2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
Cyclone Challenge Champions
NCAA women's tournament, first round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record18–13 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jodi Steyer
  • Billy Fennelly
  • Latoja Schaben
Home arenaHilton Coliseum
Seasons
2014–15 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Baylor † 16 – 2   .889 33 – 4   .892
Oklahoma 13 – 5   .722 21 – 12   .636
TCU 9 – 9   .500 18 – 14   .563
Oklahoma State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Iowa State 9 – 9   .500 18 – 13   .581
Texas 9 – 9   .500 24 – 11   .686
West Virginia 7 – 11   .389 23 – 15   .605
Kansas State 7 – 11   .389 19 – 14   .576
Kansas 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Texas Tech 5 – 13   .278 15 – 16   .484
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's 20th season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play for a four way tie to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Oklahoma State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Dayton in the first round.

Radio

All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games. To learn which stations will carry games, please visit the Cyclone Radio Network affiliate list linked here. Brent Blum and Molly Parrott called all the action for the Cyclone Radio Network and for games on Cyclones.tv.

Roster

2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Nakiah Bell 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Incarnate Word Academy Florissant, MO
G 3 Emily Durr 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Notre Dame Utica, NY
G 4 Nikki Moody 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Euless Trinity Euless, TX
G 11 Jadda Buckley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Mason City Mason City, IA
G 12 Seanna Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So DeLaSalle Brooklyn Park, MN
G 15 Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Austin Sugar Land, TX
G/F 22 Brynn Williamson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Staley Kansas City, MO
G 25 Lexi Albrecht 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Carroll Kuemper Carroll, IA
G/F 32 Fallon Ellis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Westbury Christian Missouri City, TX
F/C 34 Madison Baier 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr South Tama Tama, IA
F 35 Jordan Jensen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Mountain View Gilbert, AZ
G 42 Blaire Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Waterloo West Waterloo, IA
C 44 Bryanna Fernstrom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Chisago Lakes Center City, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2014*
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		William Penn W 99–53  –
 Hilton Coliseum (9,476)
Ames, IA
11/09/2014*
1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Winona State W 64–29  –
 Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Ames, IA
Non-conference Regular Season
11/16/2014*
12:30 pm, Cyclones.tv 		USC Upstate W 98–76  1–0
 Hilton Coliseum (9,656)
Ames, IA
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Drake W 84–67  2–0
 Hilton Coliseum (9,873)
Ames, IA
11/23/2014*
1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Cincinnati W 85–54  3–0
 Hilton Coliseum (6,836)
Ames, IA
11/28/2014*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		vs. Wyoming
St. Mary's Thanksgiving Tournament 		W 84–63  4–0
 McKeon Pavilion (151)
Moraga, CA
11/29/2014*
4:30 pm, TheW.tv 		at Saint Mary's
St. Mary's Thanksgiving Tournament 		L 63–67  4–1
 McKeon Pavilion (379)
Moraga, CA
12/07/2014*
1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Stony Brook W 74–64  5–1
 Hilton Coliseum (10,978)
Ames, IA
12/11/2014*
7:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 24 Iowa
Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series 		L 67–76  5–2
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,902)
Iowa City, IA
12/14/2014*
12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 82–56  6–2
 Hilton Coliseum (9,755)
Ames, IA
12/21/2014*
1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Fairfield W 76–63  7–2
 Hilton Coliseum (6,761)
Ames, IA
12/29/2014*
7:30 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Howard
Cyclone Challenge semifinals 		W 90–44  8–2
 Hilton Coliseum (6,957)
Ames, IA
12/30/2014*
7:30 pm, Cyclones.tv 		UC Riverside
Cyclone Challenge championship 		W 71–54  9–2
 Hilton Coliseum (6,810)
Ames, IA
Conference Season
01/03/2015
1:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Kansas State W 60–55  10–2
(1–0) 		Hilton Coliseum (7,372)
Ames, IA
01/07/2015
7:00 pm 		at TCU L 84–86  10–3
(1–1) 		Student Recreation Center (1,350)
Ft. Worth, TX
01/10/2015
11:00 am, FSN 		No. 3 Texas W 59–57  11–3
(2–1) 		Hilton Coliseum (7,928)
Ames, IA
01/13/2015
6:30 pm, FSSW 		at No. 3 Baylor L 47–79  11–4
(2–2) 		Ferrell Center (6,095)
Waco, TX
01/17/2015
7:00 pm, FCS Central 		at Kansas State W 79–59  12–4
(3–2) 		Bramlage Coliseum (7,816)
Manhattan, KS
01/21/2015
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		TCU W 80–62  13–4
(4–2) 		Hilton Coliseum (9,684)
Ames, IA
01/25/2015
3:30 pm, FS1 		at No. 8 Texas W 58–57  14–4
(5–2) 		Frank Erwin Center (3,234)
Austin, TX
01/28/2015
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Kansas L 56–61  14–5
(5–3) 		Hilton Coliseum (10,206)
Ames, IA
01/31/2015
6:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Oklahoma State L 62–63  14–6
(5–4) 		Hilton Coliseum (11,320)
Ames, IA
02/04/2015
10:30 am, SSTV 		at Oklahoma L 66–75  14–7
(5–5) 		Lloyd Noble Center (6,042)
Norman, OK
02/07/2015
6:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		West Virginia W 61–43  15–7
(6–5) 		Hilton Coliseum (11,384)
Ames, IA
02/11/2015
7:00 pm 		at Texas Tech L 58–71  15–8
(6–6) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,018)
Lubbock, TX
02/14/2015
7:00 pm 		at Oklahoma State L 48–60  15–9
(6–7) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,934)
Stillwater, OK
02/17/2015
7:00 pm, FS1 		Oklahoma W 84–76 OT 16–9
(7–7) 		Hilton Coliseum (9,964)
Ames, IA
02/21/2015
11:00 am, FSN 		at West Virginia L 52–54  16–10
(7–8) 		WVU Coliseum (2,076)
Morgantown, WV
02/24/2015
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		Texas Tech W 59–47  17–10
(8–8) 		Hilton Coliseum (10,325)
Ames, IA
02/28/2015
3:00 pm, FSN 		No. 3 Baylor W 76–71  18–10
(9–8) 		Hilton Coliseum (12,107)
Ames, IA
03/02/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Kansas L 64–68  18–11
(9–9) 		Allen Fieldhouse (2,384)
Lawrence, KS
2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/07/2015
1:30 pm, FSN 		vs. Oklahoma State
Quarterfinals 		L 58–67  18–12
 American Airlines Center (N/A)
Dallas, TX
NCAA women's tournament
03/20/2015*
11:00 am, ESPN2 		vs. Dayton
First Round 		L 66–78  18–13
 Memorial Coliseum (N/A)
Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██NR = Not Ranked. RV = Receiving Votes.
Poll Pre-
season		 Week
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18		 Final
AP RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Basketball (W) - 2014-15 Schedule". Cyclones.com. Iowa State University. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015.