2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball

WNIT, Second Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2015–16 record	19–14 (10–8 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Jordan Green
Assistant coach	Stacy Clinesmith
Assistant coach	Craig Fortier
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Saint Mary's	14	–	4	.778	24	–	8	.750
San Diego	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
Santa Clara	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Gonzaga	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
San Francisco †	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Pepperdine	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226
Portland	1	–	17	.056	3	–	27	.100

† Tournament winner As of March 22, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
2.5 !G/F	1	Waters, ChelseaChelsea Waters	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.0 !Sr	Lewiston	Lewiston, ID
1.5 !G	4	Williams, MakenleeMakenlee Williams (I)	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Syrause Utah State	Syracuse, UT
1.5 !G	5	Stirton, GeorgiaGeorgia Stirton	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Waverly Falcons North Idaho College	Melbourne, Australia
1.5 !G	10	Templeton, ZhaneZhane Templeton	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	South Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX
1.5 !G	11	Stockton, LauraLaura Stockton	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Gonzaga Prep	Spokane, WA
5.0 !C	12	Wolfram, EmmaEmma Wolfram	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	2.5 !RS So	South Kamloops	Kamloops, BC
3.5 !F	13	Barta, JillJill Barta	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	Fairfield	Fairfield, MT
1.5 !G	14	Stach, EmmaEmma Stach	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Avides Hurricanes	Buchholz, Germany
1.5 !G	20	Bosch, KacieKacie Bosch	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Chinook	Lethbridge, AB
3.5 !F	22	Nilles, ShaniquaShaniqua Nilles	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	West Valley	Spokane, WA
3.5 !F	23	Kudron, KiaraKiara Kudron	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Huron High School	New Boston, MI
1.5 !G	30	Smith, ChandlerChandler Smith (I)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Brewster Nebraska	Brewster, WA
1.5 !G	31	Tinkle, ElleElle Tinkle	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Big Sky	Missoula, MT
1.5 !G	32	Holland, MelissaMelissa Holland (W)	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Sacred Heart Preparatory	Atherton, CA
3.5 !F	33	Rice, ZykeraZykera Rice	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Clover Park	Lakewood, WA
5.0 !C	44	Cheslek, ShelbyShelby Cheslek	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Pullman	Pullman, WA

Head coach

Lisa Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	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
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	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

References

↑ http://www.gozags.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/gonz-w-baskbl-sched.html

Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball

Venues	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1986–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present)

Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog "Go, Gonzaga!"

People	Head coaches Record holders

Seasons	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References