2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team will represent Santa Clara University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach JR Payne. The Broncos were members of the West Coast Conference and play their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Fresno State in the first round.

2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	23–9 (13–5 WCC)
Head coach	JR Payne (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Toriano Towns Shandrika Lee Alex Carl
Home arena	Leavey Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
BYU	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Saint Mary's	14	–	4		.778			24	–	8		.750
San Diego	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Santa Clara	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Gonzaga	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
San Francisco †	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Pacific	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Pepperdine	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
Portland	1	–	17		.056			3	–	27		.100
† Tournament winner As of March 22, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

On March 28, 2016, Payne has accepted the head coaching job a Colorado.^[1] She finished at Santa Clara with a 2 year record of 34–27.

Roster

2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Taylor Berry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So St. Mary's Martinez, CA G 4 Dru Toleafoa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Brigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia F 5 Beth Carlson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Archbishop Murphy Mill Creek, WA G 10 Nicole Vander Helm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Holy Cross Regional Surrey, BC G 12 Kyla Martin 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Etiwanda East Los Angeles College Chino, CA F 15 Marie Bertholdt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Alameda Alameda, CA F 20 Lori Parkinson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Cyprus Southern Utah West Valley, UT G 22 Brooke Gallaway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Central Valley Greenacres, WA G 24 Savanna Hanson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr King's Edmonds, WA G 25 Emily Wolph 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ F 30 Andraya Flor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Seattle Prep Seattle, WA F 32 Morgan McGwire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Reno Reno, NV F 33 Devin Hudson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Colony Long Beach State Ontario, CA F 44 Maddison Allen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr John Paul College Cal Poly Brisbane, Australia	Head coach JR Payne (Saint Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's) Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine) Alex Carl (Arizona State) 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
10/30/2015* 6:00 pm		Notre Dame de Namur	W 90–50		Leavey Center  Santa Clara, CA
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm		San Francisco State	W 87–41		Leavey Center  Santa Clara, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm		at Washington	L 55–100	0–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868) Seattle, WA
11/16/2015* 4:00 pm		at USC	L 46–81	0–2	Galen Center (302) Los Angeles, CA
11/21/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Air Force	W 68–34	1–2	Leavey Center (300) Santa Clara, CA
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		at No. 13 Stanford	W 61–58	2–2	Maples Pavilion (2,668) Stanford, CA
11/27/2015* 3:00 pm		at Cal Poly Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	W 69–63	3–2	Mott Athletic Center (557) San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2015* 5:00 pm		vs. Evansville Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	W 62–44	4–2	Mott Athletic Center (95) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	W 48–37	5–2	The Thunderdome (319) Santa Barbara, CA
12/04/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Simpson (California)	W 112–34	6–2	Leavey Center (421) Santa Clara, CA
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Hope International	W 78–54	7–2	Leavey Center (229) Santa Clara, CA
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Texas Tech	W 75–70	8–2	Leavey Center (252) Santa Clara, CA
12/18/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		UC Santa Barbara	W 66–48	9–2	Leavey Center (320) Santa Clara, CA
WCC regular season
12/21/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pacific	W 76–52	10–2 (1–0)	Leavey Center (255) Santa Clara, CA
12/23/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Saint Mary's	W 73–67	11–2 (2–0)	McKeon Pavilion (470) Moraga, CA
12/31/2015 4:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Portland	W 67–45	12–2 (3–0)	Chiles Center (291) Portland, OR
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Gonzaga	L 44–53	12–3 (3–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/07/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		BYU	L 63–68	12–4 (3–2)	Leavey Center  Santa Clara, CA
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Diego	L 58–70	12–5 (3–3)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Pepperdine	W 62–60	13–5 (4–3)	Firestone Fieldhouse (217) Malibu, CA
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Loyola Marymount	W 57–56	14–5 (5–3)	Gersten Pavilion (523) Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Francisco	W 68–57	15–5 (6–3)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
01/28/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Gonzaga	W 71–64	16–5 (7–3)	Leavey Center (400) Santa Clara, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Portland	W 66–47	17–5 (8–3)	Leavey Center (301) Santa Clara, CA
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		at San Francisco	W 59–57	18–5 (9–3)	War Memorial Gymnasium (304) San Francisco, CA
02/11/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		at San Diego	W 61–47	19–5 (10–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (607) San Diego, CA
02/13/2016 1:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	L 63–70	19–6 (10–4)	Marriott Center (1,509) Provo, UT
02/18/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Loyola Marymount	W 68–41	20–6 (11–4)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pepperdine	W 84–50	21–6 (12–4)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
02/25/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Saint Mary's	L 70–78	21–7 (12–5)	Leavey Center (500) Santa Clara, CA
02/27/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Pacific	W 66–60	22–7 (13–5)	Alex G. Spanos Center (544) Stockton, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 8:00 pm, BYUtv		vs. Gonzaga Quarterfinals	W 59–58	23–7	Orleans Arena (6,071) Las Vegas, NV
03/07/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv		vs. BYU Semifinals	L 67–87	23–8	Orleans Arena  Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/18/2016* 7:00 pm, MW Net		at Fresno State First Round	L 53–59	23–9	Save Mart Center (1,478) Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team

References

1. "Colorado names JR Payne to take helm of women's basketball program". www.denverpost.com. March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
2. "2015-16 Santa Clara Women's Basketball Schedule".