2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by first-year head coach Lynn Kennedy, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–26, 2–16 in Big Sky play, to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Weber State.

2015–16 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	4–26 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Lynn Kennedy (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Alison Hewa Chelsey Zimmerman Amy Denson
Home arena	Peter Stott Center

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 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Danah Haley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Fairfax HS Blue Mountain CC Los Angeles, CA F 4 Pia Jurhar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr BRG XIX Krottenbachstraße Vienna, Austria G 5 Kian McNair 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Salesian HS Vallejo, CA F 11 Cici West 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Holy Names Academy Seattle, WA G 13 Bree Shepard 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Helix HS San Diego, CA G 15 Corey James 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr West Albany HS Albany, OR G 20 Ashley Torres Negron 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Highland CC Morovis, Puerto Rico C 21 Alicia Carline 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Freyberg HS Gillette College Feilding, New Zealand G 22 Montana Walters 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS So Oregon City Santa Clara Oregon City, OR G 23 Yaremi Mejia 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So South Medford HS Auckland, New Zealand F 25 Ta Oramae Solomon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Avondale HS Cochise College Medford, OR G 45 Michaela Kay 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Lewis & Clark HS Spokane, WA G RS Ashley Bolston (I)  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So South Medford HS Washington State Medford, OR G RS Sidney Rielly (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Everett HS Santa Clara Everett, WA F RS Courtney West (I)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Port Hacking HS Southern Oregon Sydney, Australia	Head coach Lynn Kennedy (Northwest University) Assistant coach(es) Alison Hewa (Eastern Washington) Chelsey Zimmerman (Southern Oregon) Amy Denson (Arizona State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: jULY 17, 2024

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 9, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		Oregon Tech	L 69–81		Peter Stott Center (218) Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		at Cal State Fullerton	L 69–84	0–1	Titan Gym (199) Fullerton, CA
November 15, 2015* 2:00 p.m.		at Long Beach State	L 71–89	0–2	Walter Pyramid (552) Long Beach, CA
November 21, 2015* 2:00 p.m.		Warner Pacific	L 64–76	0–3	Peter Stott Center (214) Portland, OR
November 24, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		Portland	L 53–69	0–4	Peter Stott Center (225) Portland, OR
November 27, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		UC Davis	L 70–82	0–5	Peter Stott Center (257) Portland, OR
December 3, 2015* 5:00 p.m.		at South Dakota State	L 65–74	0–6	Frost Arena (1,509) Brookings, SD
December 5, 2015* 12:00 p.m.		at South Dakota	L 61–103	0–7	DakotaDome (1,384) Vermillion, SD
December 12, 2015* 12:00 p.m.		Corban	W 90–76	1–7	Peter Stott Center (281) Portland, OR
December 15, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		Seattle	L 64–85	1–8	Peter Stott Center (286) Portland, OR
December 17, 2015* 6:00 p.m.		at Oregon	L 59–122	1–9	Matthew Knight Arena (1,258) Eugene, OR
December 20, 2015* 7:00 p.m.		Cal State Northridge	W 83–77	2–9	Peter Stott Center (241) Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
January 2, 2016 12:00 p.m.		at Sacramento State	L 91–132	2–10 (0–1)	Hornets Nest (391) Sacramento, CA
January 7, 2016 7:00 p.m.		Montana	L 58–79	2–11 (0–2)	Peter Stott Center (293) Portland, OR
January 9, 2016 2:00 p.m.		Montana State	L 59–106	2–12 (0–3)	Peter Stott Center (260) Portland, OR
January 14, 2016 11:00 a.m.		at Weber State	L 73–102	2–13 (0–4)	Dee Events Center  Ogden, UT
January 16, 2016 1:00 p.m.		at Idaho State	L 70–71	2–14 (0–5)	Reed Gym (941) Pocatello, ID
January 23, 2016 12:00 p.m.		Sacramento State	L 78–126	2–15 (0–6)	Peter Stott Center (212) Portland, OR
January 28, 2016 7:00 p.m.		Eastern Washington	W 81–79	3–15 (1–6)	Peter Stott Center (241) Portland, OR
January 30, 2016 2:00 p.m.		Idaho	L 65–94	3–16 (1–7)	Peter Stott Center (283) Portland, OR
February 4, 2016 6:00 p.m.		at Montana State	L 64–74	3–17 (1–8)	Worthington Arena (1,221) Bozeman, MT
February 6, 2016 1:00 p.m.		at Montana	L 57–76	3–18 (1–9)	Dahlberg Arena (2,973) Missoula, MT
February 11, 2016 12:00 p.m.		Idaho State	L 42–64	3–19 (1–10)	Peter Stott Center (928) Portland, OR
February 13, 2016 2:00 p.m.		Weber State	L 58–75	3–20 (1–11)	Peter Stott Center (365) Portland, OR
February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m.		at Idaho	L 63–84	3–21 (1–12)	Cowan Spectrum (678) Moscow, ID
February 20, 2016 2:00 p.m.		at Eastern Washington	L 57–70	3–22 (1–13)	Reese Court (1,005) Cheney, WA
February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m.		North Dakota	L 62–75	3–23 (1–14)	Peter Stott Center (268) Portland, OR
February 25, 2016 2:00 p.m.		Northern Colorado	L 59–70	3–24 (1–15)	Peter Stott Center (186) Portland, OR
March 2, 2016 6:00 p.m.		at Northern Arizona	W 88–80	4–24 (2–15)	Walkup Skydome (347) Flagstaff, AZ
March 4, 2016 6:00 p.m.		at Southern Utah	L 64–76	4–25 (2–16)	Centrum Arena (502) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky women's tournament
March 7, 2016 8:05 p.m.		vs. Weber State First round	L 68–91	4–26	Reno Events Center (1,274) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

See also

• 2015–16 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team