2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of March 22, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2015 Tom Weston Invitational Champs; 2015–16 WCC Regular Season Champs
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2015–16 record	26–7 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Melinda Bendall (5th season); Ray Stewart (5th season); Dan Nielson (3rd season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. It will be head coach Jeff Judkins fifteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center. They enter the season as defending WCC Tournament champions.^[2] They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in WCC play to WCC win regular title. They advanced to the championship game of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to San Francisco. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Missouri in the first round.

Before the season[]

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ashley Garfield	3	G	5'10"	Senior	Morgan, Utah	Graduated
Xojian Harry	11	G	5'11"	Senior	Bountiful, Utah	Graduated
Morgan Bailey	41	F	6'2"	Senior	Orem, Utah	Graduated

Recruiting[]

2015-16 Class[]

The 2015-16 recruiting class information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Future Classes[]

New Cougar teammates for the 2016-17 season and beyond will be announced throughout the season. They will be posted here when they are announced.

2015–16 media[]

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates[]

All Lady Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast while road games will be voiced by Robbie Bullough. Select home games and road games will air on TheW.tv.

Roster[]

2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Kylie Maeda	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Iolani	Honolulu, HI
F	4	Amanda Wayment	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Fremont	Ogden, UT
F	5	Eternity Galeai	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Timpanogos	Orem, UT
G	10	Shelbee Molen	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Fremont	Ogden, UT
G	20	Cassie Broadhead	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Scotia Glenville	Glenville, NY
G	21	Lexi Rydalch (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Springville	Mapleton, UT
G/F	22	Kristine Fuller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Palm Harbor University	Crystal Beach, FL
G	23	Makenzi Morrison	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Alta	Draper, UT
F	25	Alohi Robins-Hardy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Kamehameha Kapalama	Waimānalo, HI
F	32	Kalani Purcell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	John Paul/Hutchinson CC	Hamilton, NZ
F	33	Jasmine Moody	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Radford	Honolulu, HI
F	34	Micaelee Orton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Kearns	Kearns, UT
F	35	Brooke Romney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Woodrow Wilson/ASFM	Dallas, TX
F	43	Haley Bodnar (I)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Desert Hills/Purdue	St. George, UT
C	50	MaCayla Hanks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Mountain Crest	Millville, UT

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Melinda Bendall (BYU)
Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Dan Nielson (BYU)
Ashley Garfield- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-11-04

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		Ft. Lewis	W 77–67^[3]	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 3:00 pm, BYUtv		Utah Valley	W 78–62^[4]	1–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/19/2015* 5:00 pm, FSSW+/FCS Atlantic		at No. 17/24 x-Oklahoma	L 47–73^[5]	1–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
11/21/2015* 7:00 pm, MW Net		at x-Colorado State	L 55–61^[6]	1–2	Moby Arena Ft. Collins, CO
11/24/2015* 11:00 am, BYUtv		Utah State	W 81–69^[7]	2–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/27/2015* 6:00 pm		vs. x-Georgia Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	L 58–66^[8]	2–3	Matadome Northridge, CA
11/28/2015* 3:00 pm		vs. Penn State Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	W 63–51^[9]	3–3	Matadome Northridge, CA
12/02/2015* 10:00 pm, BYU-H SN		at BYU-Hawaiʻi Tom Weston Invitational	W 85–40^[10]	4–3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
12/03/2015* 9:00 pm, BYU-H SN		vs. Hawai′i Tom Weston Invitational	W 67–56^[11]	5–3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
12/05/2015* 5:00 pm, BYU-H SN		vs. No. 12/11 Texas A&M Tom Weston Invitational	W 72–64^[12]	6–3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, Watch Big Sky		at x-Weber State	W 68–51^[13]	7–3	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, BYUtv		Utah Deseret First Duel	W 73–59^[14]	8–3	Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC regular season
12/23/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at San Diego	L 65–78^[15]	8–4 (0–1)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
12/31/2015 1:00 pm, BYUtv		Saint Mary's	W 65–59^[16]	9–4 (1–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/02/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv		Pacific	W 79–62^[17]	10–4 (2–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		at x-Santa Clara	W 68–63^[18]	11–4 (3–1)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
01/09/2016 3:00 pm, TheW.tv		at x-San Francisco	W 66–57	12–4 (4–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Gonzaga	W 58–54	13–4 (5–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/16/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv		Portland	W 78–66	14–4 (6–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/21/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv		Loyola Marymount	W 75–61	15–4 (7–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/23/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv		Pepperdine	W 69–64	16–4 (8–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Loyola Marymount	W 82–75	17–4 (9–1)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at x-Pepperdine	W 77–66	18–4 (10–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
02/04/2016 8:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Pacific	W 67–57	19–4 (11–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Saint Mary's	W 65–44	20–4 (12–1)	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
02/11/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv		San Francisco	W 65–62	21–4 (13–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/13/2016 12:00 pm, BYUtv		Santa Clara	W 70–63	22–4 (14–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, BYUtv		San Diego	W 68–60	23–4 (15–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/25/2016 8:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. RV/22	at Portland	W 84–59	24–4 (16–1)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
02/27/2016 3:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. RV/22	at x-Gonzaga	L 55–73	24–5 (16–2)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
2016 WCC Tournament
03/04/2016 1:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (9) Pepperdine Quarterfinals	W 72–59	25–5	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/07/2016 1:00 pm, BYUtv	(1)	vs. (4) Santa Clara Semifinals	W 87–67	26–5	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/08/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (6) San Francisco Championship Game	L 68–70	26–6	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 ESPN3	(7)	vs. (10) x-Missouri First Round	L 69–78	26–7	Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

