2015–16 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 UCLA Bruins UCLA Bruins logo.svg 200px Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 13 10 26–9 14–4 Cori Close 5th Jenny Huth Tony Newnan Shannon Perry Pauley Pavilion NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by fifth-year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to Oregon State. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Hawaii in the first round and South Florida in the second round, before losing to Texas in the Sweet Sixteen. Offseason Departures Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Recee' Caldwell Recee' Caldwell G 76 5'8" 3 Fr. San Antonio, Texas Transferred to Texas Tech Luiana Livulo 1 C 66 6'3" 4 Sr. Lisbon, Portugal Graduated Madeline Poteet 1 G 76 5'8" 4 Sr. Temecula, California Graduated Corinne Costa 1 F/C 76 6'4" 4 RS Sr. Discovery Bay, California Graduated Savanna Trapp 1 C 72 6'9" 4 RS Fr. Esko, Minnesota Left team for personal reasons Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previousschool Nicole Kornet y Guard 68 6'1" 4 Jr Lantana, TX Oklahoma it 2015 recruiting class no no 2019 Kennedy Burke W Northridge, CA Sierra Canyon 6 0 5 98 Ashley Hearn F Rowlett, TX Sachse 6 3 5 97 Roster w 2015 UCLA Bruins y y w Nicole Kornet n 1 G 6 1 SR Lantana, TX Liberty ChristianOklahoma yes w Kari Korver 2 G 5 9 JR y Paramount, CA Valley Christian w Jordin Canada y 3 G 5 6 SO Los Angeles, CA Windward w Ashley Hearn 4 F 6 4 FR Rowlett, TX Sachse w Kacy Swain 10 F 6 3 SR y Los Angeles, CA St. Bernard's w Lajahna Drummer 11 F 6 1 SO Inglewood, CA Long Beach Poly HS w Dominique Williams 20 G 5 8 JR Phoenix, AZ Saint Mary's y yes w Nirra Fields y 21 G 5 9 SR Montreal, QC Mater Dei w Kennedy Burke y 22 G 6 1 FR Northridge, CA Sierra Canyon School w Kelli Hayes 23 G 6 0 SO San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty w Paulina Hersler y 24 F 6 3 SO y Malmö, Sweden Igelstavikens Gymnasium w Monique Billings y 25 F 6 4 SO Corona, CA Santiago w Chrissy Baird 32 G 6 1 SO Wheaton, IL Wheaton North Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara) Jenny Huth (Colorado)Tony Newnan (UC Santa Barbara)Shannon Perry (Iowa) http://www.uclabruins.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30500&SPID=126929&SPSID=749898 Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV RV RV 24т 20 19 19 21 15 17 20 15 14 14 12т 14 12 10 10 N/A Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 23 25 19 16 16 14 15 14 12 12 13 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes Schedule http://www.uclabruins.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30500&SPID=126929&SPSID=749900 Women's Basketball August 22, 2015 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905114608/http://www.uclabruins.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30500&SPID=126929&SPSID=749900 dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Exhibition 11/01/2015 2:00 pm yes Vanguard Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,206 113–42 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 5:00 pm yes St. John's Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,674 73–58 1–0 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes James Madison Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 840 90–61 2–0 11/22/2015 1:00 pm yes South Carolina 2 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 2,018 P12N 65–68 2–1 11/27/2015 10:00 am yes yes Louisiana Tech St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam semifinals 763 68–57 3–1 11/28/2015 12:15 pm yes yes Notre Dame 3 St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam championship 683 84–92 OT 3–2 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes 24 Cal State Bakersfield Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 795 82–68 4–2 12/13/2015 11:00 am yes yes 20 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 2,834 BTN 86–77 5–2 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes 19 UC Irvine Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 563 83–49 6–2 12/18/2015 7:05 pm yes yes 19 Sacramento State Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA 688 109–76 7–2 12/21/2015 6:00 pm yes yes 19 California 21 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,482 P12N 104–108 2OT 7–3 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 21 UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Arena Riverside, CA 667 70–56 8–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Pac-12 regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm 21 USC Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Rivalry 2,766 P12N 78–73 9–3 (1–0) 01/02/2016 2:00 pm 21 Oregon Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,443 P12N 80–69 10–3 (2–0) 01/04/2016 7:00 pm 15 Oregon State 11 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,161 P12N 71–51 11–3 (3–0) 01/10/2016 6:00 pm yes 15 USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA Rivalry 2,214 P12N 68–71 11–4 (3–1) 01/15/2016 6:00 pm yes 17 Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,547 P12N 56–64 11–5 (3–2) 01/17/2016 12:00 pm yes 17 Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 568 P12N 75–73 12–5 (4–2) 01/22/2016 6:00 pm 20 California Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,790 P12N 75–56 13–5 (5–2) 01/24/2016 6:00 pm 20 Stanford 12 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 3,061 P12N 56–36 14–5 (6–2) 01/29/2016 6:00 pm yes 15 Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 2,252 82–64 15–5 (7–2) 01/31/2016 1:00 pm yes 15 Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT 957 69–63 16–5 (8–2) 02/05/2016 5:00 pm yes 14 Arizona State 8 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 3,095 P12N 61–65 16–6 (8–3) 02/07/2016 12:00 pm yes 14 Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 843 73–39 17–6 (9–3) 02/12/2016 7:00 pm 14 Washington State Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,660 73–61 18–6 (10–3) 02/14/2016 11:00 am 14 Washington Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,609 ESPNU 63–59 19–6 (11–3) 02/19/2016 6:00 pm yes 12 Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR 2,166 P12N 77–72 20–6 (12–3) 02/21/2016 6:00 pm yes 12 Oregon State 7 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 5,654 P12N 54–64 20–7 (12–4) 02/26/2016 8:00 pm 14 Arizona Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,641 80–53 21–7 (13–4) 02/28/2016 11:00 am 14 Arizona State 9 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,972 P12N 74–61 22–7 (14–4) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 2:00 pm yes 12 3 Arizona 11 KeyArena Seattle, WA Quarterfinals 3,747 P12N 72–51 23–7 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes 12 3 California 10 KeyArena Seattle, WA Semifinals   P12N 73–67 OT 24–7 03/06/2016 6:00 pm yes 12 3 Oregon State 8 1 KeyArena Seattle, WA Championship Game 4,759 ESPN 57–69 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 3:30 pm yes 10 3 B Hawaii 14 B Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA First Round 2,552 ESPN2 66–50 25–8 03/21/2016 6:00 pm yes 10 3 B South Florida 21 6 B Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Second Round 1,656 ESPN2 72–67 26–8 03/26/2016 10:30 am yes yes 10 3 B Texas 7 2 B Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT Sweet Sixteen 8,898 ESPN 64–72 26–9 AP Poll Pacific Time B Bridgeport Region See also 2015–16 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team Notes February 29, 2016 – Jordin Canada, Nirra Fields, and Monique Billings (honorable mention) were named to the All-Pac-12 team. March 23, 2016 – Coach Cori Close was named the 2016 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I Region 5 Coach of the Year. March 29, 2916 – Jordin Canada received an Honorable Mention on the Associated Press All-America team. References UCLA Category:UCLA Bruins women's basketball seasons UCLA