2014–15 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team

2014–15 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic Champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record7–24 (4–14 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alexis Mezzetta
  • Chris Elliott
  • Kiva Herman
Home arenaGersten Pavilion
Seasons
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 16 – 2   .889 26 – 8   .765
San Diego 14 – 4   .778 25 – 7   .781
Pacific 13 – 5   .722 21 – 10   .677
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
BYU † 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444 19 – 14   .576
Santa Clara 5 – 13   .278 11 – 18   .379
Loyola Marymount 4 – 14   .222 7 – 24   .226
Pepperdine 3 – 15   .167 8 – 22   .267
Portland 2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2015
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 2014–15 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Lions, members of the West Coast Conference, are led by head coach Charity Elliott,[2] in her third season at the school. The Lions play their home games at the Gersten Pavilion on the university campus in Los Angeles, California. They finished the season 7–24, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

Roster

2014–15 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Shelbi Aimonetti 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr St. Francis Redwood City, CA
G 5 Chloe Hall 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr North Toronto Collegiate Institute Toronto, Canada
G/F 10 Alyson Lock 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mark Keppel Montebello, CA
F 12 Tamara Jovanovic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Third Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia
G 13 Deanna Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Norco Corona, CA
F 15 Emily Ben-Jumbo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Tualatin Tualatin, OR
G/F 20 Sophie Taylor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Acalanes Lafayette, CA
G 21 Taylor Anderson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bonita La Verne, CA
G 22 Olivia Lucero 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Highland Gilbert, AZ
G 23 Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bishop Alemany North Hollywood, CA
F 24 Bree Alford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Miramonte Walnut Creek, CA
G 25 Deshka Olson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Salmon Salmon, ID
F 30 NK Ilang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr St. Anne's-Belfield Ebonyi State, Nigeria
G 32 Makenzie Cast 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Carondelet Antioch, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2014*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Dominguez Hills W 88–86  -
 Gersten Pavilion (N/A)
Los Angeles, CA
11/09/2014*
3:00 pm 		Bethesda (CA) W 79–62  -
 Gersten Pavilion (387)
Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
9:00 am, OKSt.tv 		at Oklahoma State L 65–76  0–1
 Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,546)
Stillwater, OK
11/17/2014*
5:00 pm, MW Network 		at UNLV L 76–91  0–2
 Cox Pavilion (719)
Las Vegas, NV
11/21/2014*
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		Cal Poly L 79–87  0–3
 Gersten Pavilion (543)
Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2014*
3:30 pm, LMUSN 		UAB
DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic 		W 66–61  1–3
 Gersten Pavilion (229)
Los Angeles, CA
11/29/2014*
3:30 pm, LMUSN 		Bowling Green
DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic 		W 51–48  2–3
 Gersten Pavilion (380)
Los Angeles, CA
12/03/2014*
4:00 pm, FCS Pacific 		at Northern Arizona L 64–82  2–4
 Walkup Skydome (406)
Flagstaff, AZ
12/06/2014*
2:00 pm, WAC Digital 		at Seattle L 57–62  2–5
 Connolly Center (149)
Seattle, WA
12/13/2014*
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		UC Riverside L 55–81  2–6
 Gersten Pavilion (220)
Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2014*
4:00 pm, P12 Digital 		at USC L 54–96  2–7
 Galen Center (313)
Los Angeles, CA
12/20/2014*
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		Hawaiʻi L 76–85  2–8
 Gersten Pavilion (423)
Los Angeles, CA
12/22/2014*
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		Washington State L 60–87  2–9
 Gersten Pavilion (308)
Los Angeles, CA
12/29/2014
1:00 pm, WavesCast 		at Pepperdine L 91–98 OT 2–10
(0–1) 		Firestone Fieldhouse (212)
Malibu, CA
01/01/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Pacific L 69–89  2–11
(0–2) 		Alex G. Spanos Center (430)
Stockton, CA
01/03/2015
1:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Saint Mary's L 71–72  2–12
(0–3) 		McKeon Pavilion (439)
Moraga, CA
01/08/2015
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		BYU L 63–71  2–13
(0–4) 		Gersten Pavilion (875)
Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		San Diego L 59–67  2–14
(0–5) 		Gersten Pavilion (320)
Los Angeles, CA
01/15/2015
7:00 pm, Portland Portal 		at Portland L 65–83  2–15
(0–6) 		Chiles Center (297)
Portland, OR
01/17/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Gonzaga L 62–76  2–16
(0–7) 		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282)
Spokane, WA
01/22/2015
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		Santa Clara W 82–57  3–16
(1–7) 		Gersten Pavilion (321)
Los Angeles, CA
01/24/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		San Francisco L 65–74  3–17
(1–8) 		Gersten Pavilion (421)
Los Angeles, CA
01/29/2015
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		Saint Mary's L 49–56  3–18
(1–9) 		Gersten Pavilion (290)
Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		Pacific L 61–84  3–19
(1–10) 		Gersten Pavilion (321)
Los Angeles, CA
02/05/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at San Diego L 49–68  3–20
(1–11) 		Jenny Craig Pavilion (501)
San Diego, CA
02/07/2015
1:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 59–74  3–21
(1–12) 		Marriott Center (748)
Provo, UT
02/12/2015
7:00 pm, LMUSN 		Gonzaga L 59–82  3–22
(1–13) 		Gersten Pavilion (338)
Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		Portland W 77–73  4–22
(2–13) 		Gersten Pavilion (410)
Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at San Francisco L 75–87  4–23
(2–14) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (334)
San Francisco, CA
02/21/2015
2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal 		at Santa Clara W 75–63  5–23
(3–14) 		Leavey Center (N/A)
Santa Clara, CA
02/28/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		Pepperdine W 74–57  6–23
(4–14) 		Gersten Pavilion (505)
Los Angeles, CA
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015
12:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. Pepperdine
First Round 		W 68–67  7–23
 Orleans Arena (N/A)
Las Vegas, NV
03/06/2015
12:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. Gonzaga
Quarterfinals 		L 50–70  7–24
 Orleans Arena (7,110)
Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
1		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Charity Elliott Named LMU Head Women's Basketball Coach". Women's Basketball News Server. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.