All BYUtv games, minus the home game vs. Gonzaga, were simulcast on BYU Radio with the BYUtv announcers, listed below. Select other games, listed with an x, were broadcast on BYU Radio with Robbie Bullough on the call. The WCC Championship was also on BYU Radio with Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler providing the call.

Game Summaries[]

Exhibition: Fort Lewis College[]

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Ashley Garfield
Starting Lineups:

Ft. Lewis: Astrea Reed, Michelle Turner, Kate Bayes, Kylie Santos, Mary Rambo
BYU: Kylie Maeda, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell, Micaelee Orton

TheW.tv

November 5
7 p.m. MST

2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball

2015 Tom Weston Invitational Champs 2015–16 WCC Regular Season Champs^[1]
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2015–16 record	26–7 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Melinda Bendall (5th season) Ray Stewart (5th season) Dan Nielson (3rd season)
Home arena	Marriott Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Saint Mary's	14	–	4	.778	24	–	8	.750
San Diego	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
Santa Clara	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Gonzaga	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
San Francisco †	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Pepperdine	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226
Portland	1	–	17	.056	3	–	27	.100

† Tournament winner As of March 22, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Fort Lewis Skyhawks 67, BYU Cougars 77
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 19–22, 17–29, 17–11
Pts: Kate Bayes 14 Rebs: Michelle Turner, Kate Bayes, Mary Rambo 4 each Asts: Sydni Brandon 4		Pts: Makenzi Pulsipher 17 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 8 Asts: Lexi Rydalch, Kristine Nielson 4 each

Utah Valley Wolverines 62, BYU Cougars 78
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 9–21, 17–26, 20–16
Pts: Sam Loggins 15 Rebs: Sam Loggins 8 Asts: Mariah Seals, Rhaiah Spooner-Knight, Taylor Gordon 3		Pts: Makenzi Pulsipher 27 Rebs: Amanda Wayment, Kalani Purcell 7 Asts: Kylie Maeda 7

BYU Cougars 47, #17/24 Oklahoma Sooners 73
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 8–14, 15–25, 7–8
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 15 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 14 Asts: Kalani Purcell 5		Pts: Peyton Little 21 Rebs: Maddie Manning 7 Asts: Maddie Manning 5

BYU Cougars 55, Colorado State Rams 61
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 14–16, 12–11, 19–17
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 29 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 11 Asts: Cassie Broadhead 4		Pts: Keyora Wharry 14 Rebs: Elin Gustavsson 8 Asts: Jamie Patrick 4

