2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball
WBI, runner-up
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	23–12 (11–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bethann Ord (4th season);
Assistant coaches	JD Gustin; Devan Newman; Matt Thune;
Home arena	Dee Events Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in Big Sky play, to finish sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they defeated New Mexico in the first round, North Dakota in the quarterfinals, USC Upstate in the semifinals, before losing to Louisiana–Lafayette in the championship game.

2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State	14	–	4	.778	21	–	10	.677
Idaho †	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Eastern Washington	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
North Dakota	13	–	5	.722	19	–	14	.576
Montana	12	–	6	.667	20	–	11	.645
Weber State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Sacramento State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	17	.452
Idaho State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Northern Colorado	8	–	10	.444	13	–	16	.448
Northern Arizona	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200
Southern Utah	2	–	16	.111	5	–	25	.167
Portland State	2	–	16	.111	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 26, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games were heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games were also be streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky.

Roster

2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Fr	Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
F	1	Jocelyn Adams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Skyview	Vancouver, WA
G	2	Deeshyra Thomas	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Clackamas	Clackamas, OR
G	4	Kailie Quinn	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Judge	Salt Lake City, UT
G	11	Dionne Coe	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Murry Bergtraum Monroe JC	Brooklyn, NY
G	12	Yarden Danan	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Kiryat Sharet Holon	Rehovot, Israel
G	20	Emily Drake	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Pullman	Pullman, WA
G	22	Brittany Dunbar	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	St. Petersburg St. Petersburg College	St. Petersburg, FL
F	23	Tinisha Toussaint	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Desert Vista	Phoenix, AZ
F	32	Cece Wooten	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	St. Mary's Academy	Portland, OR
G	34	Regina Okoye	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	El Dorado	Albuquerque, NM
F	41	Tyschal Blake	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	St. Mary's Academy	Portland, OR

Head coach

Bethann Ord (UMBC)

Assistant coach(es)

JD Gustin (Montana Western)
Laura Terry (Louisville)
Matt Thune (Indiana)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 17, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2015* 7:00 p.m.	Western Oregon	W 80–64		Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2015* 4:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Bethesda	W 86–60	1–0	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
November 15, 2015* 1:00 p.m.	at Denver	W 61–49	2–0	Magness Arena (519) Denver, CO
November 18, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	College of Charleston	L 42–50	2–1	Dee Events Center (521) Ogden, UT
November 22, 2015* 2:00 p.m., BigWest.tv	at Cal State Fullerton	W 60–40	3–1	Titan Gym (157) Fullerton, CA
November 27, 2015* 5:00 p.m., TheW.tv	at Portland	W 57–55	4–1	Chiles Center (301) Portland, OR
December 4, 2015* 6:00 p.m., C-USA Digital	at North Texas Hospitality Hills Challenge	W 45–38	5–1	The Super Pit (684) Denton, TX
December 5, 2015* 11:00 a.m.	vs. Stephen F. Austin Hospitality Hills Challenge	W 56–46	6–1	The Super Pit Denton, TX
December 10, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	BYU	L 51–68	6–2	Dee Events Center (1,034) Ogden, UT
December 12, 2015* 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Utah Valley	W 61–54	7–2	Dee Events Center (783) Ogden, UT
December 21, 2015* 8:00 p.m.	at Washington	L 56–69	7–3	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,550) Seattle, WA
December 29, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Westminster	W 79–46	8–3	Dee Events Center (517) Ogden, UT
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Idaho State	W 61–46	9–3 (1–0)	Reed Gym (1,005) Pocatello, ID
January 7, 2015 6:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at North Dakota	W 62–56	10–3 (2–0)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,304) Grand Forks, ND
January 9, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Northern Colorado	L 63–65	10–4 (2–1)	Bank of Colorado Arena (857) Greeley, CO
January 14, 2016 12:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Portland State	W 102–73	11–4 (3–1)	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
January 16, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Sacramento State	W 77–66	12–4 (4–1)	Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT
January 23, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Idaho State	L 57–58	12–5 (4–2)	Dee Events Center (948) Ogden, UT
January 28, 2016 6:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Northern Arizona	W 76–56	13–5 (5–2)	Walkup Skydome (352) Flagstaff, AZ
January 30, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Southern Utah	W 70–51	14–5 (6–2)	Centrum Arena (815) Cedar City, UT
February 4, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Northern Colorado	W 82–77 ^3OT	15–5 (7–2)	Dee Events Center (623) Ogden, UT
February 6, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	North Dakota	L 78–85 ^OT	15–6 (7–3)	Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT
February 11, 2016 8:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Sacramento State	L 64–87	15–7 (7–4)	Hornets Nest (443) Sacramento, CA
February 13, 2016 3:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Portland State	W 75–58	16–7 (8–4)	Peter Stott Center (365) Portland, OR
February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Southern Utah	W 75–56	17–7 (9–4)	Dee Events Center (607) Ogden, UT
February 20, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Northern Arizona	W 95–88 ^OT	18–7 (10–4)	Dee Events Center (591) Ogden, UT
February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Montana State	L 71–92	18–8 (10–5)	Worthington Arena (1,452) Bozeman, MT
February 27, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	at Montana	L 75–84	18–9 (10–6)	Dahlberg Arena (3,257) Missoula, MT
March 2, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Idaho	L 70–77	18–10 (10–7)	Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT
March 4, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky	Eastern Washington	W 80–74	19–10 (11–7)	Dee Events Center (786) Ogden, UT
Big Sky women's tournament^[1]
March 7, 2016 9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky	vs. Portland State First round	W 91–68	20–10	Reno Events Center (1,274) Reno, NV
March 9, 2016 9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky	vs. Idaho Quarterfinals	L 83–86	20–11	Reno Events Center (1,343) Reno, NV
WBI
March 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m.	at New Mexico First round	W 75–67	21–11	Johnson Gymnasium (581) Albuquerque, NM
March 20, 2016* 6:00 p.m.	at North Dakota Quarterfinals	W 76–74	22–11	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (862) Grand Forks, ND
March 23, 2016* 7:00 p.m.	USC Upstate Semifinals	W 79–53	23–11	Dee Events Center (1,323) Ogden, UT
March 26, 2016* 3:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette Championship game	L 85–87 ^2OT	23–12	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636) Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Source:^[2]

References

^ "Big Sky basketball tournaments will be played in Reno". The Salt Lake Tribune. April 25, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ "2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[1] "Big Sky basketball tournaments will be played in Reno". The Salt Lake Tribune. April 25, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[2] "2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

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Roster

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