NCA&T Women's Basketball Unveils 2015-16 Schedule

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- As the North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team continues to compete for dominance in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and chase after a conference championship, its 2015-16 schedule announced on Friday looks to prepare the Aggies for success.

The Aggies are coming off a 20-11 ledger during the 2014-15 season that produced their third consecutive 20-win season under head coach Tarrell Robinson. A&T has also maintained its supremacy at home by posting a 35-5 record at Corbett Sports Center for the last three seasons. Despite the Aggies success and two postseason appearances in the WNIT under Robinson, the Aggies are trying to advance beyond the MEAC tournament semifinals, where their dreams of earning an NCAA tournament bid have been halted the past three seasons.

A&T believes it has the answer which rests in its 2015-16 schedule which features five non-conference opponents who appeared in the postseason, 12 home games, and a pair of exciting holiday tournaments.

“Our 2015-2016 schedule is by far our toughest schedule in my tenure here,” Robinson said. “We will be fortunate enough again this season to open up at home which is special to us. We love giving our fans a first glimpse at what's in store for the upcoming season. We will also participate in two tournaments during Thanksgiving and before Christmas to give us that tournament feel before we participate in the MEAC tournament at the end of our regular season.”

After opening up the schedule at home against Florida Gulf Coast (Nov. 13) who is the reigning Atlantic Sun champion and appeared in the NCAA tournament, A&T will visit Campbell (Nov. 18) and Navy (Nov. 22) before heading to the New Mexico Thanksgiving Tournament in Albuquerque. The two-day tournament beginning on Nov. 27 will feature Duquesne who participated in last season’s WNIT, New Mexico who competed in the WBI last year and Southern Utah.

A&T returns to Corbett for a three-game homestand beginning with North Greenville (Dec. 2). The Aggies will kick off the conference schedule against Howard (Dec. 5) and UMES (Dec. 7) at Corbett.

Up next for the Aggies will be a road matchup against Ohio State (Dec. 13), who advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament last year. The Wichita State Christmas tournament (Dec.18-19) hosted by the Shockers, who also appeared in last season’s NCAA tournament, will also feature North Dakota State.

A pair of non-conference games against Pfeiffer (Dec. 30) and VCU (Jan. 2) are scheduled before the Aggies resume conference play on the road at Savannah State (Jan.9), the current MEAC tournament champions and S.C. State (Jan. 11).

“I think we put together a strong enough schedule to really give us a chance to compete for a championship when we start conference play in January,” Robinson said. “We understand that we need to give our ladies a challenging non-conference schedule to prepare them for the teams we compete against in the MEAC.”

Virginia foes Hampton (Jan. 16) and Norfolk State (Jan. 18) who haven’t faced A&T at Corbett Sports Center in five and four years respectively will make their way back as Delaware State (Jan. 25) and Savannah State (Jan. 30) close out the month of January.

A&T opens February in Durham against rival N.C. Central (Feb. 6) and continues its schedule including Florida A&M (Feb. 13), Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 15), Morgan State (Feb. 22), Florida A&M (Feb. 27), and Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 29). The Aggies conclude the regular season at home against N.C. Central (Mar. 3) before participating in the MEAC tournament March 7-12 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va.

A&T 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule



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