2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	11–20 (6–12 WCC)
Head coach	Charity Elliott (4th season);
Assistant coaches	April Phillips; Chris Elliott; Kiva Herman;
Home arena	Gersten Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lions are members of the West Coast Conference, were led by head coach Charity Elliott, in her fourth season at the school. The Lions played their home games at the Gersten Pavilion on the university campus in Los Angeles, California. They finished the season 11–20, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament, where they lost to Saint Mary's.

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

Roster

2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Bianca Velasco	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA
G	2	Shelbi Aimonetti	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	St. Francis	Redwood City, CA
G	3	Marcella Hughes	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Carondelet	Concord, CA
F	4	Cheyanne Wallace	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Sierra Canyon	Woodland Hills, CA
G	5	Chloe Hall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	North Toronto Collegiate Institute	Toronto, Canada
G	11	Andee Velasco	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA
G	13	Deanna Johnson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Norco	Corona, CA
G/F	20	Sophie Taylor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Acalanes	Lafayette, CA
G	21	Taylor Anderson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Bonita	La Verne, CA
G	22	Deshka Olson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Salmon	Salmon, ID
G	23	Leslie Lopez-Wood	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Bishop Alemany	North Hollywood, CA
F	24	Bree Alford	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Miramonte	Walnut Creek, CA
F	30	NK Ilang	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	St. Anne's-Belfield	Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G	32	Makenzie Cast	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Carondelet	Antioch, CA
F	43	Jackie Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Eden Prairie HS Minnesota	Eden Prairie, MN

Head coach

Charity Elliott (Missouri State)

Assistant coach(es)

April Phillips (Xavier)
Chris Elliott (Missouri State)
Kiva Herman (San Diego)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2015* 7:00 pm	Cal State Dominguez	W 64–59		Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm	Bethesda University	W 101–81		Gersten Pavilion (175) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 1:00 pm	at Colorado	L 81–92	0–1	Coors Events Center (2,432) Boulder, CO
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Cal State Fullerton	L 73–75	0–2	Gersten Pavilion (175) Los Angeles, CA
11/20/2015* 9:00 pm, Oc 16	at Hawaiʻi Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine Classic	L 51–65	0–3	Stan Sheriff Center (2,088) Honolulu, HI
11/22/2015* 4:30 pm	vs. Nevada Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 69–58	1–3	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/27/2015* 3:30 pm, TheW.tv	Seattle DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	L 69–78	1–4	Gersten Pavilion (523) Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2015* 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	UC Irvine DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic 3rd place game	W 95–50	2–4	Gersten Pavilion (395) Los Angeles, CA
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm	at UC Riverside	L 62–80	2–5	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (215) Riverside, CA
12/04/2015* 7:00 pm	at UC Santa Barbara	W 70–63	3–5	The Thunderdome (351) Santa Barbara, CA
12/07/2015* 5:00 pm, SEC+	at Missouri	L 48–80	3–6	Mizzou Arena (3,832) Columbia, MO
12/10/2015* 12:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Diego State	W 92–65	4–6	Gersten Pavilion (610) Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm	at Cal Poly	L 58–70	4–7	Mott Athletic Center (249) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/19/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Bristol University	W 83–32	N/A	Gersten Pavilion (276) Los Angeles, CA
WCC regular season
12/21/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Portland	W 62–52	5–7 (1–0)	Gersten Pavilion (312) Los Angeles, CA
12/23/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	Gonzaga	L 59–66	5–8 (1–1)	Gersten Pavilion (401) Los Angeles, CA
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Pepperdine	W 79–69	6–8 (2–1)	Gersten Pavilion (391) Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2016 6:30 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	L 57–72	6–9 (2–2)	McKeon Pavilion (619) Moraga, CA
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pacific	W 63–60	7–9 (3–2)	Alex G. Spanos Center (442) Stockton, CA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Francisco	L 73–75 ^OT	7–10 (3–3)	Gersten Pavilion (453) Los Angeles, CA
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Santa Clara	L 56–57	7–11 (3–4)	Gersten Pavilion (523) Los Angeles, CA
01/21/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv	at BYU	L 61–75	7–12 (3–5)	Marriott Center (625) Provo, UT
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Diego	L 58–82	7–13 (3–6)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (411) San Diego, CA
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	BYU	L 75–82	7–14 (3–7)	Gersten Pavilion (351) Los Angeles, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Diego	L 67–75	7–15 (3–8)	Gersten Pavilion (418) Los Angeles, CA
02/04/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Gonzaga	L 68–83	7–16 (3–9)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,127) Spokane, WA
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Portland	W 77–62	8–16 (4–9)	Chiles Center (217) Portland, OR
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Pacific	W 96–88 ^2OT	9–16 (5–9)	Gersten Pavilion (316) Los Angeles, CA
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Saint Mary's	L 81–91	9–17 (5–10)	Gersten Pavilion (441) Los Angeles, CA
02/18/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Santa Clara	L 41–68	9–18 (5–11)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
02/20/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Francisco	L 72–81	9–19 (5–12)	War Memorial Gymnasium (512) San Francisco, CA
02/27/2016 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pepperdine	W 83–77	10–19 (6–12)	Firestone Fieldhouse (214) Malibu, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 12:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Portland First Round	W 85–72	11–19	Orleans Arena (6,071) Las Vegas, NV
03/04/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Saint Mary's Quarterfinals	L 71–85	11–20	Orleans Arena (6,261) Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[1] "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

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2015–16 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

See also

References