# 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Cathy Nixon enteres the season as head coach for the 20th consecutive season. The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center and the PE Building as members of the WAC. They finished the season 16–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a 3 tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC women's tournament, where they lost to New Mexico State.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 3:00 pm | CSU Pueblo | L 53–67 | | PE Building Orem, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 3:00 pm, BYUtv | at BYU | L 62–78 | 0–1 | Marriott Center (898) Provo, UT |
| 11/14/2015* 4:00 pm | Bethesda University | W 91–64 | 1–1 | UCCU Center (202) Orem, UT |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | Southern Utah | W 70–58 | 2–1 | UCCU Center (389) Orem, UT |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at Boise State | W 72–70 | 3–1 | Taco Bell Arena (504) Boise, ID |
| 11/21/2015* 3:00 pm | Dixie State | W 77–63 | 4–1 | PE Building (314) Orem, UT |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | San Francisco | W 94–88 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | UCCU Center (241) Orem, UT |
| 11/27/2015* 5:00 pm | at Nevada Nugget Classic | W 73–65 | 6–1 | Lawlor Events Center (1,857) Reno, NV |
| 11/28/2015* 3:00 pm | vs. Alabama Nugget Classic | L 60–67 | 6–2 | Lawlor Events Center (964) Reno, NV |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | L 64–68 | 6–3 | Reese Court (154) Cheney, WA |
| 12/05/2015* 5:00 pm | at Oregon | L 68–79 | 6–4 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,033) Eugene, OR |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm | Utah State | L 72–76 | 6–5 | PE Building (323) Orem, UT |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm | at Weber State | L 54–61 | 6–6 | Dee Events Center (783) Ogden, UT |
| 12/22/2015* 1:00 pm | at Nebraska–Omaha | W 74–59 | 7–6 | Baxter Arena (268) Omaha, NE |
| 12/29/2015* 3:00 pm | Idaho State | L 47–56 | 7–7 | UCCU Center (209) Orem, UT |
| 12/31/2015* 3:00 pm | UC Davis | L 55–59 | 7–8 | PE Building (184) Orem, UT |
| WAC regular season ||||||
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | at New Mexico State | L 68–73 | 7–9 (0–1) | Pan American Center (815) Las Cruces, NM |
| 01/09/2016 7:00 pm | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 48–61 | 7–10 (0–2) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (611) Edinburg, TX |
| 01/16/2016 3:00 pm | Grand Canyon | L 53–61 | 7–11 (0–3) | PE Building (201) Orem, UT |
| 01/21/2016 5:00 pm | UMKC | W 79–71 | 8–11 (1–3) | UCCU Center (222) Orem, UT |
| 01/23/2016 3:00 pm | Chicago State | W 74–46 | 9–11 (2–3) | UCCU Center (235) Orem, UT |
| 01/28/2016 8:00 pm | at Seattle | W 61–44 | 10–11 (3–3) | Connolly Center (207) Seattle, WA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 54–61 | 10–12 (4–3) | Icardo Center (822) Bakersfield, CA |
| 02/04/2016 11:00 am | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 71–57 | 11–12 (4–4) | PE Building (1,389) Orem, UT |
| 02/06/2016 3:00 pm | New Mexico State | L 53–59 | 11–13 (4–5) | PE Building (353) Orem, UT |
| 02/13/2016 3:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield | W 72–53 | 12–13 (5–5) | PE Building (276) Orem, UT |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm | at Chicago State | W 69–62 | 13–13 (6–5) | Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (223) Chicago, IL |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm | at UMKC | W 58–44 | 14–13 (7–5) | Swinney Recreation Center (411) Kansas City, MO |
| 02/27/2016 3:00 pm | Seattle | W 79–48 | 15–13 (8–5) | PE Building (249) Orem, UT |
| 03/05/2016 4:00 pm | at Grand Canyon | L 64–65 | 15–14 (8–6) | GCU Arena (362) Phoenix, AZ |
| WAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2016 3:00 pm | vs. UMKC Quarterfinals | W 61–53 | 16–14 | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
| 03/11/2016 1:00 pm | vs. New Mexico State Semifinals | L 44–58 | 16–15 | Orleans Arena (1,618) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||