2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2014-15 college basketball season. Led by first year head coach Marlene Stollings for the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Ohio State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they were defeated by DePaul in the first round.

2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	23–10 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Marlene Stollings (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Nikita Lowry Dawkins Fred Chmiel John Motherwell
Home arena	Williams Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Roster

2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 24 Mikayla Bailey 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Osseo HS Maple Grove, Minn. G 1 Rachel Banham 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Lakeville North HS Lakeville, Minn. F 35 Rangie Bessard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Manvel HS Rosharon, Texas C 52 Josie Buckingham 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr New Richmond HS New Richmond, Ohio G 11 Grace Coughlin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Benilde-St. Margaret's School Edina, Minn. G 22 Joanna Hedstrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Minnetonka HS Minnetonka, Minn. G/F 20 Kayla Hirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bemidji HS Bemidji, Minn. G/F 5 Tory Jacobs 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Irving MacArthur HS Irving, Texas F 4 Jackie Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Eden Prairie HS Eden Prairie, Minn. F 23 Shae Kelley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Old Dominion Denver, Colo. G 2 Stabresa McDaniel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Skyline HS Dallas, Texas G 3 Shayne Mullaney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Eden Prairie HS Eden Prairie, Minn. G 33 Carlie Wagner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva HS New Richland, Minn. C 32 Amanda Zahui B. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS So Igelstavikens Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden	Head coach Marlene Stollings Assistant coach(es) Nikita Lowry Dawkins Fred Chmiel John Motherwell Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		Southeastern Louisiana	W 109–60	1–0	Williams Arena (3,879) Minneapolis, MN
11/19/2014* 12:00 pm		Cleveland State	W 93–76	2–0	Williams Arena (2,447) Minneapolis, MN
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm		at Memphis	W 68–62	3–0	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (892) Memphis, TN
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm		Southern	W 107–62	4–0	Williams Arena (2,235) Minneapolis, MN
11/28/2014* 5:00 pm		vs. Vanderbilt Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals	L 54–71	4–1	Germain Arena (N/A) Estero, FL
11/29/2014* 1:30 pm		vs. College of Charleston Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round	W 74–50	5–1	Germain Arena (N/A) Estero, FL
11/30/2014* 1:30 pm		vs. Georgia Tech Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game	W 72–69	6–1	Germain Arena (N/A) Estero, FL
12/03/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at NC State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 60–55	7–1	Reynolds Coliseum (1,535) Raleigh, NC
12/07/2014* 6:00 pm		Butler	W 88–86 ^OT	8–1	Williams Arena (3,477) Minneapolis, MN
12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, FSNOR+		at North Dakota	W 68–55	9–1	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,734) Grand Forks, ND
12/20/2014* 2:30 pm		Liberty Subway Classic	W 74–68	10–1	Williams Arena (2,858) Minneapolis, MN
12/21/2014* 2:30 pm		Western Michigan Subway Classic	W 67–64	11–1	Williams Arena (2,659) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten regular season
12/29/2014 8:00 pm, BTN		No. 12 Nebraska	W 72–69	12–1 (1–0)	Williams Arena (3,300) Minneapolis, MN
01/01/2015 1:00 pm		at Purdue	W 81–68	13–1 (2–0)	Mackey Arena (6,361) West Lafayette, IN
01/04/2015 2:00 pm		at Wisconsin	W 72–60	14–1 (3–0)	Kohl Center (3,814) Madison, WI
01/11/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 23	No. 12 Maryland	L 73–77	14–2 (3–1)	Williams Arena (5,468) Minneapolis, MN
01/15/2015 6:00 pm	No. 23	at Ohio State	W 76–72	15–2 (4–1)	Value City Arena (4,509) Columbus, OH
01/18/2015 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 23	Indiana	W 65–61	16–2 (5–1)	Williams Arena (5,424) Minneapolis, MN
01/22/2015 7:00 pm	No. 21	Purdue	L 88–90 ^OT	16–3 (5–2)	Williams Arena (3,714) Minneapolis, MN
01/25/2015 4:15 pm, BTN	No. 21	at No. 25 Rutgers	L 61–66	16–4 (5–3)	The RAC (2,811) Piscataway, NJ
01/28/2015 7:00 pm		Penn State	W 75–64	17–4 (6–3)	Williams Arena (2,738) Minneapolis, MN
02/01/2015 2:00 pm		at Northwestern	L 49–70	17–5 (6–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (918) Evanston, IL
02/05/2015 8:00 pm, BTN		at Illinois	L 69–95	17–6 (6–5)	State Farm Center (1,693) Champaign, IL
02/08/2015 2:00 pm		Michigan State	W 86–79	18–6 (7–5)	Williams Arena (6,570) Minneapolis, MN
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 93–82	19–6 (8–5)	Williams Arena (3,609) Minneapolis, MN
02/15/2015 1:00 pm		at Penn State	W 85–77	20–6 (9–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (4,462) University Park, PA
02/17/2015 8:00 pm, BTN		No. 13 Iowa	W 93–80	21–6 (10–5)	Williams Arena (3,265) Minneapolis, MN
02/21/2015 1:00 pm, BTN		Michigan	W 91–88 ^2OT	22–6 (11–5)	Williams Arena (6,053) Minneapolis, MN
02/24/2015 8:00 pm, BTN		at Nebraska	L 50–74	22–7 (11–6)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,290) Lincoln, NE
03/01/2015 2:00 pm		at No. 17 Iowa	L 76–92	22–8 (11–7)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,726) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 8:30 pm, BTN		vs. Purdue Second Round	W 82–78	23–8	Sears Centre (3,681) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015 8:30 pm, BTN		vs. Ohio State Quarterfinals	L 71–83	23–9	Sears Centre (4,781) Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. DePaul First Round	L 72–79	23–10	Edmund P. Joyce Center (N/A) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	23	23	21	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR

See also

2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

References

1. "2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball Schedule". Gophers Athletics.