2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by tenth year head coach Tricia Binford, played their home games at Worthington Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 14–4 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Idaho State. As champs of the Big Sky Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Utah in the first round.

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season Champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2015–16 record	21–10 (14–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tricia Binford (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Nate Harris Kati Burrows John Stockton
Home arena	Worthington Arena

2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana State	14	–	4		.778			21	–	10		.677
Idaho †	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Eastern Washington	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
North Dakota	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Montana	12	–	6		.667			20	–	11		.645
Weber State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Sacramento State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Idaho State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Northern Colorado	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Northern Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Southern Utah	2	–	16		.111			5	–	25		.167
Portland State	2	–	16		.111			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 26, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

John Stockton, the NBA's all-time leader in assists and steals, and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, joined as an assistant coach to replace Kellee Barney.[1] Barney left the program to pursue a career in business, and Stockton had previously coached four of the players on the MSU women's team during Amateur Athletic Union leagues.[1]

Roster

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Peyton Ferris 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Twin Bridges HS Twin Bridges, Montana F 3 Annika Lai 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Fairview HS Boulder, Colorado G 10 Margreet Barhoum 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Meadowdale HS Edmonds, Washington G 11 Lindsay Stockton 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, Washington G 12 Delany Junkermier 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mead HS Spokane, Washington F 13 Ashton Siegner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr West Albany HS Albany, Oregon G 14 Michelle Seitz 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Nezperce HS Walla Walla CC Nezperce, Idaho F 15 Riley Nordgaard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Canby HS Augustana College Canby, Minnesota F 22 Alexa Dawkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Bozeman HS Bozeman, Montana G 23 Hannah Caudill 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, Washington G 24 Madisyn Shaide 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Big Sky HS Missoula, Montana G 30 Rebekah Hatchard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Windsor Gardens Vocational College Seward CC Adelaide, Australia F 33 Amy Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bozeman HS Bozeman, Montana F 34 Jasmine Hommes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lynden Christian Lynden, Washington C 44 Haley Blodgett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Golden HS Golden, Colorado	Head coach Tricia Binford (Boise State) Assistant coach(es) Nate Harris (Montana Tech) Kati Burrows (Montana State) John Stockton (Gonzaga) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm		Montana Tech	W 79–51		Worthington Arena  Bozeman, Montana
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:30 pm		at Seattle	W 80–51	1–0	KeyArena  Seattle, Washington
11/15/2015* 3:00 pm		at Nevada	W 66–53	2–0	Lawlor Events Center (897) Reno, Nevada
11/20/2015* 5:30 pm		Portland	W 86–57	3–0	Worthington Arena (1,192) Bozeman, Montana
11/24/2015* 8:00 pm		San Diego	L 49–62	3–1	Worthington Arena (709) Bozeman, Montana
11/27/2015* 6:00 pm		vs. Evansville Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	W 81–55	4–1	Mott Athletic Center (105) San Luis Obispo, California
11/28/2015* 6:00 pm		at Cal Poly Cal Poly/ShareSLO Holiday Tournament	L 57–66	4–2	Mott Athletic Center (1,348) San Luis Obispo, California
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	W 89–66	5–2	Worthington Arena (1,068) Bozeman, Montana
12/06/2015* 3:00 pm		at Gonzaga	L 52–65	5–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, Washington
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		Montana–Western	W 74–36	6–3	Worthington Arena (984) Bozeman, Montana
12/19/2015* 5:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 69–75 ^OT	6–4	Arena-Auditorium (2,521) Laramie, Wyoming
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	W 74–34	7–4	Worthington Arena (1,352) Bozeman, Montana
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 86–59	8–4 (1–0)	Worthington Arena (1,223) Bozeman, Montana
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 86–77 ^OT	9–4 (2–0)	Worthington Arena (1,238) Bozeman, Montana
01/07/2016 8:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 80–79	10–4 (3–0)	Hornets Nest (315) Sacramento, California
01/09/2016 3:00 pm		at Portland State	W 106–59	11–4 (4–0)	Peter Stott Center (260) Portland, Oregon
01/14/2016 7:00 pm		North Dakota	W 69–61	12–4 (5–0)	Worthington Arena (1,284) Bozeman, Montana
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 66–58	13–4 (6–0)	Worthington Arena (1,493) Bozeman, Montana
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 69–81	13–5 (6–1)	Reese Court (885) Cheney, Washington
01/23/2016 3:00 pm		at Idaho	W 62–59	14–5 (7–1)	Cowan Spectrum (874) Moscow, Idaho
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		Montana	W 61–52	15–5 (8–1)	Worthington Arena (3,526) Bozeman, Montana
02/04/2016 7:00 pm		Portland State	W 74–64	16–5 (9–1)	Worthington Arena (1,221) Bozeman, Montana
02/06/2016 2:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 116–99	17–5 (10–1)	Worthington Arena (1,678) Bozeman, Montana
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 83–72	18–5 (11–1)	Walkup Skydome (503) Flagstaff, Arizona
02/13/2015 7:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 87–66	19–5 (12–1)	Centrum Arena (1,211) Cedar City, Utah
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		at Montana	L 66–70	19–6 (12–2)	Dahlberg Arena (4,249) Missoula, Montana
02/25/2016 8:00 pm		Weber State	W 92–71	20–6 (13–2)	Worthington Arena (1,452) Bozeman, Montana
02/27/2016 8:00 pm		Idaho State	W 82–80 ^OT	21–6 (14–2)	Worthington Arena (2,139) Bozeman, Montana
03/02/2016 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 73–80	21–7 (14–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (890) Greeley, Colorado
03/04/2016 1:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 76–77	21–8 (14–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,671) Grand Forks, North Dakota
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/09/2016 1:05 pm		vs. Idaho State Quarterfinals	L 50–52	21–9	Reno Events Center (1,104) Reno, Nevada
WNIT
03/18/2016* 7:00 pm		at Utah First Round	L 61–95	21–10	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,239) Salt Lake City, Utah
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

References

1. Schulz, Tom. "NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton Joins Montana State Women's Basketball Staff". MSUbobcats.com. Montana State University. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
2. http://www.msubobcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball