2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	16–15 (8–6 WAC)
Head coach	Cathy Nixon (20th season);
Assistant coaches	Jason Glover; Adam Wardenburg; Caitlyn Sears;
Home arena	UCCU Center; PE Building
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

Cathy Nixon (BYU)

Assistant coach(es)

Jason Glover (Grand Canyon)
Adam Wardenburg (Utah State)
Caitlyn Sears (Southern Utah)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	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.

References

^ http://wolverinegreen.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

[1] ttp://wolverinegreen.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References