2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record23–9 (13–5 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Shandrika Lee
  • Alex Carl
Home arenaLeavey Center
Seasons
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
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 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represented Santa Clara University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach JR Payne. The Broncos were members of the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament, where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Fresno State in the first round.

On March 28, 2016, Payne has accepted the head coaching job a Colorado.[1] She finished at Santa Clara with a 2 year record of 34–27.

Roster

2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Taylor Berry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So St. Mary's Martinez, CA
G 4 Dru Toleafoa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Brigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia
F 5 Beth Carlson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Archbishop Murphy Mill Creek, WA
G 10 Nicole Vander Helm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Holy Cross Regional Surrey, BC
G 12 Kyla Martin 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Etiwanda
East Los Angeles College 		Chino, CA
F 15 Marie Bertholdt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Alameda Alameda, CA
F 20 Lori Parkinson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Cyprus
Southern Utah 		West Valley, UT
G 22 Brooke Gallaway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Central Valley Greenacres, WA
G 24 Savanna Hanson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr King's Edmonds, WA
G 25 Emily Wolph 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
F 30 Andraya Flor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Seattle Prep Seattle, WA
F 32 Morgan McGwire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Reno Reno, NV
F 33 Devin Hudson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Colony
Long Beach State 		Ontario, CA
F 44 Maddison Allen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr John Paul College
Cal Poly 		Brisbane, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2015*
6:00 pm 		Notre Dame de Namur W 90–50 
Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm 		San Francisco State W 87–41 
Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
2:00 pm 		at Washington L 55–100  0–1
 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868)
Seattle, WA
11/16/2015*
4:00 pm 		at USC L 46–81  0–2
 Galen Center (302)
Los Angeles, CA
11/21/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Air Force W 68–34  1–2
 Leavey Center (300)
Santa Clara, CA
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm 		at No. 13 Stanford W 61–58  2–2
 Maples Pavilion (2,668)
Stanford, CA
11/27/2015*
3:00 pm 		at Cal Poly
Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament 		W 69–63  3–2
 Mott Athletic Center (557)
San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2015*
5:00 pm 		vs. Evansville
Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament 		W 62–44  4–2
 Mott Athletic Center (95)
San Luis Obispo, CA
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm 		at UC Santa Barbara W 48–37  5–2
 The Thunderdome (319)
Santa Barbara, CA
12/04/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Simpson (California) W 112–34  6–2
 Leavey Center (421)
Santa Clara, CA
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Hope International W 78–54  7–2
 Leavey Center (229)
Santa Clara, CA
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Texas Tech W 75–70  8–2
 Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
12/18/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		UC Santa Barbara W 66–48  9–2
 Leavey Center (320)
Santa Clara, CA
WCC regular season
12/21/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pacific W 76–52  10–2
(1–0) 		Leavey Center (255)
Santa Clara, CA
12/23/2015
1:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Saint Mary's W 73–67  11–2
(2–0) 		McKeon Pavilion (470)
Moraga, CA
12/31/2015
4:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Portland W 67–45  12–2
(3–0) 		Chiles Center (291)
Portland, OR
01/02/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Gonzaga L 44–53  12–3
(3–1) 		McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/07/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		BYU L 63–68  12–4
(3–2) 		Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
01/09/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Diego L 58–70  12–5
(3–3) 		Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Pepperdine W 62–60  13–5
(4–3) 		Firestone Fieldhouse (217)
Malibu, CA
01/16/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Loyola Marymount W 57–56  14–5
(5–3) 		Gersten Pavilion (523)
Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Francisco W 68–57  15–5
(6–3) 		Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
01/28/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Gonzaga W 71–64  16–5
(7–3) 		Leavey Center (400)
Santa Clara, CA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Portland W 66–47  17–5
(8–3) 		Leavey Center (301)
Santa Clara, CA
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at San Francisco W 59–57  18–5
(9–3) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (304)
San Francisco, CA
02/11/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at San Diego W 61–47  19–5
(10–3) 		Jenny Craig Pavilion (607)
San Diego, CA
02/13/2016
1:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 63–70  19–6
(10–4) 		Marriott Center (1,509)
Provo, UT
02/18/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Loyola Marymount W 68–41  20–6
(11–4) 		Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pepperdine W 84–50  21–6
(12–4) 		Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
02/25/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Saint Mary's L 70–78  21–7
(12–5) 		Leavey Center (500)
Santa Clara, CA
02/27/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Pacific W 66–60  22–7
(13–5) 		Alex G. Spanos Center (544)
Stockton, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
8:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. Gonzaga
Quarterfinals 		W 59–58  23–7
 Orleans Arena (6,071)
Las Vegas, NV
03/07/2016
2:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. BYU
Semifinals 		L 67–87  23–8
 Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm, MW Net 		at Fresno State
First Round 		L 53–59  23–9
 Save Mart Center (1,478)
Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colorado names JR Payne to take helm of women's basketball program". www.denverpost.com. March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Santa Clara Women's Basketball Schedule".