2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represents Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Cathy Nixon enters the season as head coach for the 20th consecutive season. The Wolverines play 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.

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record16–15 (8–6 WAC)
Head coach
  • Cathy Nixon (20th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Glover
  • Adam Wardenburg
  • Caitlyn Sears
Home arenaUCCU Center
PE Building
Seasons
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
New Mexico State131 .929265 .839
UTRGV95 .6431914 .576
Grand Canyon*86 .5711615 .516
Utah Valley86 .5711615 .516
Cal State Bakersfield86 .5711219 .387
UMKC59 .3571018 .357
Seattle311 .214921 .300
Chicago State212 .143425 .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

Roster

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G3Mariah Seals5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)SoMiramonteRichmond, CA
G5Georgia Agnew5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)JrSalem HillsHamilton, New Zealand
G11Quynne Huggins6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrMillenniumGoodyear, AZ
F12Rebecca MaWhinney6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)JrWasatchMidway, UT
F13Karlee Norris6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)RS JrMountain CrestHyrum, UT
G14Kendall Perry5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)FrHighlandGilbert, AZ
G20Patrice Toston5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SrFranklin
Southern Idaho
Seattle, WA
G21Rhiah Spooner-Knight5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)JrSacred Heart Girls' CollegeHamilton, New Zealand
G22Taylor Gordon5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)SoNorth SanpeteMount Pleasant, UT
G/F23Kelsey McCann6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrLone PeakHighland, UT
G25Veronica Preciado5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)FrGrant UnionSacramento, CA
G35Deijah Blanks5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SoMount MiguelSan Diego, CA
C40Sam Loggins6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)SrMountain ViewBoise, ID
C44Hadley Nelson6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)FrHighlandGilbert, AZ
Head coach
  • Cathy Nixon (BYU)
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule and results

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
3:00 pm
CSU PuebloL 53–67 
PE Building 
Orem, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
3:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYUL 62–78 0–1
Marriott Center (898)
Provo, UT
11/14/2015*
4:00 pm
Bethesda UniversityW 91–64 1–1
UCCU Center (202)
Orem, UT
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
Southern UtahW 70–58 2–1
UCCU Center (389)
Orem, UT
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
at Boise StateW 72–70 3–1
Taco Bell Arena (504)
Boise, ID
11/21/2015*
3:00 pm
Dixie StateW 77–63 4–1
PE Building (314)
Orem, UT
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm
San FranciscoW 94–88 OT5–1
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 WashingtonL 64–68 6–3
Reese Court (154)
Cheney, WA
12/05/2015*
5:00 pm
at OregonL 68–79 6–4
Matthew Knight Arena (1,033)
Eugene, OR
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm
Utah StateL 72–76 6–5
PE Building (323)
Orem, UT
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
at Weber StateL 54–61 6–6
Dee Events Center (783)
Ogden, UT
12/22/2015*
1:00 pm
at Nebraska–OmahaW 74–59 7–6
Baxter Arena (268)
Omaha, NE
12/29/2015*
3:00 pm
Idaho StateL 47–56 7–7
UCCU Center (209)
Orem, UT
12/31/2015*
3:00 pm
UC DavisL 55–59 7–8
PE Building (184)
Orem, UT
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
at New Mexico StateL 68–73 7–9
(0–1)
Pan American Center (815)
Las Cruces, NM
01/09/2016
7:00 pm
at Texas–Rio Grande ValleyL 48–61 7–10
(0–2)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (611)
Edinburg, TX
01/16/2016
3:00 pm
Grand CanyonL 53–61 7–11
(0–3)
PE Building (201)
Orem, UT
01/21/2016
5:00 pm
UMKCW 79–71 8–11
(1–3)
UCCU Center (222)
Orem, UT
01/23/2016
3:00 pm
Chicago StateW 74–46 9–11
(2–3)
UCCU Center (235)
Orem, UT
01/28/2016
8:00 pm
at SeattleW 61–44 10–11
(3–3)
Connolly Center (207)
Seattle, WA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm
at Cal State BakersfieldL 54–61 10–12
(4–3)
Icardo Center (822)
Bakersfield, CA
02/04/2016
11:00 am
Texas–Rio Grande ValleyW 71–57 11–12
(4–4)
PE Building (1,389)
Orem, UT
02/06/2016
3:00 pm
New Mexico StateL 53–59 11–13
(4–5)
PE Building (353)
Orem, UT
02/13/2016
3:00 pm
Cal State BakersfieldW 72–53 12–13
(5–5)
PE Building (276)
Orem, UT
02/18/2016
6:00 pm
at Chicago StateW 69–62 13–13
(6–5)
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (223)
Chicago, IL
02/20/2016
1:00 pm
at UMKCW 58–44 14–13
(7–5)
Swinney Recreation Center (411)
Kansas City, MO
02/27/2016
3:00 pm
SeattleW 79–48 15–13
(8–5)
PE Building (249)
Orem, UT
03/05/2016
4:00 pm
at Grand CanyonL 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