# 2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in Big Sky play, to finish sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they defeated New Mexico in the first round, North Dakota in the quarterfinals, USC Upstate in the semifinals, before losing to Louisiana–Lafayette in the championship game.

## Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games were heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games were also be streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2015* 7:00 p.m. | Western Oregon | W 80–64 | | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 13, 2015* 4:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Bethesda | W 86–60 | 1–0 | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| November 15, 2015* 1:00 p.m. | at Denver | W 61–49 | 2–0 | Magness Arena (519) Denver, CO |
| November 18, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | College of Charleston | L 42–50 | 2–1 | Dee Events Center (521) Ogden, UT |
| November 22, 2015* 2:00 p.m., BigWest.tv | at Cal State Fullerton | W 60–40 | 3–1 | Titan Gym (157) Fullerton, CA |
| November 27, 2015* 5:00 p.m., TheW.tv | at Portland | W 57–55 | 4–1 | Chiles Center (301) Portland, OR |
| December 4, 2015* 6:00 p.m., C-USA Digital | at North Texas Hospitality Hills Challenge | W 45–38 | 5–1 | The Super Pit (684) Denton, TX |
| December 5, 2015* 11:00 a.m. | vs. Stephen F. Austin Hospitality Hills Challenge | W 56–46 | 6–1 | The Super Pit Denton, TX |
| December 10, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | BYU | L 51–68 | 6–2 | Dee Events Center (1,034) Ogden, UT |
| December 12, 2015* 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Utah Valley | W 61–54 | 7–2 | Dee Events Center (783) Ogden, UT |
| December 21, 2015* 8:00 p.m. | at Washington | L 56–69 | 7–3 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,550) Seattle, WA |
| December 29, 2015* 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Westminster | W 79–46 | 8–3 | Dee Events Center (517) Ogden, UT |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Idaho State | W 61–46 | 9–3 (1–0) | Reed Gym (1,005) Pocatello, ID |
| January 7, 2015 6:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at North Dakota | W 62–56 | 10–3 (2–0) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,304) Grand Forks, ND |
| January 9, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Northern Colorado | L 63–65 | 10–4 (2–1) | Bank of Colorado Arena (857) Greeley, CO |
| January 14, 2016 12:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Portland State | W 102–73 | 11–4 (3–1) | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| January 16, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Sacramento State | W 77–66 | 12–4 (4–1) | Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT |
| January 23, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Idaho State | L 57–58 | 12–5 (4–2) | Dee Events Center (948) Ogden, UT |
| January 28, 2016 6:30 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Northern Arizona | W 76–56 | 13–5 (5–2) | Walkup Skydome (352) Flagstaff, AZ |
| January 30, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Southern Utah | W 70–51 | 14–5 (6–2) | Centrum Arena (815) Cedar City, UT |
| February 4, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Northern Colorado | W 82–77 $^{3OT}$ | 15–5 (7–2) | Dee Events Center (623) Ogden, UT |
| February 6, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | North Dakota | L 78–85 $^{OT}$ | 15–6 (7–3) | Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT |
| February 11, 2016 8:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Sacramento State | L 64–87 | 15–7 (7–4) | Hornets Nest (443) Sacramento, CA |
| February 13, 2016 3:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Portland State | W 75–58 | 16–7 (8–4) | Peter Stott Center (365) Portland, OR |
| February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Southern Utah | W 75–56 | 17–7 (9–4) | Dee Events Center (607) Ogden, UT |
| February 20, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Northern Arizona | W 95–88 $^{OT}$ | 18–7 (10–4) | Dee Events Center (591) Ogden, UT |
| February 25, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Montana State | L 71–92 | 18–8 (10–5) | Worthington Arena (1,452) Bozeman, MT |
| February 27, 2016 2:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | at Montana | L 75–84 | 18–9 (10–6) | Dahlberg Arena (3,257) Missoula, MT |
| March 2, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Idaho | L 70–77 | 18–10 (10–7) | Dee Events Center (527) Ogden, UT |
| March 4, 2016 7:00 p.m., Watch Big Sky | Eastern Washington | W 80–74 | 19–10 (11–7) | Dee Events Center (786) Ogden, UT |
| Big Sky women's tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2016 9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky | vs. Portland State First round | W 91–68 | 20–10 | Reno Events Center (1,274) Reno, NV |
| March 9, 2016 9:05 p.m., Watch Big Sky | vs. Idaho Quarterfinals | L 83–86 | 20–11 | Reno Events Center (1,343) Reno, NV |
| WBI ||||||
| March 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | at New Mexico First round | W 75–67 | 21–11 | Johnson Gymnasium (581) Albuquerque, NM |
| March 20, 2016* 6:00 p.m. | at North Dakota Quarterfinals | W 76–74 | 22–11 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (862) Grand Forks, ND |
| March 23, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | USC Upstate Semifinals | W 79–53 | 23–11 | Dee Events Center (1,323) Ogden, UT |
| March 26, 2016* 3:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette Championship game | L 85–87 $^{2OT}$ | 23–12 | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (636) Lafayette, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain. ||||||
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