2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record15–16 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Corkery
  • Brandi Poole[1]
  • Damitria Buchanan
Home arenaUnited Supermarkets Arena
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 [2]

The 2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Candi Whitaker's second season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 15–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of Big 12 women's tournament to West Virginia.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Before the season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Marina Lizarazu-Herrera 1 G 5'8" Freshman Madrid, Spain Transferred to Iona[3]
Jamaika Hughes 4 G 5'10" Freshman Fort Worth, Texas Transferred to UT-Arlington[4]
Diamond Lockhart 5 G 5'5" Freshman Lubbock, Texas Transferred to Wichita State[5]
Jasmine Caston 23 G 5'10" Freshman Plano, Texas Transferred to Angelo State[6]
Haley Schneider 31 C 6'5" Senior Lubbock, Texas Graduated
Shauntal Nobles 33 F/C 6'3" Senior Haslet, Texas Graduated
Jackie Patterson 42 F 6'1" Senior Frisco, Texas Graduated

2014–15 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

Roster

2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Ivonne Cook-Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Terra Nova San Francisco, CA
G 3 Minta Spears 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Bullard Bullard, TX
G 4 Ryann Bowser 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Holton Holton, KS
F/C 10 Courtney Vaccher 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, CA
G 11 Rayven Brooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr San Ramon Dougherty Oakland, CA
G 12 Amber Battle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Cibola Albuquerque, NM
F/C 13 Kellyn Schneider 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So Monterey Lubbock, TX
G 24 Audrisa Harrison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Coldspring Point Blank, TX
G/F 32 Dayo Olabode 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Mansfield Timberview Arlington, TX
F 34 Paige Parliament 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Brock Brock, TX
F 35 Jamie Roe 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Tuba City Tuba City, AZ
F 41 Kelsi Baker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr John Horn Mesquite, TX
C 42 Ionna McKenzie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Dr. Phillips Gotha, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-02

Schedule

[7]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/14/2014*
5:30 pm 		Jacksonville State W 67–59  1–0
 United Supermarkets Arena (3,033)
Lubbock, TX
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		Texas State W 81–77 OT 2–0
 United Supermarkets Arena (2,901)
Lubbock, TX
11/21/2014*
7:00 pm 		Arizona W 57–54  3–0
 United Supermarkets Arena (3,525)
Lubbock, TX
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm 		Morgan State W 65–57  4–0
 United Supermarkets Arena (2,970)
Lubbock, TX
11/28/2014*
2:15 pm 		vs. Purdue
Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division 		L 53–69  4–1
 St. George's High School Gymnasium (225)
Grand Bahama Island
11/29/2014*
12:00 pm 		vs. NC State
Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division 		L 42–75  4–2
 St. George High School Gymnasium (247)
Grand Bahama Island
12/03/2014*
11:00 am 		Abilene Christian W 61–44  5–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (6,477)
Lubbock, TX
12/14/2014*
3:30 pm 		Texas–Pan American W 50–42  6–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (4,393)
Lubbock, TX
12/19/2014*
5:30 pm 		Nicholls State
Athletes in Action Tournament 		W 76–49  7–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (3,958)
Lubbock, TX
12/20/2014*
2:00 pm 		UTSA
Athletes in Action Tournament 		W 64–48  8–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (4,434)
Lubbock, TX
12/21/2014*
2:00 pm 		Houston
Athletes in Action Tournament 		W 60–54  9–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (4,046)
Lubbock, TX
12/30/2014*
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		Houston Baptist W 60–59  10–2
 United Supermarkets Arena (2,249)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Regular Season
01/04/2015
4:00 pm, FSN 		TCU W 52–37  11–2
(1–0) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,096)
Lubbock, TX
01/07/2015
7:00 pm 		at No. 16 Oklahoma State L 35–66  11–3
(1–1) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,227)
Stillwater, OK
01/10/2015
2:00 pm 		Oklahoma L 58–75  11–4
(1–2) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,629)
Lubbock, TX
01/14/2015
6:00 pm 		at West Virginia W 55–45  12–4
(2–2) 		WVU Coliseum (1,011)
Morgantown, WV
01/17/2015
12:00 pm, LHN 		at No. 4 Texas L 44–55  12–5
(2–3) 		Frank Erwin Center (3,638)
Austin, TX
01/21/2015
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		Kansas L 66–68  12–6
(2–4) 		United Supermarkets Arena (2,908)
Lubbock, TX
01/24/2015
3:00 pm, FSN 		at Oklahoma L 64–70  12–7
(2–5) 		Lloyd Noble Center (5,676)
Norman, OK
01/28/2015
7:00 pm 		West Virginia W 73–57  13–7
(3–5) 		United Supermarkets Arena (3,345)
Lubbock, TX
01/31/2015
3:00 pm, FSSW 		Kansas State L 38–41  13–8
(3–6) 		United Supermarkets Arena (3,597)
Lubbock, TX
02/04/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Kansas L 67–71  13–9
(3–7) 		Allen Fieldhouse (1,937)
Lawrence, KS
02/08/2015
1:00 pm, FSSW 		at TCU L 60–71  13–10
(3–8) 		Student Recreation Center (1,676)
Ft. Worth, TX
02/11/2015
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		Iowa State W 71–58  14–10
(4–8) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,018)
Lubbock, TX
02/15/2015
1:00 pm, FSN 		at Kansas State W 74–68 OT 15–10
(5–8) 		Bramlage Coliseum (4,654)
Manhattan, KS
02/18/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 3 Baylor L 60–67  15–11
(5–9) 		United Supermarkets Arena (3,571)
Lubbock, TX
02/21/2015
3:30 pm, FSSW 		Texas L 59–62  15–12
(5–10) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,834)
Lubbock, TX
02/24/2015
7:00 pm 		at Iowa State L 47–59  15–13
(5–11) 		Hilton Coliseum (10,325)
Ames, IA
02/28/2015
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		Oklahoma State L 44–47  15–14
(5–12) 		United Supermarkets Arena (3,284)
Lubbock, TX
03/02/2015
7:00 pm, FSSW+ 		at No. 6 Baylor L 65–75  15–15
(5–13) 		Ferrell Center (7,007)
Waco, TX
2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/06/2015
8:30 pm, FCS 		vs. West Virginia
First Round 		L 40–59  15–16
 American Airlines Center (3,363)
Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Poole hopes to help with Lady Raiders rebuilding effort". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Herrera Joins Women's Basketball Program". Iona athletics. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "Jamaika Hughes transfers to UTA". UT-Arlington athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "Shockers Add Khmelevskaya and Lockhart". Wichita State athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "Three Lady Raiders leave team". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  7. ^ "TEXASTECH.COM - Texas Tech University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.