2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
Cal Classic Champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record248 (144 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tracy Sanders
  • Allyson Fasnacht
  • Lisa O'Meara
Home arenaMcKeon Pavilion
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
BYU162 .889267  .788
Saint Mary's144 .778248  .750
San Diego135 .722248  .750
Santa Clara135 .722239  .719
Gonzaga108 .5561914  .576
San Francisco99 .5002112  .636
Pacific612 .3331317  .433
Loyola Marymount612 .3331120  .355
Pepperdine216 .111724  .226
Portland117 .056327  .100
Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team will represent Saint Mary's College of California in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It will be head coach Paul Thomas's tenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 24–8, 14–4 in WCC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC women's basketball tournament where they lost to San Francisco. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Eastern Michigan in the first round.

Roster

2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Lauren Nicholson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrWoolooware Sydney, Australia
G 4 Devyn Galland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS JrLewis & Clark
Oregon
Spokane, WA
G 5 Hannah Kaser 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrAustralian Institute of Sport Eltham, Australia
G 10 Carly Turner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoAustralian Institute of Sport Sydney, Australia
F 11 Valerie Moore 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrModesto Christian Merced, CA
F 12 Sydney Raggio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrSt. Ignatius San Bruno, CA
F 13 Lisa Janko 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoRhein MB II Essen, Germany
G 14 Shannon Mauldin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrSaint Mary's San Pablo, CA
G 20 Katie Rathbun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrCarondelet Concord, CA
G 21 Stella Beck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoHutt Valley Lower Hutt, New Zealand
F 22 Devon Brookshire 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrBishop Montgomery
Northwestern
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
G 23 Alia McCoy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoCanyon Santa Clarita, CA
G 24 Samira McDonald 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrRiver Ridge Lacey, WA
F 25 Megan McKay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrSt. Mary's Anglican Katanning, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
2:00 pm
at Cal State Northridge W 93–59  1–0
Matadome (348)
Northridge, CA
11/15/2015*
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
San Jose State W 91–81  2–0
McKeon Pavilion (379)
Moraga, CA
11/20/2015*
6:00 pm, MW Net
at Wyoming W 70–64  3–0
Arena-Auditorium (2,423)
Laramie, WY
11/22/2015*
5:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 65–52  4–0
Bank of Colorado Arena (521)
Greeley, CO
11/27/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Fresno State
Saint Mary's Classic
W 83–81 OT 5–0
McKeon Pavilion (477)
Moraga, CA
11/28/2015*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
Missouri
Saint Mary's Classic
L 78–95  5–1
McKeon Pavilion (485)
Moraga, CA
12/03/2015*
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
UC Davis L 71–78 OT 5–2
McKeon Pavilion (221)
Moraga, CA
12/05/2015*
4:00 pm
at No. 18 California
Cal Classic semifinals
W 64–63  6–2
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
12/06/2015*
3:00 pm
vs. Villanova
Cal Classic championship
W 67–60  7–2
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
12/12/2015*
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
Washington State W 75–71  8–2
McKeon Pavilion (257)
Moraga, CA
12/17/2015*
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
Cal Poly W 87–83 OT 9–2
McKeon Pavilion (209)
Moraga, CA
WCC regular season
12/21/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
at San Francisco W 78–68  10–2
(1–0)
War Memorial Gymnasium (438)
San Francisco, CA
12/23/2015
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
Santa Clara L 67–73  10–3
(1–1)
McKeon Pavilion (470)
Moraga, CA
12/31/2015
12:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU L 59–65  10–4
(1–2)
Marriott Center (1,209)
Provo, UT
01/02/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
at San Diego W 73–68  11–4
(2–2)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (302)
San Diego, CA
01/07/2016
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
Loyola Marymount W 72–57  12–4
(3–2)
McKeon Pavilion (619)
Moraga, CA
01/09/2016
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
Pepperdine W 88–72  13–4
(4–2)
McKeon Pavilion (404)
Moraga, CA
01/16/2016
3:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Pacific W 82–73  14–4
(5–2)
Alex G. Spanos Center (2,205)
Stockton, CA
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Gonzaga W 69–68  15–4
(6–2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,593)
Spokane, WA
01/23/2016
1:00 pm, CSNNW
at Portland W 78–51  16–4
(7–2)
Chiles Center (361)
Portland, OR
01/30/2016
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
Pacific W 83–75  17–4
(8–2)
McKeon Pavilion (509)
Moraga, CA
02/04/2016
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
San Diego W 68–60  18–4
(9–2)
McKeon Pavilion (330)
Moraga, CA
02/06/2016
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
BYU L 44–65  18–5
(9–3)
McKeon Pavilion (359)
Moraga, CA
02/11/2016
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Pepperdine L 58–62  18–6
(9–4)
Firestone Fieldhouse (195)
Malibu, CA
02/13/2016
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Loyola Marymount W 91–81  19–6
(10–4)
Gersten Pavilion (441)
Los Angeles, CA
02/18/2016
6:30 pm, TheW.tv
Gonzaga W 66–47  20–6
(11–4)
McKeon Pavilion (405)
Moraga, CA
02/20/2016
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
Portland W 95–53  21–6
(12–4)
McKeon Pavilion (419)
Moraga, CA
02/25/2016
6:00 pm, TheW.tv
at Santa Clara W 78–70  22–6
(13–4)
Leavey Center (500)
Santa Clara, CA
02/27/2016
1:00 pm, TheW.tv
San Francisco W 72–59  23–6
(14–4)
McKeon Pavilion (471)
Moraga, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/04/2016
2:00 pm, BYUtv
vs. Loyola Marymount
Quarterfinals
W 85–71  24–6
Orleans Arena (6,261)
Paradise, NV
03/07/2016
2:00 pm, BYUtv
vs. San Francisco
Semifinals
L 65–67  24–7
Orleans Arena (6,990)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
Eastern Michigan
First Round
L 73–74  24–8
McKeon Pavilion (250)
Moraga, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. "SMC California Athletics - Official Athletics Website".
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