2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Larry Tidwell's third season, but first under the UT-RGV label. The Vaqueros played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season for UTRGV as an institution. Before the 2015–16 academic year, the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas at Brownsville merged, forming the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. They finished the season 19–14 and 9–5 in WAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC Women's Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU.

2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2015–16 record19–14 (9–5 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Gabe Henry
  • Anthony Anderson
  • Hannah Burleson
Home arenaUTRGV Fieldhouse
2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State131 .929  265  .839
UTRGV95 .643  1914  .576
Grand Canyon*86 .571  1615  .516
Utah Valley86 .571  1615  .516
Cal State Bakersfield86 .571  1219  .387
UMKC59 .357  1018  .357
Seattle311 .214  921  .300
Chicago State212 .143  425  .138
2016 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016
* Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous Season

The Broncs finished the season 19–15, 9–5 in final WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the championship of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State.

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Troi Swain1G5'6"FreshmanAustin, TXTransferred[1]
Tonisha Walker3G5'6"SeniorGardner, KSGraduated
Stephanie Onyeje12G5'5"FreshmanPflugerville, TXTransferred[1]
T'Ondria Nolen14G5'7"SeniorWichita, KSGraduated
Crystal Cardenas20G5'7"FreshmanMercedes, TX
Brittany Bush21F6'1"SeniorMoline, ILGraduated
Cha'zaye Wright25F5'8"SeniorDeSoto, TXGraduated
Cherrell Price33F5'11"SeniorMidwest City, OKGraduated

2015–16 media

For the first time in club history women's basketball games will be televised. 9 of 11 home games will air on TWCS (Ch 323), with 6 of the 9 games airing live. The other two home games will air on the TWCS Alternate Channel (Ch 825). Other games will air on WAC Digital Network or road teams video feeds.[2]

Roster

2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Bernesha Peters 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) FrSpring Spring, TX
G/F 2 Yadira Ramirez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrHanks El Paso, TX
G 3 Angela Villarreal 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrWeslaco Weslaco, TX
G 4 Idil Türk 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrBodwell Istanbul, Turkey
F 5 Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoFSN Stykkishólmur, Iceland
G 10 Michelle Marquez 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) FrWeslaco East Weslaco, TX
G 11 Shawnte' Goff 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrCopperas Cove Copperas Cove, TX
G 15 Nichele Hyman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrClovis Clovis, NM
F 21 Anushka Maldonado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrYelm
Odessa College
Roy, WA
G/F 22 Jada Bennett 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) RS JrSherman
North Florida
Sherman, TX
F 23 Micheline Mercelita 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoEdinburg Edinburg, TX
G 24 Rickell Preston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrHahnville Killona, LA
G 30 Amanda Ramirez 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS FrLos Fresnos Los Frenos, TX
F 32 Lile Havili 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrGranger
Western Nebraska CC
Salt Lake City, UT
F 33 Mary Savoy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrWest Salem
Midland College
Salem, OR
G 34 Sica Cuzic 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrTrinity International Galati, Romania
F 43 Tristan Murphy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrStanwood Stanwood, WA
F 44 Laura Van Tilburg 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoWeslaco Weslaco, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
2:30 pm
vs. East Carolina
Islanders Classic
L 50–79  0–1
American Bank Center (76)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/14/2015*
4:30 pm
vs. Cal Poly
Islanders Classic
W 66–58  2–1
American Bank Center (146)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/16/2015*
7:00 pm, TWCS
Concordia W 90–44[4]  2–1
UTRGV Fieldhouse (613)
Edinburg, TX
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm, TWCS Alt
Texas Lutheran W 90–38  3–1
UTRGV Fieldhouse (545)
Edinburg, TX
11/21/2015*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Eastern Michigan L 56–78  3–2
Convocation Center (443)
Ypsilanti, MI
11/24/2015*
9:00 pm
at UC Santa Barbara W 62–60  4–2
The Thunderdome (310)
Santa Barbara, CA
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm
at TCU L 67–71  4–3
University Recreation Center (1,543)
Fort Worth, TX
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 46–49  4–4
Dugan Wellness Center (613)
Corpus Christi, TX
12/03/2015*
6:00 pm
at Incarnate Word W 68–50  5–4
McDermott Center (206)
San Antonio, TX
12/05/2015*
7:00 pm
at Oklahoma State L 54–78  5–5
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,332)
Stillwater, OK
12/07/2015*
7:00 pm, Cox Kansas
at Kansas State L 43–61  5–6
Bramlage Coliseum (3,872)
Manhattan, KS
12/17/2015*
7:00 pm, TWCS Alt.
Incarnate Word W 60–47  6–6
UTRGV Fieldhouse (711)
Edinburg, TX
12/20/2015*
1:00 pm
at Houston W 55–45  7–6
Hofheinz Pavilion (792)
Houston, TX
12/30/2015*
7:00 pm, TWCS Alt.
Evangel W 75–60  8–6
UTRGV Fieldhouse (544)
Edinburg, TX
01/01/2016*
11:00 am
at Syracuse L 32–91  8–7
Carrier Dome (442)
Syracuse, NY
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS
Grand Canyon W 52–28  9–7
(1–0)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (445)
Edinburg, TX
01/09/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS
Utah Valley W 61–48  10–7
(2–0)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (611)
Edinburg, TX
01/14/2016
7:00 pm
at Chicago State W 64–56  11–7
(3–0)
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (100)
Chicago, IL
01/16/2016
7:00 pm
at UMKC W 62–53  12–7
(4–0)
Swinney Recreation Center (247)
Kansas City, MO
01/21/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS
Cal State Bakersfield W 60–46  13–7
(5–0)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,268)
Edinburg, TX
01/23/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS*
Seattle L 71–74  13–8
(5–1)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,108)
Edinburg, TX
01/30/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS*
New Mexico State L 57–68  13–9
(5–2)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709)
Edinburg, TX
02/04/2016
12:00 pm
at Utah Valley L 57–71  13–10
(5–3)
PE Building (1,389)
Orem, UT
02/06/2016
5:00 pm, Cox7
at Grand Canyon W 68–66  14–10
(6–3)
GCU Arena (376)
Phoenix, AZ
02/13/2016
1:00 pm, TWCS
UMKC L 57–59  14–11
(6–4)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (668)
Edinburg, TX
02/18/2016
9:00 pm
at Seattle W 76–71  15–11
(7–4)
Connolly Center (262)
Seattle, WA
02/20/2016
3:00 pm
at Cal State Bakersfield L 66–80  15–12
(7–5)
Icardo Center (878)
Bakersfield, CA
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS
Chicago State W 78–56  16–12
(8–5)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (522)
Edinburg, TX
03/05/2016
2:00 pm, FSSW+/ESPN3
at New Mexico State W 66–55  17–12
(9–5)
Pan American Center (1,612)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2016
6:30 pm
vs. Chicago State
Quarterfinals
W 60–52  18–12
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/11/2016
4:30 pm
vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Semifinals
W 73–72 2OT 19–12
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/11/2016
3:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. New Mexico State
Championship Game
L 53–80  19–13
Orleans Arena (777)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2016*
7:00 pm
at TCU
First Round
L 73–97  19–14
Schollmaier Arena (910)
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.
  • - Games will be televised on tape delay.

See also

References

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