# 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.

## Schedule

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