2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 100 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 24–10 13–5 Jon Newlee 8th Christa Stanford Jeri Jacobson Kristi Zeller Cowan SpectrumMemorial Gym Big Sky tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vandals, led by eighth year head coach Jon Newlee, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum with a five early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for second place. They won the Big Sky tournament for the first time since 1985 when they rejoin the Big Sky Conference since 2014 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost in the first round to Baylor. Roster w 2015 Idaho Vandals y y w Christina Salvatore n 1 G 5 11 SR Anaheim, CA Canyon HS w Karlee Wilson n 2 G 5 4 JR Lewiston, ID Lewiston HS w Brooke Reilly n 4 F 6 1 JR Spokane, WA Mt. Spokane HS w Brigitte O'Neill n 5 C 6 2 FR Melbourne, Australia Carey Grammar w Tayla Corrigan n 11 F 6 2 SR Adelaide, Australia Mineral Area College w Nejra Solo n 12 C 6 5 SO y Zenica, Bosnia PRVA Gimnazija Zenica w Ali Forde n 13 F 6 2 SR Woodinville, WA Woodinville HS w Taylor Pierce n 14 G 5 7 FR Carlsbad, CA La Costa Canyon HS w Mikayla Ferenz n 21 G 5 10 FR Walla Walla, WA Walla Walla HS w Bethany Krause n 22 G 5 8 SO Centerville, OH Centerville HS w Ranae Mokrzycki n 23 F/G 6 0 SR Melbourne, Australia North Idaho College w Geraldine McCorkell n 31 G/F 6 0 SO Melbourne, Australia Penleigh & Essendon Grammar w Agueda Trujillo n 32 G 6 0 JR Manacor, Spain IES CTEIB w Connie Ballestero n 35 G 5 9 SR Orange, CA Villa Park HS w Sue Winger n 44 F 6 1 FR Spokane, WA Mead HS Jon Newlee (San Diego State) Christa Stanford (Idaho State) Jeri Jacobson (Upper Iowa) Kristi Zeller (Toledo) http://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=17100&SPID=10366&SPSID=87266 Schedule http://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17100&SPID=10366&SPSID=87268 Women's Basketball 2014-15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 5:30 pm yes Lewis–Clark State Memorial Gym Moscow, ID   93–58 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Non-conference regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes UC Santa Barbara Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 416 64–42 1–0 11/20/2015 6:00 pm yes Cal State Northridge Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 222 106–50 2–0 11/23/2015 6:00 pm yes Seattle Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 281 64–60 3–0 11/26/2015 10:30 am yes yes Duke 15 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge Mayan Division 133 68–74 3–1 11/27/2015 8:00 am yes yes Texas State Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge Mayan Division 133 75–55 4–1 11/28/2015 8:00 am yes yes Iowa State Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico Cancún Challenge Mayan Division 133 97–65 5–1 12/02/2015 5:30 pm yes Northwest Christian Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 316 71–48 6–1 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes Wyoming Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 315 61–57 7–1 12/09/2015 3:30 pm yes yes Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX 3,194 62–78 7–2 12/12/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Oregon State 7 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 2,834 44–69 7–3 12/20/2015 12:00 pm yes Abilene Christian Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 201 59–71 OT 7–4 12/28/2015 2:00 pm yes Carroll (MT) Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 243 75–47 8–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 2:00 pm North Dakota Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 346 92–65 9–4 (1–0) 01/02/2016 2:00 pm Northern Colorado Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 401 66–56 10–4 (2–0) 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Eastern Washington Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 378 66–74 10–5 (2–1) 01/14/2016 6:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 309 72–51 11–5 (3–1) 01/16/2016 6:00 pm yes Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 558 62–51 12–5 (4–1) 01/21/2016 6:00 pm Montana Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,021 78–61 13–5 (5–1) 01/23/2016 2:00 pm Montana State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 874 59–62 13–6 (5–2) 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes Sacramento State Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA 427 98–88 14–6 (6–2) 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, OR 283 94–65 15–6 (7–2) 02/04/2016 6:00 pm Southern Utah Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 674 93–48 16–6 (8–2) 02/06/2016 6:00 pm Northern Arizona Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 622 76–59 17–6 (9–2) 02/11/2016 6:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO 802 68–70 17–7 (9–3) 02/13/2016 5:00 pm yes North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 1,526 65–59 18–7 (10–3) 02/18/2016 6:00 pm Portland State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 678 84–63 19–7 (11–3) 02/20/2016 2:00 pm Sacramento State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 906 107–60 20–7 (12–3) 02/27/2016 2:00 pm yes Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 890 70–84 20–8 (12–4) 03/02/2016 6:00 pm yes Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, UT 527 77–70 21–8 (13–4) 03/04/2016 6:00 pm yes Idaho State Reed Gym Pocatello, ID 1,255 68–69 21–9 (13–5) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Big Sky Women's Tournament 03/09/2016 8:05 pm yes Weber State Reno Events Center Reno, NV Quarterfinals 1,343 86–83 OT 22–9 03/11/2016 2:35 pm yes Eastern Washington Reno Events Center Reno, NV Semifinals 827 86–71 23–9 03/12/2016 1:05 pm yes Idaho State Reno Events Center Reno, NV Championship Game 1,090 67–55 24–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 2:00 pm yes yes 16 D Baylor 4 1 D Ferrell Center Waco, TX First Round 4,990 ESPN2 59–89 24–10 AP Poll Pacific Time D Dallas Region 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 NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team References Category:Idaho Vandals women's basketball seasons Idaho Idaho Van Van