2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record16–15 (8–6 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Glover
  • Adam Wardenburg
  • Caitlyn Sears
Home arenaUCCU Center
PE Building
Seasons
2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State † 13 – 1   .929 26 – 5   .839
UTRGV 9 – 5   .643 19 – 14   .576
Grand Canyon* 8 – 6   .571 16 – 15   .516
Utah Valley 8 – 6   .571 16 – 15   .516
Cal State Bakersfield 8 – 6   .571 12 – 19   .387
UMKC 5 – 9   .357 10 – 18   .357
Seattle 3 – 11   .214 9 – 21   .300
Chicago State 2 – 12   .143 4 – 25   .138
† 2016 WAC tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016
* Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Cathy Nixon enteres the season as head coach for the 20th consecutive season. The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center and the PE Building as members of the WAC. They finished the season 16–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a 3 tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC women's tournament, where they lost to New Mexico State.

Roster

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Mariah Seals 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Miramonte Richmond, CA
G 5 Georgia Agnew 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Salem Hills Hamilton, New Zealand
G 11 Quynne Huggins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Millennium Goodyear, AZ
F 12 Rebecca MaWhinney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Wasatch Midway, UT
F 13 Karlee Norris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Mountain Crest Hyrum, UT
G 14 Kendall Perry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Highland Gilbert, AZ
G 20 Patrice Toston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Franklin
Southern Idaho 		Seattle, WA
G 21 Rhiah Spooner-Knight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Sacred Heart Girls' College Hamilton, New Zealand
G 22 Taylor Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So North Sanpete Mount Pleasant, UT
G/F 23 Kelsey McCann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lone Peak Highland, UT
G 25 Veronica Preciado 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Grant Union Sacramento, CA
G 35 Deijah Blanks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Mount Miguel San Diego, CA
C 40 Sam Loggins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Mountain View Boise, ID
C 44 Hadley Nelson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Highland Gilbert, AZ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
3:00 pm 		CSU Pueblo L 53–67 
PE Building 
Orem, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
3:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 62–78  0–1
 Marriott Center (898)
Provo, UT
11/14/2015*
4:00 pm 		Bethesda University W 91–64  1–1
 UCCU Center (202)
Orem, UT
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm 		Southern Utah W 70–58  2–1
 UCCU Center (389)
Orem, UT
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Boise State W 72–70  3–1
 Taco Bell Arena (504)
Boise, ID
11/21/2015*
3:00 pm 		Dixie State W 77–63  4–1
 PE Building (314)
Orem, UT
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm 		San Francisco W 94–88 OT 5–1
 UCCU Center (241)
Orem, UT
11/27/2015*
5:00 pm 		at Nevada
Nugget Classic 		W 73–65  6–1
 Lawlor Events Center (1,857)
Reno, NV
11/28/2015*
3:00 pm 		vs. Alabama
Nugget Classic 		L 60–67  6–2
 Lawlor Events Center (964)
Reno, NV
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Eastern Washington L 64–68  6–3
 Reese Court (154)
Cheney, WA
12/05/2015*
5:00 pm 		at Oregon L 68–79  6–4
 Matthew Knight Arena (1,033)
Eugene, OR
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm 		Utah State L 72–76  6–5
 PE Building (323)
Orem, UT
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm 		at Weber State L 54–61  6–6
 Dee Events Center (783)
Ogden, UT
12/22/2015*
1:00 pm 		at Nebraska–Omaha W 74–59  7–6
 Baxter Arena (268)
Omaha, NE
12/29/2015*
3:00 pm 		Idaho State L 47–56  7–7
 UCCU Center (209)
Orem, UT
12/31/2015*
3:00 pm 		UC Davis L 55–59  7–8
 PE Building (184)
Orem, UT
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm 		at New Mexico State L 68–73  7–9
(0–1) 		Pan American Center (815)
Las Cruces, NM
01/09/2016
7:00 pm 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 48–61  7–10
(0–2) 		UTRGV Fieldhouse (611)
Edinburg, TX
01/16/2016
3:00 pm 		Grand Canyon L 53–61  7–11
(0–3) 		PE Building (201)
Orem, UT
01/21/2016
5:00 pm 		UMKC W 79–71  8–11
(1–3) 		UCCU Center (222)
Orem, UT
01/23/2016
3:00 pm 		Chicago State W 74–46  9–11
(2–3) 		UCCU Center (235)
Orem, UT
01/28/2016
8:00 pm 		at Seattle W 61–44  10–11
(3–3) 		Connolly Center (207)
Seattle, WA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm 		at Cal State Bakersfield L 54–61  10–12
(4–3) 		Icardo Center (822)
Bakersfield, CA
02/04/2016
11:00 am 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 71–57  11–12
(4–4) 		PE Building (1,389)
Orem, UT
02/06/2016
3:00 pm 		New Mexico State L 53–59  11–13
(4–5) 		PE Building (353)
Orem, UT
02/13/2016
3:00 pm 		Cal State Bakersfield W 72–53  12–13
(5–5) 		PE Building (276)
Orem, UT
02/18/2016
6:00 pm 		at Chicago State W 69–62  13–13
(6–5) 		Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (223)
Chicago, IL
02/20/2016
1:00 pm 		at UMKC W 58–44  14–13
(7–5) 		Swinney Recreation Center (411)
Kansas City, MO
02/27/2016
3:00 pm 		Seattle W 79–48  15–13
(8–5) 		PE Building (249)
Orem, UT
03/05/2016
4:00 pm 		at Grand Canyon L 64–65  15–14
(8–6) 		GCU Arena (362)
Phoenix, AZ
WAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2016
3:00 pm 		vs. UMKC
Quarterfinals 		W 61–53  16–14
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/11/2016
1:00 pm 		vs. New Mexico State
Semifinals 		L 44–58  16–15
 Orleans Arena (1,618)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".