2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represents Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The T–Birds, led by second year head coach Chris Boettcher and play their home games at Centrum Arena. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 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 Sacramento State.

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2015–16 record525 (216 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kim Beeston
  • Dionisio Gomez
  • Robert Yonce
Home arenaCentrum Arena
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 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 4 Ashleigh Munns 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrSEEVIC College Basildon, Essex, England
F 10 Taylor Baird 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoGlacier Peak Snohomish, WA
G 12 Kristine Conley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrWeber Ogden, UT
G 14 Breanu Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrPiedmont Oklahoma City, OK
F 15 Emma Weinreich 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrArroyo Grande
Allan Hancock College
Pismo Beach, CA
F 21 Donna Koerber 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrSt. Joseph
College of DuPage
Bensenville, IL
G/F 22 Tiffany Dunlap 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrPrestonwood Christian Academy Plano, TX
F 24 Tiarra Mcdonald 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrNorthside Fort Smith, AR
G 30 Maren Herrud 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrHighland Pocatello, ID
G 34 Sarah McGee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoBlack Hills Tumwater, WA
F 40 Darri Frandsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrPanguitch Panguitch, UT
F 43 Jessica Richardson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrDavis Kaysville, UT
G 55 Jamie Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrRiverton
USU–Eastern
Riverton, UT
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
11/05/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
CSU–Pueblo L 51–74 
Centrum Arena (500)
Cedar City, UT
11/09/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Hope International L 64–75 
Centrum Arena (556)
Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
4:00 pm
at UNLV L 44–79  0–1
Thomas & Mack Center (1,622)
Paradise, NV
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
at Utah Valley L 58–70  0–2
UCCU Center (389)
Orem, UT
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
UC Irvine L 58–63  0–3
Centrum Arena (531)
Cedar City, UT
11/24/2015*
5:00 pm
at New Mexico State L 60–74  0–4
Pan American Center (531)
Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2015*
7:00 pm
at New Mexico
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals
L 47–70  0–5
The Pit (5,144)
Albquerque, NM
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm
vs. North Carolina A&T
UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game
L 65–78  0–6
The Pit 
Albquerque, NM
12/01/2015*
1:00 pm, SUTV-9
Cal State Northridge W 67–65  1–6
Centrum Arena (936)
Cedar City, UT
12/04/2015*
5:00 pm
at USC L 32–71  1–7
Lyon Center (492)
Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2015*
6:30 pm
Air Force W 75–56  2–7
Centrum Arena (465)
Cedar City, UT
12/20/2015*
2:30 pm
at TCU L 47–76  2–8
Schollmaier Arena (4,715)
Fort Worth, TX
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Bristol University W 99–37  3–8
Centrum Arena (355)
Cedar City, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015
2:00 pm
at Montana State L 59–86  3–9
(0–1)
Worthington Arena (1,223)
Bozeman, MT
01/02/2016
2:00 pm
at Montana L 60–66  3–10
(0–2)
Dahlberg Arena (3,024)
Missoula, MT
01/09/2016
2:00 pm
at Northern Arizona L 48–57  3–11
(0–3)
Walkup Skydome (227)
Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Eastern Washington L 82–85  3–12
(0–4)
Centrum Arena (637)
Cedar City, UT
01/16/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Idaho L 51–62  3–13
(0–5)
Centrum Arena (558)
Cedar City, UT
01/21/2016
7:00 pm
at Northern Colorado L 44–64  3–14
(0–6)
Bank of Colorado Arena (844)
Greeley, CO
01/23/2016
1:00 pm, FCS
at North Dakota L 56–68  3–15
(0–7)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,077)
Grand Forks, ND
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Idaho State L 67–71  3–16
(0–8)
Centrum Arena (1,051)
Cedar City, UT
01/30/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Weber State L 51–70  3–17
(0–9)
Centrum Arena (815)
Cedar City, UT
02/04/2016
6:00 pm
at Idaho L 48–93  3–18
(0–10)
Cowan Spectrum (674)
Moscow, ID
02/06/2016
7:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 53–64  3–19
(0–11)
Reese Court (789)
Cheney, WA
02/11/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Montana L 50–81  3–20
(0–12)
Centrum Arena (426)
Cedar City, UT
02/13/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Montana State L 66–87  3–21
(0–13)
Centrum Arena (1,211)
Cedar City, UT
02/18/2016
7:00 pm
at Weber State L 56–75  3–22
(0–14)
Dee Events Center (607)
Ogden, UT
02/20/2016
2:00 pm
at Idaho State L 47–64  3–23
(0–15)
Reed Gym (1,132)
Pocatello, ID
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Northern Arizona W 73–68  4–23
(1–15)
Centrum Arena (473)
Cedar City, UT
03/02/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Sacramento State L 72–82  4–24
(1–16)
Centrum Arena (487)
Cedar City, UT
03/04/2016
7:00 pm, SUTV-9
Portland State W 76–64  5–24
(2–16)
Centrum Arena (502)
Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016
6:35 pm
vs. Sacramento State
First Round
L 89–102  5–25
Reno Events Center (1,274)
Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team

References

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