2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team
| 2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| 2015–16 record | 14–11 (6–4 WAC) |
| Head coach | Larry Tidwell (3rd year) |
| Assistant coach | Gabe Henry |
| Assistant coach | Anthony Anderson |
| Assistant coach | Hannah Burleson |
| Home arena | UTRGV Fieldhouse |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | – | 3 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTRGV | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 14 | – | 11 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 12 | – | 13 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 8 | – | 17 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 9 | – | 14 | .391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 4 | – | 20 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 WAC Tournament winner As of February 18, 2016 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This is head coach Larry Tidwell's third season (1st season) at UTRGV. The Vaqueros play their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. This is the first season for UTRGV as an institution. Before the 2015–16 academic year UTRGV was UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville.
Previous Season
The Broncs finished the season 19–15, 9–5 in final WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the championship of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State.
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Troi Swain | 1 | G | 5'6" | Freshman | Austin, TX | Transferred[1] |
| Tonisha Walker | 3 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Gardner, KS | Graduated |
| Stephanie Onyeje | 12 | G | 5'5" | Freshman | Pflugerville, TX | Transferred[1] |
| T'Ondria Nolen | 14 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Wichita, KS | Graduated |
| Crystal Cardenas | 20 | G | 5'7" | Freshman | Mercedes, TX | |
| Brittany Bush | 21 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Moline, IL | Graduated |
| Cha'zaye Wright | 25 | F | 5'8" | Senior | DeSoto, TX | Graduated |
| Cherrell Price | 33 | F | 5'11" | Senior | Midwest City, OK | Graduated |
2015–16 media
For the first time in club history women's basketball games will be televised. 9 of 11 home games will air on TWCS (Ch 323), with 6 of the 9 games airing live. The other two home games will air on the TWCS Alternate Channel (Ch 825). Other games will air on WAC Digital Network or road teams video feeds.[2]
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/13/2015* 2:30 PM |
vs. East Carolina Islanders Classic |
L 50–79 | 0–1 |
American Bank Center (76) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| 11/14/2015* 4:30 PM |
vs. Cal Poly Islanders Classic |
W 66–58 | 2–1 |
American Bank Center (146) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Concordia | W 90–44[4] | 2–1 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (613) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS Alt |
Texas Lutheran | W 90–38 | 3–1 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (545) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Eastern Michigan | L 56–78 | 3–2 |
EMU Convocation Center (443) Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
| 11/24/2015* 9:00 PM |
at UC Santa Barbara | W 62–60 | 4–2 |
The Thunderdome (310) Santa Barbara, CA | |||||||
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 PM |
at TCU | L 67–71 | 4–3 |
University Recreation Center (1,543) Ft. Worth, TX | |||||||
| 12/01/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 46–49 | 4–4 |
Dugan Wellness Center (613) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Incarnate Word | W 68–50 | 5–4 |
McDermott Center (206) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
| 12/05/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Oklahoma State | L 54–78 | 5–5 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,332) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
| 12/07/2015* 7:00 PM, Cox Kansas |
at Kansas State | L 43–61 | 5–6 |
Bramlage Coliseum (3,872) Manhattan, KS | |||||||
| 12/17/2015* 7:00 PM, WAC DN TWCS-TD |
Incarnate Word | W 60–47 | 6–6 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (711) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 12/20/2015* 1:00 PM |
at Houston | W 55–45 | 7–6 |
Hofheinz Pavilion (792) Houston, TX | |||||||
| 12/30/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Evangel | W 75–60 | 8–6 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (544) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/01/2016* 11:00 AM |
at Syracuse | L 32–91 | 8–7 |
Carrier Dome (442) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| WAC regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/07/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Grand Canyon | W 52–28 | 9–7 (1–0) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (445) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/09/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Utah Valley | W 61–48 | 10–7 (2–0) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (611) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/14/2016 7:00 PM, WAC DN |
at Chicago State | W 64–56 | 11–7 (3–0) |
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (100) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 01/16/2016 7:00 PM, WAC DN |
at UMKC | W 62–53 | 12–7 (4–0) |
Swinney Recreation Center (247) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| 01/21/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Cal State Bakersfield | W 60–46 | 13–7 (5–0) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,268) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/23/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Seattle | L 71–74 | 13–8 (5–1) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,108) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 01/30/2016 7:00 PM, WAC DN TWCS- TD |
New Mexico State | L 57–68 | 13–9 (5–2) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 02/04/2016 12:00 PM |
at Utah Valley | L 57–71 | 13–10 (5–3) |
PE Building (1,389) Orem, UT | |||||||
| 02/06/2016 5:00 PM, Cox7 |
at Grand Canyon | W 68–66 | 14–10 (6–3) |
GCU Arena (376) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| 02/13/2016 1:00 PM, WAC DN TWCS- TD |
UMKC | L 57–59 | 14–11 (6–4) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (668) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| 02/18/2016 9:00 PM, WAC DN |
at Seattle | |
Connolly Center Seattle, WA | ||||||||
| 02/20/2016 3:00 PM, WAC DN |
at Cal State Bakersfield | |
Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA | ||||||||
| 02/27/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS |
Chicago State | |
UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX | ||||||||
| 03/05/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at New Mexico State | |
Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM | ||||||||
| WAC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/09–12/2016 , WAC DN |
vs. | |
Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | ||||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. | |||||||||||
See Also
References
- 1 2 "Transfers add to UTPA turnover". The Monitor. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "UTRGV Basketball Games to be telecast for the first time". The Monitor. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- ↑ http://goutrgv.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
- ↑ "UTRGV Women's Basketball Cruises In Home Opener". KZTV. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
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