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
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 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

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

Roster

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
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	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

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