2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team

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2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball
Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg
Preseason WNIT champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 12
2014–15 record27–7 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHumphrey Coliseum
Seasons
← 
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina* 15 1   .938 34 3   .919
No. 6 Tennessee 15 1   .938 30 6   .833
No. 12 Mississippi State 11 5   .688 27 7   .794
No. 11 Kentucky 10 6   .625 24 10   .706
No. 21 Texas A&M 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
LSU 10 6   .625 17 14   .548
Missouri 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Georgia 6 10   .375 19 12   .613
Arkansas 6 10   .375 18 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Florida 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Auburn 3 13   .188 13 18   .419
Alabama 2 14   .125 13 19   .406
2015 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team will represent Mississippi State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Vic Schaefer. They play their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC Women's Tournament to Kentucky. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Tulane in the first round before losing to Duke in the second round.

Roster[]

2014–15 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Dominique Dillingham 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Klein Collins HS Spring, TX
G 1 Blair Schaefer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Starkville HS Starkville, MS
G 2 Morgan William 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Shades Valley HS Birmingham, AL
F 3 Breanna Richardson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Rockdale County HS Conyers, GA
F 5 Sherise Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr McCluer HS St. Louis, MO
C 10 Martha Alwal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Worthington HS Worthington, MN
F 13 Ketara Chapel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Temple HS Temple, TX
G 14 Kendra Grant 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Richland HS Richland, MS
G 21 Jerica James 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr North Little Rock HS Wynne, AR
G 23 Kayla Nevitt 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Andy Dekaney HS Houston, TX
F 35 Victoria Vivians 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Scott Central HS Forest, MS
F 44 LaKaris Salter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr FAMU DRS Tallahassee, FL
C 45 Chinwe Okorie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep Lagos, Nigeria
G 51 Savannah Carter 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Trinity Valley CC Tulsa, OK
Head coach

Vic Schaefer

Assistant coach(es)

Johnnie Harris
Aqua Franklin
Elena Lovato


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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-04

Schedule[]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 9, 2014*
2:00 p.m.
Arkansas–Fort Smith W 114–58 
Humphrey Coliseum (973)
Starkville, MS
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2014*
8:00 p.m.

Preseason WNIT First Round
W 92–60  1–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,531)
Starkville, MS
Nov 16, 2014*
6:00 p.m.

