2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	16–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Amaka Agugua; NcKell Copeland; Mark Simons;
Home arena	Breslin Center
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament which they lost to Maryland. They did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2001.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tori Jankoska	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Freeland	Freeland, Mich.
G	2	Cara Miller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Divine Child	Farmington Hills, Mich.
G	3	Kiara Carter	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	Fr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, Ill
C	4	Jasmine Hines	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Central Lake	Central Lake, Mich.
G	10	Brannadais Agee	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Cass Technical	Detroit, Mich.
G	11	Anna Morrissey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Stevenson	Lincolnshire, Ill.
G/F	21	Jasmine Lumpkin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Joliet Catholic Academy	Bolingbrook, Ill.
G	23	Aerial Powers	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Detroit Country Day	Detroit, Mich.
G/F	24	Lexi Gussert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Forest Park	Crystal Falls, Mich.
F	25	Kendra Lumpkin	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Plainfield North	Bolingbrook, Ill.
C	40	Madison Williams	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	RS Sr	Detroit Country Day	Berkley, Mich.
F	52	Becca Mills	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Midland Dow	Midland, Mich.
F	55	Kennedy Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Wildwood Catholic	Galloway, N.J.

Head coach

Suzy Merchant

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua
NcKell Copeland
Mark Simons

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-05

Schedule[]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 4:00 pm	No. 14	Grand Valley State	W 70–51	–	Breslin Center (4,818) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 14		W 68–61	1–0	Breslin Center (5,311) East Lansing, MI
11/19/2014* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 15	No. 3 Notre Dame	L 63–71	1–1	Breslin Center (8,644) East Lansing, MI
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 15		W 64–45	2–1	Breslin Center (5,200) East Lansing, MI
11/26/2014* 7:30 pm	No. 16		W 79–64	3–1	Breslin Center (5,396) East Lansing, MI
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 16		W 85–39	4–1	Breslin Center (4,007) East Lansing, MI
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm	No. 15	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 79–73 ^OT	5–1	Breslin Center (6,636) East Lansing, MI
12/07/2014* 4:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	at No. 19 Georgia	L 60–69	5–2	Stegeman Coliseum (3,524) Athens, GA
12/14/2014* 3:00 pm	No. 19	at	W 90–38	6–2	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (583) Chicago, IL
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm	No. 18		W 77–41	7–2	Breslin Center (5,243) East Lansing, MI
12/20/2014* 4:00 pm	No. 18	vs. No. 9 Baylor Florida Sunshine Classic	L 65–84	7–3	Worden Arena (755) Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2014* 4:00 pm	No. 18	vs. No. 19 Syracuse Florida Sunshine Classic	W 89–76	8–3	Worden Arena (502) Winter Haven, FL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 2:00 pm	No. 20	Northwestern	L 57–61	8–4 (0–1)	Breslin Center (8,128) East Lansing, MI
12/31/2014 7:00 pm	No. 24	at Indiana	L 51–70	8–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (2,714) Bloomington, IN
01/04/2015 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	at Michigan Rivalry	L 65–74	8–6 (0–3)	Crisler Center (4,520) Ann Arbor, MI
01/08/2015 8:30 pm, BTN		No. 19 Nebraska	L 67–71	8–7 (0–4)	Breslin Center (4,652) East Lansing, MI
01/11/2015 3:00 pm		at Northwestern	L 70–77	8–8 (0–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,152) Evanston, IL
01/15/2015 7:00 pm		Illinois	W 63–56	9–8 (1–5)	Breslin Center (4,419) East Lansing, MI
01/18/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 22 Iowa	L 50–52	9–9 (1–6)	Breslin Center (8,923) East Lansing, MI
01/22/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at No. 7 Maryland	L 56–85	9–10 (1–7)	Xfinity Center (5,012) College Park, MD
01/25/2015 2:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 77–71	10–10 (2–7)	Breslin Center (7,560) East Lansing, MI
01/28/2014 7:00 pm		Indiana	W 72–57	11–10 (3–7)	Breslin Center (4,800) East Lansing, MI
02/02/2015 6:30 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	L 62–76	11–11 (3–8)	Value City Arena (4,234) Columbus, OH
02/05/2015 7:00 pm		Michigan Rivalry	L 59–72	11–12 (3–9)	Breslin Center (5,315) East Lansing, MI
02/08/2015 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 79–86	11–13 (3–10)	Williams Arena (6,570) Minneapolis, MN
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		at Penn State	W 74–67	12–13 (4–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,319) University Park, PA
02/16/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 5 Maryland	L 69–75	12–14 (4–11)	Breslin Center (5,562) East Lansing, MI
02/22/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 19 Rutgers	W 60–50	13–14 (5–11)	Breslin Center (8,110) East Lansing, MI
02/25/2015 8:00 pm		at Illinois	W 67–65	14–14 (6–11)	State Farm Center (1,815) Champaign, IL
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue	W 61–56	15–14 (7–11)	Mackey Arena (7,030) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 12:30 pm, BTN		vs. Michigan Second Round/Rivalry	W 69–49	16–14	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015 12:30 pm, BTN		vs. No. 4 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 60–70	16–15	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	14	15	16	15	19	21	20	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	15	17	17	16	21	18	22	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References[]

^ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

[1] ttp://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

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v t Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People
	2008–09 2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Contents

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	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