2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by eighth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with a five early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for second place. They won the Big Sky tournament for the first time since 1985 when they rejoin the Big Sky Conference since 2014 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Baylor.

2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
Big Sky tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record24–10 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Christa Stanford
  • Jeri Jacobson
  • Kristi Zeller
Home arenaCowan Spectrum
Memorial Gym
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

Roster

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2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Christina Salvatore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Canyon HS Anaheim, CA
G 2 Karlee Wilson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Lewiston HS Lewiston, ID
F 4 Brooke Reilly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mt. Spokane HS Spokane, WA
C 5 Brigitte O'Neill 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Carey Grammar Melbourne, Australia
F 11 Tayla Corrigan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Mineral Area College Adelaide, Australia
C 12 Nejra Solo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So PRVA Gimnazija Zenica Zenica, Bosnia
F 13 Ali Forde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Woodinville HS Woodinville, WA
G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr La Costa Canyon HS Carlsbad, CA
G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Walla Walla HS Walla Walla, WA
G 22 Bethany Krause 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Centerville HS Centerville, OH
G/F 23 Ranae Mokrzycki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr North Idaho College Melbourne, Australia
G/F 31 Geraldine McCorkell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia
G 32 Agueda Trujillo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr IES CTEIB Manacor, Spain
G 35 Connie Ballestero 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Villa Park HS Orange, CA
F 44 Sue Winger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Mead HS Spokane, WA
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
Exhibition
11/06/2015*
5:30 pm
Lewis–Clark State W 93–58 
Memorial Gym 
Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm
UC Santa Barbara W 64–42  1–0
Memorial Gym (416)
Moscow, ID
11/20/2015*
6:00 pm
Cal State Northridge W 106–50  2–0
Memorial Gym (222)
Moscow, ID
11/23/2015*
6:00 pm
Seattle W 64–60  3–0
Memorial Gym (281)
Moscow, ID
11/26/2015*
10:30 am
vs. No. 15 Duke
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
L 68–74  3–1
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015*
8:00 am
vs. Texas State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 75–55  4–1
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015*
8:00 am
vs. Iowa State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 97–65  5–1
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
12/02/2015*
5:30 pm
Northwest Christian W 71–48  6–1
Memorial Gym (316)
Moscow, ID
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm
Wyoming W 61–57  7–1
Cowan Spectrum (315)
Moscow, ID
12/09/2015*
3:30 pm
at Texas Tech L 62–78  7–2
United Supermarkets Arena (3,194)
Lubbock, TX
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
at No. 7 Oregon State L 44–69  7–3
Gill Coliseum (2,834)
Corvallis, OR
12/20/2015*
12:00 pm
Abilene Christian L 59–71 OT 7–4
Cowan Spectrum (201)
Moscow, ID
12/28/2015*
2:00 pm
Carroll (MT) W 75–47  8–4
Cowan Spectrum (243)
Moscow, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015
2:00 pm
North Dakota W 92–65  9–4 (1–0)
Cowan Spectrum (346)
Moscow, ID
01/02/2016
2:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 66–56  10–4 (2–0)
Cowan Spectrum (401)
Moscow, ID
01/09/2016
2:00 pm
Eastern Washington L 66–74  10–5 (2–1)
Cowan Spectrum (378)
Moscow, ID
01/14/2016
6:00 pm
at Northern Arizona W 72–51  11–5 (3–1)
Walkup Skydome (309)
Flagstaff, AZ
01/16/2016
6:00 pm
at Southern Utah W 62–51  12–5 (4–1)
Centrum Arena (558)
Cedar City, UT
01/21/2016
6:00 pm
Montana W 78–61  13–5 (5–1)
Cowan Spectrum (1,021)
Moscow, ID
01/23/2016
2:00 pm
Montana State L 59–62  13–6 (5–2)
Cowan Spectrum (874)
Moscow, ID
01/28/2016
7:00 pm
at Sacramento State W 98–88  14–6 (6–2)
Hornets Nest (427)
Sacramento, CA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm
at Portland State W 94–65  15–6 (7–2)
Peter Stott Center (283)
Portland, OR
02/04/2016
6:00 pm
Southern Utah W 93–48  16–6 (8–2)
Cowan Spectrum (674)
Moscow, ID
02/06/2016
6:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 76–59  17–6 (9–2)
Cowan Spectrum (622)
Moscow, ID
02/11/2016
6:00 pm
at Northern Colorado L 68–70  17–7 (9–3)
Bank of Colorado Arena (802)
Greeley, CO
02/13/2016
5:00 pm
at North Dakota W 65–59  18–7 (10–3)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,526)
Grand Forks, ND
02/18/2016
6:00 pm
Portland State W 84–63  19–7 (11–3)
Cowan Spectrum (678)
Moscow, ID
02/20/2016
2:00 pm
Sacramento State W 107–60  20–7 (12–3)
Cowan Spectrum (906)
Moscow, ID
02/27/2016
2:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 70–84  20–8 (12–4)
Reese Court (890)
Cheney, WA
03/02/2016
6:00 pm
at Weber State W 77–70  21–8 (13–4)
Dee Events Center (527)
Ogden, UT
03/04/2016
6:00 pm
at Idaho State L 68–69  21–9 (13–5)
Reed Gym (1,255)
Pocatello, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/09/2016
8:05 pm
vs. Weber State
Quarterfinals
W 86–83 OT 22–9
Reno Events Center (1,343)
Reno, NV
03/11/2016
2:35 pm
vs. Eastern Washington
Semifinals
W 86–71  23–9
Reno Events Center (827)
Reno, NV
03/12/2016
1:05 pm
vs. Idaho State
Championship Game
W 67–55  24–9
Reno Events Center (1,090)
Reno, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016*
2:00 pm, ESPN2
(16 D) at (1 D) No. 4 Baylor
First Round
L 59–89  24–10
Ferrell Center (4,990)
Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
D=Dallas Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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Coaches NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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2015–16 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".