2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team

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2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball
George Mason Patriots wordmark.svg
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2014–15 record13–17 (5–11 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tajama Abraham Ngongba (2nd season)
  • Christopher Lewis (2nd season)
  • Dionnah Jackson (2nd season)
Home arenaPatriot Center
Seasons
← 
2015–16 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 George Washington† 15 – 1   .938 29 – 4   .879
Dayton 14 – 2   .875 28 – 7   .800
Duquesne 12 – 4   .750 23 – 11   .676
Fordham 11 – 5   .688 21 – 12   .636
Richmond 9 – 7   .563 19 – 14   .576
Rhode Island 8 – 8   .500 17 – 13   .567
Saint Joseph's 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
VCU 7 – 9   .438 16 – 14   .533
Saint Louis 7 – 9   .438 15 – 16   .484
St. Bonaventure 5 – 11   .313 15 – 15   .500
La Salle 5 – 11   .313 15 – 16   .484
George Mason 5 – 11   .313 13 – 17   .433
UMass 5 – 11   .313 12 – 18   .400
Davidson 1 – 15   .063 5 – 25   .167
† 2015 A10 Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2014–2015 College Basketball season. Nyla Milleson resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The George Mason Patriots are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Patriot Center. This is their second season playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference after becoming new members of the conference last season. They finished the season 13–17, 5–11 in A-10 play to finish in a four way tie for tenth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 Women's Tournament to Saint Joseph's.

2014–2015 Media and televised games[]

George Mason Patriots Sports Network[]

Patriots games will be broadcast on WGMU Radio and streamed online through Patriot Vision Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

Televised games[]

George Mason has 2 conference games televised. One game on NBC Sports Network against the St. Louis Billikens with the result of George Mason winning 66-57 on 1/4/15 at the Patriot Center for their first conference win of the season. Another game on ESPNU on 1/18/15 against Richmond Spiders women's basketball with the result of George Mason losing 49-77 at the Robins Center.

Buzzer Beaters[]

Taylor Brown hits two buzzer beaters in two straight games. One against La Salle University to win 73-71. Another one against St. Bonaventure University to tie the game 53-53 to force overtime. The Patriots would go on to win 68-53. The buzzer beater against La Salle University was a euro-step layup when the game was tied 71-71. The other buzzer beater against St. Bonaventure University was a fade-away 3-pointer which went in all-net. The Patriots were down 53-50 with 7.5 seconds The video showed Taylor Brown being pushed to out of bounds while in shooting motion. St. Bonaventure University had a foul to give but let Taylor Brown tie the game, force the game into overtime, and let the Patriots win 68-55. Taylor Brown received attention from ABC 7 News after hitting the two buzzer beaters.

Roster[]

2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Qierra Murray 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Milford Mill Academy Baltimore, MD
G 1 Jasmine Jackson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Old Bridge Old Bridge, NJ
F 3 Sandra Ngoie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Fryshusets Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
G 5 Reana Mohamed 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mary Louis Academy Laurelton, NY
G/F 12 Kara Wright 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So DuPont Manual Louisville, KY
F 21 Casey Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Elizabeth Seton Gambrills, MD
G 22 Cydni Cole 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Indian Creek School Glen Brunie, MD
G 23 Mikala McGhee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Pattonville Bridgeton, MO
F 24 Tiffany Padgett 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr St. Vincent Pallotti Laurel, MD
F 24 Samantha Clark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr St. Rose Neptune, NJ
G 31 Taylor Brown 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Bishop McNamara Bowie, MD
G 32 Tayler Dodson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA
F 33 Kristi Mokube 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Central Phenix City, AL
F 40 Talisha Watts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Brookville Lynchburg, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-07

Schedule[]

