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
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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

• All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.

	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

Recap

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

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Santa Clara vs. Portland

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

BYUtv

Mar 5 2:00 pm PST

Recap

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

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Pacific vs. San Francisco

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

BYUtv

Mar 5 6:00 pm PST

Recap

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

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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

Recap

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

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Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

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

BYUtv

Mar 6 12:00 pm PST

Recap

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

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San Diego vs. Santa Clara

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

BYUtv

Mar 6 2:00 pm PST

Recap

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

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BYU vs. Gonzaga

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

BYUtv

Mar 9 12:00 p.m. PDT

Recap

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

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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

Recap

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

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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)

ESPNU 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

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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

• 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2015 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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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