2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball
WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record26–5 (13–1 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tamara Inoue
  • Aarika Hughes
  • Cecilia Russell-Nava
Home arenaPan American Center
Seasons
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 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Mark Trakh, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–5, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley and Texas–Rio Grande Valley to be champions of the WAC women's tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Arizona State.

Roster

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Jasmine Cooper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Lincoln HS Dallas, TX
G 2 Brooke Salas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr El Dorado HS Placentia, CA
G 3 Takiyah Lopez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Chapin HS El Paso, TX
G 4 Sasha Weber 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Timberline HS Lacey, WA
G 10 Emily Hardin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Monache HS Porterville, CA
G 11 Shanice Davis 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
G 12 Zaire Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Santa Margarita Catholic HS Dana Point, CA
F 20 Brandee Walton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. Mary's HS Surprise, AZ
G 21 Tamera William 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV
F 22 Tyler Ellis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Antelope HS Antelope, AZ
G 23 Abby Scott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Madras HS Madras, OR
F 24 Brianna Freeman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
F 33 Jeneva Toilolo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Farrington HS Honolulu, HI
G 35 Moriah Mack 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX
F 50 Tyesha Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Temple HS Temple, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 pm 		at North Dakota State W 79–69  1–0
 Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (587)
Fargo, ND
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm, AggieVision 		New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry 		W 78–59  2–0
 Pan American Center (885)
Las Cruces, NM
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm 		Sacramento State W 80–77  3–0
 Pan American Center (1,265)
Las Cruces, NM
11/24/2015*
5:00 pm 		Southern Utah W 74–60  4–0
 Pan American Center (700)
Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2015*
1:00 pm 		Northwestern State
Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic 		W 65–54  5–0
 Pan American Center (873)
Las Cruces, NM
11/28/2015*
7:00 pm 		Northern Arizona
Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic 		W 87–53  6–0
 Pan American Center (946)
Las Cruces, NM
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Arizona L 64–68  6–1
 McKale Center (741)
Tucson, AZ
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm, AggieVision 		UTEP
The Battle of I-10 		L 65–71  6–2
 Pan American Center (768)
Las Cruces, NM
12/14/2015*
7:00 pm 		Eastern New Mexico W 76–61  7–2
 Pan American Center (862)
Las Cruces, NM
12/17/2015*
8:00 pm 		at San Jose State W 75–66  8–2
 Event Center Arena (224)
San Jose, CA
12/20/2015*
2:00 pm 		at New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry 		W 52–47  9–2
 The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM
12/29/2015*
12:00 pm 		vs. Vanderbilt
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals 		L 45–71  9–3
 Rose Hill Gymnasium (832)
Bronx, NY
12/30/2015*
11:00 am 		vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game 		W 70–51  10–3
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
01/04/2016*
7:00 pm 		Western New Mexico W 68–39  11–3
 Pan American Center (855)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, AggieVision 		Utah Valley W 73–68  12–3
(1–0) 		Pan American Center (815)
Las Cruces, NM
01/09/2016
2:00 pm, AggieVision 		Grand Canyon W 60–58  13–3
(2–0) 		Pan American Center (879)
Las Cruces, NM
01/14/2016
6:00 pm 		at UMKC W 68–62  14–3
(3–0) 		Swinney Recreation Center (231)
Kansas City, MO
01/16/2016
1:00 pm 		at Chicago State W 70–60  15–3
(4–0) 		Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (110)
Chicago, IL
01/21/2016
7:00 pm, AggieVision 		Seattle W 69–54  16–3
(5–0) 		Pan American Center (1,070)
Las Cruces, NM
01/23/2016
2:00 pm, AggieVision 		Cal State Bakersfield W 86–63  17–3
(6–0) 		Pan American Center (5,034)
Las Cruces, NM
01/30/2016
6:00 pm 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 68–57  18–3
(7–0) 		UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709)
Edinburg, TX
02/04/2016
7:00 pm 		at Grand Canyon W 64–44  19–3
(8–0) 		GCU Arena (414)
Phoenix, AZ
02/06/2016
3:00 pm 		at Utah Valley W 59–53  20–3
(9–0) 		PE Building (353)
Orem, UT
02/13/2016
2:00 pm 		Chicago State W 76–63  21–3
(10–0) 		Pan American Center (1,305)
Las Cruces, NM
02/18/2016
8:00 pm 		at Cal State Bakersfield W 67–59  22–3
(11–0) 		Icardo Center (674)
Bakersfield, CA
02/20/2016
8:00 pm, ASN 		at Seattle W 66–56  23–3
(12–0) 		Connolly Center (342)
Seattle, WA
02/27/2016
2:00 pm 		UMKC W 78–74 OT 24–3
(13–0) 		Pan American Center (1,142)
Las Cruces, NM
03/05/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 55–66  24–4
(13–1) 		Pan American Center (1,618)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament
03/11/2016
1:00 pm 		vs. Utah Valley
Semifinals 		W 58–44  25–4
 Orleans Arena (1,618)
Paradise, NV
03/12/2016
2:00 pm, ESPNU 		vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Championship Game 		W 80–53  26–4
 Orleans Arena (777)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
5:30 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 11 Arizona State
First Round 		L 52–74  26–5
 Wells Fargo Arena (3,134)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ New Mexico State Athletics - 2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule