2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball

WNIT, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record	19–14 (9–5 WAC)
Head coach	Larry Tidwell (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Gabe Henry
Assistant coach	Anthony Anderson
Assistant coach	Hannah Burleson
Home arena	UTRGV Fieldhouse

2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
New Mexico State †	13	–	1	.929	26	–	5	.839
UTRGV	9	–	5	.643	19	–	14	.576
Grand Canyon*	8	–	6	.571	16	–	15	.516
Utah Valley	8	–	6	.571	16	–	15	.516
Cal State Bakersfield	8	–	6	.571	12	–	19	.387
UMKC	5	–	9	.357	10	–	18	.357
Seattle	3	–	11	.214	9	–	21	.300
Chicago State	2	–	12	.143	4	–	25	.138

† 2016 WAC Tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Larry Tidwell's third season, but first under the UT-RGV label. The Vaqueros play their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season for UTRGV as an institution. Before the 2015–16 academic year UTRGV was UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville. They finished the season 19–14, 9–5 in WAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC Women's Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU.

Previous Season

The Broncs finished the season 19–15, 9–5 in final WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the championship of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Troi Swain	1	G	5'6"	Freshman	Austin, TX	Transferred^[1]
Tonisha Walker	3	G	5'6"	Senior	Gardner, KS	Graduated
Stephanie Onyeje	12	G	5'5"	Freshman	Pflugerville, TX	Transferred^[1]
T'Ondria Nolen	14	G	5'7"	Senior	Wichita, KS	Graduated
Crystal Cardenas	20	G	5'7"	Freshman	Mercedes, TX
Brittany Bush	21	F	6'1"	Senior	Moline, IL	Graduated
Cha'zaye Wright	25	F	5'8"	Senior	DeSoto, TX	Graduated
Cherrell Price	33	F	5'11"	Senior	Midwest City, OK	Graduated

2015–16 media

For the first time in club history women's basketball games will be televised. 9 of 11 home games will air on TWCS (Ch 323), with 6 of the 9 games airing live. The other two home games will air on the TWCS Alternate Channel (Ch 825). Other games will air on WAC Digital Network or road teams video feeds.^[2]

Roster

2015–16 UTRGV Vaqueros women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Peters, BerneshaBernesha Peters	63 !5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	1.0 !Fr	Spring	Spring, TX
2.5 !G/F	2	Ramirez, YadiraYadira Ramirez	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Hanks	El Paso, TX
1.5 !G	3	Villarreal, AngelaAngela Villarreal	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	1.0 !Fr	Weslaco	Weslaco, TX
1.5 !G	4	Türk, IdilIdil Türk	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Bodwell	Istanbul, Turkey
3.5 !F	5	Kjartansdottir, Hildur BjörgHildur Björg Kjartansdottir	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Fjölbrantaskòli Snætellinga	Stykkishólmur, Iceland
1.5 !G	10	Marquez, MichelleMichelle Marquez	63 !5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	1.0 !Fr	Weslaco East	Weslaco, TX
1.5 !G	11	Goff, Shawnte'Shawnte' Goff	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Copperas Cove	Copperas Cove, TX
1.5 !G	15	Hyman, NicheleNichele Hyman	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Clovis	Clovis, NM
3.5 !F	21	Maldonado, AnushkaAnushka Maldonado	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Yelm Odessa College	Roy, WA
2.5 !G/F	22	Bennett, JadaJada Bennett	63 !5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Sherman North Florida	Sherman, TX
3.5 !F	23	Mercelita, MichelineMicheline Mercelita	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.5 !RS So	Edinburg	Edinburg, TX
1.5 !G	24	Preston, RickellRickell Preston	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Hahnville	Killona, LA
1.5 !G	30	Ramirez, AmandaAmanda Ramirez	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Los Fresnos	Los Frenos, TX
3.5 !F	32	Havili, LileLile Havili	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Granger Western Nebraska CC	Salt Lake City, UT
3.5 !F	33	Savoy, MaryMary Savoy	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	West Salem Midland College	Salem, OR
1.5 !G	34	Cuzic, SicaSica Cuzic	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Trinity International	Galati, Romania
3.5 !F	43	Murphy, TristanTristan Murphy	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Stanwood	Stanwood, WA
3.5 !F	44	Van Tilburg, LauraLaura Van Tilburg	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	Weslaco	Weslaco, TX

Head coach

Larry Tidwell (Austin College)

Assistant coach(es)

