# 2015–16 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

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.

## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | 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. ||||||