2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by second year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State, Fresno State and Utah in the first, second and third rounds, UTEP in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota in the semifinals.

2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record24–11 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMatthew Knight Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon State 16 2   .889 32 5   .865
No. 11 Arizona State 16 2   .889 26 7   .788
No. 13 Stanford 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 10 UCLA 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Washington 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Oregon 9 9   .500 24 11   .686
Utah 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
USC 6 12   .333 19 13   .594
Washington State 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
California 4 14   .222 15 17   .469
Arizona 3 15   .167 13 19   .406
Colorado 2 16   .111 7 23   .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 4 Maite Cazorla 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Siglo XXI Las Palmas, Spain
G 5 Jordan Loera 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Moses Lake HS Moses Lake, WA
G 10 Lexi Bando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Willamette HS Eugene, OR
F 11 Liz Brenner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Jesuit HS Portland, OR
G 12 Megan Trinder 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Northeast CC Hollywell, Australia
G 13 Mar'Shay Moore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Blue Mountain CC
Fort Vancouver HS
Vancouver, WA
F 14 Jillian Alleyne   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Summit HS Fontana, CA
F 15 Jacinta Vandenberg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Fresno State
Sandringham College
Melbourne, Australia
F 22 Lauren Yearwood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Oak Bay HS Victoria, BC
F 32 Oti Gildon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA
G 33 Lexi Petersen 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Seattle Christian HS Tukwila, WA
F 44 Kat Cooper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Boston College
Auburn Riverside HS
Tacoma, WA
F 51 Katie Gruys 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Annadale HS Maple Lake, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/11/2015*
6:00 pm
Warner Pacific W 99–46 
Matthew Knight Arena 
Eugene, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
9:30 am
at No. 21 North Carolina W 79–77  1–0
Carmichael Arena (2,036)
Chapel Hill, NC
11/19/2015*
6:00 pm
Hampton W 86–51  2–0
Matthew Knight Arena (956)
Eugene, OR
11/22/2015*
12:00 pm
UC Santa Barbara W 79–51  3–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,468)
Eugene, OR
11/24/2015*
6:00 pm
Clemson W 69–56  4–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,188)
Eugene, OR
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm
North Dakota W 77–51  5–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,141)
Eugene, OR
11/30/2015*
8:00 pm, P12N
San Jose State W 104–74  6–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,066)
Eugene, OR
12/05/2015*
2:00 pm
Utah Valley W 79–68  7–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,033)
Eugene, OR
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
Portland W 93–52  8–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,737)
Eugene, OR
12/15/2015*
5:00 pm
UC Riverside W 95–81  9–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,481)
Eugene, OR
12/17/2015*
6:00 pm
Portland State W 122–59  10–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,258)
Eugene, OR
12/28/2015*
6:00 pm
Seattle W 82–62  11–0
Matthew Knight Arena (1,923)
Eugene, OR
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016
2:00 pm, P12N
at No. 21 UCLA L 69–80  11–1 (0–1)
Pauley Pavilion (1,443)
Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 67–75  11–2 (0–2)
Galen Center (565)
Los Angeles, CA
01/08/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 11 Oregon State
Civil War
L 33–60  11–3 (0–3)
Gill Coliseum (4,462)
Corvallis, OR
01/10/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Oregon State
Civil War
L 45–59  11–4 (0–4)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,806)
Eugene, OR
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Stanford L 62–64  11–5 (0–5)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,030)
Eugene, OR
01/17/2016
2:00 pm
California W 69–59  12–5 (1–5)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,770)
Eugene, OR
01/22/2016
5:00 pm, P12N
at Colorado W 59–46  13–5 (2–5)
Coors Events Center (3,818)
Boulder, CO
01/24/2016
1:00 pm, P12N
at Utah W 77–65  14–5 (3–5)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (864)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/29/2016
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 Arizona State L 58–63  14–6 (3–6)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,988)
Eugene, OR
01/31/2016
12:00 pm, P12N
Arizona W 76–54  15–6 (4–6)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,301)
Eugene, OR
02/05/2016
8:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 73–48  16–6 (5–6)
Beasley Coliseum (784)
Pullman, WA
02/07/2016
12:00 pm
at No. 24 Washington W 75–63  17–6 (6–6)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,974)
Seattle, WA
02/12/2016
6:00 pm
Utah W 69–58  18–6 (7–6)
Matthew Knight Arena (1,889)
Eugene, OR
02/14/2016
4:00 pm, P12N
Colorado W 77–70  19–6 (8–6)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,032)
Eugene, OR
02/19/2016
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 12 UCLA L 72–77  19–7 (8–7)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,166)
Eugene, OR
02/21/2016
2:00 pm
USC W 69–60  20–7 (9–7)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,425)
Eugene, OR
02/26/2016
6:00 pm
at California L 54–65  20–8 (9–8)
Haas Pavilion (1,543)
Berkeley, CA
02/28/2016
11:00 am, P12N
at No. 13 Stanford L 42–69  20–9 (9–9)
Maples Pavilion (4,082)
Stanford, CA
2016 Pac-12 Tournament
03/03/2016
2:00 pm, P12N
(6) vs. (11) Arizona
First Round
L 68–74  20–10
KeyArena (3,059)
Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/17/2016*
6:00 pm
Long Beach State
First Round
W 84–76  21–10
Matthew Knight Arena (870)
Eugene, OR
03/21/2016*
6:00 pm
Fresno State
Second Round
W 84–59  22–10
Matthew Knight Arena (1,142)
Eugene, OR
03/23/2016*
6:00 pm
Utah
Third Round
W 73–63  23–10
Matthew Knight Arena (1,165)
Eugene, OR
03/28/2016*
6:00 pm
at UTEP
Quarterfinals
W 71–67  24–10
Don Haskins Center (9,055)
El Paso, TX
03/30/2016*
5:00 pm
at South Dakota
Semifinals
L 54–88  24–11
DakotaDome (5,080)
Vermillion, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".