2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record19–14 (8–10 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Blair Hardiek
  • Shanele Stires
  • Britinee Yasukochi[1]
Home arenaWar Memorial Gymnasium
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[2]

The 2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Jennifer Azzi's fifth season at San Francisco.[3] The Dons, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at War Memorial Gymnasium. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the championship of the WCC women's tournament, where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Fresno State.

Roster

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Zhane Dykes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV
G 2 Taj Winston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Long Beach Poly Long Beach, CA
F 3 Paige Spietz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Missouri Brimfield, IL
G 4 Tiara Tucker 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fr McNair Stockton, CA
G 5 Aundrea Gordon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr McKinney McKinney, TX
G 11 Rachel Howard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Berkeley Berkeley, CA
F 12 Byrn Stark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Bishops' School La Jolla, CA
F 14 Michaela Rakova 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Gymnazium Hubeneho Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia
G 21 Anna Seilund 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Falkonergaarden Copenhagen, Denmark
F 22 Claudia Price 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So West Mesquite Mesquite, TX
G 23 Chelsey Jacox 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr North Iowa Area CC Minneapolis, MN
F 25 Alicia Scafidi 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Sam Barlow Gresham, OR
F 32 Taylor Proctor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sand Creek Colorado Springs, CO
G 35 Kalyn Simon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Archbishop Mitty San Jose, CA
F 44 Hashima Carothers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Eastside College Prep Las Vegas, NV
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[4]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition Season
11/08/2014*
2:00 pm 		St. Thomas W 87–69  –
 War Memorial Gymnasium (199)
San Francisco, CA
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Columbia W 70–65  1–0
 War Memorial Gymnasium (422)
San Francisco, CA
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Sonoma State W 83–42  2–0
 War Memorial Gymnasium (450)
San Francisco, CA
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Cal State Monterey Bay W 85–48  3–0
 War Memorial Gymnasium (203)
San Francisco, CA
11/22/2014*
2:00 pm, BigWest.tv 		at UC Riverside L 53–66  3–1
 UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (209)
Riverside, CA
11/25/2014*
7:30 pm, TheW.tv 		Nevada W 63–48  4–1
 War Memorial Gymnasium (622)
San Francisco, CA
11/29/2014*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Utah Valley W 69–50  5–1
 War Memorial Gymnasium (266)
San Francisco, CA
12/02/2014*
7:00 pm, BigWest.tv 		at UC Davis W 73–70  6–1
 The Pavilion (365)
Davis, CA
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm, BigWest.tv 		at Long Beach State L 58–70  6–2
 Walter Pyramid (676)
Long Beach, CA
12/14/2014*
2:00 pm, WAC Digital Net 		at Seattle W 67–56  7–2
 Connolly Center (175)
Seattle, WA
12/17/2014*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		North Texas W 60–42  8–2
 War Memorial Gymnasium (157)
San Francisco, CA
12/20/2014*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Jose State W 77–62  9–2
 War Memorial Gymnasium (306)
San Francisco, CA
12/27/2014
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pacific L 54–92  9–3
(0–1) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (311)
San Francisco, CA
12/29/2014
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Saint Mary's L 66–68  9–4
(0–2) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (244)
San Francisco, CA
01/01/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at San Diego L 55–56  9–5
(0–3) 		Jenny Craig Pavilion (520)
San Diego, CA
01/03/2015
1:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 62–65  9–6
(0–4) 		Marriott Center (622)
Provo, UT
01/08/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Gonzaga L 64–75  9–7
(0–5) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (257)
San Francisco, CA
01/10/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Portland W 85–68  10–7
(1–5) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (269)
San Francisco, CA
01/17/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Santa Clara W 62–45  11–7
(2–5) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (348)
San Francisco, CA
01/22/2015
7:00 pm, WavesCast 		at Pepperdine W 69–58  12–7
(3–5) 		Firestone Fieldhouse (203)
Malibu, CA
01/24/2015
2:00 pm, LMUSN 		at Loyola Marymount W 74–65  13–7
(4–5) 		Gersten Pavilion (421)
Los Angeles, CA
01/29/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		BYU L 63–68  13–8
(4–6) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (221)
San Francisco, CA
01/31/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		San Diego L 69–74  13–9
(4–7) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (354)
San Francisco, CA
02/05/2015
7:00 pm, Portland Portal 		at Portland W 79–44  14–9
(5–7) 		Chiles Center (296)
Portland, OR
02/07/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Gonzaga L 84–91 4OT 14–10
(5–8) 		McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/14/2015
2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal 		at Santa Clara L 79–80 OT 14–11
(5–9) 		Leavey Center (N/A)
Santa Clara, CA
02/19/2015
7:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Loyola Marymount W 87–75  15–11
(6–9) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (334)
San Francisco, CA
02/21/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		Pepperdine L 65–76  15–12
(6–10) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (418)
San Francisco, CA
02/26/2015
6:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Saint Mary's W 65–63  16–12
(7–10) 		McKeon Pavilion (355)
Moraga, CA
02/28/2015
2:00 pm, TheW.tv 		at Pacific W 91–79  17–12
(8–10) 		Alex G. Spanos Center (805)
Stockton, CA
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015
6:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. Pacific
Quarterfinals 		W 74–64  18–12
 Orleans Arena (N/A)
Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015
2:00 pm, BYUtv 		vs. San Diego
Semifinals 		W 65–57  19–12
 Orleans Arena (7,110)
Las Vegas, NV
03/10/2015
1:00 pm, ESPNU 		vs. BYU
Championship Game 		L 65–76  19–13
 Orleans Arena (8,000)
Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/19/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Fresno State
First Round 		L 73–79  19–14
 Save Mart Center (1,354)
Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

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. ^ "Britinee Yasukochi Joins Women's Basketball Staff". usfdons.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Azzi rebuilding San Francisco". ESPN. December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".