2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–16 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Divilbiss
  • Tianna Kirkland
  • LaKale Malone
Home arenaState Farm Center
Seasons
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 18 – 0   1.000 34 – 3   .919
No. 18 Iowa 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
No. 23 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722 24 – 11   .686
No. 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 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by third year head coach Matt Bollant, played their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Nebraska.

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Sarah Hartwell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Bellarmine Prep Tacoma, Wash.
G 2 Taylor Gleason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Goodrich Grand Blanc, Mich.
G/F 3 Taylor Tuck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill.
F 5 Nia Oden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Christ The King Brooklyn, N.Y.
G 10 Amarah Coleman 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Homewood-Flossmoor Bolingbrook, Ill.
G 12 Ashley McConnell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fremd Palatine, Ill.
G/F 13 Mikaala Shackelford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Hopkins Plymouth, Minn.
G 15 Kyley Simmons 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Lewis Central Council Bluffs, Iowa
G 20 Brittany Carter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Incarnate Word Academy St. Louis, Mo.
G 21 Brooke Kissinger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Minden Minden, Neb.
G 22 Ivory Crawford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Proviso East Chicago, Ill.
G 23 Alexis Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. John the Baptist Medford, N.Y.
G 25 Kennedy Cattenhead 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill.
C 32 Chatrice White 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Shelby-Rising City Shelby, Neb.
F 34 Jacqui Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Maine South Park Ridge, Ill.
Head coach

Matt Bollant

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Divilbiss
Tianna Kirkland
LaKale Malone

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2014*
2:00 pm 		Millikin W 108–38  –
 State Farm Center (1,607)
Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014*
3:00 pm 		IPFW W 70–63  1–0
 State Farm Center (1,283)
Champaign, IL
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm 		Robert Morris W 66–48  2–0
 State Farm Center (1,171)
Champaign, IL
11/20/2014*
7:00 pm 		Memphis W 60–58  3–0
 State Farm Center (1,250)
Champaign, IL
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm 		Southern W 62–42  4–0
 State Farm Center (1,642)
Champaign, IL
11/27/2014*
5:00 pm 		vs. No. 9 Kentucky
Paradise Jam tournament 		W 77–71  5–0
 Sports and Fitness Center (N/A)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2014*
7:15 pm 		vs. South Florida
Paradise Jam Tournament 		L 61–67  5–1
 Sports and Fitness Center (N/A)
Saint Thomas, USVI
11/29/2014*
5:00 pm 		vs. Oklahoma
Paradise Jam Tournament 		L 76–78 OT 5–2
 Sports and Fitness Center (N/A)
Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2014*
7:00 pm 		Virginia
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 86–63  6–2
 State Farm Center (1,253)
Champaign, IL
12/06/2014*
2:05 pm 		at Southern Illinois W 86–42  7–2
 SIU Arena (1,975)
Carbondale, IL
12/09/2014*
6:00 pm 		at Seton Hall L 72–82  7–3
 Walsh Gymnasium (467)
South Orange, NJ
12/13/2014*
1:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Valparaiso W 80–58  8–3
 Athletics–Recreation Center (408)
Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2014*
7:00 pm 		Murray State W 64–44  9–3
 State Farm Center (1,892)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014
2:00 pm 		Purdue L 55–62  9–4 (0–1)
 State Farm Center (2,548)
Champaign, IL
01/04/2015
1:00 pm 		at Penn State W 91–76  10–4 (1–1)
 Bryce Jordan Center (3,933)
University Park, PA
01/08/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 17 Iowa W 73–61  11–4 (2–1)
 State Farm Center (1,650)
Champaign, IL
01/11/2015
2:00 pm 		No. 19 Nebraska L 53–58  11–5 (2–2)
 State Farm Center (3,263)
Champaign, IL
01/15/2015
6:00 pm 		at Michigan State L 56–63  11–6 (2–3)
 Breslin Center (4,419)
East Lansing, MI
01/18/2015
1:00 pm 		at No. 8 Maryland L 54–74  11–7 (2–4)
 Xfinity Center (6,191)
College Park, MD
01/22/2015
7:00 pm 		Northwestern L 67–68  11–8 (2–5)
 State Farm Center (1,725)
Champaign, IL
01/26/2015
6:00 pm, BTN 		at Michigan L 57–70  11–9 (2–6)
 Crisler Arena (1,780)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/29/2015
7:00 pm 		at No. 15 Nebraska L 57–59  11–10 (2–7)
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,378)
Lincoln, NE
02/01/2015
2:00 pm 		Wisconsin L 62–73  11–11 (2–8)
 State Farm Center (1,797)
Champaign, IL
02/05/2015
8:00 pm, BTN 		Minnesota W 95–69  12–11 (3–8)
 State Farm Center (1,693)
Champaign, IL
02/08/2015
1:00 pm 		Northwestern L 58–64  12–12 (3–9)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,011)
Evanston, IL
02/11/2015
6:00 pm 		at Indiana L 58–85  12–13 (3–10)
 Assembly Hall (2,236)
Bloomington, IN
02/14/2015
3:00 pm, BTN 		Ohio State W 66–55  13–13 (4–10)
 State Farm Center (2,708)
Champaign, IL
02/17/2015
6:00 pm 		at No. 21 Rutgers L 56–80  13–14 (4–11)
 The RAC (2,329)
Piscataway, NJ
02/21/2015
1:00 pm 		at Purdue W 47–46  14–14 (5–11)
 Mackey Arena (6,348)
West Lafayette, IN
02/25/2015
7:00 pm 		Michigan State L 65–67  14–15 (5–12)
 State Farm Center (1,815)
Chamapign, IL
02/28/2015
11:00 am, BTN 		Michigan W 72–60  15–15 (6–12)
 State Farm Center (2,989)
Chamapign, IL
Big Ten Women's tournament
03/05/2015
6:00 pm, BTN 		vs. Nebraska
Second Round 		L 71–86  15–16
 Sears Centre (N/A)
Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[1]

See also

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2014-15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball Schedule". Fighting Illini. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013.