# 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–10, 2015, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined based on a schools conference record, not the overall record. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:
* Head-to-head
* Better record against a higher seed
* Higher RPI
2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament seeds :
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular season) | Tiebreaker |
| 1. | Gonzaga | 16–2 | 23–6 | |
| 2. | San Diego | 14–4 | 23–5 | |
| 3. | Pacific | 13–5 | 21–8 | 2–0 vs. SMC |
| 4. | Saint Mary's | 13–5 | 20–9 | 0–2 vs. Pacific |
| 5. | BYU | 12–6 | 20–9 | |
| 6. | San Francisco | 8–10 | 17–12 | |
| 7. | Santa Clara | 5–13 | 10–17 | |
| 8. | Loyola Marymount | 4–14 | 6–23 | |
| 9. | Pepperdine | 3–15 | 8–21 | |
| 10. | Portland | 2–16 | 4–25 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ |
| First round – Thursday, March 5 ||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | #8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 Pepperdine |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00 PM | #7 Santa Clara vs. #10 Portland |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 & Friday, March 6 ||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | #3 Pacific vs. #6 San Francisco |
| 2 | 4 | 8:00 PM | #4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 BYU |
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | #1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Loyola Marymount |
| 3 | 6 | 2:00 PM | #2 San Diego vs. #7 Santa Clara |
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9 ||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 PM | #5 BYU vs. #1 Gonzaga |
| 4 | 8 | 2:30 PM | #6 San Francisco vs. #2 San Diego |
| Championship Game – Tuesday, March 10 ||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | #5 BYU vs. #6 San Francisco |
| *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||

## Bracket and scores

* All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.
| First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Championship game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU | Championship game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU | Championship game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Loyola Marymount | 50 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 68 | 8 | Loyola Marymount | 50 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 67 | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 55 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | BYU | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Saint Mary's | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | BYU | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | BYU | 76 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | San Francisco | 65 |
| | | | 2 | San Diego | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Santa Clara | 42 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 66 | 7 | Santa Clara | 42 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Portland | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Portland | 58 | | | | 2 | San Diego | 57 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | San Francisco | 65 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Pacific | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | San Francisco | 74 | | | | | | |

## Game summaries
### Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 52-20 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
* BYUtv
* Mar 5 12:00 pm PST
* Recap
Pepperdine Waves 67, Loyola Marymount Lions 68 :
| Scoring by half: 30-34, 37-34 |||
| Pts: Keitra Wallace 22 Rebs: Ea Shoushtari 14 Asts: Ea Shoushtari 7 | Pts: Sophie Taylor 22 Rebs: Emily Ben-Jumbo, Sophie Taylor, & Bree Alford 8 Asts: Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren B., Teresa Turner, Ify Seales

### Santa Clara vs. Portland

Series History: Santa Clara leads 37-30 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
* BYUtv
* Mar 5 2:00 pm PST
* Recap
Portland Pilots 58, Santa Clara Broncos 66 :
| Scoring by half: 23-35, 35-31 |||
| Pts: Cassandra Brown 19 Rebs: Cassandra Brown & Cassandra Thompson 6 Asts: Jasmine Wooton 5 | Pts: Nici Gilday 14 Rebs: Morgan McGwire 7 Asts: Nici Gilday & Raquel Avila 5 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Wanda Szeremeta, In'Fini Robinson, Gordon Torigoe

### Pacific vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Francisco leads 16-15 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
* BYUtv
* Mar 5 6:00 pm PST
* Recap
San Francisco Dons 74, Pacific Tigers 64 :
| Scoring by half: 43-37, 31-27 |||
| Pts: Taj Winson 20 Rebs: Taj Winson 7 Asts: Paige Spietz 3 | Pts: Hailie Eackles 17 Rebs: Kendall Kenyon 8 Asts: Maddison Parrish 4 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Bart Baldwin, Brian Woods, Tiffany Bird

### Saint Mary's vs. BYU

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 5-4 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
* BYUtv
* Mar 5 8:00 pm PST
* Recap
BYU Cougars 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 64 :
| Scoring by half: 28-30, 37-34 |||
| Pts: Lexi Eaton 30 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9 Asts: Kylie Maeda & Lexi Eaton 2 | Pts: Lauren Nicholson 23 Rebs: Carli Rosenthal 12 Asts: Lauren Nicholson & Shannon Mauldin 1 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Rich Waters, Benny Luna, Karen Lasuik

### Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Gonzaga leads 33-27 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
* BYUtv
* Mar 6 12:00 pm PST
* Recap
Loyola Marymount Lions 50, Gonzaga Bulldogs 70 :
| Scoring by half: 23-28, 27-42 |||
| Pts: Sophie Taylor 16 Rebs: Bree Alford 10 Asts: Bree Alford, Makenzie Cast & Alyson Lock 2 | Pts: Shelby Cheslek & Sunny Greinacher 14 Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 14 Asts: Sunny Greinacher 6 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin, Wanda Szeremeta

### San Diego vs. Santa Clara

Series History: San Diego leads 35-32 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
* BYUtv
* Mar 6 2:00 pm PST
* Recap
Santa Clara Broncos 42, San Diego Toreros 51 :
| Scoring by half: 19-28, 23-23 |||
| Pts: Nici Gilday 22 Rebs: Taylor Berry & Nici Gilday 6 Asts: Raquel Avila 4 | Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 16 Rebs: Sophia Ederaine & Maya Hood 10 Asts: Katherine Hamilton 5 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson

### BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 11-6 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
* BYUtv
* Mar 9 12:00 p.m. PDT
* Recap
BYU Cougars 61, Gonzaga Bulldogs 55 :
| Scoring by half: 22-32, 39-23 |||
| Pts: Makenzi Morrison 18 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9 Asts: Kylie Maeda 6 | Pts: Sunny Greinacher 15 Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 12 Asts: Georgia Stirton 6 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson

### San Diego vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Diego leads 38-25 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
* BYUtv
* Mar 9 2:30 p.m. PDT
* Recap
San Francisco Dons 65, San Diego Toreros 57 :
| Scoring by half: 29-42, 36-15 |||
| Pts: Taj Winston 18 Rebs: Taylor Proctor 10 Asts: Taylor Proctor 4 | Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 11 Rebs: Sophia Ederaine 12 Asts: Sophi Ederaine 4 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Shelley Rusi, Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin

### WCC Championship: San Francisco vs. BYU

Series History: BYU leads series 12-2 Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Katie Smith (ESPNU) Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler; Spencer Linton & Ben Bagley–Halftime (BYU Radio)
* ESPNU BYU Radio
* Mar 10 1:00 p.m. PDT
San Francisco Dons 65, BYU Cougars 76 :
| Scoring by half: 27-39, 38-37 |||
| Pts: Taj Winston 24 Rebs: Taj Winston & Paige Spietz 10 Asts: Zhane Dikes & Taylor Proctor 3 | Pts: Lexi Eaton 22 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 8 Asts: Kylie Maeda 5 |
* Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Robert Scofield, Anita Ortega, Michol Murray

## All-Tournament team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos.
    Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G (Most Outstanding Player)
    Morgan Bailey, BYU, RS Sr., F
    Makenzi Morrison, BYU, RS So., G
    Taj Winston, San Francisco, Sr., G
    Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F