2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represents Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Cathy Nixon enters the season as head coach for the 20th consecutive season. The Wolverines play their home games at the UCCU Center and the PE Building as members of the WAC. They finished the season 16–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a 3 tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC Women's Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State.

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2015–16 record16–15 (8–6 WAC)
Head coach
  • Cathy Nixon (20th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Glover
  • Adam Wardenburg
  • Caitlyn Sears
Home arenaUCCU Center
PE Building
2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State †13–1 .929  26–5  .839
UTRGV9–5 .643  19–14  .576
Grand Canyon*8–6 .571  16–15  .516
Utah Valley8–6 .571  16–15  .516
Cal State Bakersfield8–6 .571  12–19  .387
UMKC5–9 .357  10–18  .357
Seattle3–11 .214  9–21  .300
Chicago State2–12 .143  4–25  .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

Roster
2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 3 Mariah Seals 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoMiramonte Richmond, CA
G 5 Georgia Agnew 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrSalem Hills Hamilton, New Zealand
G 11 Quynne Huggins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrMillennium Goodyear, AZ
F 12 Rebecca MaWhinney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrWasatch Midway, UT
F 13 Karlee Norris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS JrMountain Crest Hyrum, UT
G 14 Kendall Perry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrHighland Gilbert, AZ
G 20 Patrice Toston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrFranklin
Southern Idaho		 Seattle, WA
G 21 Rhiah Spooner-Knight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrSacred Heart Girls' College Hamilton, New Zealand
G 22 Taylor Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoNorth Sanpete Mount Pleasant, UT
G/F 23 Kelsey McCann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrLone Peak Highland, UT
G 25 Veronica Preciado 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrGrant Union Sacramento, CA
G 35 Deijah Blanks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoMount Miguel San Diego, CA
C 40 Sam Loggins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SrMountain View Boise, ID
C 44 Hadley Nelson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrHighland Gilbert, AZ
Head coach
  • Cathy Nixon (BYU)
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
3:00 pm		 CSU Pueblo L 53–67 
PE Building 
Orem, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
3:00 pm, BYUtv		 at BYU L 62–78  0–1
 Marriott Center (898)
Provo, UT
11/14/2015*
4:00 pm		 Bethesda University W 91–64  1–1
 UCCU Center (202)
Orem, UT
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm		 Southern Utah W 70–58  2–1
 UCCU Center (389)
Orem, UT
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm		 at Boise State W 72–70  3–1
 Taco Bell Arena (504)
Boise, ID
11/21/2015*
3:00 pm		 Dixie State W 77–63  4–1
 PE Building (314)
Orem, UT
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm		 San Francisco W 94–88 OT 5–1
 UCCU Center (241)
Orem, UT
11/27/2015*
5:00 pm		 at Nevada
Nugget Classic		 W 73–65  6–1
 Lawlor Events Center (1,857)
Reno, NV
11/28/2015*
3:00 pm		 vs. Alabama
Nugget Classic		 L 60–67  6–2
 Lawlor Events Center (964)
Reno, NV
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm		 at Eastern Washington L 64–68  6–3
 Reese Court (154)
Cheney, WA
12/05/2015*
5:00 pm		 at Oregon L 68–79  6–4
 Matthew Knight Arena (1,033)
Eugene, OR
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm		 Utah State L 72–76  6–5
 PE Building (323)
Orem, UT
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm		 at Weber State L 54–61  6–6
 Dee Events Center (783)
Ogden, UT
12/22/2015*
1:00 pm		 at Nebraska–Omaha W 74–59  7–6
 Baxter Arena (268)
Omaha, NE
12/29/2015*
3:00 pm		 Idaho State L 47–56  7–7
 UCCU Center (209)
Orem, UT
12/31/2015*
3:00 pm		 UC Davis L 55–59  7–8
 PE Building (184)
Orem, UT
WAC regular season
01/07/2016
7:00 pm		 at New Mexico State L 68–73  7–9
(0–1)		 Pan American Center (815)
Las Cruces, NM
01/09/2016
7:00 pm		 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 48–61  7–10
(0–2)		 UTRGV Fieldhouse (611)
Edinburg, TX
01/16/2016
3:00 pm		 Grand Canyon L 53–61  7–11
(0–3)		 PE Building (201)
Orem, UT
01/21/2016
5:00 pm		 UMKC W 79–71  8–11
(1–3)		 UCCU Center (222)
Orem, UT
01/23/2016
3:00 pm		 Chicago State W 74–46  9–11
(2–3)		 UCCU Center (235)
Orem, UT
01/28/2016
8:00 pm		 at Seattle W 61–44  10–11
(3–3)		 Connolly Center (207)
Seattle, WA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm		 at Cal State Bakersfield L 54–61  10–12
(4–3)		 Icardo Center (822)
Bakersfield, CA
02/04/2016
11:00 am		 Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 71–57  11–12
(4–4)		 PE Building (1,389)
Orem, UT
02/06/2016
3:00 pm		 New Mexico State L 53–59  11–13
(4–5)		 PE Building (353)
Orem, UT
02/13/2016
3:00 pm		 Cal State Bakersfield W 72–53  12–13
(5–5)		 PE Building (276)
Orem, UT
02/18/2016
6:00 pm		 at Chicago State W 69–62  13–13
(6–5)		 Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (223)
Chicago, IL
02/20/2016
1:00 pm		 at UMKC W 58–44  14–13
(7–5)		 Swinney Recreation Center (411)
Kansas City, MO
02/27/2016
3:00 pm		 Seattle W 79–48  15–13
(8–5)		 PE Building (249)
Orem, UT
03/05/2016
4:00 pm		 at Grand Canyon L 64–65  15–14
(8–6)		 GCU Arena (362)
Phoenix, AZ
WAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2016
3:00 pm		 vs. UMKC
Quarterfinals		 W 61–53  16–14
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/11/2016
1:00 pm		 vs. New Mexico State
Semifinals		 L 44–58  16–15
 Orleans Arena (1,618)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team

References
  1. http://wolverinegreen.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
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