2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	19–14 (10–8 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green; Stacy Clinesmith; Craig Fortier;
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Saint Mary's	14	–	4	.778	24	–	8	.750
San Diego	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
Santa Clara	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Gonzaga	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
San Francisco †	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Pepperdine	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226
Portland	1	–	17	.056	3	–	27	.100

† Tournament winner As of March 22, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs were led by second year head coach Lisa Fortier. The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Riverside in the first round before losing to Utah in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	1	Chelsea Waters	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Lewiston	Lewiston, ID
G	4	Makenlee Williams (I)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Syrause Utah State	Syracuse, UT
G	5	Georgia Stirton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Waverly Falcons North Idaho College	Melbourne, Australia
G	10	Zhane Templeton	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	South Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX
G	11	Laura Stockton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Gonzaga Prep	Spokane, WA
C	12	Emma Wolfram	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS So	South Kamloops	Kamloops, BC
F	13	Jill Barta	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Fairfield	Fairfield, MT
G	14	Emma Stach	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Avides Hurricanes	Buchholz, Germany
G	20	Kacie Bosch	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Chinook	Lethbridge, AB
F	22	Shaniqua Nilles	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	West Valley	Spokane, WA
F	23	Kiara Kudron	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Huron High School	New Boston, MI
G	30	Chandler Smith (I)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Brewster Nebraska	Brewster, WA
G	31	Elle Tinkle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Big Sky	Missoula, MT
G	32	Melissa Holland (W)	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Sacred Heart Preparatory	Atherton, CA
F	33	Zykera Rice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Clover Park	Lakewood, WA
C	44	Shelby Cheslek	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Sr	Pullman	Pullman, WA

Head coach

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Carroll (Montana)	W 64–31		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,405) Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Air Force	W 88–35	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,574) Spokane, WA
11/15/2015* 1:00 pm, SWX	No. 16 Stanford	L 48–65	1–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/19/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Eastern Washington	W 78–56	2–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,439) Spokane, WA
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	West Virginia Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 62–57	3–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,509) Spokane, WA
11/23/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Grand Canyon Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 70–44	4–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,222) Spokane, WA
11/24/2015* 6:00 pm, SWX	USC Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 56–60	4–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,154) Spokane, WA
11/29/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3	vs. North Carolina Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 62–67	4–3	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
12/03/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Wyoming	W 61–57 ^OT	5–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212) Spokane, WA
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, SWX	Montana State	W 65–52	6–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/08/2015* 6:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State	L 48–55	6–4	Beasley Coliseum (1,302) Pullman, WA
12/11/2015* 4:00 pm, TWCS OH	at Dayton	W 57–47	7–4	UD Arena (2,533) Dayton, OH
12/13/2015* 11:00 am, PLN	at Colgate	W 80–50	8–4	Cotterell Court (522) Hamilton, NY
WCC regular season
12/21/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pepperdine	W 74–57	9–4 (1–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (201) Malibu, CA
12/23/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Loyola Marymount	W 66–59	10–4 (2–0)	Gersten Pavilion (401) Los Angeles, CA
12/31/2015 5:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Francisco	W 68–47	11–4 (3–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,733) Spokane, WA
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Santa Clara	W 53–44	12–4 (4–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Portland	W 71–63	13–4 (5–0)	Chiles Center (395) Portland, OR
01/14/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv	at BYU	L 54–58	13–5 (5–1)	Marriott Center (1,235) Provo, UT
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Diego	L 54–63	13–6 (5–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (652) San Diego, CA
01/21/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Saint Mary's	L 68–69	13–7 (5–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,593) Spokane, WA
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, SWX	Pacific	W 68–61	14–7 (6–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,503) Spokane, WA
01/28/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Santa Clara	L 64–71	14–8 (6–4)	Leavey Center (400) Santa Clara, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Francisco	L 52–71	14–9 (6–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (567) San Francisco, CA
02/04/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Loyola Marymount	W 83–68	15–9 (7–5)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,127) Spokane, WA
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, SWX	Pepperdine	W 56–39	16–9 (8–5)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Portland	W 86–51	17–9 (9–5)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,559) Spokane, WA
02/18/2016 6:30 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	L 47–66	17–10 (9–6)	McKeon Pavilion (405) Moraga, CA
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pacific	L 83–84 ^OT	17–11 (9–7)	Alex G. Spanos Center (692) Stockton, CA
02/25/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Diego	L 57–58	17–12 (9–8)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,630) Spokane, WA
02/27/2016 2:00 pm, SWX	BYU	W 73–55	18–12 (10–8)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 8:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Santa Clara Quarterfinals	L 58–59	18–13	Orleans Arena (6,071) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2016* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	UC Riverside First Round	W 88–54	19–13	McCarthey Athletic Center (1,309) Spokane, WA
03/21/2016* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	Utah Second Round	L 77–92	19–14	McCarthey Athletic Center (3,000) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

References

^ http://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gonz-w-baskbl-sched.html

[1] ttp://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gonz-w-baskbl-sched.html

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v t e Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
Venues	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1986–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present)
Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog "Go, Gonzaga!"
People	Head coaches Record holders
Retired numbers	21
Seasons	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References