2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–25 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kim Beeston
  • Dionisio Gomez
  • Robert Yonce
Home arenaCentrum Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana State 14 – 4   .778 21 – 10   .677
Idaho † 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Eastern Washington 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625
North Dakota 13 – 5   .722 19 – 14   .576
Montana 12 – 6   .667 20 – 11   .645
Weber State 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
Sacramento State 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Idaho State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Northern Colorado 8 – 10   .444 13 – 16   .448
Northern Arizona 2 – 16   .111 6 – 24   .200
Southern Utah 2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167
Portland State 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2016 Big Sky tournament winner
As of March 26, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The T–Birds, were led by second year head coach Chris Boettcher and played their home games at Centrum Arena. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 2–16 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Sacramento State.

Roster

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 4 Ashleigh Munns 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr SEEVIC College Basildon, Essex, England
F 10 Taylor Baird 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Glacier Peak Snohomish, WA
G 12 Kristine Conley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Weber Ogden, UT
G 14 Breanu Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Piedmont Oklahoma City, OK
F 15 Emma Weinreich 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Arroyo Grande
Allan Hancock College 		Pismo Beach, CA
F 21 Donna Koerber 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr St. Joseph
College of DuPage 		Bensenville, IL
G/F 22 Tiffany Dunlap 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Prestonwood Christian Academy Plano, TX
F 24 Tiarra Mcdonald 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Northside Fort Smith, AR
G 30 Maren Herrud 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Highland Pocatello, ID
G 34 Sarah McGee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Black Hills Tumwater, WA
F 40 Darri Frandsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Panguitch Panguitch, UT
F 43 Jessica Richardson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Davis Kaysville, UT
G 55 Jamie Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Riverton
USU–Eastern 		Riverton, UT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		CSU–Pueblo L 51–74 
Centrum Arena (500)
Cedar City, UT
11/09/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Hope International L 64–75 
Centrum Arena (556)
Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
4:00 pm 		at UNLV L 44–79  0–1
 Thomas & Mack Center (1,622)
Paradise, NV
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Utah Valley L 58–70  0–2
 UCCU Center (389)
Orem, UT
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		UC Irvine L 58–63  0–3
 Centrum Arena (531)
Cedar City, UT
11/24/2015*
5:00 pm 		at New Mexico State L 60–74  0–4
 Pan American Center (531)
Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2015*
7:00 pm 		at New Mexico
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals 		L 47–70  0–5
 The Pit (5,144)
Albquerque, NM
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm 		vs. North Carolina A&T
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game 		L 65–78  0–6
 The Pit 
Albquerque, NM
12/01/2015*
1:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Cal State Northridge W 67–65  1–6
 Centrum Arena (936)
Cedar City, UT
12/04/2015*
5:00 pm 		at USC L 32–71  1–7
 Lyon Center (492)
Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2015*
6:30 pm 		Air Force W 75–56  2–7
 Centrum Arena (465)
Cedar City, UT
12/20/2015*
2:30 pm 		at TCU L 47–76  2–8
 Schollmaier Arena (4,715)
Fort Worth, TX
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Bristol University W 99–37  3–8
 Centrum Arena (355)
Cedar City, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015
2:00 pm 		at Montana State L 59–86  3–9
(0–1) 		Worthington Arena (1,223)
Bozeman, MT
01/02/2016
2:00 pm 		at Montana L 60–66  3–10
(0–2) 		Dahlberg Arena (3,024)
Missoula, MT
01/09/2016
2:00 pm 		at Northern Arizona L 48–57  3–11
(0–3) 		Walkup Skydome (227)
Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Eastern Washington L 82–85  3–12
(0–4) 		Centrum Arena (637)
Cedar City, UT
01/16/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Idaho L 51–62  3–13
(0–5) 		Centrum Arena (558)
Cedar City, UT
01/21/2016
7:00 pm 		at Northern Colorado L 44–64  3–14
(0–6) 		Bank of Colorado Arena (844)
Greeley, CO
01/23/2016
1:00 pm, FCS 		at North Dakota L 56–68  3–15
(0–7) 		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,077)
Grand Forks, ND
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Idaho State L 67–71  3–16
(0–8) 		Centrum Arena (1,051)
Cedar City, UT
01/30/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Weber State L 51–70  3–17
(0–9) 		Centrum Arena (815)
Cedar City, UT
02/04/2016
6:00 pm 		at Idaho L 48–93  3–18
(0–10) 		Cowan Spectrum (674)
Moscow, ID
02/06/2016
7:00 pm 		at Eastern Washington L 53–64  3–19
(0–11) 		Reese Court (789)
Cheney, WA
02/11/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Montana L 50–81  3–20
(0–12) 		Centrum Arena (426)
Cedar City, UT
02/13/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Montana State L 66–87  3–21
(0–13) 		Centrum Arena (1,211)
Cedar City, UT
02/18/2016
7:00 pm 		at Weber State L 56–75  3–22
(0–14) 		Dee Events Center (607)
Ogden, UT
02/20/2016
2:00 pm 		at Idaho State L 47–64  3–23
(0–15) 		Reed Gym (1,132)
Pocatello, ID
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Northern Arizona W 73–68  4–23
(1–15) 		Centrum Arena (473)
Cedar City, UT
03/02/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Sacramento State L 72–82  4–24
(1–16) 		Centrum Arena (487)
Cedar City, UT
03/04/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9 		Portland State W 76–64  5–24
(2–16) 		Centrum Arena (502)
Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016
6:35 pm 		vs. Sacramento State
First Round 		L 89–102  5–25
 Reno Events Center (1,274)
Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2015–16 Southern Utah T–Birds basketball Schedule". SUUTbirds.com.