2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	11–20 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sharon Versyp;
Assistant coaches	Nadine Morgan; Kelly Komara; Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by ninth year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at the Mackey Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 3–15 to finish in tie for thirteenth place. They advanced to the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Minnesota.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	32	Whitney Bays	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Huntington	Huntington, W.Va.
F	43	Haley Bodnar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Desert Hills	Saint George, Utah
F	23	Liza Clemons	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Snider/Elmhurst	Fort Wayne, Ind.
G	5	Justine Hall	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Regis Jesuit	Denver, Colo.
G	10	Hayden Hamby	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	West Morgan	Trinity, Ala.
C	22	Bree Horrocks	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, Ga.
G	24	Andreona Keys	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Roswell	Atlanta, Ga.
F	21	Erica Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Mount Vernon	Fortville, Ind.
G	1	Ashley Morrissette	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Twinsburg	Twinsburg, Ohio
G	13	Bridget Perry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Roncalli	Mooresville, Ind.
G	4	Torrie Thornton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Carmel	Carmel, Ind.
G	25	April Wilson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Manual	Louisville, Ky.

Head coach

Sharon Versyp

Assistant coach(es)

Nadine Morgan
Kelly Komara
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-07-28

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 2:00 pm		Findlay	W 84–25	–	Mackey Arena (5,948) West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		at	W 66–60	1–0	Worthen Arena (4,012) Muncie, IN
11/19/2014* 5:30 pm	No. 24	Green Bay	L 78–81 ^2OT	1–1	Mackey Arena (5,730) West Lafayette, IN
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 24		W 66–48	2–1	Mackey Arena (5,969) West Lafayette, IN
11/28/2014* 3:15 pm		vs. Texas Tech Junkanoo Jam Quarterfinals	W 69–53	3–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (225) Freeport, BAH
11/29/2014* 3:15 pm		vs. George Washington Junkanoo Jam championship	L 59–79	3–2	St. George HS Gymnasium (429) Freeport, BAH
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Florida State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 64–67 ^OT	3–3	Mackey Arena (5,725) West Lafayette, IN
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 61–63	3–4	University of Dayton Arena (2,106) Dayton, OH
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm		Kansas	W 61–48	4–4	Mackey Arena (5,760) West Lafayette, IN
12/19/2014* 12:00 pm		World Vision Classic	W 69–44	5–4	Mackey Arena (7,283) West Lafayette, IN
12/20/2014* 2:30 pm		World Vision Classic	W 65–51	6–4	Mackey Arena (6,009) West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2014* 2:30 pm		Wright State World Vision Classic	W 70–46	7–4	Mackey Arena (5,966) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 3:00 pm		at Illinois	W 62–55	8–4 (1–0)	State Farm Center (2,548) Champaign, IL
01/01/2015 2:00 pm		Minnesota	L 68–81	8–5 (1–1)	Mackey Arena (6,361) West Lafayette, IN
01/04/2015 2:00 pm		Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 86–64	9–5 (2–1)	Mackey Arena (6,990) West Lafayette, IN
01/08/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		at No. 12 Maryland	L 64–88	9–6 (2–2)	Xfinity Center (4,277) College Park, MD
01/11/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		at No. 17 Iowa	L 59–73	9–7 (2–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,359) Iowa City, IA
01/15/2015 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	L 56–65	9–8 (2–4)	Mackey Arena (5,916) West Lafayette, IN
01/19/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at No. 16 Nebraska	L 59–69	9–9 (2–5)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,095) Lincoln, NE
01/22/2015 8:00 pm		at No. 21 Minnesota	W 90–88 ^OT	10–9 (3–5)	Williams Arena (3,714) Minneapolis, MN
01/25/2015 2:00 pm		Ohio State	L 71–79 ^OT	10–10 (3–6)	Mackey Arena (6,801) West Lafayette, IN
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		No. 22 Rutgers	L 49–58	10–11 (3–7)	Mackey Arena (5,780) West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2015 8:30 pm, BTN		at Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 55–72	10–12 (3–8)	Assembly Hall (2,468) Bloomington, IN
02/08/2015 2:00 pm		Penn State	L 50–54	10–13 (3–9)	Mackey Arena (6,861) West Lafayette, IN
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		Northwestern	L 65–73 ^OT	10–14 (3–10)	Mackey Arena (5,929) West Lafayette, IN
02/14/2015 12:00 pm, BTN		at No. 18 Rutgers	L 49–78	10–15 (3–11)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713) Piscataway, NJ
02/17/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	L 60–92	10–16 (3–12)	Value City Arena (4,185) Columbus, OH
02/21/2015 2:00 pm		Illinois	L 46–47	10–17 (3–13)	Mackey Arena (6,348) West Lafayette, IN
02/24/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 50–81	10–18 (3–14)	Crisler Arena (1,534) Ann Arbor, MI
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		Michigan State	L 56–61	10–19 (3–15)	Mackey Arena (7,030) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2015 8:30 pm		vs. Wisconsin First Round	W 58–56	11–19	Sears Centre (3,471) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/05/2015 9:30 pm, BTN		vs. Minnesota Second Round	L 78–82	11–20	Sears Centre (3,681) Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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	24т	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References[]

^ "2014-15 Purdue Women's basketball Schedule". Purdue Athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-28.

[1] "2014-15 Purdue Women's basketball Schedule". Purdue Athletics. Retrieved 2013-07-28.

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v t Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Venues	Mackey Arena (1975–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Head coaches	Deborah Gebhardt (1975–1976) Ruth Jones (1976–1986) Marsha Reall (1986–1987) Lin Dunn (1987–1996) Nell Fortner (1996–1997) Carolyn Peck (1997–1999) Kristy Curry (1999–2006) Sharon Versyp (2006–present)
Seasons	1998–99 2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers 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