2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball
WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record 26–5 (13–1 WAC)
Head coach Mark Trakh (6th year)
Assistant coach Tamara Inoue
Assistant coach Aarika Hughes
Assistant coach Cecilia Russell-Nava
Home arena Pan American Center
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 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team will represent New Mexico State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Mark Trakh, play their home games at the Pan American Center and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–5, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley and Texas–Rio Grande Valley to be champions of the WAC Women's Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Arizona State.

Roster

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
F 1 Cooper, JasmineJasmine Cooper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Lincoln HS Dallas, TX
G 2 Salas, BrookeBrooke Salas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr El Dorado HS Placentia, CA
G 3 Lopez, TakiyahTakiyah Lopez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Chapin HS El Paso, TX
G 4 Weber, SashaSasha Weber 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Timberline HS Lacey, WA
G 10 Hardin, EmilyEmily Hardin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Monache HS Porterville, CA
G 11 Davis, ShaniceShanice Davis 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
G 12 Williams, ZaireZaire Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Santa Margarita Catholic HS Dana Point, CA
F 20 Walton, BrandeeBrandee Walton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. Mary's HS Surprise, AZ
G 21 William, TameraTamera William 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV
F 22 Ellis, TylerTyler Ellis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Antelope HS Antelope, AZ
G 23 Scott, AbbyAbby Scott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Madras HS Madras, OR
F 24 Freeman, BriannaBrianna Freeman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Harker Heights HS Killeen, TX
F 33 Toilolo, JenevaJeneva Toilolo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Farrington HS Honolulu, HI
G 35 Mack, MoriahMoriah Mack 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Reagan HS San Antonio, TX
F 50 Taylor, TyeshaTyesha Taylor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Temple HS Temple, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

11/13/2015*
6:00 PM
at North Dakota State W 79–69  1–0
Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (587)
Fargo, ND

11/17/2015*
7:00 PM, AggieVision
New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry
W 78–59  2–0
Pan American Center (885)
Las Cruces, NM

11/19/2015*
7:00 PM
Sacramento State W 80–77  3–0
Pan American Center (1,265)
Las Cruces, NM

11/24/2015*
5:00 PM
Southern Utah W 74–60  4–0
Pan American Center (700)
Las Cruces, NM

11/27/2015*
1:00 PM
Northwestern State
Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic
W 65–54  5–0
Pan American Center (873)
Las Cruces, NM

11/28/2015*
7:00 PM
Northern Arizona
Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic
W 87–53  6–0
Pan American Center (946)
Las Cruces, NM

12/02/2015*
7:00 PM
at Arizona L 64–68  6–1
McKale Center (741)
Tucson, AZ

12/05/2015*
2:00 PM, AggieVision
UTEP
The Battle of I-10
L 65–71  6–2
Pan American Center (768)
Las Cruces, NM

12/14/2015*
7:00 PM
Eastern New Mexico W 76–61  7–2
Pan American Center (862)
Las Cruces, NM

12/17/2015*
8:00 PM
at San Jose State W 75–66  8–2
Event Center Arena (224)
San Jose, CA

12/20/2015*
2:00 PM
at New Mexico
Rio Grande Rivalry
W 52–47  9–2
The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM

12/29/2015*
12:00 PM
vs. Vanderbilt
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals
L 45–71  9–3
Rose Hill Gymnasium (832)
Bronx, NY

12/30/2015*
11:00 AM
vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game
W 70–51  10–3
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY

01/04/2016*
7:00 PM
Western New Mexico W 68–39  11–3
Pan American Center (855)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC regular season

01/07/2016
7:00 PM, AggieVision
Utah Valley W 73–68  12–3
(1–0)
Pan American Center (815)
Las Cruces, NM

01/09/2016
2:00 PM, AggieVision
Grand Canyon W 60–58  13–3
(2–0)
Pan American Center (879)
Las Cruces, NM

01/14/2016
6:00 PM
at UMKC W 68–62  14–3
(3–0)
Swinney Recreation Center (231)
Kansas City, MO

01/16/2016
1:00 PM
at Chicago State W 70–60  15–3
(4–0)
Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (110)
Chicago, IL

01/21/2016
7:00 PM, AggieVision
Seattle W 69–54  16–3
(5–0)
Pan American Center (1,070)
Las Cruces, NM

01/23/2016
2:00 PM, AggieVision
Cal State Bakersfield W 86–63  17–3
(6–0)
Pan American Center (5,034)
Las Cruces, NM

01/30/2016
6:00 PM
at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 68–57  18–3
(7–0)
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709)
Edinburg, TX

02/04/2016
7:00 PM
at Grand Canyon W 64–44  19–3
(8–0)
GCU Arena (414)
Phoenix, AZ

02/06/2016
3:00 PM
at Utah Valley W 59–53  20–3
(9–0)
PE Building (353)
Orem, UT

02/13/2016
2:00 PM
Chicago State W 76–63  21–3
(10–0)
Pan American Center (1,305)
Las Cruces, NM

02/18/2016
8:00 PM
at Cal State Bakersfield W 67–59  22–3
(11–0)
Icardo Center (674)
Bakersfield, CA

02/20/2016
8:00 PM, ASN
at Seattle W 66–56  23–3
(12–0)
Connolly Center (342)
Seattle, WA

02/27/2016
2:00 PM
UMKC W 78–74 OT 24–3
(13–0)
Pan American Center (1,142)
Las Cruces, NM

03/05/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3
Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 55–66  24–4
(13–1)
Pan American Center (1,618)
Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament

03/11/2016
1:00 PM
vs. Utah Valley
Semifinals
W 58–44  25–4
Orleans Arena (1,618)
Paradise, NV

03/12/2016
2:00 PM, ESPNU
vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Championship Game
W 80–53  26–4
Orleans Arena (777)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament

03/18/2016*
5:30 PM, ESPN2
at No. 11 Arizona State
First Round
L 52–74  26–5
Wells Fargo Arena (3,134)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

References

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