2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 10
Finals site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions BYU (2nd title)
Winning coach Jeff Judkins (2nd WCC title)
MVP Lexi Eaton (BYU)
Television ESPNU/BYUtv
West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014 2016»
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 16 – 2   .889     26 – 8   .765
San Diego 14 – 4   .778     25 – 7   .781
Pacific 13 – 5   .722     21 – 10   .677
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722     23 – 11   .676
BYU † 12 – 6   .667     23 – 10   .697
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444     19 – 14   .576
Santa Clara 5 – 13   .278     11 – 18   .379
Loyola Marymount 4 – 14   .222     7 – 24   .226
Pepperdine 3 – 15   .167     8 – 22   .267
Portland 2 – 16   .111     4 – 26   .133
† Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–10, 2015 at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined based on a schools conference record, not the overall record. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:

  1. Head-to-head
  2. Better record against a higher seed
  3. Higher RPI
2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conference Record Overall Record
(End of Regular Season)		 Tiebreaker
1. Gonzaga 16–2 23–6
2. San Diego 14–4 23–5
3. Pacific 13–5 21–8 2–0 vs. SMC
4. Saint Mary's 13–5 20–9 0–2 vs. Pacific
5. BYU 12–6 20–9
6. San Francisco 8–10 17–12
7. Santa Clara 5–13 10–17
8. Loyola Marymount 4–14 6–23
9. Pepperdine 3–15 8–21
10. Portland 2–16 4–25

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup#
First Round – Thursday, March 5
1
1
 12:00 PM
#8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 Pepperdine
2
 2:00 PM
#7 Santa Clara vs. #10 Portland
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 & Friday, March 6
2
3
 6:00 PM
#3 Pacific vs. #6 San Francisco
4
 8:00 PM
#4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 BYU
3
5
 12:00 PM
#1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Loyola Marymount
6
 2:00 PM
#2 San Diego vs. #7 Santa Clara
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
4
7
 12:00 PM
#5 BYU vs. #1 Gonzaga
8
 2:30 PM
#6 San Francisco vs. #2 San Diego
Championship Game – Tuesday, March 10
5
9
 1:00 PM
#5 BYU vs. #6 San Francisco
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Scores

  First Round
Thursday, March 5
BYUtv		 Quarterfinals
Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6
BYUtv		 Semifinals
Monday, March 9
BYUtv		 Championship Game
Tuesday, March 10
ESPNU
                                     
        
  1  Gonzaga 70  
    8  Loyola Marymount 50  
8  Loyola Marymount 68
9  Pepperdine 67  
  1  Gonzaga 55  
  5  BYU 61  
        
        
  4  Saint Mary's 64
    5  BYU 65  
      
        
  5  BYU 76
  6  San Francisco 65
        
        
  2  San Diego 51
    7  Santa Clara 42  
7  Santa Clara 66
10  Portland 58  
  2  San Diego 57
  6  San Francisco 65  
        
        
  3  Pacific 64
    6  San Francisco 74  
      

Game Summaries

Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 52-20
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski

BYUtv
Mar 5
12:00 pm PST
Pepperdine Waves 67, Loyola Marymount Lions 68
Scoring by half: 30-34, 37-34
Pts: Keitra Wallace 22
Rebs: Ea Shoushtari 14
Asts: Ea Shoushtari 7		 Pts: Sophie Taylor 22
Rebs: Emily Ben-Jumbo, Sophie Taylor, & Bree Alford 8
Asts: Leslie Lopez-Wood 5
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[2]
Referees: Darren B., Teresa Turner, Ify Seales

Santa Clara vs. Portland

Series History: Santa Clara leads 37-30
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski

BYUtv
Mar 5
2:00 pm PST
Portland Pilots 58, Santa Clara Broncos 66
Scoring by half: 23-35, 35-31
Pts: Cassandra Brown 19
Rebs: Cassandra Brown & Cassandra Thompson 6
Asts: Jasmine Wooton 5		 Pts: Nici Gilday 14
Rebs: Morgan McGwire 7
Asts: Nici Gilday & Raquel Avila 5
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[3]
Referees: Wanda Szeremeta, In'Fini Robinson, Gordon Torigoe