[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014*
2:00 pm 		Bowie State W 83–81  –
 Patriot Center (279)
Fairfax, VA
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
5:00 pm 		Virginia Tech W 77–69  1–0
 Patriot Center (1,119)
Fairfax, VA
11/16/2014*
3:30 pm 		L 70–79  1–1
 Patriot Center (369)
Fairfax, VA
11/19/2014*
7:00 pm 		W 110–91  2–1
 Patriot Center (334)
Fairfax, VA
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm 		College of Charleston W 71–61  3–1
 Patriot Center (550)
Fairfax, VA
11/25/2014*
7:00 pm 		at  L 79–84  3–2
 Alumni Hall (586)
Annapolis, MD
11/28/2014*
4:30 pm 		vs. Abilene Christian
UMKC Plaza Lights Classic 		L 86–88  3–3
 Municipal Auditorium (597)
Kansas City, MO
11/29/2014*
2:00 pm 		vs. 
UMKC Plaza Lights Classic 		W 71–62  4–3
 Municipal Auditorium (164)
Kansas City, MO
12/03/2014*
5:00 pm 		L 71–84  4–4
 Patriot Center (N/A)
Fairfax, VA
12/06/2014*
5:30 pm 		at  W 86–77  5–4
 DeGol Arena (634)
Loretto, PA
12/19/2014*
5:05 pm 		vs. 
Wichita State Winter Classic 		W 69–57  6–4
 Charles Koch Arena (N/A)
Wichita, KS
12/20/2014*
1:05 pm 		vs. 
Wichita State Winter Classic 		W 65–53  7–4
 Charles Koch Arena (N/A)
Wichita, KS
12/22/2014*
7:00 pm 		at  W 83–61  8–4
 Willett Hall (419)
Farmville, VA
12/28/2014*
2:00 pm 		at Towson L 70–72  8–5
 SECU Arena (515)
Towson, MD
01/04/2015
2:00 pm, NBCSN 		Saint Louis W 66–57  9–5 (1–0)
 Patriot Center (623)
Fairfax, VA
01/08/2015
7:00 pm 		at Duquesne L 54–88  9–6 (1–1)
 Palumbo Center (319)
Pittsburgh, PA
01/11/2015
1:00 pm 		at La Salle W 73–71  10–6 (2–1)
 Tom Gola Arena (212)
Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2015
7:00 pm 		St. Bonaventure W 68–55 OT 11–6 (3–1)
 Patriot Center (349)
Fairfax, VA
01/18/2015
12:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Richmond L 49–77  11–7 (3–2)
 Robins Center (785)
Richmond, VA
01/24/2015
2:00 pm 		Rhode Island L 45–57  11–8 (3–3)
 Patriot Center (863)
Fairfax, VA
01/28/2015
7:00 pm 		at VCU L 66–70  11–9 (3–4)
 Siegel Center (457)
Richmond, VA
01/31/2015
2:00 pm 		George Washington L 52–87  11–10 (3–5)
 Patriot Center (1,807)
Fairfax, VA
02/05/2015
7:00 pm 		Dayton L 73–84  11–11 (3–6)
 Patriot Center (60)
Fairfax, VA
02/08/2015
2:00 pm 		Davidson W 63–60  12–11 (4–6)
 Patriot Center (1,223)
Fairfax, VA
02/11/2015
11:45 am 		at Massachusetts L 79–85 OT 12–12 (4–7)
 Mullins Center (1,398)
Amherst, MA
02/14/2015
12:00 pm 		VCU W 86–79  13–12 (5–7)
 Patriot Center (636)
Fairfax, VA
02/18/2015
7:00 pm 		at Saint Joseph's L 51–82  13–13 (5–8)
 Hagan Arena (1,043)
Philadelphia, PA
02/21/2015
8:00 pm 		at Saint Louis L 59–82  13–14 (5–9)
 Chaifetz Arena (7,184)
St. Louis, MO
02/25/2015
7:00 pm 		Fordham L 55–79  13–15 (5–10)
 Patriot Center (698)
Fairfax, VA
03/01/2015
2:00 pm 		at No. 22 George Washington L 45–80  13–16 (5–11)
 Charles E. Smith Center (2,197)
Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/05/2015
4:30 pm 		vs. Saint Joseph's
Second Round 		L 43–71  13–17
 Richmond Coliseum (N/A)
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings[]

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 NR 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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball". George Mason University Athletics.
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