2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm were led by third-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament where they lost to Seton Hall. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Army in the first round, Fordham in the second round before losing to Big East member Villanova in the third round.

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	23–11 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Joe Tartamella (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Joseph Pellicane Jonath Nicholas Priscilla Edwards
Home arena	Carnesecca Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Seton Hall *	15	–	3		.833			28	–	6		.824
DePaul †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			22	–	14		.611
St. John's	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Creighton	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Butler	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
Xavier	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Marquette	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
Providence	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
Georgetown	2	–	16		.111			4	–	27		.129
† 2015 Big East Basketball Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tamesha Alexander 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr The Shipley School Philadelphia, Pa. F 54 Selina Archer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Miami Clermont, Fla. F 12 Kyra Dunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr California Sacramento, Calif. G 3 Aliyyah Handford 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Shabazz Newark, N.J. G 4 Aaliyah Lewis 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Bishop Ford (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Staten Island, N.Y. F 35 Imani Littleton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr The Bishop's School San Diego, Calif. G 13 Crystal Simmons 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Life Center Academy (N.J.) Madrid, Spain G 23 Kimberly Spruill (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Needham B. Broughton Raleigh, N.C. F 2 Amber Thompson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr University High Newark, N.J. F 33 Sandra Udobi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Life Center Academy Delta State, Nigeria F 5 Tonoia Wade 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Kennedy Bloomington, Minn. G/F 10 Jade Walker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr DePaul Catholic Maplewood, N.J.	Head coach Joe Tartamella Assistant coach(es) Joseph Pellicane Jonath Nicholas Priscilla Edwards Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/15/2014* 2:00 pm		at Yale	W 61–50	1–0	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (225) New Haven, CT
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, BEDN		Florida	W 72–66	2–0	Carnesecca Arena (1,272) Queens, NY
11/24/2014* 7:00 pm		at Marist	W 49–48	3–0	McCann Field House (1,891) Poughkeepsie, NY
11/28/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Binghamton	W 67–51	4–0	Carnesecca Arena (537) Queens, NY
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Wagner	W 71–49	5–0	Carnesecca Arena (425) Queens, NY
12/03/2014 7:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 65–42	6–0 (1–0)	Carnesecca Arena (691) Queens, NY
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		at South Florida	W 55–52	7–0	USF Sun Dome (1,648) Tampa, FL
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UCF	W 62–48	8–0	Carnesecca Arena (603) Queens, NY
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		NJIT	W 66–42	9–0	Carnesecca Arena (760) Queens, NY
12/20/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Auburn St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic	W 56–49	10–0	Carnesecca Arena (N/A) Queens, NY
12/21/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPN3		Indiana State St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic	L 67–73 ^2OT	10–1	Carnesecca Arena (765) Queens, NY
12/30/2014 2:00 pm		at Providence	W 68–52	11–1 (2–0)	Alumni Hall (341) Providence, RI
01/02/2015 6:00 pm, CBSSN		No. 23 Seton Hall	W 59–50	12–1 (3–0)	Carnesecca Arena (960) Queens, NY
01/04/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 2 Connecticut Maggie Dixon Classic	L 54–70	12–2	Madison Square Garden (7,149) New York City, NY
01/09/2015 8:00 pm, FS1		Butler	L 50–55	12–3 (3–1)	Carnesecca Arena (615) Queens, NY
01/11/2015 2:00 pm		at Creighton	W 61–38	13–3 (4–1)	D. J. Sokol Arena (881) Omaha, NE
01/16/2015 11:30 am, BEDN		DePaul	L 75–84 ^OT	13–4 (4–2)	Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY
01/18/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Marquette	W 67–52	14–4 (5–2)	Carnesecca Arena (647) Queens, NY
01/23/2015 6:00 pm		at Georgetown	W 74–57	15–4 (6–2)	McDonough Gymnasium (311) Washington, D.C.
01/25/2015 12:00 pm		at Villanova	L 69–81	15–5 (6–3)	The Pavilion (841) Villanova, PA
02/01/2015 2:00 pm		at Seton Hall	L 73–78	15–6 (6–4)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,638) South Orange, NJ
02/06/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN		Creighton	L 50–75	15–7 (6–5)	Carnesecca Arena (881) Queens, NY
02/08/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Providence	W 70–49	16–7 (7–5)	Carnesecca Arena (1,008) Queens, NY
02/13/2015 9:00 pm, FS1		at Marquette	W 64–52	17–7 (8–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,140) Milwaukee, WI
02/15/2015 2:00 pm, FS1		at DePaul	L 55–82	17–8 (8–6)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,613) Chicago, IL
02/20/2015 7:00 pm		Villanova	W 56–51	18–8 (9–6)	Carnesecca Arena (921) Queens, NY
02/22/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Georgetown	W 75–61	19–8 (10–6)	Carnesecca Arena (1,042) Queens, NY
02/27/2015 7:00 pm		at Butler	W 60–49	20–8 (11–6)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (723) Indianapolis, IN
03/01/2015 2:00 pm		at Xavier	L 61–74	20–9 (11–7)	Cintas Center (1,286) Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
03/08/2015 3:30 pm, FS2		vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	W 57–54	21–9	Allstate Arena (1,873) Rosemont, IL
03/09/2015 6:30 pm, FS1		vs. No. 24 Seton Hall Semifinals	L 60–72	21–10	Allstate Arena (N/A) Rosemont, IL
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Army First Round	W 64–56	22–10	Carnesecca Arena (211) Queens, NY
03/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Fordham Second Round	W 77–63	23–10	Carnesecca Arena (327) Queens, NY
03/26/2015* 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Villanova Third Round	L 55–63	23–11	The Pavilion (409) Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

See also

• 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team

References

1. . Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.