2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record239 (135 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Shandrika Lee
  • Alex Carl
Home arenaLeavey Center
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
BYU162 .889267  .788
Saint Mary's144 .778248  .750
San Diego135 .722248  .750
Santa Clara135 .722239  .719
Gonzaga108 .5561914  .576
San Francisco99 .5002112  .636
Pacific612 .3331317  .433
Loyola Marymount612 .3331120  .355
Pepperdine216 .111724  .226
Portland117 .056327  .100
Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team will represent Santa Clara University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach JR Payne. The Broncos were members of the West Coast Conference and play their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Fresno State in the first round.

On March 28, 2016, Payne has accepted the head coaching job a Colorado.[1] She finished at Santa Clara with a 2 year record of 34–27.

Roster

2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 3 Taylor Berry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoSt. Mary's Martinez, CA
G 4 Dru Toleafoa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrBrigidine College Randwick Sydney, Australia
F 5 Beth Carlson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoArchbishop Murphy Mill Creek, WA
G 10 Nicole Vander Helm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrHoly Cross Regional Surrey, BC
G 12 Kyla Martin 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SoEtiwanda
East Los Angeles College
Chino, CA
F 15 Marie Bertholdt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrAlameda Alameda, CA
F 20 Lori Parkinson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS JrCyprus
Southern Utah
West Valley, UT
G 22 Brooke Gallaway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrCentral Valley Greenacres, WA
G 24 Savanna Hanson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrKing's Edmonds, WA
G 25 Emily Wolph 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) SoDesert Vista Phoenix, AZ
F 30 Andraya Flor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrSeattle Prep Seattle, WA
F 32 Morgan McGwire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoReno Reno, NV
F 33 Devin Hudson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrColony
Long Beach State
Ontario, CA
F 44 Maddison Allen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrJohn Paul College
Cal Poly
Brisbane, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2015*
6:00 pm
Notre Dame de Namur W 90–50 
Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
11/07/2015*
2:00 pm
San Francisco State W 87–41 
Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
2:00 pm
at Washington L 55–100  0–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868)
Seattle, WA
11/16/2015*
4:00 pm
at USC L 46–81  0–2
Galen Center (302)
Los Angeles, CA
11/21/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Air Force W 68–34  1–2
Leavey Center (300)
Santa Clara, CA
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm
at No. 13 Stanford W 61–58  2–2
Maples Pavilion (2,668)
Stanford, CA
11/27/2015*
3:00 pm
at Cal Poly
Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament
W 69–63  3–2
Mott Athletic Center (557)
San Luis Obispo, CA
11/28/2015*
5:00 pm
vs. Evansville
Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament
W 62–44  4–2
Mott Athletic Center (95)
San Luis Obispo, CA
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm
at UC Santa Barbara W 48–37  5–2
The Thunderdome (319)
Santa Barbara, CA
12/04/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
Simpson (California) W 112–34  6–2
Leavey Center (421)
Santa Clara, CA
12/06/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Hope International W 78–54  7–2
Leavey Center (229)
Santa Clara, CA
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Texas Tech W 75–70  8–2
Leavey Center (252)
Santa Clara, CA
12/18/2015*
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
UC Santa Barbara W 66–48  9–2
Leavey Center (320)
Santa Clara, CA
WCC regular season
12/21/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
Pacific W 76–52  10–2
(1–0)
Leavey Center (255)
Santa Clara, CA
12/23/2015
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Saint Mary's W 73–67  11–2
(2–0)
McKeon Pavilion (470)
Moraga, CA
12/31/2015
4:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Portland W 67–45  12–2
(3–0)
Chiles Center (291)
Portland, OR
01/02/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Gonzaga L 44–53  12–3
(3–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/07/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
BYU L 63–68  12–4
(3–2)
Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
01/09/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
San Diego L 58–70  12–5
(3–3)
Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Pepperdine W 62–60  13–5
(4–3)
Firestone Fieldhouse (217)
Malibu, CA
01/16/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Loyola Marymount W 57–56  14–5
(5–3)
Gersten Pavilion (523)
Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
San Francisco W 68–57  15–5
(6–3)
Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
01/28/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
Gonzaga W 71–64  16–5
(7–3)
Leavey Center (400)
Santa Clara, CA
01/30/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Portland W 66–47  17–5
(8–3)
Leavey Center (301)
Santa Clara, CA
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
at San Francisco W 59–57  18–5
(9–3)
War Memorial Gymnasium (304)
San Francisco, CA
02/11/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
at San Diego W 61–47  19–5
(10–3)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (607)
San Diego, CA
02/13/2016
1:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU L 63–70  19–6
(10–4)
Marriott Center (1,509)
Provo, UT
02/18/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
Loyola Marymount W 68–41  20–6
(11–4)
Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Pepperdine W 84–50  21–6
(12–4)
Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
02/25/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
Saint Mary's L 70–78  21–7
(12–5)
Leavey Center (500)
Santa Clara, CA
02/27/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Pacific W 66–60  22–7
(13–5)
Alex G. Spanos Center (544)
Stockton, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
8:00 pm, BYUtv
vs. Gonzaga
Quarterfinals
W 59–58  23–7
Orleans Arena (6,071)
Las Vegas, NV
03/07/2016
2:00 pm, BYUtv
vs. BYU
Semifinals
L 67–87  23–8
Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/18/2016*
7:00 pm, MW Net
at Fresno State
First Round
L 53–59  23–9
Save Mart Center (1,478)
Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. "Colorado names JR Payne to take helm of women's basketball program". www.denverpost.com. March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 Santa Clara Women's Basketball Schedule".
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