# 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs were led by second year head coach Lisa Fortier. The Zags played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated UC Riverside in the first round before losing to Utah in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Carroll (Montana) | W 64–31 | | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,405) Spokane, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Air Force | W 88–35 | 1–0 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,574) Spokane, WA |
| 11/15/2015* 1:00 pm, SWX | No. 16 Stanford | L 48–65 | 1–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 11/19/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Eastern Washington | W 78–56 | 2–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,439) Spokane, WA |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | West Virginia Hall of Fame Women's Challenge | W 62–57 | 3–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,509) Spokane, WA |
| 11/23/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Grand Canyon Hall of Fame Women's Challenge | W 70–44 | 4–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,222) Spokane, WA |
| 11/24/2015* 6:00 pm, SWX | USC Hall of Fame Women's Challenge | L 56–60 | 4–2 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,154) Spokane, WA |
| 11/29/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3 | vs. North Carolina Hall of Fame Women's Challenge | L 62–67 | 4–3 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| 12/03/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Wyoming | W 61–57 $^{OT}$ | 5–3 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212) Spokane, WA |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, SWX | Montana State | W 65–52 | 6–3 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 12/08/2015* 6:00 pm, P12N | at Washington State | L 48–55 | 6–4 | Beasley Coliseum (1,302) Pullman, WA |
| 12/11/2015* 4:00 pm, TWCS OH | at Dayton | W 57–47 | 7–4 | UD Arena (2,533) Dayton, OH |
| 12/13/2015* 11:00 am, PLN | at Colgate | W 80–50 | 8–4 | Cotterell Court (522) Hamilton, NY |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| 12/21/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Pepperdine | W 74–57 | 9–4 (1–0) | Firestone Fieldhouse (201) Malibu, CA |
| 12/23/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Loyola Marymount | W 66–59 | 10–4 (2–0) | Gersten Pavilion (401) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/31/2015 5:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Francisco | W 68–47 | 11–4 (3–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,733) Spokane, WA |
| 01/02/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Santa Clara | W 53–44 | 12–4 (4–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Portland | W 71–63 | 13–4 (5–0) | Chiles Center (395) Portland, OR |
| 01/14/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 54–58 | 13–5 (5–1) | Marriott Center (1,235) Provo, UT |
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Diego | L 54–63 | 13–6 (5–2) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (652) San Diego, CA |
| 01/21/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Saint Mary's | L 68–69 | 13–7 (5–3) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,593) Spokane, WA |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm, SWX | Pacific | W 68–61 | 14–7 (6–3) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,503) Spokane, WA |
| 01/28/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Santa Clara | L 64–71 | 14–8 (6–4) | Leavey Center (400) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Francisco | L 52–71 | 14–9 (6–5) | War Memorial Gymnasium (567) San Francisco, CA |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Loyola Marymount | W 83–68 | 15–9 (7–5) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,127) Spokane, WA |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm, SWX | Pepperdine | W 56–39 | 16–9 (8–5) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Portland | W 86–51 | 17–9 (9–5) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,559) Spokane, WA |
| 02/18/2016 6:30 pm, TheW.tv | at Saint Mary's | L 47–66 | 17–10 (9–6) | McKeon Pavilion (405) Moraga, CA |
| 02/20/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Pacific | L 83–84 $^{OT}$ | 17–11 (9–7) | Alex G. Spanos Center (692) Stockton, CA |
| 02/25/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Diego | L 57–58 | 17–12 (9–8) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,630) Spokane, WA |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, SWX | BYU | W 73–55 | 18–12 (10–8) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| WCC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 8:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. Santa Clara Quarterfinals | L 58–59 | 18–13 | Orleans Arena (6,071) Paradise, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | UC Riverside First Round | W 88–54 | 19–13 | McCarthey Athletic Center (1,309) Spokane, WA |
| 03/21/2016* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Utah Second Round | L 77–92 | 19–14 | McCarthey Athletic Center (3,000) Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |