2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs were led by second year head coach Lisa Fortier. The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Riverside in the first round before losing to Utah in the second round.

2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record19–14 (10–8 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jordan Green
  • Stacy Clinesmith
  • Craig Fortier
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
BYU16–2 .88926–7  .788
Saint Mary's14–4 .77824–8  .750
San Diego13–5 .72224–8  .750
Santa Clara13–5 .72223–9  .719
Gonzaga10–8 .55619–14  .576
San Francisco †9–9 .50021–12  .636
Pacific6–12 .33313–17  .433
Loyola Marymount6–12 .33311–20  .355
Pepperdine2–16 .1117–24  .226
Portland1–17 .0563–27  .100
† Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Roster
2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 1 Chelsea Waters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrLewiston Lewiston, ID
G 4 Makenlee Williams (I) Current redshirt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrSyrause
Utah State		 Syracuse, UT
G 5 Georgia Stirton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrWaverly Falcons
North Idaho College		 Melbourne, Australia
G 10 Zhane Templeton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrSouth Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX
G 11 Laura Stockton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrGonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
C 12 Emma Wolfram Injured 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS SoSouth Kamloops Kamloops, BC
F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS FrFairfield Fairfield, MT
G 14 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoAvides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany
G 20 Kacie Bosch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoChinook Lethbridge, AB
F 22 Shaniqua Nilles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrWest Valley Spokane, WA
F 23 Kiara Kudron Injured 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrHuron High School New Boston, MI
G 30 Chandler Smith (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrBrewster
Nebraska		 Brewster, WA
G 31 Elle Tinkle Injured 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrBig Sky Missoula, MT
G 32 Melissa Holland (W) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrSacred Heart Preparatory Atherton, CA
F 33 Zykera Rice 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrClover Park Lakewood, WA
C 44 Shelby Cheslek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS SrPullman Pullman, WA
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
11/06/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Carroll (Montana) W 64–31 
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,405)
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Air Force W 88–35  1–0
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,574)
Spokane, WA
11/15/2015*
1:00 pm, SWX		 No. 16 Stanford L 48–65  1–1
 McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
11/19/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Eastern Washington W 78–56  2–1
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,439)
Spokane, WA
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 West Virginia
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 W 62–57  3–1
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,509)
Spokane, WA
11/23/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Grand Canyon
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 W 70–44  4–1
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,222)
Spokane, WA
11/24/2015*
6:00 pm, SWX		 USC
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 L 56–60  4–2
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,154)
Spokane, WA
11/29/2015*
11:00 am, ESPN3		 vs. North Carolina
Hall of Fame Women's Challenge		 L 62–67  4–3
 Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
12/03/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Wyoming W 61–57 OT 5–3
 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212)
Spokane, WA
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm, SWX		 Montana State W 65–52  6–3
 McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
12/08/2015*
6:00 pm, P12N		 at Washington State L 48–55  6–4
 Beasley Coliseum (1,302)
Pullman, WA
12/11/2015*
4:00 pm, TWCS OH		 at Dayton W 57–47  7–4
 UD Arena (2,533)
Dayton, OH
12/13/2015*
11:00 am, PLN		 at Colgate W 80–50  8–4
 Cotterell Court (522)
Hamilton, NY
WCC regular season
12/21/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at Pepperdine W 74–57  9–4
(1–0)		 Firestone Fieldhouse (201)
Malibu, CA
12/23/2015
1:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at Loyola Marymount W 66–59  10–4
(2–0)		 Gersten Pavilion (401)
Los Angeles, CA
12/31/2015
5:00 pm, TheW.tv		 San Francisco W 68–47  11–4
(3–0)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,733)
Spokane, WA
01/02/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Santa Clara W 53–44  12–4
(4–0)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/09/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at Portland W 71–63  13–4
(5–0)		 Chiles Center (395)
Portland, OR
01/14/2016
6:00 pm, BYUtv		 at BYU L 54–58  13–5
(5–1)		 Marriott Center (1,235)
Provo, UT
01/16/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at San Diego L 54–63  13–6
(5–2)		 Jenny Craig Pavilion (652)
San Diego, CA
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Saint Mary's L 68–69  13–7
(5–3)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,593)
Spokane, WA
01/23/2016
2:00 pm, SWX		 Pacific W 68–61  14–7
(6–3)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,503)
Spokane, WA
01/28/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at Santa Clara L 64–71  14–8
(6–4)		 Leavey Center (400)
Santa Clara, CA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at San Francisco L 52–71  14–9
(6–5)		 War Memorial Gymnasium (567)
San Francisco, CA
02/04/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Loyola Marymount W 83–68  15–9
(7–5)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,127)
Spokane, WA
02/06/2016
2:00 pm, SWX		 Pepperdine W 56–39  16–9
(8–5)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/13/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Portland W 86–51  17–9
(9–5)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,559)
Spokane, WA
02/18/2016
6:30 pm, TheW.tv		 at Saint Mary's L 47–66  17–10
(9–6)		 McKeon Pavilion (405)
Moraga, CA
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv		 at Pacific L 83–84 OT 17–11
(9–7)		 Alex G. Spanos Center (692)
Stockton, CA
02/25/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 San Diego L 57–58  17–12
(9–8)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,630)
Spokane, WA
02/27/2016
2:00 pm, SWX		 BYU W 73–55  18–12
(10–8)		 McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
8:00 pm, BYUtv		 vs. Santa Clara
Quarterfinals		 L 58–59  18–13
 Orleans Arena (6,071)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2016*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 UC Riverside
First Round		 W 88–54  19–13
 McCarthey Athletic Center (1,309)
Spokane, WA
03/21/2016*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv		 Utah
Second Round		 L 77–92  19–14
 McCarthey Athletic Center (3,000)
Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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AP RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches RV RV RV 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

References
  1. "GoZags.com - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
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