2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The T–Birds, were led by second year head coach Chris Boettcher and played their home games at Centrum Arena. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 2–16 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Sacramento State.

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–25 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Chris Boettcher (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kim Beeston Dionisio Gomez Robert Yonce
Home arena	Centrum Arena

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 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 4 Ashleigh Munns 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr SEEVIC College Basildon, Essex, England F 10 Taylor Baird 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Glacier Peak Snohomish, WA G 12 Kristine Conley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Weber Ogden, UT G 14 Breanu Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Piedmont Oklahoma City, OK F 15 Emma Weinreich 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Arroyo Grande Allan Hancock College Pismo Beach, CA F 21 Donna Koerber 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr St. Joseph College of DuPage Bensenville, IL G/F 22 Tiffany Dunlap 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Prestonwood Christian Academy Plano, TX F 24 Tiarra Mcdonald 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Northside Fort Smith, AR G 30 Maren Herrud 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Highland Pocatello, ID G 34 Sarah McGee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Black Hills Tumwater, WA F 40 Darri Frandsen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Panguitch Panguitch, UT F 43 Jessica Richardson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Davis Kaysville, UT G 55 Jamie Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Riverton USU–Eastern Riverton, UT	Head coach Chris Boettcher (BYU) Assistant coach(es) Kim Beeston (BYU) Dionisio Gomez (Arkansas) Robert Yonce (Tennessee) 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
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		CSU–Pueblo	L 51–74		Centrum Arena (500) Cedar City, UT
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Hope International	L 64–75		Centrum Arena (556) Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 4:00 pm		at UNLV	L 44–79	0–1	Thomas & Mack Center (1,622) Paradise, NV
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		at Utah Valley	L 58–70	0–2	UCCU Center (389) Orem, UT
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		UC Irvine	L 58–63	0–3	Centrum Arena (531) Cedar City, UT
11/24/2015* 5:00 pm		at New Mexico State	L 60–74	0–4	Pan American Center (531) Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm		at New Mexico UNM Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals	L 47–70	0–5	The Pit (5,144) Albquerque, NM
11/28/2015* 2:00 pm		vs. North Carolina A&T UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game	L 65–78	0–6	The Pit  Albquerque, NM
12/01/2015* 1:00 pm, SUTV-9		Cal State Northridge	W 67–65	1–6	Centrum Arena (936) Cedar City, UT
12/04/2015* 5:00 pm		at USC	L 32–71	1–7	Lyon Center (492) Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2015* 6:30 pm		Air Force	W 75–56	2–7	Centrum Arena (465) Cedar City, UT
12/20/2015* 2:30 pm		at TCU	L 47–76	2–8	Schollmaier Arena (4,715) Fort Worth, TX
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Bristol University	W 99–37	3–8	Centrum Arena (355) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 59–86	3–9 (0–1)	Worthington Arena (1,223) Bozeman, MT
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		at Montana	L 60–66	3–10 (0–2)	Dahlberg Arena (3,024) Missoula, MT
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 48–57	3–11 (0–3)	Walkup Skydome (227) Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Eastern Washington	L 82–85	3–12 (0–4)	Centrum Arena (637) Cedar City, UT
01/16/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Idaho	L 51–62	3–13 (0–5)	Centrum Arena (558) Cedar City, UT
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 44–64	3–14 (0–6)	Bank of Colorado Arena (844) Greeley, CO
01/23/2016 1:00 pm, FCS		at North Dakota	L 56–68	3–15 (0–7)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,077) Grand Forks, ND
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Idaho State	L 67–71	3–16 (0–8)	Centrum Arena (1,051) Cedar City, UT
01/30/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Weber State	L 51–70	3–17 (0–9)	Centrum Arena (815) Cedar City, UT
02/04/2016 6:00 pm		at Idaho	L 48–93	3–18 (0–10)	Cowan Spectrum (674) Moscow, ID
02/06/2016 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 53–64	3–19 (0–11)	Reese Court (789) Cheney, WA
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Montana	L 50–81	3–20 (0–12)	Centrum Arena (426) Cedar City, UT
02/13/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Montana State	L 66–87	3–21 (0–13)	Centrum Arena (1,211) Cedar City, UT
02/18/2016 7:00 pm		at Weber State	L 56–75	3–22 (0–14)	Dee Events Center (607) Ogden, UT
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 47–64	3–23 (0–15)	Reed Gym (1,132) Pocatello, ID
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Northern Arizona	W 73–68	4–23 (1–15)	Centrum Arena (473) Cedar City, UT
03/02/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Sacramento State	L 72–82	4–24 (1–16)	Centrum Arena (487) Cedar City, UT
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, SUTV-9		Portland State	W 76–64	5–24 (2–16)	Centrum Arena (502) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 6:35 pm		vs. Sacramento State First Round	L 89–102	5–25	Reno Events Center (1,274) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team