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

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Aggies wordmark.svg 250 Western Athletic Conference WAC 26–5 13–1 Mark Trakh 6th Tamara Inoue Aarika Hughes Cecilia Russell-Nava Pan American Center WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented 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, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were 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 w 2015 New Mexico State Aggies y y w Jasmine Cooper n 1 F 5 11 SO Dallas, TX Lincoln HS w Brooke Salas n 2 G 5 10 FR Placentia, CA El Dorado HS w Takiyah Lopez n 3 G 5 8 FR El Paso, TX Chapin HS w Sasha Weber n 4 G 6 0 SR Lacey, WA Timberline HS w Emily Hardin n 10 G 5 7 SO Porterville, CA Monache HS w Shanice Davis n 11 G 5 6 SR Killeen, TX Harker Heights HS w Zaire Williams n 12 G 5 6 SO Dana Point, CA Santa Margarita Catholic HS w Brandee Walton n 20 F 5 11 JR Surprise, AZ St. Mary's HS w Tamera William n 21 G 5 9 JR Las Vegas, NV Centennial HS w Tyler Ellis n 22 F 6 2 JR Antelope, AZ Antelope HS w Abby Scott n 23 G 6 1 SR Madras, OR Madras HS w Brianna Freeman n 24 F 6 1 JR Killeen, TX Harker Heights HS w Jeneva Toilolo n 33 F 6 3 FR Honolulu, HI Farrington HS w Moriah Mack n 35 G 5 8 JR San Antonio, TX Reagan HS w Tyesha Taylor n 50 F 6 4 FR y Temple, TX Temple HS Mark Trakh (Long Beach State) Tamara Inoue (Long Beach State) Aarika Hughes (USC) Cecilia Russell-Nava (New Mexico State) http://nmstatesports.com/roster.aspx?path=wbb Schedule New Mexico State Athletics - 2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes yes North Dakota State Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse Fargo, ND 587 79–69 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Rio Grande Rivalry 885 AggieVision 78–59 2–0 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes Sacramento State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 1,265 80–77 3–0 11/24/2015 5:00 pm yes Southern Utah Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 700 74–60 4–0 11/27/2015 1:00 pm yes Northwestern State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic 873 65–54 5–0 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic 946 87–53 6–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 741 64–68 6–1 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes UTEP Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM The Battle of I-10 768 AggieVision 65–71 6–2 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Eastern New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 862 76–61 7–2 12/17/2015 8:00 pm yes yes San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 224 75–66 8–2 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM Rio Grande Rivalry   52–47 9–2 12/29/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals 832 45–71 9–3 12/30/2015 11:00 am yes yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game   70–51 10–3 01/04/2016 7:00 pm yes Western New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 855 68–39 11–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| WAC regular season 01/07/2016 7:00 pm Utah Valley Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 815 AggieVision 73–68 12–3 1–0 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Grand Canyon Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 879 AggieVision 60–58 13–3 2–0 01/14/2016 6:00 pm yes UMKC Swinney Recreation Center Kansas City, MO 231 68–62 14–3 3–0 01/16/2016 1:00 pm yes Chicago State Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center Chicago, IL 110 70–60 15–3 4–0 01/21/2016 7:00 pm Seattle Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 1,070 AggieVision 69–54 16–3 5–0 01/23/2016 2:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,034 AggieVision 86–63 17–3 6–0 01/30/2016 6:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX 1,709 68–57 18–3 7–0 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 414 64–44 19–3 8–0 02/06/2016 3:00 pm yes Utah Valley PE Building Orem, UT 353 59–53 20–3 9–0 02/13/2016 2:00 pm Chicago State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 1,305 76–63 21–3 10–0 02/18/2016 8:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 674 67–59 22–3 11–0 02/20/2016 8:00 pm yes Seattle Connolly Center Seattle, WA 342 ASN 66–56 23–3 12–0 02/27/2016 2:00 pm UMKC Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 1,142 78–74 OT 24–3 13–0 03/05/2016 2:00 pm Texas–Rio Grande Valley Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 1,618 ESPN3 55–66 24–4 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| WAC Women's Tournament 03/11/2016 1:00 pm yes Utah Valley Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals 1,618 58–44 25–4 03/12/2016 2:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship Game 777 ESPNU 80–53 26–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#882345; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 5:30 pm yes yes Arizona State 11 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ First Round 3,134 ESPN2 52–74 26–5 AP Poll Mountain Time See also 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team References Category:New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball seasons New Mexico State New Mexico State Aggies Aggies