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
2015–16 record2410 (135 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Christa Stanford
  • Jeri Jacobson
  • Kristi Zeller
Home arenaCowan Spectrum
Memorial Gym
2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Montana State144 .778  2110  .677
Idaho135 .722  2410  .706
Eastern Washington135 .722  2012  .625
North Dakota135 .722  1914  .576
Montana126 .667  2011  .645
Weber State117 .611  2312  .657
Sacramento State108 .556  1417  .452
Idaho State810 .444  1815  .545
Northern Colorado810 .444  1316  .448
Northern Arizona216 .111  624  .200
Southern Utah216 .111  525  .167
Portland State216 .111  426  .133
2016 Big Sky Tournament winner
As of March 26, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Christina Salvatore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrCanyon HS Anaheim, CA
G 2 Karlee Wilson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) JrLewiston HS Lewiston, ID
F 4 Brooke Reilly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrMt. Spokane HS Spokane, WA
C 5 Brigitte O'Neill 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrCarey Grammar Melbourne, Australia
F 11 Tayla Corrigan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrMineral Area College Adelaide, Australia
C 12 Nejra Solo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS SoPRVA Gimnazija Zenica Zenica, Bosnia
F 13 Ali Forde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrWoodinville HS Woodinville, WA
G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrLa Costa Canyon HS Carlsbad, CA
G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrWalla Walla HS Walla Walla, WA
G 22 Bethany Krause 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoCenterville HS Centerville, OH
G/F 23 Ranae Mokrzycki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrNorth Idaho College Melbourne, Australia
G/F 31 Geraldine McCorkell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoPenleigh & Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia
G 32 Agueda Trujillo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrIES CTEIB Manacor, Spain
G 35 Connie Ballestero 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrVilla Park HS Orange, CA
F 44 Sue Winger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrMead 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

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
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

2015–16 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

References

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