# 2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represented Santa Clara University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach JR Payne. The Broncos were members of the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament, where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Fresno State in the first round.
On March 28, 2016, Payne has accepted the head coaching job a Colorado. She finished at Santa Clara with a 2 year record of 34–27.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/30/2015* 6:00 pm | Notre Dame de Namur | W 90–50 | | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/07/2015* 2:00 pm | San Francisco State | W 87–41 | | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | at Washington | L 55–100 | 0–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868) Seattle, WA |
| 11/16/2015* 4:00 pm | at USC | L 46–81 | 0–2 | Galen Center (302) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Air Force | W 68–34 | 1–2 | Leavey Center (300) Santa Clara, CA |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | at No. 13 Stanford | W 61–58 | 2–2 | Maples Pavilion (2,668) Stanford, CA |
| 11/27/2015* 3:00 pm | at Cal Poly Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament | W 69–63 | 3–2 | Mott Athletic Center (557) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 11/28/2015* 5:00 pm | vs. Evansville Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament | W 62–44 | 4–2 | Mott Athletic Center (95) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 12/01/2015* 7:00 pm | at UC Santa Barbara | W 48–37 | 5–2 | The Thunderdome (319) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 12/04/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Simpson (California) | W 112–34 | 6–2 | Leavey Center (421) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Hope International | W 78–54 | 7–2 | Leavey Center (229) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Texas Tech | W 75–70 | 8–2 | Leavey Center (252) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/18/2015* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | UC Santa Barbara | W 66–48 | 9–2 | Leavey Center (320) Santa Clara, CA |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| 12/21/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Pacific | W 76–52 | 10–2 (1–0) | Leavey Center (255) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/23/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Saint Mary's | W 73–67 | 11–2 (2–0) | McKeon Pavilion (470) Moraga, CA |
| 12/31/2015 4:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Portland | W 67–45 | 12–2 (3–0) | Chiles Center (291) Portland, OR |
| 01/02/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Gonzaga | L 44–53 | 12–3 (3–1) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 01/07/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | BYU | L 63–68 | 12–4 (3–2) | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Diego | L 58–70 | 12–5 (3–3) | Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Pepperdine | W 62–60 | 13–5 (4–3) | Firestone Fieldhouse (217) Malibu, CA |
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Loyola Marymount | W 57–56 | 14–5 (5–3) | Gersten Pavilion (523) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | San Francisco | W 68–57 | 15–5 (6–3) | Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/28/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Gonzaga | W 71–64 | 16–5 (7–3) | Leavey Center (400) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Portland | W 66–47 | 17–5 (8–3) | Leavey Center (301) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Francisco | W 59–57 | 18–5 (9–3) | War Memorial Gymnasium (304) San Francisco, CA |
| 02/11/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | at San Diego | W 61–47 | 19–5 (10–3) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (607) San Diego, CA |
| 02/13/2016 1:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 63–70 | 19–6 (10–4) | Marriott Center (1,509) Provo, UT |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Loyola Marymount | W 68–41 | 20–6 (11–4) | Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/20/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | Pepperdine | W 84–50 | 21–6 (12–4) | Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/25/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | Saint Mary's | L 70–78 | 21–7 (12–5) | Leavey Center (500) Santa Clara, CA |
| 02/27/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Pacific | W 66–60 | 22–7 (13–5) | Alex G. Spanos Center (544) Stockton, CA |
| WCC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 8:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. Gonzaga Quarterfinals | W 59–58 | 23–7 | Orleans Arena (6,071) Las Vegas, NV |
| 03/07/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv | vs. BYU Semifinals | L 67–87 | 23–8 | Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:00 pm, MW Net | at Fresno State First Round | L 53–59 | 23–9 | Save Mart Center (1,478) Fresno, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||