2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

The 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team will represent the University of New Mexico during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by fifth year head coach Yvonne Sanchez. They play their home games at The Pit with one game at Johnson Gymnasium and were a members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West women's tournament where they lost to Colorado State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to North Dakota in the first round.

2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball
WBI, First Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	17–15 (9–9 Mountain West)
Head coach	Yvonne Sanchez (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Joseph Anders Amy Beggi Anthony Turner
Home arena	The Pit Johnson Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Colorado State †	18	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
Fresno State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	12		.647
Boise State	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
San Jose State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
UNLV	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
New Mexico	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Utah State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Wyoming	6	–	12		.333			13	–	16		.448
San Diego State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Nevada	4	–	14		.222			5	–	25		.167
Air Force	1	–	17		.056			1	–	29		.033
† 2016 MWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On March 18, the school fired Yvonne Sanchez. She finished at New Mexico with a 5 year record of 77–81.

Roster

2015–16 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Cherise Beynon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Canyon Springs HS Las Vegas, NV G 2 Kenya Pye 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Maclay Prep Tallahassee, FL F 3 Josie Greenwood 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Rosny College Hobart, Australia G 4 Alex Lapeyrolerie 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Edward S. Marcus HS Highland Village, TX F 11 Alexa Chavez (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Michael's HS Santa Fe, NM G 12 Bryce Owens 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX F 13 Khadijah Shumpert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Benilde St. Margaret's HS Minneapolis, MN G 14 Jannon Otto 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Oak Hills HS Hesperia, CA G 21 Marissa Perry (W) 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Hope Christian HS Albuquerque, NM G 24 Jayda Bovero 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Syracuse HS Farr West, UT G 25 Laneah Bryan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Franklin HS El Paso, TX F 32 Kianna Keller 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Waukesha West HS Waukesha, WI G 33 Emily Lines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr First Baptist Academy Naples, FL C 34 Whitney Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Lone Peak HS Highland, UT C 44 Jaisa Nunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Juanita HS Kirkland, WA	Head coach Yvonne Sanchez (Alliant) Assistant coach(es) Joseph Anders (Arkansas–Monticello) Amy Beggi (New Mexico) Anthony Turner (Colorado) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Western New Mexico	W 78–41		The Pit  Albuquerque, NM
11/07/2015* 6:00 pm		New Mexico Highlands	W 80–39		The Pit (5,188) Albuquerque, NM
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:00 pm, RTRM		Houston Baptist	W 65–57	1–0	The Pit (12,269) Albuquerque, NM
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, AggieVision		at New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry	L 59–78	1–1	Pan American Center (885) Las Cruces, NM
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 84–71	2–1	The Pit (5,178) Albuquerque, NM
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		Nicholls State	W 83–43	3–1	The Pit (4,963) Albuquerque, NM
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm		Southern Utah UNM Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals	W 70–47	4–1	The Pit (5,144) Albuquerque, NM
11/28/2015* 4:00 pm		Duquesne UNM Thanksgiving Tournament championship	L 69–78	4–2	The Pit (5,111) Albuquerque, NM
12/02/2015* 4:15 pm		at UTEP	L 62–70	4–3	Don Haskins Center (804) El Paso, TX
12/05/2015* 4:00 pm		at SMU	W 63–58	5–3	Moody Coliseum (979) Dallas, TX
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 60–52	6–3	The Pit (5,135) Albuquerque, NM
12/16/2015* 11:00 am		at Minnesota	W 72–53	7–3	Williams Arena (4,613) Minneapolis, MN
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry	L 47–52	7–4	The Pit  Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West regular season
12/30/2015 7:30 pm		at Nevada	W 51–47	8–4 (1–0)	Lawlor Events Center (1,060) Reno, NV
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		Fresno State	L 65–69 ^2OT	8–5 (1–1)	The Pit (5,493) Albuquerque, NM
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		at Utah State	L 56–72	8–6 (1–2)	Smith Spectrum (359) Logan, UT
01/13/2016 7:00 pm		UNLV	W 67–53	9–6 (2–2)	The Pit (4,930) Albuquerque, NM
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 48–66	9–7 (2–3)	Arena-Auditorium (2,509) Laramie, WY
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		San Jose State	W 71–57	10–7 (3–3)	The Pit (5,330) Albuquerque, NM
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		at Air Force	W 63–33	11–7 (4–3)	Clune Arena (132) Colorado Springs, CO
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		Boise State	L 60–81	11–8 (4–4)	The Pit (5,517) Albuquerque, NM
02/03/2016 8:00 pm		at UNLV	L 48–57	11–9 (4–5)	Cox Pavilion (805) Paradise, NV
02/06/2016 2:00 pm		San Diego State	L 46–51	11–10 (4–6)	The Pit (5,356) Albuquerque, NM
02/10/2016 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 73–70	12–10 (5–6)	The Pit (5,108) Albuquerque, NM
02/13/2016 3:00 pm		at San Jose State	L 58–59	12–11 (5–7)	Event Center Arena (291) San Jose, CA
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		at Boise State	W 70–60	13–11 (6–7)	Taco Bell Arena (658) Boise, ID
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		Air Force	W 58–36	14–11 (7–7)	The Pit (5,586) Albuquerque, NM
02/24/2016 7:00 pm		No. 25 Colorado State	L 48–49	14–12 (7–8)	The Pit (6,107) Albuquerque, NM
02/27/2016 3:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 43–51	14–13 (7–9)	Save Mart Center (2,109) Fresno, CA
03/01/2016 7:30 pm		at San Diego State	W 64–45	15–13 (8–9)	Viejas Arena (303) San Diego, CA
03/04/2016 7:00 pm		Nevada	W 66–42	16–13 (9–9)	The Pit (5,492) Albuquerque, NM
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/08/2016 3:30 pm		vs. San Jose State Quarterfinals	W 65–51	17–13	Thomas & Mack Center (1,864) Paradise, NV
03/09/2016 6:30 pm		vs. No. 22 Colorado State Semifinals	L 42–60	17–14	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
WBI
03/16/2016* 7:00 pm		North Dakota First Round	L 67–75	17–15	Johnson Gymnasium (581) Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team

References

1. . www.GoLobos.com. University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016.