Gabe Henry (Gonzaga)
Anthony Anderson (Florida International)
Hannah Burleson (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[3]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 2:30 PM	vs. East Carolina Islanders Classic	L 50–79	0–1	American Bank Center (76) Corpus Christi, TX
11/14/2015* 4:30 PM	vs. Cal Poly Islanders Classic	W 66–58	2–1	American Bank Center (146) Corpus Christi, TX
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS	Concordia	W 90–44^[4]	2–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (613) Edinburg, TX
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS Alt	Texas Lutheran	W 90–38	3–1	UTRGV Fieldhouse (545) Edinburg, TX
11/21/2015* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Eastern Michigan	L 56–78	3–2	Convocation Center (443) Ypsilanti, MI
11/24/2015* 9:00 PM	at UC Santa Barbara	W 62–60	4–2	The Thunderdome (310) Santa Barbara, CA
11/28/2015* 2:00 PM	at TCU	L 67–71	4–3	University Recreation Center (1,543) Fort Worth, TX
12/01/2015* 7:00 PM	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 46–49	4–4	Dugan Wellness Center (613) Corpus Christi, TX
12/03/2015* 6:00 PM	at Incarnate Word	W 68–50	5–4	McDermott Center (206) San Antonio, TX
12/05/2015* 7:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	L 54–78	5–5	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,332) Stillwater, OK
12/07/2015* 7:00 PM, Cox Kansas	at Kansas State	L 43–61	5–6	Bramlage Coliseum (3,872) Manhattan, KS
12/17/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS Alt.	Incarnate Word	W 60–47	6–6	UTRGV Fieldhouse (711) Edinburg, TX
12/20/2015* 1:00 PM	at Houston	W 55–45	7–6	Hofheinz Pavilion (792) Houston, TX
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCS Alt.	Evangel	W 75–60	8–6	UTRGV Fieldhouse (544) Edinburg, TX
01/01/2016* 11:00 AM	at Syracuse	L 32–91	8–7	Carrier Dome (442) Syracuse, NY
WAC regular season
01/07/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS	Grand Canyon	W 52–28	9–7 (1–0)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (445) Edinburg, TX
01/09/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS	Utah Valley	W 61–48	10–7 (2–0)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (611) Edinburg, TX
01/14/2016 7:00 PM	at Chicago State	W 64–56	11–7 (3–0)	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (100) Chicago, IL
01/16/2016 7:00 PM	at UMKC	W 62–53	12–7 (4–0)	Swinney Recreation Center (247) Kansas City, MO
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS	Cal State Bakersfield	W 60–46	13–7 (5–0)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,268) Edinburg, TX
01/23/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS*	Seattle	L 71–74	13–8 (5–1)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,108) Edinburg, TX
01/30/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS*	New Mexico State	L 57–68	13–9 (5–2)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709) Edinburg, TX
02/04/2016 12:00 PM	at Utah Valley	L 57–71	13–10 (5–3)	PE Building (1,389) Orem, UT
02/06/2016 5:00 PM, Cox7	at Grand Canyon	W 68–66	14–10 (6–3)	GCU Arena (376) Phoenix, AZ
02/13/2016 1:00 PM, TWCS	UMKC	L 57–59	14–11 (6–4)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (668) Edinburg, TX
02/18/2016 9:00 PM	at Seattle	W 76–71	15–11 (7–4)	Connolly Center (262) Seattle, WA
02/20/2016 3:00 PM	at Cal State Bakersfield	L 66–80	15–12 (7–5)	Icardo Center (878) Bakersfield, CA
02/27/2016 7:00 PM, TWCS	Chicago State	W 78–56	16–12 (8–5)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (522) Edinburg, TX
03/05/2016 2:00 PM, FSSW+/ESPN3	at New Mexico State	W 66–55	17–12 (9–5)	Pan American Center (1,612) Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament
03/09/2016 6:30 PM	vs. Chicago State Quarterfinals	W 60–52	18–12	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/11/2016 4:30 PM	vs. Cal State Bakersfield Semifinals	W 73–72 ^2OT	19–12	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/11/2016 3:00 PM, ESPNU	vs. New Mexico State Championship Game	L 53–80	19–13	Orleans Arena (777) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 PM	at TCU First Round	L 73–97	19–14	Schollmaier Arena (910) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

- Games will be televised on tape delay.

References

1 2 "Transfers add to UTPA turnover". The Monitor. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
↑ "UTRGV Basketball Games to be telecast for the first time". The Monitor. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
↑ "The Official Athletics Website of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goutrgv.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
↑ "UTRGV Women's Basketball Cruises In Home Opener". KZTV. Retrieved 2015-11-17.

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball

Venues	UTRGV Fieldhouse

Seasons	2015–16

NAIA national championship in bold

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2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

Previous Season

Departures

2015–16 media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References