2015–16 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

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2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon State †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 11 Arizona State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
No. 13 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
Washington	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
Oregon	9	–	9		.500			24	–	11		.686
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
USC	6	–	12		.333			19	–	13		.594
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
California	4	–	14		.222			15	–	17		.469
Arizona	3	–	15		.167			13	–	19		.406
Colorado	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The cougars, led by ninth year head coach June Daugherty, played their games at the Beasley Coliseum and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to USC.

Roster

2015–16 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Caila Hailey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Serra HS Inglewood, CA G 2 Krystle McKenzie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr XXXX Brisbane, Australia F 4 Louise Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So XXXX Melbourne, Australia G 10 Alexas Williamson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mater Dei Chino Hills, CA G 11 Dawnyelle Awa 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Konawaena HS Kealakekua, HI G 12 Taylor Edmundson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Carlsbad HS Carlsbad, NM F 15 Ivana Kmetovska 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Orce Nikolov Skopeje, Macedonia C 20 Maria Kostourkova 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr E.S.P.J.A.L. Lisbon, Portugal F 21 Nike McClure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr W. F. West HS Tenino, WA G 22 Pinelopi Pavlopoulou 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So ACS Athens Athens, Greece G 23 Alexys Swedlund 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD C 24 Bianca Blanaru 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So XXXX Timișoara, Romania F 34 Mariah Cooks 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Ernest Righetti Santa Maria, CA F 45 Borislava Hristova 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Georgi Benkovski Varna, Bulgaria	Head coach June Daugherty (Ohio State) Assistant coach(es) Mike Daugherty (Ohio State) Ashley Grover (Washington State) Rod Jensen (Redlands) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 1:00 PM		Lewis–Clark State	W 79–37		Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:30 PM		UC Santa Barbara	W 61–44	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (3,011) Pullman, WA
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM		Hampton	W 68–61	2–0	Beasley Coliseum (429) Pullman, WA
11/20/2015* 6:30 PM		vs. Nevada Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 70–57	3–0	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
11/22/2015* 7:00 PM		at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 62–52	4–0	Stan Sheriff Center (2,342) Honolulu, HI
11/27/2015* 7:00 PM		San Jose State	W 95–80	5–0	Beasley Coliseum (632) Pullman, WA
11/30/2015* 5:00 PM		at Oklahoma State	L 60–70	5–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,410) Stillwater, OK
12/03/2015* 6:00 PM		at Boise State	W 57–52	6–1	Taco Bell Arena (863) Boise, ID
12/06/2015* 1:00 PM		at San Diego	W 78–72	7–1	Jenny Craig Pavilion (774) San Diego, CA
12/08/2015* 6:00 PM, P12N		Gonzaga	W 55–48	8–1	Beasley Coliseum (1,302) Pullman, WA
12/12/2015* 1:00 PM		at Saint Mary's	L 71–75	8–2	McKeon Pavilion (257) Moraga, CA
12/20/2015* 5:00 PM, ESPN3		at Kansas	W 66–53	9–2	Allen Fieldhouse (2,184) Lawrence, KS
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2015 8:00 PM, P12N		Washington	L 64–79	9–3 (0–1)	Beasley Coliseum (837) Pullman, WA
01/02/2016 4:00 PM, P12N		at Utah	L 71–73	9–4 (0–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,151) Salt Lake City, UT
01/04/2016 7:00 PM, P12N		at Colorado	W 74–66	10–4 (1–2)	Coors Events Center (1,595) Boulder, CO
01/08/2016 7:00 PM		Arizona	W 67–46	11–4 (2–2)	Beasley Coliseum (756) Pullman, WA
01/10/2016 12:00 PM, P12N		No. 14 Arizona State	L 45–63	11–5 (2–3)	Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA
01/15/2016 8:00 PM, P12N		No. 25 USC	W 73–61	12–5 (3–3)	Beasley Coliseum (772) Pullman, WA
01/17/2016 12:00 PM, P12N		No. 17 UCLA	L 73–75	12–6 (3–4)	Beasley Coliseum (568) Pullman, WA
01/23/2016 2:00 PM, P12N		at Washington	L 63–69	12–7 (3–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,157) Seattle, WA
01/29/2016 6:00 PM, P12N		at California	L 71–74	12–8 (3–6)	Haas Pavilion (1,178) Berkeley, CA
01/31/2016 12:00 PM, P12N		at No. 16 Stanford	L 52–69	12–9 (3–7)	Maples Pavilion (3,421) Stanford, CA
02/05/2016 8:00 PM, P12N		Oregon	L 48–73	12–10 (3–8)	Beasley Coliseum (784) Pullman, WA
02/07/2016 11:00 AM		No. 9 Oregon State	L 45–54	12–11 (3–9)	Beasley Coliseum (687) Pullman, WA
02/12/2016 7:00 PM		at No. 14 UCLA	L 61–73	12–12 (3–10)	Pauley Pavilion (1,660) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2016 4:00 PM, P12N		at USC	L 62–64	12–13 (3–11)	Galen Center (790) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2016 5:00 PM, P12N		at No. 9 Arizona State	L 39–61	12–14 (3–12)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,851) Tempe, AZ
02/21/2016 12:00 PM		at Arizona	W 62–61	13–14 (4–12)	McKale Center (1,225) Tucson, AZ
02/25/2016 7:00 PM		Colorado	W 83–70	14–14 (5–12)	Beasley Coliseum (718) Pullman, WA
02/27/2016 11:00 AM, P12N		Utah	L 69–75	14–15 (5–13)	Beasley Coliseum (788) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 6:00 PM, P12N		vs. USC First Round	L 73–77	14–16	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team