2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

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Conference West Coast Conference Assistant coach Ray Stewart (5th year)		2015–16 record 26–7 (16–2 WCC) Assistant coach Dan Nielson (3rd year)

Head coach Jeff Judkins (15th year) Assistant coach Melinda Bendall (5th year)

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. 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.

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.

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.

Schedule

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.

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

Utah Valley

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
Series History: BYU leads series 5–0
Starting Lineups:

Utah Valley: Mariah Seals, Georgia Agnew, Rhaiah Spooner-Knight, Taylor Gordon, Sam Loggins

BYU: Kylie Maeda, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell, Micaelee Orton

Oklahoma

Broadcasters: Bob Carpenter & Dan Hughes
Series History: Oklahoma leads series 3–1
Starting Lineups:

BYU: Kylie Maeda, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell, Micaelee Orton

Oklahoma: Peyton Little, Derica Wyatt, Gabbi Ortiz, Maddie Manning, Kaylon Williams

Colorado State

Broadcaster: Matt Wozniak
Series History: BYU leads series 54–22
Starting Lineups:

BYU: Kylie Maeda, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell, Micaelee Orton

Colorado State: Keyora Wharry, Emilie Hesseldal, Ellen Nystrom, Jamie Patrick, Elin Gustavsson

Utah State

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
Series History: BYU leads series 33–3
Starting Lineups:

Utah State: Victoria Price, Funda Nakkasoglu, Rachel Brewster, Katie Toole, Deja Mason

BYU: Kylie Maeda, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell, Micaelee Orton

Thanksgiving Classic: Georgia

Series History: First Meeting
Starting Lineups:

BYU: Kylie Maeda, Amanda Wayment, Lexi Rydalch, Makenzi Pulsipher, Kalani Purcell

Georgia: Tiaria Griffin, Merritt Hempe, Shacobia Barbee, Marjorie Butler, Mackenzie Engram