2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
WBI, runner-up
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record23–12 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • JD Gustin
  • Devan Newman
  • Matt Thune
Home arenaDee Events Center
Seasons
2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Montana State 14 – 4   .778 21 – 10   .677
Idaho † 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Eastern Washington 13 – 5   .722 20 – 12   .625
North Dakota 13 – 5   .722 19 – 14   .576
Montana 12 – 6   .667 20 – 11   .645
Weber State 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
Sacramento State 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Idaho State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Northern Colorado 8 – 10   .444 13 – 16   .448
Northern Arizona 2 – 16   .111 6 – 24   .200
Southern Utah 2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167
Portland State 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2016 Big Sky tournament winner
As of March 26, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in Big Sky play, to finish sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they defeated New Mexico in the first round, North Dakota in the quarterfinals, USC Upstate in the semifinals, before losing to Louisiana–Lafayette in the championship game.

Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games were heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games were also be streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky.

Roster

2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Berkeley Berkeley, CA
F 1 Jocelyn Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Skyview Vancouver, WA
G 2 Deeshyra Thomas 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Clackamas Clackamas, OR
G 4 Kailie Quinn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Judge Salt Lake City, UT
G 11 Dionne Coe 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Murry Bergtraum
Monroe JC 		Brooklyn, NY
G 12 Yarden Danan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Kiryat Sharet Holon Rehovot, Israel
G 20 Emily Drake 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Pullman Pullman, WA
G 22 Brittany Dunbar 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg College 		St. Petersburg, FL
F 23 Tinisha Toussaint 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ
F 32 Cece Wooten 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So St. Mary's Academy Portland, OR
G 34 Regina Okoye 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr El Dorado Albuquerque, NM
F 41 Tyschal Blake 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr St. Mary's Academy Portland, OR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 17, 2024

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2015*
7:00 p.m. 		Western Oregon W 80–64 
Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2015*
4:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Bethesda W 86–60  1–0
 Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
November 15, 2015*
1:00 p.m. 		at Denver W 61–49  2–0
 Magness Arena (519)
Denver, CO
November 18, 2015*
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		College of Charleston L 42–50  2–1
 Dee Events Center (521)
Ogden, UT
November 22, 2015*
2:00 p.m., BigWest.tv 		at Cal State Fullerton W 60–40  3–1
 Titan Gym (157)
Fullerton, CA
November 27, 2015*
5:00 p.m., TheW.tv 		at Portland W 57–55  4–1
 Chiles Center (301)
Portland, OR
December 4, 2015*
6:00 p.m., C-USA Digital 		at North Texas
Hospitality Hills Challenge 		W 45–38  5–1
 The Super Pit (684)
Denton, TX
December 5, 2015*
11:00 a.m. 		vs. Stephen F. Austin
Hospitality Hills Challenge 		W 56–46  6–1
 The Super Pit 
Denton, TX
December 10, 2015*
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		BYU L 51–68  6–2
 Dee Events Center (1,034)
Ogden, UT
December 12, 2015*
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Utah Valley W 61–54  7–2
 Dee Events Center (783)
Ogden, UT
December 21, 2015*
8:00 p.m. 		at Washington L 56–69  7–3
 Alaska Airlines Arena (1,550)
Seattle, WA
December 29, 2015*
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Westminster W 79–46  8–3
 Dee Events Center (517)
Ogden, UT
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Idaho State W 61–46  9–3
(1–0) 		Reed Gym (1,005)
Pocatello, ID
January 7, 2015
6:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at North Dakota W 62–56  10–3
(2–0) 		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,304)
Grand Forks, ND
January 9, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Northern Colorado L 63–65  10–4
(2–1) 		Bank of Colorado Arena (857)
Greeley, CO
January 14, 2016
12:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Portland State W 102–73  11–4
(3–1) 		Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
January 16, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Sacramento State W 77–66  12–4
(4–1) 		Dee Events Center (527)
Ogden, UT
January 23, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Idaho State L 57–58  12–5
(4–2) 		Dee Events Center (948)
Ogden, UT
January 28, 2016
6:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Northern Arizona W 76–56  13–5
(5–2) 		Walkup Skydome (352)
Flagstaff, AZ
January 30, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Southern Utah W 70–51  14–5
(6–2) 		Centrum Arena (815)
Cedar City, UT
February 4, 2016
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Northern Colorado W 82–77 3OT 15–5
(7–2) 		Dee Events Center (623)
Ogden, UT
February 6, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		North Dakota L 78–85 OT 15–6
(7–3) 		Dee Events Center (527)
Ogden, UT
February 11, 2016
8:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Sacramento State L 64–87  15–7
(7–4) 		Hornets Nest (443)
Sacramento, CA
February 13, 2016
3:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Portland State W 75–58  16–7
(8–4) 		Peter Stott Center (365)
Portland, OR
February 18, 2016
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Southern Utah W 75–56  17–7
(9–4) 		Dee Events Center (607)
Ogden, UT
February 20, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Northern Arizona W 95–88 OT 18–7
(10–4) 		Dee Events Center (591)
Ogden, UT
February 25, 2016
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Montana State L 71–92  18–8
(10–5) 		Worthington Arena (1,452)
Bozeman, MT
February 27, 2016
2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		at Montana L 75–84  18–9
(10–6) 		Dahlberg Arena (3,257)
Missoula, MT
March 2, 2016
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Idaho L 70–77  18–10
(10–7) 		Dee Events Center (527)
Ogden, UT
March 4, 2016
7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		Eastern Washington W 80–74  19–10
(11–7) 		Dee Events Center (786)
Ogden, UT
Big Sky women's tournament[1]
March 7, 2016
9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		vs. Portland State
First round 		W 91–68  20–10
 Reno Events Center (1,274)
Reno, NV
March 9, 2016
9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky 		vs. Idaho
Quarterfinals 		L 83–86  20–11
 Reno Events Center (1,343)
Reno, NV
WBI
March 16, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		at New Mexico
First round 		W 75–67  21–11
 Johnson Gymnasium (581)
Albuquerque, NM
March 20, 2016*
6:00 p.m. 		at North Dakota
Quarterfinals 		W 76–74  22–11
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (862)
Grand Forks, ND
March 23, 2016*
7:00 p.m. 		USC Upstate
Semifinals 		W 79–53  23–11
 Dee Events Center (1,323)
Ogden, UT
March 26, 2016*
3:00 p.m. 		at Louisiana–Lafayette
Championship game 		L 85–87 2OT 23–12
 Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636)
Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain.

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Big Sky basketball tournaments will be played in Reno". The Salt Lake Tribune. April 25, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.