2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball team will represent the University of Utah during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, were led by their first year head coach Lynne Roberts. They will play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to California. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Montana State and Gonzaga in the first and second rounds before losing to Pac-12 member Oregon in the third round.

2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2015–16 record1815 (810 Pac–12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Gavin Petersen
  • Danyelle Snelgro
  • Wesley Brooks
Home arenaJon M. Huntsman Center
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 Utah Utes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Jordanna Porter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrEllison HS Killeen, TX
G 1 Gabrielle Bowie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoJohnson HS San Antonio, TX
F 2 Jada Matthews 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoLong Beach Poly HS Long Beach, CA
F 3 Malia Nawahine 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoSpringville HS Springville, UT
F 10 Nakia Arquette 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrLewis and Clark HS Spokane, WA
G 11 Erika Bean 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrBradshaw Christian HS Sacramento, CA
F 12 Emily Potter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS SoGlenlawn Collegiate Winnipeg, MB
G 13 Devri Owens 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoPlano West HS Plano, TX
G 14 Paige Crozon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrHumboldt Collegiate Institute Humboldt, SK
G 20 Katie Kuklok 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrUtah Valley Poway, CA
F 21 Wendy Anae 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrCathedral Catholic HS San Diego, CA
G 22 Danielle Rodriguez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrWarren HS Downey, CA
G 24 Valerie Nawahine 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrBYU Springville, UT
F 32 Tanaeya Boclair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoBrennan HS San Antonio, TX
C 33 Joeseta Fatuesi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoWilcox HS Santa Clara, CA
Head coach

Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific)

Assistant coach(es)

Gavin Petersen (Hawaiʻi)
Danyelle Snelgro (Utah State)
Wesley Brooks (West Virginia)


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

Roster

Schedule and results

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015*
7:00 pm
Fort Lewis W 77–69 
Jon M. Huntsman Center (348)
Salt Lake City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
4:45 pm
South Dakota W 66–59  1–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (844)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
Lamar W 71–67  2–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (543)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/20/2015*
7:00 pm
George Mason W 74–62  3–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (792)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/26/2015*
2:15 pm
vs. No. 21 Oklahoma
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division
L 55–70  3–1
Grand Lucayan Resort (353)
Freeport, BAH
11/27/2015*
6:00 pm
vs. Boston College
Junkanoo Jam Reef Division
L 51–76  3–2
Grand Lucayan Resort (453)
Freeport, BAH
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm
Cal State Northridge W 97–56  4–2
Jon M. Huntsman Center (908)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Creighton W 74–58  5–2
Jon M. Huntsman Center (805)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU
Deseret First Duel
L 59–73  5–3
Marriott Center (1,183)
Provo, UT
12/19/2015*
7:00 pm
Fresno State W 78–63  6–3
Jon M. Huntsman Center (726)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/22/2015*
1:00 pm, MW Net
at Utah State W 64–61  7–3
Smith Spectrum (354)
Logan, UT
12/29/2015*
7:00 pm
UC Davis W 88–58  8–3
Jon M. Huntsman Center (885)
Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2015
5:00 pm, P12N
Washington State W 73–71  9–3
(1–0)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,151)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/04/2015
6:00 pm, P12N
Washington W 88–83  10–3
(2–0)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (884)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/08/2015
8:00 pm
at No. 9 Stanford L 52–72  10–4
(2–1)
Maples Pavilion (4,030)
Stanford, CA
01/10/2015
3:00 pm
at No. 21 California W 84–79  11–4
(3–1)
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
01/15/2015
7:00 pm
at Arizona W 60–55  12–4
(4–1)
McKale Center (1,022)
Tucson, AZ
01/17/2015
12:00 pm, P12N
at No. 10 Arizona State L 60–80  12–5
(4–2)
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510)
Tucson, AZ
01/22/2015
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Oregon State L 53–62  12–6
(4–3)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,761)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/24/2015
2:00 pm, P12N
Oregon L 65–77  12–7
(4–4)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (864)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/29/2015
7:00 pm, P12N
USC L 59–70  12–8
(4–5)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,621)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/31/2015
2:00 pm
No. 15 UCLA L 63–69  12–9
(4–6)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (957)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/04/2015
6:00 pm, P12N
Colorado W 71–55  13–9
(5–6)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,054)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/07/2015
12:00 pm, P12N
at Colorado W 76–68  14–9
(6–6)
Coors Events Center (1,785)
Boulder, CO
02/12/2015
7:00 pm
at Oregon L 58–69  14–10
(6–7)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,889)
Eugene, OR
02/14/2015
2:00 pm
at No. 8 Oregon State L 53–72  14–11
(6–8)
Gill Coliseum (4,278)
Corvallis, OR
02/19/2015
6:00 pm, P12N
California W 72–66  15–11
(7–8)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,713)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/21/2015
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 15 Stanford L 54–72  15–12
(7–9)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (983)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/25/2015
8:00 pm
at Washington L 60–73  15–13
(7–10)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,733)
Seattle, WA
02/27/2015
12:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 75–69  16–13
(8–10)
Beasley Coliseum (788)
Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
12:30 pm, P12N
(7) vs. (10) California
First Round
L 63–66 OT 16–14
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm
Montana State
First Round
W 95–61  17–14
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,239)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/21/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Gonzaga
Second Round
W 92–77  18–14
McCarthey Athletic Center (3,000)
Spokane, WA
03/23/2016*
7:00 pm
at Oregon
Third Round
L 63–73  18–15
Matthew Knight Arena (1,165)
Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Coaches NR NR NR NR NR 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 Utah Utes men's basketball team

References

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