2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record 19–14 (9–5 WAC)
Head coach Larry Tidwell (3rd season)
Assistant coach Gabe Henry
Assistant coach Anthony Anderson
Assistant coach Hannah Burleson
Home arena UTRGV Fieldhouse
2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
New Mexico State † 13 – 1   .929     26 – 5   .839
UTRGV 9 – 5   .643     19 – 14   .576
Grand Canyon* 8 – 6   .571     16 – 15   .516
Utah Valley 8 – 6   .571     16 – 15   .516
Cal State Bakersfield 8 – 6   .571     12 – 19   .387
UMKC 5 – 9   .357     10 – 18   .357
Seattle 3 – 11   .214     9 – 21   .300
Chicago State 2 – 12   .143     4 – 25   .138
† 2016 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2016
* Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 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 was head coach Larry Tidwell's third season, but first under the UT-RGV label. The Vaqueros play their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season for UTRGV as an institution. Before the 2015–16 academic year UTRGV was UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville. They finished the season 19–14, 9–5 in WAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC Women's Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU.

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
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

2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Peters, BerneshaBernesha Peters 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Spring Spring, TX
G/F 2 Ramirez, YadiraYadira Ramirez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Hanks El Paso, TX
G 3 Villarreal, AngelaAngela Villarreal 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Weslaco Weslaco, TX
G 4 Türk, IdilIdil Türk 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bodwell Istanbul, Turkey
F 5 Kjartansdottir, Hildur BjörgHildur Björg Kjartansdottir 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Fjölbrantaskòli Snætellinga Stykkishólmur, Iceland
G 10 Marquez, MichelleMichelle Marquez 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr Weslaco East Weslaco, TX
G 11 Goff, Shawnte'Shawnte' Goff 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Copperas Cove Copperas Cove, TX
G 15 Hyman, NicheleNichele Hyman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Clovis Clovis, NM
F 21 Maldonado, AnushkaAnushka Maldonado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Yelm
Odessa College		 Roy, WA
G/F 22 Bennett, JadaJada Bennett 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) RS Jr Sherman
North Florida		 Sherman, TX
F 23 Mercelita, MichelineMicheline Mercelita 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Edinburg Edinburg, TX
G 24 Preston, RickellRickell Preston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Hahnville Killona, LA
G 30 Ramirez, AmandaAmanda Ramirez 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS Fr Los Fresnos Los Frenos, TX
F 32 Havili, LileLile Havili 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Granger
Western Nebraska CC		 Salt Lake City, UT
F 33 Savoy, MaryMary Savoy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Salem
Midland College		 Salem, OR
G 34 Cuzic, SicaSica Cuzic 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Trinity International Galati, Romania
F 43 Murphy, TristanTristan Murphy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Stanwood Stanwood, WA
F 44 Van Tilburg, LauraLaura Van Tilburg 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Weslaco Weslaco, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[3]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
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*
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Eastern Michigan L 56–78  3–2
 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)
Fort 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*
6:00 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, TWCS Alt.		 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 Alt.		 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		 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		 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, TWCS*		 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, TWCS		 UMKC L 57–59  14–11
(6–4)		 UTRGV Fieldhouse (668)
Edinburg, TX

02/18/2016
9:00 PM		 at Seattle W 76–71  15–11
(7–4)		 Connolly Center (262)
Seattle, WA

02/20/2016
3:00 PM		 at Cal State Bakersfield L 66–80  15–12
(7–5)		 Icardo Center (878)
Bakersfield, CA

02/27/2016
7:00 PM, TWCS		 Chicago State W 78–56  16–12
(8–5)		 UTRGV Fieldhouse (522)
Edinburg, TX

03/05/2016
2:00 PM, FSSW+/ESPN3		 at New Mexico State W 66–55  17–12
(9–5)		 Pan American Center (1,612)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament

03/09/2016
6:30 PM		 vs. Chicago State
Quarterfinals		 W 60–52  18–12
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV

03/11/2016
4:30 PM		 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Semifinals		 W 73–72 2OT 19–12
 Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV

03/11/2016
3:00 PM, ESPNU		 vs. New Mexico State
Championship Game		 L 53–80  19–13
 Orleans Arena (777)
Paradise, NV
WNIT

03/17/2016*
7:00 PM		 at TCU
First Round		 L 73–97  19–14
 Schollmaier Arena (910)
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.
  • - Games will be televised on tape delay.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Transfers add to UTPA turnover". The Monitor. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ "UTRGV Basketball Games to be telecast for the first time". The Monitor. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Official Athletics Website of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – 2015–16 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goutrgv.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ↑ "UTRGV Women's Basketball Cruises In Home Opener". KZTV. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
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