2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 22
2014–15 record 2310 (126 Big Ten)
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer (20th year)
Assistant coach Tia Jackson
Assistant coach Tasha Pointer
Assistant coach Chelsea Newton
Home arena Louis Brown Athletic Center
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 Maryland 18 0   1.000     34 3   .919
#18 Iowa 14 4   .778     26 8   .765
#23 Ohio State 13 5   .722     24 11   .686
#22 Northwestern 12 6   .667     23 9   .719
Rutgers 12 6   .667     23 10   .697
Minnesota 11 7   .611     23 10   .697
Nebraska 10 8   .556     21 11   .656
Michigan 8 10   .444     20 15   .571
Michigan State 7 11   .389     16 15   .516
Illinois 6 12   .333     15 16   .484
Wisconsin 5 13   .278     9 20   .310
Indiana 4 14   .222     15 16   .484
Purdue 3 15   .167     11 20   .355
Penn State 3 15   .167     6 24   .200
2015 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team will represent Rutgers University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twentieth year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, play their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as first year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Northwestern. They received at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to the National Champions, Connecticut in the second round.

Roster

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
C 1 Hollivay, RachelRachel Hollivay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Heritage Academy Columbus, Miss.
G/F 2 Copper, KahleahKahleah Copper 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Prep Charter Philadelphia, Pa
G 3 Scaife, TylerTyler Scaife 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Hall Little Rock, Ark.
G 4 Canty, BriyonaBriyona Canty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Trenton Cartholic Willingboro, N.J.
G 5 Parsons, NatalieNatalie Parsons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Woods Cross/Salt Lake CC Bountiful, Utah
G 10 Parker, ShritaShrita Parker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ocean Lakes Va. Beach, Va.
G 13 Hernandez, CynthiaCynthia Hernandez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Buena/Ventura College Ventura, Calif.
G 15 Davis, SyessenceSyessence Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Neptune Neptune, N.J.
C 20 Evans, ChristaChrista Evans 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Jackson Memorial Jackson, N.J.
G 21 Jeune, AshliAshli Jeune 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Life Center Academy Westampton, N.J.
F 22 Burke, AlexisAlexis Burke 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Bainbridge/Illinois Bainbridge, Ga
G 33 Alfano, AlexAlex Alfano 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Red Bank Catholic Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
C 43 Butts, ArielAriel Butts 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Carver Columbus, Ga
G/F 44 Laney, BetnijahBetnijah Laney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Smyrna Clayton, Del.
Head coach

C. Vivian Stringer

Assistant coach(es)

Tia Jackson
Tasha Pointer
Chelsea Newton


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

Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

11/14/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 24 Saint Joseph's W 76–52  1–0
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,805)
Piscataway, NJ

11/18/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 22 Northeastern W 74–60  2–0
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,213)
Piscataway, NJ

11/22/2014*
2:00 PM
No. 22 at LSU W 64–57  3–0
Maravich Center (2,846)
Baton Rouge, LA

11/25/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 21 at Wagner W 81–53  4–0
Spiro Sports Center (1,608)
Staten Island, NY

11/28/2014*
2:00 PM
No. 21 Colgate W 60–44  5–0
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,428)
Piscataway, NJ

11/30/2014*
1:00 PM
No. 21 Davidson W 100–44  6–0
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,513)
Piscataway, NJ

12/04/2014*
7:00 PM, BTN
No. 18 No. 6 North Carolina
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 93–96 2OT 6–1
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,028)
Piscataway, NJ

12/07/2014*
2:00 PM
No. 18 at No. 25 Arkansas W 64–52  7–1
Bud Walton Arena (1,997)
Fayetteville, AR

12/10/2014*
6:00 PM
No. 17 at Temple W 88–55  8–1
McGonigle Hall (867)
Philadelphia, PA

12/14/2014*
3:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 17 No. 11 Tennessee L 45–55  8–2
Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,543)
Piscataway, NJ

12/20/2014*
2:00 PM
No. 17 at Iona W 66–58  9–2
Hynes Athletic Center (942)
New Rochelle, NY
Big Ten regular season

12/28/2014
2:00 PM
No. 17 at Indiana W 66–51  10–2 (1–0)
Assembly Hall (3,925)
Bloomington, IN

01/01/2015
2:00 PM
No. 16 at Ohio State L 68–85  10–3 (1–1)
Value City Arena (4,557)
Columbus, OH

01/04/2015
12:00 PM, BTN
No. 16 No. 20 Iowa L 72–79  10–4 (1–2)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542)
Piscataway, NJ

01/07/2015
7:00 PM
No. 24 Michigan W 81–68  11–4 (2–2)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,554)
Piscataway, NJ

01/10/2015
12:00 PM, BTN
No. 24 at Penn State W 71–51  12–4 (3–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,705)
University Park, PA

01/15/2015
9:00 PM, BTN
No. 24 No. 8 Maryland L 59–79  12–5 (3–3)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,116)
Piscataway, NJ

01/18/2015
3:00 PM
No. 24 at Wisconsin W 73–63  13–5 (4–3)
Kohl Center (4,114)
Madison, WI

01/25/2015
5:15 PM, BTN
No. 25 No. 21 Minnesota W 66–61  14–5 (5–3)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,811)
Piscataway, NJ

01/29/2015
7:00 PM, BTN
No. 22 at Purdue W 58–49  15–5 (6–3)
Mackey Arena (5,780)
West Lafayette, IN

02/01/2015
12:00 PM, BTN
No. 22 Penn State W 76–65  16–5 (7–3)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,931)
Piscataway, NJ

02/05/2015
7:00 PM, BTN
No. 21 No. 19 Nebraska W 46–43  17–5 (8–3)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436)
Piscataway, NJ

02/08/2015
7:00 PM
No. 21 at Michigan W 57–50  18–5 (9–3)
Crisler Center (3,478)
Ann Arbor, MI

02/10/2015
9:00 PM, BTN
No. 18 at No. 5 Maryland L 69–80  18–6 (9–4)
Xfinity Center (3,636)
College Park, MD

02/14/2015
12:00 PM, BTN
No. 18 Purdue W 78–49  19–6 (10–4)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713)
Piscataway, NJ

02/17/2015
7:00 PM
No. 19 Illinois W 80–56  20–6 (11–4)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,329)
Piscataway, NJ

02/22/2015
2:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 19 at Michigan State L 50–60  20–7 (11–5)
Breslin Center (8,110)
East Lansing, MI

02/26/2015
8:00 PM
No. 20 at No. 25 Northwestern L 60–80  20–8 (11–6)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (903)
Evanston, IL

03/01/2015
2:00 PM
No. 20 Indiana W 71–60  21–8 (12–6)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,374)
Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament

03/05/2015
3:00 PM, BTN
No. 23 vs. Indiana
Second Round
W 63–52  22–8
Sears Centre (4,941)
Hoffman Estates, IL

03/06/2015
3:00 PM, BTN
No. 23 vs. No. 24 Northwestern
Quarterfinals
L 57–62  22–9
Sears Centre (5,293)
Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament

03/21/2015*
6:30 PM, ESPN2
vs. Seton Hall
First Round
W 79–66  23–9
Gampel Pavilion (N/A)
Storrs, CT

03/23/2015*
9:00 PM, ESPN2
at No. 1 Connecticut
Second Round/Rivalry
L 55–91  23–10
Gampel Pavilion (3,486)
Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final
AP 24т 22 21 18 17 17 17 16 24 24 25 22 21 18 19 20 23 RV RV
Coaches RV 24 24 20 19 19 18 17 23 22 23 23 22 17 18 18 22 23 22

See also

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

References

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