2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by eighth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with a five early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for second place. They won the Big Sky tournament for the first time since 1985 when they rejoin the Big Sky Conference since 2014 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Baylor.

2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball
Big Sky tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	24–10 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jon Newlee (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Christa Stanford Jeri Jacobson Kristi Zeller
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum Memorial Gym

2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	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

Roster

2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Christina Salvatore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Canyon HS Anaheim, CA G 2 Karlee Wilson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Lewiston HS Lewiston, ID F 4 Brooke Reilly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mt. Spokane HS Spokane, WA C 5 Brigitte O'Neill 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Carey Grammar Melbourne, Australia F 11 Tayla Corrigan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Mineral Area College Adelaide, Australia C 12 Nejra Solo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So PRVA Gimnazija Zenica Zenica, Bosnia F 13 Ali Forde 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Woodinville HS Woodinville, WA G 14 Taylor Pierce 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr La Costa Canyon HS Carlsbad, CA G 21 Mikayla Ferenz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Walla Walla HS Walla Walla, WA G 22 Bethany Krause 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Centerville HS Centerville, OH G/F 23 Ranae Mokrzycki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr North Idaho College Melbourne, Australia G/F 31 Geraldine McCorkell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Melbourne, Australia G 32 Agueda Trujillo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr IES CTEIB Manacor, Spain G 35 Connie Ballestero 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Villa Park HS Orange, CA F 44 Sue Winger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Mead HS Spokane, WA	Head coach Jon Newlee (San Diego State) Assistant coach(es) Christa Stanford (Idaho State) Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa) Kristi Zeller (Toledo) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 5:30 pm		Lewis–Clark State	W 93–58		Memorial Gym  Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm		UC Santa Barbara	W 64–42	1–0	Memorial Gym (416) Moscow, ID
11/20/2015* 6:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 106–50	2–0	Memorial Gym (222) Moscow, ID
11/23/2015* 6:00 pm		Seattle	W 64–60	3–0	Memorial Gym (281) Moscow, ID
11/26/2015* 10:30 am		vs. No. 15 Duke Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 68–74	3–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 8:00 am		vs. Texas State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 75–55	4–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015* 8:00 am		vs. Iowa State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 97–65	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/02/2015* 5:30 pm		Northwest Christian	W 71–48	6–1	Memorial Gym (316) Moscow, ID
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm		Wyoming	W 61–57	7–1	Cowan Spectrum (315) Moscow, ID
12/09/2015* 3:30 pm		at Texas Tech	L 62–78	7–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,194) Lubbock, TX
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		at No. 7 Oregon State	L 44–69	7–3	Gill Coliseum (2,834) Corvallis, OR
12/20/2015* 12:00 pm		Abilene Christian	L 59–71 OT	7–4	Cowan Spectrum (201) Moscow, ID
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	W 75–47	8–4	Cowan Spectrum (243) Moscow, ID
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 92–65	9–4 (1–0)	Cowan Spectrum (346) Moscow, ID
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 66–56	10–4 (2–0)	Cowan Spectrum (401) Moscow, ID
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 66–74	10–5 (2–1)	Cowan Spectrum (378) Moscow, ID
01/14/2016 6:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 72–51	11–5 (3–1)	Walkup Skydome (309) Flagstaff, AZ
01/16/2016 6:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 62–51	12–5 (4–1)	Centrum Arena (558) Cedar City, UT
01/21/2016 6:00 pm		Montana	W 78–61	13–5 (5–1)	Cowan Spectrum (1,021) Moscow, ID
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		Montana State	L 59–62	13–6 (5–2)	Cowan Spectrum (874) Moscow, ID
01/28/2016 7:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 98–88	14–6 (6–2)	Hornets Nest (427) Sacramento, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		at Portland State	W 94–65	15–6 (7–2)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
02/04/2016 6:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 93–48	16–6 (8–2)	Cowan Spectrum (674) Moscow, ID
02/06/2016 6:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 76–59	17–6 (9–2)	Cowan Spectrum (622) Moscow, ID
02/11/2016 6:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 68–70	17–7 (9–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (802) Greeley, CO
02/13/2016 5:00 pm		at North Dakota	W 65–59	18–7 (10–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,526) Grand Forks, ND
02/18/2016 6:00 pm		Portland State	W 84–63	19–7 (11–3)	Cowan Spectrum (678) Moscow, ID
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 107–60	20–7 (12–3)	Cowan Spectrum (906) Moscow, ID
02/27/2016 2:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 70–84	20–8 (12–4)	Reese Court (890) Cheney, WA
03/02/2016 6:00 pm		at Weber State	W 77–70	21–8 (13–4)	Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT
03/04/2016 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 68–69	21–9 (13–5)	Reed Gym (1,255) Pocatello, ID
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/09/2016 8:05 pm		vs. Weber State Quarterfinals	W 86–83 OT	22–9	Reno Events Center (1,343) Reno, NV
03/11/2016 2:35 pm		vs. Eastern Washington Semifinals	W 86–71	23–9	Reno Events Center (827) Reno, NV
03/12/2016 1:05 pm		vs. Idaho State Championship Game	W 67–55	24–9	Reno Events Center (1,090) Reno, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	(16 D)	at (1 D) No. 4 Baylor First Round	L 59–89	24–10	Ferrell Center (4,990) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	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 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team