2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball

WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2015–16 record	26–5 (13–1 WAC)
Head coach	Mark Trakh (6th year)
Assistant coach	Tamara Inoue
Assistant coach	Aarika Hughes
Assistant coach	Cecilia Russell-Nava
Home arena	Pan American Center

2015–16 WAC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
New Mexico State †	13	–	1	.929	26	–	5	.839
UTRGV	9	–	5	.643	19	–	14	.576
Grand Canyon*	8	–	6	.571	16	–	15	.516
Utah Valley	8	–	6	.571	16	–	15	.516
Cal State Bakersfield	8	–	6	.571	12	–	19	.387
UMKC	5	–	9	.357	10	–	18	.357
Seattle	3	–	11	.214	9	–	21	.300
Chicago State	2	–	12	.143	4	–	25	.138

† 2016 WAC Tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team will represent New Mexico State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by sixth year head coach Mark Trakh, play their home games at the Pan American Center and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 26–5, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley and Texas–Rio Grande Valley to be champions of the WAC Women's Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Arizona State.

Roster

2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	1	Cooper, JasmineJasmine Cooper	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Lincoln HS	Dallas, TX
1.5 !G	2	Salas, BrookeBrooke Salas	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	El Dorado HS	Placentia, CA
1.5 !G	3	Lopez, TakiyahTakiyah Lopez	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Chapin HS	El Paso, TX
1.5 !G	4	Weber, SashaSasha Weber	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Timberline HS	Lacey, WA
1.5 !G	10	Hardin, EmilyEmily Hardin	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Monache HS	Porterville, CA
1.5 !G	11	Davis, ShaniceShanice Davis	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	4.0 !Sr	Harker Heights HS	Killeen, TX
1.5 !G	12	Williams, ZaireZaire Williams	66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	2.0 !So	Santa Margarita Catholic HS	Dana Point, CA
3.5 !F	20	Walton, BrandeeBrandee Walton	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	St. Mary's HS	Surprise, AZ
1.5 !G	21	William, TameraTamera William	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Centennial HS	Las Vegas, NV
3.5 !F	22	Ellis, TylerTyler Ellis	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Antelope HS	Antelope, AZ
1.5 !G	23	Scott, AbbyAbby Scott	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.0 !Sr	Madras HS	Madras, OR
3.5 !F	24	Freeman, BriannaBrianna Freeman	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Harker Heights HS	Killeen, TX
3.5 !F	33	Toilolo, JenevaJeneva Toilolo	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	Farrington HS	Honolulu, HI
1.5 !G	35	Mack, MoriahMoriah Mack	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Reagan HS	San Antonio, TX
3.5 !F	50	Taylor, TyeshaTyesha Taylor	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Temple HS	Temple, TX

Head coach

Mark Trakh (Long Beach State)

Assistant coach(es)

Tamara Inoue (Long Beach State)
Aarika Hughes (Southern California)
Cecilia Russell-Nava (New Mexico State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 PM	at North Dakota State	W 79–69	1–0	Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (587) Fargo, ND
11/17/2015* 7:00 PM, AggieVision	New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry	W 78–59	2–0	Pan American Center (885) Las Cruces, NM
11/19/2015* 7:00 PM	Sacramento State	W 80–77	3–0	Pan American Center (1,265) Las Cruces, NM
11/24/2015* 5:00 PM	Southern Utah	W 74–60	4–0	Pan American Center (700) Las Cruces, NM
11/27/2015* 1:00 PM	Northwestern State Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic	W 65–54	5–0	Pan American Center (873) Las Cruces, NM
11/28/2015* 7:00 PM	Northern Arizona Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic	W 87–53	6–0	Pan American Center (946) Las Cruces, NM
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM	at Arizona	L 64–68	6–1	McKale Center (741) Tucson, AZ
12/05/2015* 2:00 PM, AggieVision	UTEP The Battle of I-10	L 65–71	6–2	Pan American Center (768) Las Cruces, NM
12/14/2015* 7:00 PM	Eastern New Mexico	W 76–61	7–2	Pan American Center (862) Las Cruces, NM
12/17/2015* 8:00 PM	at San Jose State	W 75–66	8–2	Event Center Arena (224) San Jose, CA
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM	at New Mexico Rio Grande Rivalry	W 52–47	9–2	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
12/29/2015* 12:00 PM	vs. Vanderbilt Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	L 45–71	9–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (832) Bronx, NY
12/30/2015* 11:00 AM	vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game	W 70–51	10–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
01/04/2016* 7:00 PM	Western New Mexico	W 68–39	11–3	Pan American Center (855) Las Cruces, NM
WAC regular season
01/07/2016 7:00 PM, AggieVision	Utah Valley	W 73–68	12–3 (1–0)	Pan American Center (815) Las Cruces, NM
01/09/2016 2:00 PM, AggieVision	Grand Canyon	W 60–58	13–3 (2–0)	Pan American Center (879) Las Cruces, NM
01/14/2016 6:00 PM	at UMKC	W 68–62	14–3 (3–0)	Swinney Recreation Center (231) Kansas City, MO
01/16/2016 1:00 PM	at Chicago State	W 70–60	15–3 (4–0)	Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (110) Chicago, IL
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, AggieVision	Seattle	W 69–54	16–3 (5–0)	Pan American Center (1,070) Las Cruces, NM
01/23/2016 2:00 PM, AggieVision	Cal State Bakersfield	W 86–63	17–3 (6–0)	Pan American Center (5,034) Las Cruces, NM
01/30/2016 6:00 PM	at Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 68–57	18–3 (7–0)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,709) Edinburg, TX
02/04/2016 7:00 PM	at Grand Canyon	W 64–44	19–3 (8–0)	GCU Arena (414) Phoenix, AZ
02/06/2016 3:00 PM	at Utah Valley	W 59–53	20–3 (9–0)	PE Building (353) Orem, UT
02/13/2016 2:00 PM	Chicago State	W 76–63	21–3 (10–0)	Pan American Center (1,305) Las Cruces, NM
02/18/2016 8:00 PM	at Cal State Bakersfield	W 67–59	22–3 (11–0)	Icardo Center (674) Bakersfield, CA
02/20/2016 8:00 PM, ASN	at Seattle	W 66–56	23–3 (12–0)	Connolly Center (342) Seattle, WA
02/27/2016 2:00 PM	UMKC	W 78–74 ^OT	24–3 (13–0)	Pan American Center (1,142) Las Cruces, NM
03/05/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	L 55–66	24–4 (13–1)	Pan American Center (1,618) Las Cruces, NM
WAC Women's Tournament
03/11/2016 1:00 PM	vs. Utah Valley Semifinals	W 58–44	25–4	Orleans Arena (1,618) Paradise, NV
03/12/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU	vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Championship Game	W 80–53	26–4	Orleans Arena (777) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 5:30 PM, ESPN2	at #11 Arizona State First Round	L 52–74	26–5	Wells Fargo Arena (3,134) Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

↑ http://www.nmstatesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbb

New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball

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Rivalries	New Mexico UTEP

Culture & lore	History Pistol Pete

People	Head coaches

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2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

References