2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball
Lady Griz Classic champions
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record20–11 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Shannon Schweyen
  • Trish Duce
  • Sonya Rogers
Home arenaDahlberg Arena
Seasons
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

The 2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz, led by thirty-eighth year head coach Robin Selvig, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to North Dakota. Despite having 20 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster

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2015–16 Montana Lady Griz women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Maddie Keast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Sentinel HS Missoula, Montana
G 3 Haley Vining 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Charles M. Russell HS Great Falls, Montana
G 4 Sierra Anderson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Henry M. Jackson HS Mill Creek, Washington
G 5 McCalle Feller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Fergus HS Lewistown, Montana
F 10 Kayleigh Valley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr University HS Spokane, Washington
F 11 Rachel Staudacher 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Cedar Park Christian Bothell, Washington
F 13 Alycia Sims 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Stevensville HS Stevensville, Montana
G 20 Hannah Doran 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Crescent Valley HS Corvallis, Oregon
F 22 Mekayla Isaak 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Bend HS Bend, Oregon
G 23 Taylor Goligoski 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Hamilton HS Hamilton, Montana
C 31 Henny Hearn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Century HS Pocatello, Idaho
G 32 McKenzie Johnston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Capital HS Helena, Montana
G 42 Shanae Gilham 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Bozeman HS Browning, Montana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Source [1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015*
7:00 pm
Carroll (MT) W 59–54 
Dahlberg Arena 
Missoula, Montana
11/09/2015*
7:00 pm
Great Falls W 81–52 
Dahlberg Arena 
Missoula, Montana
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015*
1:00 pm
Seattle L 44–58  0–1
Dahlberg Arena (2,462)
Missoula, Montana
11/17/2015*
7:00 pm
Montana–Western W 80–32  1–1
Dahlberg Arena (2,262)
Missoula, Montana
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
Pacific W 64–54  2–1
Dahlberg Arena (2,246)
Missoula, Montana
11/22/2015*
1:00 pm
Portland W 90–67  3–1
Dahlberg Arena (2,372)
Missoula, Montana
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm
at Lehigh
Lehigh Christmas City Classic semifinals
L 53–80  3–2
Stabler Arena (667)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
11/29/2015*
10:00 am
vs. Drexel
Lehigh Christmas City Classic 3rd place game
W 58–50  4–2
Stabler Arena (234)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
12/06/2015*
1:00 pm
Cal State Northridge W 86–51  5–2
Dahlberg Arena (2,276)
Missoula, Montana
12/10/2015*
7:00 pm
at Colorado State L 44–75  5–3
Moby Arena (1,127)
Fort Collins, Colorado
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm
at Wyoming L 61–68  5–4
Arena-Auditorium (2,440)
Laramie, Wyoming
12/19/2015*
3:30 pm
Florida Atlantic
35th Lady Griz Classic semifinals
W 83–69  6–4
Dahlberg Arena (2,365)
Missoula, Montana
12/20/2015*
3:30 pm
Utah State
35th Lady Griz Classic championship
W 86–70  7–4
Dahlberg Arena (2,404)
Missoula, Montana
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015
4:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 81–58  8–4
(1–0)
Dahlberg Arena (2,787)
Missoula, Montana
01/02/2016
2:00 pm
Southern Utah W 66–60  9–4
(2–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,024)
Missoula, Montana
01/07/2016
8:00 pm
at Portland State W 79–58  10–4
(3–0)
Peter Stott Center (293)
Portland, Oregon
01/09/2016
3:00 pm
at Sacramento State L 75–83 OT 10–5
(3–1)
Hornets Nest (389)
Sacramento, California
01/14/2016
7:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 58–46  11–5
(4–1)
Dahlberg Arena (2,638)
Missoula, Montana
01/16/2016
2:00 pm
North Dakota L 59–61  11–6
(4–2)
Dahlberg Arena (2,985)
Missoula, Montana
01/21/2016
7:00 pm
at Idaho L 61–78  11–7
(4–3)
Cowan Spectrum (1,021)
Moscow, Idaho
01/23/2016
3:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 65–67  11–8
(4–4)
Reese Court (1,055)
Cheney, Washington
01/30/2016
2:00 pm, Cowles
at Montana State L 52–61  11–9
(4–5)
Worthington Arena (3,526)
Bozeman, Montana
02/04/2016
7:00 pm
Sacramento State W 90–83  12–9
(5–5)
Dahlberg Arena (2,919)
Missoula, Montana
02/06/2016
2:00 pm
Portland State W 76–57  13–9
(6–5)
Dahlberg Arena (2,973)
Missoula, Montana
02/11/2016
7:00 pm
at Southern Utah W 81–50  14–9
(7–5)
Centrum Arena (426)
Cedar City, Utah
02/13/2016
5:30 pm
at Northern Arizona W 61–57  15–9
(8–5)
Walkup Skydome (482)
Flagstaff, Arizona
02/20/2016
2:00 pm, Cowles
Montana State W 70–66  16–9
(9–5)
Dahlberg Arena (4,249)
Missoula, Montana
02/25/2016
7:00 pm
Idaho State W 62–47  17–9
(10–5)
Dahlberg Arena (3,708)
Missoula, Montana
02/27/2016
2:00 pm
Weber State W 84–75  18–9
(11–5)
Dahlberg Arena (3,257)
Missoula, Montana
03/02/2016
6:00 pm
at North Dakota L 61–73  18–10
(11–6)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,677)
Grand Forks, North Dakota
03/04/2016
2:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 72–66 OT 19–10
(12–6)
Bank of Colorado Arena (790)
Greeley, Colorado
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016
3:35 pm
vs. Northern Arizona
First Round
W 78–63  20–10
Reno Events Center (277)
Reno, Nevada
03/09/2016
3:35 pm
vs. North Dakota
Quarterfinals
L 62–65  20–11
Reno Events Center (1,263)
Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".