2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by second year head coach Kamie Ethridge and played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13–16, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State.

2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–16 (8–10 Big Sky)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kelly Moylan Laurie Koehn Austin Thoms
Home arena	Bank of Colorado 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

Roster

2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Shelby Dougherty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Troy HS Seattle Fullerton, CA G 2 Savannah Scott 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Westmont HS Campbell, CA G 3 Alilah Jennings 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Presentation HS San Jose, CA G 4 Kirsten Kramer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Clark HS San Antonio, TX G 5 Jamie Derrieux 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Grand Junction HS Grand Junction, CO G 10 Savannah Smith 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Fossil Ridge HS Fort Collins, CO C 13 Courtney Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Legacy HS Thornton, CO F 14 Kourteney Zadina 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Seward HS Seward, NE G 15 Katie Longwell 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Chaparral HS Parker, CO F 22 Danielle Noble 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr South HS Cheyenne, WY C 23 Ashleen Quirke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, CA G 24 Kyleigh Hiser 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Laramie HS Laramie, WY F/C 31 Rebecca Howell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Bishop Machebeuf Catholic HS Denver, CO G 33 Kianna Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lake Elsinore HS Perris, CA	Head coach Kamie Ethridge (Texas) Assistant coach(es) Kelly Moylan (Kansas State) Laurie Koehn (Kansas State) Austin Thoms (Taylor) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm		Colorado Christian	L 58–61		Bank of Colorado Arena (390) Greeley, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm		at Denver	W 60–51	1–0	Magness Arena (633) Denver, CO
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm		Western State Colorado	W 101–48	2–0	Bank of Colorado Arena (590) Greeley, CO
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		at Colorado	L 41–63	2–1	Coors Events Center (1,597) Boulder, CO
11/22/2015* 6:00 pm		Saint Mary's	L 52–65	2–2	Bank of Colorado Arena (521) Greeley, CO
11/27/2015* 3:00 pm		vs. Akron San Diego Central Classic	W 78–65	3–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, CA
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm		vs. Valparaiso San Diego Central Classic	W 77–63	4–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, CA
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 74–60	5–2	Bank of Colorado Arena (567) Greeley, CO
12/05/2015* 3:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 62–66	5–3	Frost Arena (2,449) Brookings, SD
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, CET		Colorado State	L 46–62	5–4	Bank of Colorado Arena (907) Greeley, CO
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		No. 20 South Florida	Cancelled		Bank of Colorado Arena  Greeley, CO
12/21/2015* 2:00 pm		at Grand Canyon	L 59–69	5–5	GCU Arena (262) Phoenix, AZ
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 4:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 55–59	5–6 (0–1)	Reese Court (119) Cheney, WA
01/02/2016 3:00 pm		at Idaho	L 56–66	5–7 (0–2)	Cowan Spectrum (401) Moscow, ID
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, CET		Idaho State	W 48–47	6–7 (1–2)	Bank of Colorado Arena (656) Greeley, CO
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		Weber State	W 65–63	7–7 (2–2)	Bank of Colorado Arena (857) Greeley, CO
01/14/2016 7:00 pm		at Montana	L 46–58	7–8 (2–3)	Dahlberg Arena (2,638) Missoula, MT
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		at Montana State	L 58–66	7–9 (2–4)	Worthington Arena (1,493) Bozeman, MT
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 64–44	8–9 (3–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (844) Greeley, CO
01/23/2016 2:00 pm		Northern Arizona	W 79–55	9–9 (4–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (858) Greeley, CO
01/30/2016 6:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 51–54	9–10 (4–5)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,806) Grand Forks, ND
02/04/2016 7:00 pm		at Weber State	L 77–82 3OT	9–11 (4–6)	Dee Events Center (623) Ogden, UT
02/06/2016 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	W 61–59	10–11 (5–6)	Reed Gym (963) Pocatello, ID
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		Idaho	W 70–68	11–11 (6–6)	Bank of Colorado Arena (802) Greeley, CO
02/13/2016 2:00 pm		Eastern Washington	L 57–66	11–12 (6–7)	Bank of Colorado Arena (904) Greeley, CO
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		North Dakota	L 58–59	11–13 (6–8)	Bank of Colorado Arena (740) Greeley, CO
02/25/2016 8:00 pm		at Sacramento State	L 72–83	11–14 (6–9)	Hornets Nest (489) Sacramento, CA
02/27/2016 3:00 pm		at Portland State	W 70–59	12–14 (7–9)	Peter Stott Center (186) Portland, OR
03/02/2016 7:00 pm		Montana State	W 80–73	13–14 (8–9)	Bank of Colorado Arena (890) Greeley, CO
03/04/2016 7:00 pm		Montana	L 66–72 OT	13–15 (8–10)	Bank of Colorado Arena (790) Greeley, CO
Big Sky Women's Tournament
03/07/2016 1:05 pm		vs. Idaho State First Round	L 45–54	13–16	Reno Events Center  Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team