Utah State Aggies 69, BYU Cougars 81
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 16–23, 15–21, 20–10
Pts: Rachel Brewster 17 Rebs: Deja Mason 7 Asts: Victoria Price 6		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 28 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 21 Asts: Kylie Maeda 7

BYU Cougars 58, Georgia Lady Bulldogs 66
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 13–16, 13–16, 18–21
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 16 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch, Kalani Purcell 9 Asts: Kylie Maeda 3		Pts: Tiaria Griffin 23 Rebs: Merritt Hempe 8 Asts: Marjorie Butler 7

BYU Cougars 63, Penn State Lady Lions 51
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 13–13, 12–14, 16–13
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 24 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 15 Asts: Cassie Broadhead 4		Pts: Peyton Whitted 15 Rebs: Peyton Whitted, Teniya Page 8 Asts: Teniya Page 4

BYU Cougars 85, BYU-Hawaiʻi Seasiders 40
Scoring by quarter: 30–8, 17–2, 21–17, 17–13
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 25 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 7 Asts: Makenzi Pulsipher 6		Pts: Valerie Nawahine 17 Rebs: Merritt Hempe 8 Asts: Kjirsten Nelson 9

Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine 56, BYU Cougars 67
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 6–13, 15–23, 23–13
Pts: Kalei Adolpho 17 Rebs: Kalei Adolpho 9 Asts: Ashleigh Karaitiana 4		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 19 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 16 Asts: Kalani Purcell 7

#12/11 Texas A&M Aggies 64, BYU Cougars 72
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 19–17, 15–18, 18–20
Pts: Chelsea Jennings 17 Rebs: Jordan Jones, Chelsea Jennings, Rachel Mitchell 5 Asts: Jordan Jones 5		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 28 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 10 Asts: Kalani Purcell 7

BYU Cougars 68, Weber State Wildcats 51
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 13–14, 23–16, 15–9
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 25 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 11 Asts: Kalani Purcell 5		Pts: Regina Okoye 11 Rebs: Jocelyn Adams 7 Asts: Brittney Dunbar, Regina Okoye 3

Utah Utes 59, BYU Cougars 73
Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 17–11, 11–19, 17–14
Pts: Emily Potter 24 Rebs: Emily Potter 17 Asts: Paige Crozon 3		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 29 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 12 Asts: Makenzi Pulsipher 5

BYU Cougars 65, San Diego Toreros 78
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 17–15, 13–19, 19–23
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 23 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 11 Asts: Lexi Rydalch, Kalani Purcell 4		Pts: Malina Hood, Maya Hood, Sydney Williams 17 Rebs: Maya Hood 18 Asts: Cori Woodward 6

Saint Mary's Gaels 59, BYU Cougars 65
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 11–20, 14–13, 15–15
Pts: Lauren Nicholson 17 Rebs: Sydney Raggio 8 Asts: Samira McDonald, Carly Turner 3		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 22 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 11 Asts: Lexi Rydalch 8

Pacific Tigers 62, BYU Cougars 79
Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 26–16, 13–21, 19–16
Pts: Desire Finnie 22 Rebs: Najah Queenland 8 Asts: Ameela Li 5		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 26 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 15 Asts: Kylie Maeda, Kalani Purcell 5

BYU Cougars 68, Santa Clara Broncos 63
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 16–19, 16–10, 20–14
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 27 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 12 Asts: Kylie Maeda 5		Pts: Kyla Martin 14 Rebs: Lori Parkinson 10 Asts: Kyla Martin 5

BYU Cougars 66, San Francisco Dons 57
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 18–15, 6–11, 28–17
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 22 Rebs: Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell 4 Asts: Kalani Purcell 9		Pts: Taylor Proctor 14 Rebs: Taylor Proctor 12 Asts: Zhane Dikes 4

Gonzaga Bulldogs 54, BYU Cougars 58
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 13–8, 14–15, 12–23
Pts: Shelby Cheslek 11 Rebs: Kiara Kudron 8 Asts: Georgia Striton 5		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 18 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 16 Asts: Kylie Maeda 3

2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Before the season[]

Departures[]

Recruiting[]

2015-16 Class[]

Future Classes[]

2015–16 media[]

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates[]

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Game Summaries[]

