2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record22–12 (15–3 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mandi Carver
  • Keith Ferguson
  • Laura Dinkins
Home arenaSave Mart Center
Seasons
2015–16 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Colorado State † 18 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
Fresno State 15 – 3   .833 22 – 12   .647
Boise State 12 – 6   .667 19 – 11   .633
San Jose State 11 – 7   .611 13 – 17   .433
UNLV 9 – 9   .500 18 – 14   .563
New Mexico 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Utah State 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Wyoming 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448
San Diego State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387
Nevada 4 – 14   .222 5 – 25   .167
Air Force 1 – 17   .056 1 – 29   .033
† 2016 MWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represent California State University, Fresno during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by second year head coach Jaime White, play their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 15–3 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West women's tournament where they lost to Colorado State. They received an automatic big to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Santa Clara in the first round before losing to Oregon in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Moriah Faulk 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Santa Monica
UCLA 		Santa Monica, CA
G 2 Raven Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Skyline Dallas, TX
G 3 Brittany Aikens 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Floresville
Howard College 		Floresville, TX
C 4 Bego Faz Davalos 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Tecnologico De Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
G 10 Candace White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Modesto Christian Modesto, CA
G 11 Alex Furr 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Sr Athens Athens, TX
G 12 Janae Blount 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Woodson
NW Florida State 		Washington, D.C.
F/C 13 Anais Kirvan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Burwood
Vincennes 		Ashfield, Australia
G 15 Shauqunna Collins 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Arthur Hill
Garden City CC 		Saginaw, MI
G 20 Emilie Volk 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Bonnieville Ogden, UT
F 21 Kendra Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr South
Chipola College 		Denver, CO
G 22 Zaria Branch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mt. Miguel San Diego, CA
G 23 Breanne Knishka 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Cashmere Dryden, WA
G 25 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So MacArthur
Minnesota 		Dallas, TX
G 32 Natascha Hartvich 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr IMG Academy Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
C 42 Toni Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Del City Del City, OK
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
Exitbition
11/06/2015*
5:00 pm 		Cal State East Bay W 65–53 
Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
4:00 pm 		at UC Riverside L 68–86  0–1
 UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (229)
Riverside, CA
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm 		Fresno Pacific W 78–33  1–1
 Save Mart Center (2,204)
Fresno, CA
11/20/2015*
7:00 pm 		Washington L 79–89  1–2
 Save Mart Center (2,983)
Fresno, CA
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm 		No. 24 George Washington L 53–61  1–3
 Save Mart Center (2,237)
Fresno, CA
11/27/2015*
2:00 pm 		at Saint Mary's
Saint Mary's Classic 		L 81–83 OT 1–4
 McKeon Pavilion (477)
Moraga, CA
11/28/2015*
12:00 pm 		vs. Northeastern
Saint Mary's Classic 		W 69–55  2–4
 McKeon Pavilion (101)
Moraga, CA
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Bakersfield W 57–52  3–4
 Save Mart Center (1,983)
Fresno, CA
12/05/2015*
4:00 pm 		at Cal Poly L 60–64  3–5
 Mott Gym (475)
San Luis Obispo, CA
12/08/2015*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Stanislaus W 72–49  4–5
 Save Mart Center (1,992)
Fresno, CA
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm 		San Diego L 68–72  4–6
 Save Mart Center (2,121)
Fresno, CA
12/19/2015*
1:00 pm 		at Utah L 63–78  4–7
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (726)
Salt Lake City, UT
Mountain West regular season
12/30/2015
7:00 pm 		UNLV W 58–54  5–7 (1–0)
 Save Mart Center (4,760)
Fresno, CA
01/02/2016
1:00 pm 		at New Mexico W 69–65 2OT 6–7 (2–0)
 The Pit (5,493)
Albuquerque, NM
01/06/2016
6:30 pm 		at Nevada W 67–59  7–7 (3–0)
 Lawlor Events Center (934)
Reno, NV
01/09/2016
2:00 pm 		Boise State W 62–57  8–7 (4–0)
 Save Mart Center (1,663)
Fresno, CA
01/16/2016
2:00 pm 		at San Jose State W 59–54  9–7 (5–0)
 Event Center Arena (442)
San Jose, CA
01/20/2016
7:00 pm 		San Diego State W 54–49  10–7 (6–0)
 Save Mart Center (1,663)
Fresno, CA
01/23/2016
2:00 pm 		Air Force W 70–46  11–7 (7–0)
 Save Mart Center (1,545)
Fresno, CA
01/27/2016
6:00 pm 		at Wyoming W 49–42  12–7 (8–0)
 Arena-Auditorium (2,568)
Laramie, WY
02/03/2016
7:00 pm 		San Jose State L 64–66  12–8 (8–1)
 Save Mart Center (1,564)
Fresno, CA
02/06/2016
3:00 pm 		at UNLV W 57–52  13–8 (9–1)
 Cox Pavilion (1,619)
Paradise, NV
02/10/2016
6:30 pm 		at San Diego State L 54–65 2OT 13–9 (9–2)
 Viejas Arena (319)
San Diego, CA
02/14/2016
2:00 pm 		Nevada W 65–56  14–9 (10–2)
 Save Mart Center (1,861)
Fresno, CA
02/17/2016
7:00 pm 		Wyoming W 64–52  15–9 (11–2)
 Save Mart Center (1,496)
Fresno, CA
02/20/2016
1:00 pm 		at Utah State W 67–61  16–9 (12–2)
 Smith Spectrum (560)
Logan, UT
02/24/2016
6:00 pm 		at Air Force W 63–48  17–9 (13–2)
 Clune Arena (675)
Colorado Springs, CO
02/27/2016
2:00 pm 		New Mexico W 51–43  18–9 (14–2)
 Save Mart Center (2,109)
Fresno, CA
03/01/2016
6:00 pm 		at Colorado State L 55–68  18–10 (14–3)
 Moby Arena (2,114)
Fort Collins, CO
03/04/2016
7:00 pm 		Utah State W 66–62  19–10 (15–3)
 Save Mart Center (1,577)
Fresno, CA
Mountain West tournament
03/08/2016
6:00 pm 		vs. Utah State
Quarterfinals 		W 55–47  20–10
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/09/2016
9:00 pm 		vs. UNLV
Semifinals 		W 66–60  21–10
 Thomas & Mack Center (2,160)
Paradise, NV
03/11/2016
12:00 pm 		vs. Colorado State
Championship Game 		L 54–55  21–11
 Thomas & Mack Center (3,219)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm 		Santa Clara
First Round 		W 59–53  22–11
 Save Mart Center (1,478)
Fresno, CA
03/21/2016*
6:00 pm 		at Oregon
Second Round 		L 59–84  22–12
 Matthew Knight Arena (1,142)
Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "The Fresno State Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.