45.8	48.8	5-25	20.0	14	34	48	24	8	15
Nov 22	@ Northern Iowa	W 80–65	30-60	50.0	55.8	7-19	36.8	10	32	42	17	5	19
Nov 26	Wright State	W 83–77	33-67	49.3	55.2	8-19	42.1	6	26	32	15	6	17
Nov 27	George Washington	L 77–81 2OT	26-60	43.3	47.5	5-21	23.8	4	27	31	12	9	22
Nov 28	Houston	W 64–50	20-52	38.5	45.2	7-20	35.0	8	31	39	12	5	17
Dec 2	@ Virginia	W 85–73	29-55	52.7	61.8	10-24	41.7	11	20	31	17	7	17
Dec 6	Robert Morris	W 69–50	27-61	44.3	47.5	4-19	21.1	10	26	36	18	6	13
Dec 11	@ Iowa State	L 66–69	23-62	37.1	40.3	4-14	28.6	10	21	31	11	9	10
Dec 19	Bradley	W 60–53	22-63	34.9	40.5	7-28	25.0	10	29	39	16	10	15
Dec 22	Drake	W 89–76	28-63	44.4	50.0	7-26	26.9	15	26	41	21	8	19
Dec 31	@ Nebraska	W 74–68	26-57	45.6	51.8	7-20	35.0	12	34	46	13	5	22
Jan 4	Rutgers	W 69–65	24-44	54.5	61.4	6-14	42.9	5	20	25	15	5	20
Jan 7	@ Michigan	L 75–82	28-61	45.9	53.3	9-25	36.0	6	21	27	19	4	17
Jan 10	Maryland	L 56–76	21-55	38.2	40.0	2-11	18.2	8	26	34	8	5	15
Jan 13	@ Wisconsin	W 57–54	23-54	42.6	49.1	7-19	36.8	7	22	29	9	6	13
Jan 16	@ Michigan State	L 73–80	25-56	44.6	52.7	9-18	50.0	10	24	34	13	1	17
Jan 20	Penn State	L 69–82	24-68	35.3	38.2	4-25	16.0	14	15	29	18	9	12
Jan 24	@ Purdue	L 73–90	26-50	52.0	58.0	6-13	46.2	6	12	18	15	7	18
Jan 28	Michigan	W 85–69	25-59	42.4	50.0	9-28	32.1	13	23	36	21	4	12
Jan 31	@ Northwestern	W 79–64	29-56	51.8	55.4	4-13	30.8	7	29	36	16	4	14
Feb 4	@ Indiana	L 74–79	29-60	48.3	51.7	4-12	33.3	7	23	30	9	6	12
Feb 7	Michigan State	L 69–74	26-53	49.1	52.8	4-10	40.0	10	23	33	15	9	19
Feb 11	Ohio State	L 81–98	32-71	45.1	47.9	4-15	26.7	10	28	38	17	4	15
Feb 15	@ Minnesota	L 76–78	28-71	39.4	42.3	4-19	21.1	16	24	40	17	4	11
Feb 18	Purdue	W 63–55	23-47	48.9	48.9	0-5	0.0	8	21	29	13	8	21
Feb 21	Indiana	W 76–73	29-61	47.5	52.5	6-13	46.2	8	24	32	16	5	12
Feb 24	@ Penn State	L 68–81	28-53	52.8	59.4	7-22	31.8	6	20	26	24	2	22
Feb 27	Illinois	W 61–56	24-57	42.1	48.2	7-28	25.0	8	28	36	20	6	15
Mar 3	@ Michigan	W 97–85	37-61	60.7	67.2	8-12	66.7	4	24	28	28	8	9
Mar 4	@ Maryland	L 55–75	21-48	43.8	50.0	6-9	66.7	5	14	19	12	9	21
Mar 17	Ball State	L 72–77	26-61	42.6	48.4	7-18	38.9	12	26	38	15	5	12

2015-16 Roster 14 players

#	Player	Class	Pos	Ht
1	Alexa Kastanek	JR	G	5-10
2	Ally Disterhoft	JR	G	6-0
3	Claire Till	SR	F	6-0
4	Chase Coley	SO	F	6-3
10	Megan Gustafson	FR	F-C	6-3
11	Tania Davis	FR	G	5-3
15	Whitney Jennings	SO	G	5-5
21	Hannah Stewart	FR	F	6-2
23	Christina Buttenham	SO	F	6-0
24	Tagyn Larson	FR	F	6-2
25	Kali Peschel	SR	F	6-1
34	Carly Mohns	SO	F	6-1
40	Hailey Schneden	JR	F	6-2
45	Nicole Smith	SR	C	6-4

2015-16 AP Poll Movement

AP Poll

Season

Final Ranking

Season Summary

Highest Rank: #23
Lowest Rank: #25
Weeks in Poll: 2
Total Weeks: 18

Week-by-week rankings

11/16

11/23

#25

11/30

12/7

#23

12/14

12/21

12/28

1/4

1/11

1/18

1/25

2/1

2/8

2/15

2/22

2/29

3/7

3/14

Updated Jun 1, 5:30 AM

Women's Basketball History

Season Snapshot 2015-16 at a glance

2015-16 Iowa Women's Basketball

By the Numbers

Memorable Games

Rankings & Streaks

Season Defining Games ranked wins, overtime battles, and heartbreakers

Beat Western Illinois

Signature Wins

Beat Northern Iowa

Beat Northwestern

Beat Virginia

Heartbreakers & Tough Tests

Lost OT vs George Washington

Faced #17 Michigan State

Faced #5 Maryland