2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to UCLA. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.

2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2015–16 record15–17 (4–14 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Charmin Smith
  • Jeff Cammon
  • Kai Felton
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Oregon State162 .889  325  .865
No. 11 Arizona State162 .889  267  .788
No. 13 Stanford144 .778  278  .771
No. 10 UCLA144 .778  269  .743
Washington117 .611  2611  .703
Oregon99 .500  2411  .686
Utah810 .444  1815  .545
USC612 .333  1913  .594
Washington State513 .278  1416  .467
California414 .222  1517  .469
Arizona315 .167  1319  .406
Colorado216 .111  723  .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) FrBishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA
G 2 Breanna Cavanaugh 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrBlair Academy Hackettstown, NJ
F 3 Mikayla Cowling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoSaint Mary's College (HS) Benicia, CA
C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) FrTsinghua University Beijing, China
F 12 Penina Davidson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoRangitoto College Auckland, New Zealand
F 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrSaint Mary's College (HS) Oakland, CA
F 24 Courtney Range 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) JrManteca Manteca, CA
F 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrDesert Vista Phoenix, AZ
G 33 Gabby Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoSaint Mary's College (HS) Oakland, CA
F 44 KC Waters 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBishop O'Dowd San Ramon, CA
Head coach

Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown)

Assistant coach(es)

Charmin Smith (Stanford)
Jeff Cammon (Alcorn State)
Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2015-07-20

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2015*
2:00 pm
Westmont W 91–39 
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 13, 2015*
5:00 pm
at Austin Peay W 67–58  1–0
Dunn Center (657)
Clarksville, TN
November 15, 2015*
11:00 am, ESPN3
at No. 8 Louisville W 75–71  2–0
KFC Yum! Center (16,524)
Louisville, KY
November 20, 2015*
11:30 am
No. 21 UC Riverside W 64–58  3–0
Haas Pavilion (3,556)
Berkeley, CA
November 22, 2015*
2:00 pm
No. 21 Cal Poly W 82–57  4–0
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
November 27, 2015*
12:00 pm
No. 16 vs. No. 10 Texas A&M
South Point Shootout
L 58–75  4–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
November 28, 2015*
2:15 pm
No. 16 vs. Liberty
South Point Shootout
W 77–72  5–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 5, 2015*
2:00 pm
No. 18 Saint Mary's
Cal Classic Semifinal
L 63–64  5–2
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
December 6, 2015*
1:00 pm
No. 18 Sacramento State
Cal Classic 3rd place game
W 117–99  6–2
Haas Pavilion (612)
Berkeley, CA
December 12, 2015*
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 22 Nebraska W 87–80 OT 7–2
Haas Pavilion (4,406)
Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2015*
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 21 No. 19 UCLA W 108–104 2OT 8–2
Haas Pavilion (2,482)
Berkeley, CA
December 30, 2015*
7:00 pm
No. 19 Cal State Northridge W 106–44  9–2
Haas Pavilion (1,683)
Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Regular Season
January 2, 2016
4:00 pm, P12N
No. 19 at No. 17 Arizona State L 49–57  9–3 (0–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460)
Tempe, AZ
January 4, 2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 21 at Arizona L 52–57  9–4 (0–2)
McKale Center (728)
Tucson, AZ
January 8, 2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 21 Colorado W 64–35  10–4 (1–2)
Haas Pavilion (1,173)
Berkeley, CA
January 10, 2016
2:00 pm
No. 21 Utah L 79–84  10–5 (1–3)
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
January 15, 2016
8:00 pm, P12N
at No. 12 Oregon State L 48–70  10–6 (1–4)
Gill Coliseum (2,891)
Corvallis, OR
January 17, 2016
2:00 pm
at Oregon L 59–69  10–7 (1–5)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,770)
Eugene, OR
January 22, 2016
6:00 pm, P12N
at No. 20 UCLA L 56–75  10–8 (1–6)
Pauley Pavilion (1,790)
Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 2016
2:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 47–61  10–9 (1–7)
Galen Center (1,476)
Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 2016
6:00 pm, P12N
Washington State W 74–71  11–9 (2–7)
Haas Pavilion (1,178)
Berkeley, CA
January 31, 2016
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 25 Washington L 65–75  11–10 (2–8)
Haas Pavilion (2,132)
Berkeley, CA
February 2, 2016
7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 15 Stanford L 46–53  11–11 (2–9)
Maples Pavilion (3,268)
Stanford, CA
February 5, 2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 15 Stanford L 55–60  11–12 (2–10)
Haas Pavilion (5,632)
Berkeley, CA
February 12, 2016
7:00 pm
No. 9 Arizona State L 49–64  11–13 (2–11)
Haas Pavilion (1,417)
Berkeley, CA
February 14, 2016
12:00 pm, P12N
Arizona W 75–56  12–13 (3–11)
Haas Pavilion (1,311)
Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2016
5:00 pm, P12N
at Utah L 66–72  12–14 (3–12)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,713)
Salt Lake City, UT
February 21, 2016
11:00 am, P12N
at Colorado L 57–78  12–15 (3–13)
Coors Events Center (3,919)
Boulder, CO
February 26, 2016
7:00 pm
Oregon W 65–54  13–15 (4–13)
Haas Pavilion (1,543)
Berkeley, CA
February 28, 2016
11:00 am, P12N
No. 7 Oregon State L 44–54  13–16 (4–14)
Haas Pavilion (2,036)
Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 3, 2016
11:30 am, P12N
(10) vs. (7) Utah
First Round
W 66–63 OT 14–16
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
March 4, 2016
11:30 am, P12N
(10) vs. (2) No. 10 Arizona State
Quarterfinals
W 75–64  15–16
KeyArena (3,747)
Seattle, WA
March 5, 2016
6:00 pm, P12N
(10) vs. (3) No. 12 UCLA
Semifinals
L 67–73 OT 15–17
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Coaches RV 21 15 17 21 20 18 18 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

References

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