2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record 1615 (86 WAC)
Head coach Cathy Nixon (20th year)
Assistant coach Jason Glover
Assistant coach Adam Wardenburg
Assistant coach Caitlyn Sears
Home arena UCCU Center
PE Building
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 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.

Roster

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 3 Seals, MariahMariah Seals 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Miramonte Richmond, CA
G 5 Agnew, GeorgiaGeorgia Agnew 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Salem Hills Hamilton, New Zealand
G 11 Huggins, QuynneQuynne Huggins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Millennium Goodyear, AZ
F 12 MaWhinney, RebeccaRebecca MaWhinney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Wasatch Midway, UT
F 13 Norris, KarleeKarlee Norris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Mountain Crest Hyrum, UT
G 14 Perry, KendallKendall Perry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Highland Gilbert, AZ
G 20 Toston, PatricePatrice Toston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Franklin
Southern Idaho
Seattle, WA
G 21 Spooner-Knight, RhiahRhiah Spooner-Knight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Sacred Heart Girls' College Hamilton, New Zealand
G 22 Gordon, TaylorTaylor Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So North Sanpete Mount Pleasant, UT
G/F 23 McCann, KelseyKelsey McCann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lone Peak Highland, UT
G 25 Preciado, VeronicaVeronica Preciado 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Grant Union Sacramento, CA
G 35 Blanks, DeijahDeijah Blanks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Mount Miguel San Diego, CA
C 40 Loggins, SamSam Loggins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Mountain View Boise, ID
C 44 Nelson, HadleyHadley 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

[1]

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

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