Preseason WNIT Second Round
W 93–83  2–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,011)
Starkville, MS
Nov 20, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 West Virginia
Preseason WNIT Semifinals
W 74–61  3–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,502)
Starkville, MS
Nov 23, 2014*
2:00 p.m., CBSSN
WKU
Preseason WNIT Championship
W 88–77  4–0
Humphrey Coliseum (3,773)
Starkville, MS
Nov 25, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 25 W 80–46  5–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,954)
Starkville, MS
Nov 29, 2014*
2:00 p.m.
No. 25 at New Orleans W 85–45  6–0
Lakefront Arena (284)
New Orleans, LA
Dec 2, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 W 109–58  7–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,659)
Starkville, MS
Dec 7, 2014*
2:00 p.m.
No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana W 97–36  8–0
Humphrey Coliseum (3,020)
Starkville, MS
Dec 11, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 Louisiana Tech W 81–77  9–0
Humphrey Coliseum (3,012)
Starkville, MS
Dec 14, 2014*
2:00 p.m., ASN
No. 22 at Southern Miss W 73–46  10–0
Reed Green Coliseum (2,561)
Hattiesburg, MS
Dec 15, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 21 W 104–41  11–0
Humphrey Coliseum (3,011)
Starkville, MS
Dec 17, 2014*
11:00 a.m.
No. 21 at Louisiana–Lafayette W 66–51  12–0
Earl K. Long Gymnasium (1,656)
Lafayette, LA
Dec 20, 2014*
9:30 p.m.
No. 21 vs. 
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic
W 73–36  13–0
South Point Arena (150)
Las Vegas, NV
Dec 21, 2014*
4:00 p.m.
No. 21 vs. 
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic
W 68–42  14–0
South Point Arena (175)
Las Vegas, NV
Dec 29, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 W 83–26  15–0
Humphrey Coliseum (2,955)
Starkville, MS
SEC regular season
Jan 2, 2015
3:00 p.m.
No. 17 No. 19 Georgia W 64–56  16–0 (1–0)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,114)
Starkville, MS
Jan 4, 2015
2:00 p.m.
No. 17 at Missouri W 53–47  17–0 (2–0)
Mizzou Arena (1,432)
Columbia, MO
Jan 8, 2015
8:00 p.m., FSN
No. 14 Arkansas W 72–57  18–0 (3–0)
Humphrey Coliseum (3,556)
Starkville, MS
Jan 11, 2015
2:00 p.m.
No. 14 at Vanderbilt L 62–78  18–1 (3–1)
Memorial Gymnasium (3,690)
Nashville, TN
Jan 15, 2015
7:00 p.m.
No. 15 LSU L 69–71 2OT 18–2 (3–2)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,727)
Starkville, MS
Jan 18, 2015
3:00 p.m., FSN
No. 15 Alabama W 66–50  19–2 (4–2)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,557)
Starkville, MS
Jan 22, 2015
8:00 p.m., SECN
No. 18 at Ole Miss W 64–62  20–2 (5–2)
Tad Smith Coliseum (3,383)
Oxford, MS
Jan 26, 2015
8:00 p.m., SECN
No. 18 at Auburn W 59–48  21–2 (6–2)
Auburn Arena (1,787)
Auburn, AL
Jan 29, 2015
7:00 p.m.
No. 18 Vanderbilt W 69–44  22–2 (7–2)
Humphrey Coliseum (5,056)
Starkville, MS
Feb 1, 2015
2:00 p.m., SECN
No. 18 at No. 6 Tennessee L 67–79  22–3 (7–3)
Thompson–Boling Arena (11,507)
Knoxville, TN
Feb 8, 2015
2:00 p.m., SECN
No. 17 No. 14 Texas A&M W 63–61 OT 23–3 (8–3)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,651)
Starkville, MS
Feb 12, 2015
6:00 p.m., SECN
No. 13 at No. 10 Kentucky L 90–92 2OT 23–4 (8–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,100)
Lexington, KY
Feb 15, 2015
3:00 p.m., SECN
No. 13 Florida W 75–62  24–4 (9–4)
Humphrey Coliseum (5,183)
Starkville, MS
Feb 22, 2015
2:00 p.m.
No. 14 at Alabama W 57–55  25–4 (10–4)
Foster Auditorium (3,133)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Feb 26, 2015
6:00 p.m., FSN
No. 11 at No. 2 South Carolina L 50–69  25–5 (10–5)
Colonial Life Arena (15,047)
Columbia, SC
Mar 1, 2015
1:00 p.m., FSN
No. 11 Ole Miss W 55–47  26–5 (11–5)
Humphrey Coliseum (7,326)
Starkville, MS
2015 SEC Tournament
Mar 6, 2015
8:30 p.m., SECN
No. 11 vs. No. 12 Kentucky
Quarterfinals
L 67–76  26–6
Verizon Arena (4,189)
North Little Rock, AR
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 20, 2015*
2:39 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 vs. Tulane
First Round
W 57–47  27–6
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,712)
Durham, NC
Mar 22, 2015*
11:00 a.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at No. 16 Duke
Second Round
L 56–64  27–7
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,293)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[1]

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 25 23 22 21 19 17 14 15 18 18 17 13 14 11 11 12 12
Coaches NR RV RV 25 22 20 19 17 15 18 20 18 19 15 16 13 13 14 14

See also[]

2014–15 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team

References[]

  1. ^ "Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 2014–15 schedule". HailState.com. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
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