2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks were led by fourth year head coach Travis Brewster and played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Idaho State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated New Mexico in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Big Sky member Weber State.

2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	19–14 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Travis Brewster (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Adam Jacobson Mallory Youngblut Jackie Voigt
Home arena	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center

2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings

	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 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Leah Szabla 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Providence Academy Brooklyn Park, MN F 2 Mia Loyd 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr DeLaSalle HS Minneapolis, MN G 3 Katie Klapprodt 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) RS Jr Stevens HS Rapid City, SD G 4 Jill Morton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Edina HS Edina, MN F 5 Samantha Roscoe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Newman College Perth, Western Australia G 10 Makailah Dyer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr East HS Wisconsin Madison, WI G 11 Grace Sawatzke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Monticello HS Monticello, MN G 12 Kanani Asuncion 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Century HS Rochester, MN G 15 Kelsey Knox 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Platte City HS Johnson County CC Platte City, MO G 21 Ellie Ripplinger 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS So Red River HS Grand Forks, ND G 22 Sydney Boike 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Crookston HS Crookston, MN C 23 Emily Evers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr Red River HS Grand Forks, ND G 24 Bailey Strand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Kennedy Secondary Fergus Falls, MN C 30 Stephanie Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr Mountain View HS Central Wyoming College Mountain View, WY G 32 Kaila Burroughs (I)  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So St. Cloud Tech Denver St. Cloud, MN F 34 Lexi Klabo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Davies HS Fargo, ND F 35 Fallyn Freije 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lakota-Edmore HS Edmore, ND F 45 Jordan Meyer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Anoka HS Anoka, MN	Head coach Travis Brewster (Charleston Southern) Assistant coach(es) Adam Jacobson (North Dakota) Mallory Youngblut (North Dakota) Jackie Voigt (Minnesota) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2015* 2:00 pm		Mayville State	W 80–69		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,519) Grand Forks, ND
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm		Minnesota–Crookston	W 72–47		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,493) Grand Forks, ND
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm		at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge	L 61–83	0–1	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,358) Iowa City, IA
11/14/2015* 3:30 pm		vs. Tennessee–Martin Hawkeye Challenge	L 58–84	0–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (125) Iowa City, IA
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, FSNOR+/FCSC		Nebraska–Omaha	W 67–52	1–2	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,456) Grand Forks, ND
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	L 63–73	1–3	Knapp Center (2,064) Des Moines, IA
11/25/2015* 7:30 pm		at San Francisco	L 57–74	1–4	War Memorial Gymnasium (301) San Francisco, CA
11/28/2015* 4:00 pm		at Oregon	L 51–77	1–5	Matthew Knight Arena (1,141) Eugene, OR
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Northern Iowa	W 64–59	2–5	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,012) Grand Forks, ND
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Western Illinois	W 78–67	3–5	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,385) Grand Forks, ND
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		North Dakota State	W 71–54	4–5	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,564) Grand Forks, ND
12/19/2015* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		South Dakota	L 70–73	4–6	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,532) Grand Forks, ND
12/23/2015* 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 47–57	4–7	Williams Arena (2,800) Minneapolis, MN
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 4:00 pm		at Idaho	L 65–92	4–8 (0–1)	Cowan Spectrum (346) Moscow, ID
01/02/2016 4:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 57–60	4–9 (0–2)	Reese Court (186) Cheney, WA
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		Weber State	L 56–62	4–10 (0–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,304) Grand Forks, ND
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Idaho State	W 45–42	5–10 (1–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,389) Grand Forks, ND
01/14/2016 8:00 pm		at Montana State	L 61–69	5–11 (1–4)	Worthington Arena (1,284) Bozeman, MT
01/16/2016 3:00 pm		at Montana	W 61–59	6–11 (2–4)	Dahlberg Arena (2,985) Missoula, MT
01/21/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		Northern Arizona	W 63–58	7–11 (3–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,418) Grand Forks, ND
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Southern Utah	W 68–56	8–11 (4–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,077) Grand Forks, ND
01/30/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		Northern Colorado	W 54–51	9–11 (5–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,806) Grand Forks, ND
02/04/2016 8:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 60–57	10–11 (6–4)	Reed Gym (800) Pocatello, ID
02/06/2016 3:00 pm		at Weber State	W 85–78 OT	11–11 (7–4)	Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC		Eastern Washington	W 72–69	12–11 (8–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,451) Grand Forks, ND
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Idaho	L 59–65	12–12 (8–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,526) Grand Forks, ND
02/20/2016 3:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 59–58	13–12 (9–5)	Bank of Colorado Arena (740) Greeley, CO
02/25/2016 9:00 pm		at Portland State	W 75–62	14–12 (10–5)	Peter Stott Center (268) Portland, OR
02/27/2016 4:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 86–79	15–12 (11–5)	Hornets Nest (429) Sacramento, CA
03/02/2016 7:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC		Montana	W 73–61	16–12 (12–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,677) Grand Forks, ND
03/04/2016 2:00 pm		Montana State	W 77–76	17–12 (13–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,671) Grand Forks, ND
Big Sky tournament
03/09/2016 4:35 pm		vs. Montana Quarterfinals	W 65–62	18–12	Reno Events Center (1,263) Reno, NV
03/11/2016 2:05 pm		vs. Idaho State Semifinals	L 54–69	18–13	Reno Events Center (1,080) Reno, NV
WBI
03/17/2016* 7:00 pm		Grand Canyon First Round	W 57–51	19–13	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (645) Grand Forks, ND
03/20/2016* 7:00 pm		Weber State Quarterfinals	L 74–76	19–14	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (862) Grand Forks, ND
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team