# 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

The 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Mark Trakh, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–5, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley and Texas–Rio Grande Valley to be champions of the WAC women's tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Arizona State.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | at North Dakota State | W 79–69 | 1–0 | Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (587) Fargo, ND |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, AggieVision | New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry | W 78–59 | 2–0 | Pan American Center (885) Las Cruces, NM |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | Sacramento State | W 80–77 | 3–0 | Pan American Center (1,265) Las Cruces, NM |
| 11/24/2015* 5:00 pm | Southern Utah | W 74–60 | 4–0 | Pan American Center (700) Las Cruces, NM |
| 11/27/2015* 1:00 pm | Northwestern State Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic | W 65–54 | 5–0 | Pan American Center (873) Las Cruces, NM |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm | Northern Arizona Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic | W 87–53 | 6–0 | Pan American Center (946) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | at Arizona | L 64–68 | 6–1 | McKale Center (741) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm, AggieVision | UTEP The Battle of I-10 | L 65–71 | 6–2 | Pan American Center (768) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/14/2015* 7:00 pm | Eastern New Mexico | W 76–61 | 7–2 | Pan American Center (862) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/17/2015* 8:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 75–66 | 8–2 | Event Center Arena (224) San Jose, CA |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | at New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry | W 52–47 | 9–2 | The Pit Albuquerque, NM |
| 12/29/2015* 12:00 pm | vs. Vanderbilt Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals | L 45–71 | 9–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (832) Bronx, NY |
| 12/30/2015* 11:00 am | vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game | W 70–51 | 10–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY |
| 01/04/2016* 7:00 pm | Western New Mexico | W 68–39 | 11–3 | Pan American Center (855) Las Cruces, NM |
| WAC regular season ||||||
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, AggieVision | Utah Valley | W 73–68 | 12–3 (1–0) | Pan American Center (815) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, AggieVision | Grand Canyon | W 60–58 | 13–3 (2–0) | Pan American Center (879) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/14/2016 6:00 pm | at UMKC | W 68–62 | 14–3 (3–0) | Swinney Recreation Center (231) Kansas City, MO |
| 01/16/2016 1:00 pm | at Chicago State | W 70–60 | 15–3 (4–0) | Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (110) Chicago, IL |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm, AggieVision | Seattle | W 69–54 | 16–3 (5–0) | Pan American Center (1,070) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm, AggieVision | Cal State Bakersfield | W 86–63 | 17–3 (6–0) | Pan American Center (5,034) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/30/2016 6:00 pm | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 68–57 | 18–3 (7–0) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709) Edinburg, TX |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm | at Grand Canyon | W 64–44 | 19–3 (8–0) | GCU Arena (414) Phoenix, AZ |
| 02/06/2016 3:00 pm | at Utah Valley | W 59–53 | 20–3 (9–0) | PE Building (353) Orem, UT |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | Chicago State | W 76–63 | 21–3 (10–0) | Pan American Center (1,305) Las Cruces, NM |
| 02/18/2016 8:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 67–59 | 22–3 (11–0) | Icardo Center (674) Bakersfield, CA |
| 02/20/2016 8:00 pm, ASN | at Seattle | W 66–56 | 23–3 (12–0) | Connolly Center (342) Seattle, WA |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | UMKC | W 78–74 $^{OT}$ | 24–3 (13–0) | Pan American Center (1,142) Las Cruces, NM |
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 55–66 | 24–4 (13–1) | Pan American Center (1,618) Las Cruces, NM |
| WAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2016 1:00 pm | vs. Utah Valley Semifinals | W 58–44 | 25–4 | Orleans Arena (1,618) Paradise, NV |
| 03/12/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Championship Game | W 80–53 | 26–4 | Orleans Arena (777) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 11 Arizona State First Round | L 52–74 | 26–5 | Wells Fargo Arena (3,134) Tempe, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||