# 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team represent California State University, Fresno during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by second year head coach Jaime White, play their home games at the Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 15–3 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West women's tournament where they lost to Colorado State. They received an automatic big to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Santa Clara in the first round before losing to Oregon in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exitbition ||||||
| 11/06/2015* 5:00 pm | Cal State East Bay | W 65–53 | | Save Mart Center Fresno, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 4:00 pm | at UC Riverside | L 68–86 | 0–1 | UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (229) Riverside, CA |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | Fresno Pacific | W 78–33 | 1–1 | Save Mart Center (2,204) Fresno, CA |
| 11/20/2015* 7:00 pm | Washington | L 79–89 | 1–2 | Save Mart Center (2,983) Fresno, CA |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 24 George Washington | L 53–61 | 1–3 | Save Mart Center (2,237) Fresno, CA |
| 11/27/2015* 2:00 pm | at Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Classic | L 81–83 $^{OT}$ | 1–4 | McKeon Pavilion (477) Moraga, CA |
| 11/28/2015* 12:00 pm | vs. Northeastern Saint Mary's Classic | W 69–55 | 2–4 | McKeon Pavilion (101) Moraga, CA |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield | W 57–52 | 3–4 | Save Mart Center (1,983) Fresno, CA |
| 12/05/2015* 4:00 pm | at Cal Poly | L 60–64 | 3–5 | Mott Gym (475) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm | Cal State Stanislaus | W 72–49 | 4–5 | Save Mart Center (1,992) Fresno, CA |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm | San Diego | L 68–72 | 4–6 | Save Mart Center (2,121) Fresno, CA |
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm | at Utah | L 63–78 | 4–7 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (726) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2015 7:00 pm | UNLV | W 58–54 | 5–7 (1–0) | Save Mart Center (4,760) Fresno, CA |
| 01/02/2016 1:00 pm | at New Mexico | W 69–65 $^{2OT}$ | 6–7 (2–0) | The Pit (5,493) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/06/2016 6:30 pm | at Nevada | W 67–59 | 7–7 (3–0) | Lawlor Events Center (934) Reno, NV |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm | Boise State | W 62–57 | 8–7 (4–0) | Save Mart Center (1,663) Fresno, CA |
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 59–54 | 9–7 (5–0) | Event Center Arena (442) San Jose, CA |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | San Diego State | W 54–49 | 10–7 (6–0) | Save Mart Center (1,663) Fresno, CA |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm | Air Force | W 70–46 | 11–7 (7–0) | Save Mart Center (1,545) Fresno, CA |
| 01/27/2016 6:00 pm | at Wyoming | W 49–42 | 12–7 (8–0) | Arena-Auditorium (2,568) Laramie, WY |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | San Jose State | L 64–66 | 12–8 (8–1) | Save Mart Center (1,564) Fresno, CA |
| 02/06/2016 3:00 pm | at UNLV | W 57–52 | 13–8 (9–1) | Cox Pavilion (1,619) Paradise, NV |
| 02/10/2016 6:30 pm | at San Diego State | L 54–65 $^{2OT}$ | 13–9 (9–2) | Viejas Arena (319) San Diego, CA |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm | Nevada | W 65–56 | 14–9 (10–2) | Save Mart Center (1,861) Fresno, CA |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | Wyoming | W 64–52 | 15–9 (11–2) | Save Mart Center (1,496) Fresno, CA |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm | at Utah State | W 67–61 | 16–9 (12–2) | Smith Spectrum (560) Logan, UT |
| 02/24/2016 6:00 pm | at Air Force | W 63–48 | 17–9 (13–2) | Clune Arena (675) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | New Mexico | W 51–43 | 18–9 (14–2) | Save Mart Center (2,109) Fresno, CA |
| 03/01/2016 6:00 pm | at Colorado State | L 55–68 | 18–10 (14–3) | Moby Arena (2,114) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/04/2016 7:00 pm | Utah State | W 66–62 | 19–10 (15–3) | Save Mart Center (1,577) Fresno, CA |
| Mountain West tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2016 6:00 pm | vs. Utah State Quarterfinals | W 55–47 | 20–10 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| 03/09/2016 9:00 pm | vs. UNLV Semifinals | W 66–60 | 21–10 | Thomas & Mack Center (2,160) Paradise, NV |
| 03/11/2016 12:00 pm | vs. Colorado State Championship Game | L 54–55 | 21–11 | Thomas & Mack Center (3,219) Paradise, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:00 pm | Santa Clara First Round | W 59–53 | 22–11 | Save Mart Center (1,478) Fresno, CA |
| 03/21/2016* 6:00 pm | at Oregon Second Round | L 59–84 | 22–12 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,142) Eugene, OR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||