2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by second year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State, Fresno State and Utah in the first, second and third rounds, UTEP in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota in the semifinals.

2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	24–11 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kelly Graves (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jodie Berry Mark Campbell Nicole Powell
Home arena	Matthew Knight Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon State †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 11 Arizona State	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
No. 13 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
Washington	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
Oregon	9	–	9		.500			24	–	11		.686
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
USC	6	–	12		.333			19	–	13		.594
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
California	4	–	14		.222			15	–	17		.469
Arizona	3	–	15		.167			13	–	19		.406
Colorado	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 4 Maite Cazorla 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Siglo XXI Las Palmas, Spain G 5 Jordan Loera 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Moses Lake HS Moses Lake, WA G 10 Lexi Bando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Willamette HS Eugene, OR F 11 Liz Brenner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Jesuit HS Portland, OR G 12 Megan Trinder 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Northeast CC Hollywell, Australia G 13 Mar'Shay Moore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Blue Mountain CC Fort Vancouver HS Vancouver, WA F 14 Jillian Alleyne  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Summit HS Fontana, CA F 15 Jacinta Vandenberg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Fresno State Sandringham College Melbourne, Australia F 22 Lauren Yearwood 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Oak Bay HS Victoria, BC F 32 Oti Gildon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA G 33 Lexi Petersen 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Seattle Christian HS Tukwila, WA F 44 Kat Cooper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Boston College Auburn Riverside HS Tacoma, WA F 51 Katie Gruys 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Annadale HS Maple Lake, MN	Head coach Kelly Graves (New Mexico) Assistant coach(es) Jodie Berry (Western Washington) Mark Campbell (Hawaiʻi) Nicole Powell (Stanford) 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
11/11/2015* 6:00 pm		Warner Pacific	W 99–46		Matthew Knight Arena  Eugene, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 9:30 am		at No. 21 North Carolina	W 79–77	1–0	Carmichael Arena (2,036) Chapel Hill, NC
11/19/2015* 6:00 pm		Hampton	W 86–51	2–0	Matthew Knight Arena (956) Eugene, OR
11/22/2015* 12:00 pm		UC Santa Barbara	W 79–51	3–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,468) Eugene, OR
11/24/2015* 6:00 pm		Clemson	W 69–56	4–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,188) Eugene, OR
11/28/2015* 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 77–51	5–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,141) Eugene, OR
11/30/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N		San Jose State	W 104–74	6–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,066) Eugene, OR
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm		Utah Valley	W 79–68	7–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,033) Eugene, OR
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		Portland	W 93–52	8–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,737) Eugene, OR
12/15/2015* 5:00 pm		UC Riverside	W 95–81	9–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,481) Eugene, OR
12/17/2015* 6:00 pm		Portland State	W 122–59	10–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,258) Eugene, OR
12/28/2015* 6:00 pm		Seattle	W 82–62	11–0	Matthew Knight Arena (1,923) Eugene, OR
Pac-12 regular season
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, P12N		at No. 21 UCLA	L 69–80	11–1 (0–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,443) Los Angeles, CA
01/04/2016 5:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 67–75	11–2 (0–2)	Galen Center (565) Los Angeles, CA
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 11 Oregon State Civil War	L 33–60	11–3 (0–3)	Gill Coliseum (4,462) Corvallis, OR
01/10/2016 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 Oregon State Civil War	L 45–59	11–4 (0–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,806) Eugene, OR
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 Stanford	L 62–64	11–5 (0–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,030) Eugene, OR
01/17/2016 2:00 pm		California	W 69–59	12–5 (1–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,770) Eugene, OR
01/22/2016 5:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 59–46	13–5 (2–5)	Coors Events Center (3,818) Boulder, CO
01/24/2016 1:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 77–65	14–5 (3–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (864) Salt Lake City, UT
01/29/2016 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 Arizona State	L 58–63	14–6 (3–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,988) Eugene, OR
01/31/2016 12:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 76–54	15–6 (4–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,301) Eugene, OR
02/05/2016 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 73–48	16–6 (5–6)	Beasley Coliseum (784) Pullman, WA
02/07/2016 12:00 pm		at No. 24 Washington	W 75–63	17–6 (6–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,974) Seattle, WA
02/12/2016 6:00 pm		Utah	W 69–58	18–6 (7–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,889) Eugene, OR
02/14/2016 4:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 77–70	19–6 (8–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,032) Eugene, OR
02/19/2016 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 12 UCLA	L 72–77	19–7 (8–7)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,166) Eugene, OR
02/21/2016 2:00 pm		USC	W 69–60	20–7 (9–7)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,425) Eugene, OR
02/26/2016 6:00 pm		at California	L 54–65	20–8 (9–8)	Haas Pavilion (1,543) Berkeley, CA
02/28/2016 11:00 am, P12N		at No. 13 Stanford	L 42–69	20–9 (9–9)	Maples Pavilion (4,082) Stanford, CA
2016 Pac-12 Tournament
03/03/2016 2:00 pm, P12N	(6)	vs. (11) Arizona First Round	L 68–74	20–10	KeyArena (3,059) Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/17/2016* 6:00 pm		Long Beach State First Round	W 84–76	21–10	Matthew Knight Arena (870) Eugene, OR
03/21/2016* 6:00 pm		Fresno State Second Round	W 84–59	22–10	Matthew Knight Arena (1,142) Eugene, OR
03/23/2016* 6:00 pm		Utah Third Round	W 73–63	23–10	Matthew Knight Arena (1,165) Eugene, OR
03/28/2016* 6:00 pm		at UTEP Quarterfinals	W 71–67	24–10	Don Haskins Center (9,055) El Paso, TX
03/30/2016* 5:00 pm		at South Dakota Semifinals	L 54–88	24–11	DakotaDome (5,080) Vermillion, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2015–16 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team