# 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks were led by fourth year head coach Travis Brewster and played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a 3 way tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky women's tournament, where they lost to Idaho State. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated New Mexico in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Big Sky member Weber State.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2015* 2:00 pm | Mayville State | W 80–69 | | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,519) Grand Forks, ND |
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Minnesota–Crookston | W 72–47 | | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,493) Grand Forks, ND |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge | L 61–83 | 0–1 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,358) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/14/2015* 3:30 pm | vs. Tennessee–Martin Hawkeye Challenge | L 58–84 | 0–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (125) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, FSNOR+/FCSC | Nebraska–Omaha | W 67–52 | 1–2 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,456) Grand Forks, ND |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Drake | L 63–73 | 1–3 | Knapp Center (2,064) Des Moines, IA |
| 11/25/2015* 7:30 pm | at San Francisco | L 57–74 | 1–4 | War Memorial Gymnasium (301) San Francisco, CA |
| 11/28/2015* 4:00 pm | at Oregon | L 51–77 | 1–5 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,141) Eugene, OR |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Northern Iowa | W 64–59 | 2–5 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,012) Grand Forks, ND |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Western Illinois | W 78–67 | 3–5 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,385) Grand Forks, ND |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC | North Dakota State | W 71–54 | 4–5 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,564) Grand Forks, ND |
| 12/19/2015* 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | South Dakota | L 70–73 | 4–6 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,532) Grand Forks, ND |
| 12/23/2015* 3:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 47–57 | 4–7 | Williams Arena (2,800) Minneapolis, MN |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 4:00 pm | at Idaho | L 65–92 | 4–8 (0–1) | Cowan Spectrum (346) Moscow, ID |
| 01/02/2016 4:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | L 57–60 | 4–9 (0–2) | Reese Court (186) Cheney, WA |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC | Weber State | L 56–62 | 4–10 (0–3) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,304) Grand Forks, ND |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Idaho State | W 45–42 | 5–10 (1–3) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,389) Grand Forks, ND |
| 01/14/2016 8:00 pm | at Montana State | L 61–69 | 5–11 (1–4) | Worthington Arena (1,284) Bozeman, MT |
| 01/16/2016 3:00 pm | at Montana | W 61–59 | 6–11 (2–4) | Dahlberg Arena (2,985) Missoula, MT |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC | Northern Arizona | W 63–58 | 7–11 (3–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,418) Grand Forks, ND |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Southern Utah | W 68–56 | 8–11 (4–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,077) Grand Forks, ND |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC | Northern Colorado | W 54–51 | 9–11 (5–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,806) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/04/2016 8:00 pm | at Idaho State | W 60–57 | 10–11 (6–4) | Reed Gym (800) Pocatello, ID |
| 02/06/2016 3:00 pm | at Weber State | W 85–78 $^{OT}$ | 11–11 (7–4) | Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm, MidcoSN/FCSC | Eastern Washington | W 72–69 | 12–11 (8–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,451) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Idaho | L 59–65 | 12–12 (8–5) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,526) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/20/2016 3:00 pm | at Northern Colorado | W 59–58 | 13–12 (9–5) | Bank of Colorado Arena (740) Greeley, CO |
| 02/25/2016 9:00 pm | at Portland State | W 75–62 | 14–12 (10–5) | Peter Stott Center (268) Portland, OR |
| 02/27/2016 4:00 pm | at Sacramento State | W 86–79 | 15–12 (11–5) | Hornets Nest (429) Sacramento, CA |
| 03/02/2016 7:00 pm, FSNOR/FCSC | Montana | W 73–61 | 16–12 (12–5) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,677) Grand Forks, ND |
| 03/04/2016 2:00 pm | Montana State | W 77–76 | 17–12 (13–5) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,671) Grand Forks, ND |
| Big Sky tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2016 4:35 pm | vs. Montana Quarterfinals | W 65–62 | 18–12 | Reno Events Center (1,263) Reno, NV |
| 03/11/2016 2:05 pm | vs. Idaho State Semifinals | L 54–69 | 18–13 | Reno Events Center (1,080) Reno, NV |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:00 pm | Grand Canyon First Round | W 57–51 | 19–13 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (645) Grand Forks, ND |
| 03/20/2016* 7:00 pm | Weber State Quarterfinals | L 74–76 | 19–14 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (862) Grand Forks, ND |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||