2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

The 2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represents the University of Montana during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz, led by thirty-eighth year head coach Robin Selvig, play their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to North Dakota. Despite having 20 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball
Lady Griz Classic champions
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	20–11 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Robin Selvig (38th season)
Assistant coaches	Shannon Schweyen Trish Duce Sonya Rogers
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State	14	–	4		.778			21	–	10		.677
Idaho †	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Eastern Washington	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
North Dakota	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Montana	12	–	6		.667			20	–	11		.645
Weber State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Sacramento State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Idaho State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Northern Colorado	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Northern Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			5	–	25		.167
Portland State	2	–	16		.111			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 26, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Montana Lady Griz women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Maddie Keast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Sentinel HS Missoula, Montana G 3 Haley Vining 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Charles M. Russell HS Great Falls, Montana G 4 Sierra Anderson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Henry M. Jackson HS Mill Creek, Washington G 5 McCalle Feller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Fergus HS Lewistown, Montana F 10 Kayleigh Valley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr University HS Spokane, Washington F 11 Rachel Staudacher 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Cedar Park Christian Bothell, Washington F 13 Alycia Sims 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Stevensville HS Stevensville, Montana G 20 Hannah Doran 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Crescent Valley HS Corvallis, Oregon F 22 Mekayla Isaak 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Bend HS Bend, Oregon G 23 Taylor Goligoski 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Hamilton HS Hamilton, Montana C 31 Henny Hearn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Century HS Pocatello, Idaho G 32 McKenzie Johnston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Capital HS Helena, Montana G 42 Shanae Gilham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Bozeman HS Browning, Montana	Head coach Robin Selvig (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Shannon Schweyen (Montana) Trish Duce (Montana) Sonya Rogers (Montana) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source ^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	W 59–54		Dahlberg Arena  Missoula, Montana
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm		Great Falls	W 81–52		Dahlberg Arena  Missoula, Montana
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 1:00 pm		Seattle	L 44–58	0–1	Dahlberg Arena (2,462) Missoula, Montana
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		Montana–Western	W 80–32	1–1	Dahlberg Arena (2,262) Missoula, Montana
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Pacific	W 64–54	2–1	Dahlberg Arena (2,246) Missoula, Montana
11/22/2015* 1:00 pm		Portland	W 90–67	3–1	Dahlberg Arena (2,372) Missoula, Montana
11/28/2015* 2:00 pm		at Lehigh Lehigh Christmas City Classic semifinals	L 53–80	3–2	Stabler Arena (667) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
11/29/2015* 10:00 am		vs. Drexel Lehigh Christmas City Classic 3rd place game	W 58–50	4–2	Stabler Arena (234) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 86–51	5–2	Dahlberg Arena (2,276) Missoula, Montana
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 44–75	5–3	Moby Arena (1,127) Fort Collins, Colorado
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 61–68	5–4	Arena-Auditorium (2,440) Laramie, Wyoming
12/19/2015* 3:30 pm		Florida Atlantic 35th Lady Griz Classic semifinals	W 83–69	6–4	Dahlberg Arena (2,365) Missoula, Montana
12/20/2015* 3:30 pm		Utah State 35th Lady Griz Classic championship	W 86–70	7–4	Dahlberg Arena (2,404) Missoula, Montana
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 4:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 81–58	8–4 (1–0)	Dahlberg Arena (2,787) Missoula, Montana
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 66–60	9–4 (2–0)	Dahlberg Arena (3,024) Missoula, Montana
01/07/2016 8:00 pm		at Portland State	W 79–58	10–4 (3–0)	Peter Stott Center (293) Portland, Oregon
01/09/2016 3:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 75–83 ^OT	10–5 (3–1)	Hornets Nest (389) Sacramento, California
01/14/2016 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 58–46	11–5 (4–1)	Dahlberg Arena (2,638) Missoula, Montana
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		North Dakota	L 59–61	11–6 (4–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,985) Missoula, Montana
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		at Idaho	L 61–78	11–7 (4–3)	Cowan Spectrum (1,021) Moscow, Idaho
01/23/2016 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 65–67	11–8 (4–4)	Reese Court (1,055) Cheney, Washington
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, Cowles		at Montana State	L 52–61	11–9 (4–5)	Worthington Arena (3,526) Bozeman, Montana
02/04/2016 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 90–83	12–9 (5–5)	Dahlberg Arena (2,919) Missoula, Montana
02/06/2016 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 76–57	13–9 (6–5)	Dahlberg Arena (2,973) Missoula, Montana
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 81–50	14–9 (7–5)	Centrum Arena (426) Cedar City, Utah
02/13/2016 5:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 61–57	15–9 (8–5)	Walkup Skydome (482) Flagstaff, Arizona
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, Cowles		Montana State	W 70–66	16–9 (9–5)	Dahlberg Arena (4,249) Missoula, Montana
02/25/2016 7:00 pm		Idaho State	W 62–47	17–9 (10–5)	Dahlberg Arena (3,708) Missoula, Montana
02/27/2016 2:00 pm		Weber State	W 84–75	18–9 (11–5)	Dahlberg Arena (3,257) Missoula, Montana
03/02/2016 6:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 61–73	18–10 (11–6)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,677) Grand Forks, North Dakota
03/04/2016 2:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 72–66 ^OT	19–10 (12–6)	Bank of Colorado Arena (790) Greeley, Colorado
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 3:35 pm		vs. Northern Arizona First Round	W 78–63	20–10	Reno Events Center (277) Reno, Nevada
03/09/2016 3:35 pm		vs. North Dakota Quarterfinals	L 62–65	20–11	Reno Events Center (1,263) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

References

1. "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".