2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by first year head coach Lynn Kennedy, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–26, 2–16 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3-way tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Weber State.

2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	4–26 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Alison Hewa Chelsey Zimmerman Amy Denson
Home arena	Peter Stott Center

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

Roster

2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Danah Haley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Fairfax HS Blue Mountain CC Los Angeles, California F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr XXXX Vienna, Austria G 5 Kian McNair 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Salesian HS Vallejo, California F 11 Cici West 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Holy Names Academy Seattle, Washington G 13 Bree Shepard 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Helix HS San Diego, California G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr West Albany HS Albany, Oregon G 20 Ashley Torres Negron 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Highland CC Morovis, Puerto Rico C 21 Alicia Carline 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Freyberg HS Gillette College Feilding, New Zealand G 22 Montana Walters 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS So Oregon City Santa Clara Oregon City, Oregon G 23 Yaremi Mejia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So South Medford HS Auckland, New Zealand F 25 Ta Oramae Solomon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Avondale HS Cochise College Medford, Oregon G 45 Michaela Kay 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Lewis & Clark HS Spokane, Washington G RS Ashley Bolston (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So South Medford HS Washington State Medford, Oregon G RS Sidney Rielly (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Everett HS Santa Clara Everett, Washington F RS Courtney West (I)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Port Hacking HS Southern Oregon Sydney, Australia	Head coach Lynn Kennedy (Northwest University) Assistant coach(es) Alison Hewa (Eastern Washington) Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon) Amy Denson (Arizona State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm		Oregon Tech	L 69–81		Peter Stott Center (218) Portland, Oregon
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	L 69–84	0–1	Titan Gym (199) Fullerton, California
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm		at Long Beach State	L 71–89	0–2	Walter Pyramid (552) Long Beach, California
11/21/2015* 2:00 pm		Warner Pacific	L 64–76	0–3	Peter Stott Center (214) Portland, Oregon
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		Portland	L 53–69	0–4	Peter Stott Center (225) Portland, Oregon
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm		UC Davis	L 70–82	0–5	Peter Stott Center (257) Portland, Oregon
12/03/2015* 5:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 65–74	0–6	Frost Arena (1,509) Brookings, South Dakota
12/05/2015* 12:00 pm		at South Dakota	L 61–103	0–7	DakotaDome (1,384) Vermillion, South Dakota
12/12/2015* 12:00 pm		Corban	W 90–76	1–7	Peter Stott Center (281) Portland, Oregon
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		Seattle	L 64–85	1–8	Peter Stott Center (286) Portland, Oregon
12/17/2015* 6:00 pm		at Oregon	L 59–122	1–9	Matthew Knight Arena (1,258) Eugene, Oregon
12/20/2015* 7:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 83–77	2–9	Peter Stott Center (241) Portland, Oregon
Big Sky regular season
01/02/2016 12:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 91–132	2–10 (0–1)	Hornets Nest (391) Sacramento, California
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		Montana	L 58–79	2–11 (0–2)	Peter Stott Center (293) Portland, Oregon
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		Montana State	L 59–106	2–12 (0–3)	Peter Stott Center (260) Portland, Oregon
01/14/2016 11:00 am		at Weber State	L 73–102	2–13 (0–4)	Dee Events Center  Ogden, Utah
01/16/2016 1:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 70–71	2–14 (0–5)	Reed Gym (941) Pocatello, Idaho
01/23/2016 12:00 pm		Sacramento State	L 78–126	2–15 (0–6)	Peter Stott Center (212) Portland, Oregon
01/28/2016 7:00 pm		Eastern Washington	W 81–79	3–15 (1–6)	Peter Stott Center (241) Portland, Oregon
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		Idaho	L 65–94	3–16 (1–7)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, Oregon
02/04/2016 6:00 pm		at Montana State	L 64–74	3–17 (1–8)	Worthington Arena (1,221) Bozeman, Montana
02/06/2016 1:00 pm		at Montana	L 57–76	3–18 (1–9)	Dahlberg Arena (2,973) Missoula, Montana
02/11/2016 12:00 pm		Idaho State	L 42–64	3–19 (1–10)	Peter Stott Center (928) Portland, Oregon
02/13/2016 2:00 pm		Weber State	L 58–75	3–20 (1–11)	Peter Stott Center (365) Portland, Oregon
02/18/2016 7:00 pm		at Idaho	L 63–84	3–21 (1–12)	Cowan Spectrum (678) Moscow, Idaho
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 57–70	3–22 (1–13)	Reese Court (1,005) Cheney, Washington
02/25/2016 7:00 pm		North Dakota	L 62–75	3–23 (1–14)	Peter Stott Center (268) Portland, Oregon
02/25/2016 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	L 59–70	3–24 (1–15)	Peter Stott Center (186) Portland, Oregon
03/02/2016 6:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 88–80	4–24 (2–15)	Walkup Skydome (347) Flagstaff, Arizona
03/04/2016 6:00 pm		at Southern Utah	L 64–76	4–25 (2–16)	Centrum Arena (502) Cedar City, Utah
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 8:05 pm		vs. Weber State First Round	L 68–91	4–26	Reno Events Center (1,274) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team