Pacific vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Francisco leads 16-15
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 5
6:00 pm PST
San Francisco Dons 74, Pacific Tigers 64
Scoring by half: 43-37, 31-27
Pts: Taj Winson 20
Rebs: Taj Winson 7
Asts: Paige Spietz 3		 Pts: Hailie Eackles 17
Rebs: Kendall Kenyon 8
Asts: Maddison Parrish 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[4]
Referees: Bart Baldwin, Brian Woods, Tiffany Bird

Saint Mary's vs. BYU

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 5-4
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 5
8:00 pm PST
BYU Cougars 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 64
Scoring by half: 28-30, 37-34
Pts: Lexi Eaton 30
Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9
Asts: Kylie Maeda & Lexi Eaton 2		 Pts: Lauren Nicholson 23
Rebs: Carli Rosenthal 12
Asts: Lauren Nicholson & Shannon Mauldin 1
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[5]
Referees: Rich Waters, Benny Luna, Karen Lasuik

Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Gonzaga leads 33-27
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski

BYUtv
Mar 6
12:00 pm PST
Loyola Marymount Lions 50, Gonzaga Bulldogs 70
Scoring by half: 23-28, 27-42
Pts: Sophie Taylor 16
Rebs: Bree Alford 10
Asts: Bree Alford, Makenzie Cast & Alyson Lock 2		 Pts: Shelby Cheslek & Sunny Greinacher 14
Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 14
Asts: Sunny Greinacher 6
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[6]
Referees: Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin, Wanda Szeremeta

San Diego vs. Santa Clara

Series History: San Diego leads 35-32
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski

BYUtv
Mar 6
2:00 pm PST
Santa Clara Broncos 42, San Diego Toreros 51
Scoring by half: 19-28, 23-23
Pts: Nici Gilday 22
Rebs: Taylor Berry & Nici Gilday 6
Asts: Raquel Avila 4		 Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 16
Rebs: Sophia Ederaine & Maya Hood 10
Asts: Katherine Hamilton 5
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[7]
Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson

BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 11-6
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 9
12:00 p.m. PDT
BYU Cougars 61, Gonzaga Bulldogs 55
Scoring by half: 22-32, 39-23
Pts: Makenzi Morrison 18
Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9
Asts: Kylie Maeda 6		 Pts: Sunny Greinacher 15
Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 12
Asts: Georgia Stirton 6
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[8]
Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson

San Diego vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Diego leads 38-25
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 9
2:30 p.m. PDT
San Francisco Dons 65, San Diego Toreros 57
Scoring by half: 29-42, 36-15
Pts: Taj Winston 18
Rebs: Taylor Proctor 10
Asts: Taylor Proctor 4		 Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 11
Rebs: Sophia Ederaine 12
Asts: Sophi Ederaine 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,110[9]
Referees: Shelley Rusi, Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin

WCC Championship: San Francisco vs. BYU

Series History: BYU leads series 12-2
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Katie Smith (ESPNU)
Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler; Spencer Linton & Ben Bagley–Halftime (BYU Radio)

Mar 10
1:00 p.m. PDT
San Francisco Dons 65, BYU Cougars 76
Scoring by half: 27-39, 38-37
Pts: Taj Winston 24
Rebs: Taj Winston & Paige Spietz 10
Asts: Zhane Dikes & Taylor Proctor 3		 Pts: Lexi Eaton 22
Rebs: Morgan Bailey 8
Asts: Kylie Maeda 5
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 8,000[10]
Referees: Robert Scofield, Anita Ortega, Michol Murray

All-Tournament Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G (Most Outstanding Player)
Morgan Bailey, BYU, RS Sr., F
Makenzi Morrison, BYU, RS So., G
Taj Winston, San Francisco, Sr., G
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pepperdine vs. Loyola Marymount (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  3. ↑ "Portland vs. Santa Clara (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  4. ↑ "San Francisco vs. Pacific (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  5. ↑ "BYU vs. Saint Mary's (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  6. ↑ "Loyola Maymount vs. Gonzaga (March 6, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Santa Clara vs. San Diego (March 6, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  8. ↑ "BYU vs. Gonzaga (March 9, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  9. ↑ "San Francisco vs. San Diego (March 9, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  10. ↑ "San Francisco vs. BYU (March 10, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-03-10.

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