Exhibition: Fort Lewis College[]

Utah Valley[]

Oklahoma[]

Colorado State[]

Utah State[]

Thanksgiving Classic: Georgia[]

Thanksgiving Classic: Penn State[]

Tom Weston Invitational: BYU-Hawaiʻi[]

Tom Weston Invitational: Hawaiʻi[]

Tom Weston Invitational: Texas A&M[]

Weber State[]

Utah[]

San Diego[]

Saint Mary's[]

Pacific[]

Santa Clara[]

San Francisco[]

Gonzaga[]

Portland[]

Loyola Marymount[]

Pepperdine[]

Loyola Marymount[]

Pepperdine[]

Pacific[]

Saint Mary's[]

San Francisco[]

Santa Clara[]

San Diego[]

Portland[]

Gonzaga[]

BYU vs. Pepperdine[]

BYU vs. Santa Clara[]

WCC Championship: BYU vs. San Francisco[]

NCAA First Round: Missouri[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]

Portland Pilots 66, BYU Cougars 78
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 13–27, 18–13, 18–17
Pts: Darian Slaga, Julie Spencer 16 Rebs: Ellie Woerner 6 Asts: Kaylie Van Loo 9		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 23 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 11 Asts: Kalani Purcell 8

Loyola Marymount Lions 61, BYU Cougars 75
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–13, 7–18, 25–24
Pts: Cheyanne Wallace, Deanna Johnson 15 Rebs: Sophie Taylor, Bree Alford 10 Asts: Deanna Johnson 3		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 28 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 16 Asts: Cassie Broadhead, Lexi Rydalch, Kalani Purcell 4

Pepperdine Waves 64, BYU Cougars 69
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 11–17, 20–16, 16–15
Pts: Paige Fecske, Erica Ogwumike 16 Rebs: Erica Ogwumike, Keitra Wallace, Allie Green 7 Asts: Paige Fecske 4		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 21 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 24 Asts: Kalani Purcell 8

BYU Cougars 82, Loyola Marymount Lions 75
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 18–13, 24–20, 18–18
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 31 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 14 Asts: Kalani Purcell 8		Pts: Sophie Taylor, Deanna Johnson 15 Rebs: Bree Alford 13 Asts: Andee Velasco 7

BYU Cougars 77, Pepperdine Waves 66
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 16–15, 22–14, 26–18
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 37 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 14 Asts: Kalani Purcell 5		Pts: Erica Ogwumike 22 Rebs: Erica Ogwumike, Devin Stanback 7 Asts: Paige Fecske 4

BYU Cougars 67, Pacific Tigers 57
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 14–13, 23–10, 17–21
Pts: Lexi Rydalch 38 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 10 Asts: Kalani Purcell 6		Pts: Desire Finnie 14 Rebs: Najah Queenland 12 Asts: Najah Queenland 5

BYU Cougars 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 44
Scoring by quarter: 21–5, 19–14, 12–19, 13–6
Pts: Makenzi Pulsipher 26 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 9 Asts: Kalani Purcell 10		Pts: Devon Brookshire 11 Rebs: Sydney Raggio 6 Asts: Stella Beck 3

San Francisco Dons 62, BYU Cougars 65
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 11–17, 15–12, 11–22
Pts: Taylor Proctor 27 Rebs: Michaela Rakova 8 Asts: Anna Seilund 7		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 27 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 11 Asts: Makenzi Pulsipher 3

Santa Clara Broncos 63, BYU Cougars 70
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 17–19, 12–16, 24–23
Pts: Lori Parkinson 17 Rebs: Morgan McGwire 7 Asts: Savanna Hanson 6		Pts: Makenzi Pulsipher 25 Rebs: Kalani Purcell 20 Asts: Kalani Purcell 6

San Diego Toreros 60, BYU Cougars 68
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–14, 17–19, 14–19
Pts: Malina Hood, Maya Hood, Katherine Hamilton 12 Rebs: Maya Hood 9 Asts: Katherine Hamilton, Cori Woodward 3		Pts: Lexi Rydalch 33 Rebs: Lexi Rydalch 12 Asts: Kalani Purcell 7