2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

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2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
Rutgers Scarlet Knights logo.svg
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
2014–15 record23–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLouis Brown Athletic Center
Seasons
← 
2015–16 →
 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

The 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team will represent Rutgers University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twentieth year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, play their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as first year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Northwestern. They received at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to the National Champions, Connecticut in the second round.

Roster[]

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
C 1 Rachel Hollivay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Heritage Academy Columbus, Miss.
G/F 2 Kahleah Copper 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Prep Charter Philadelphia, Pa
G 3 Tyler Scaife 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Hall Little Rock, Ark.
G 4 Briyona Canty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Trenton Cartholic Willingboro, N.J.
G 5 Natalie Parsons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Woods Cross/Salt Lake CC Bountiful, Utah
G 10 Shrita Parker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ocean Lakes Va. Beach, Va.
G/F 11 Ashli Jeune 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Life Center Academy Westampton, N.J.
G 13 Cynthia Hernandez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Buena/Ventura College Ventura, Calif.
G 15 Syessence Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Neptune Neptune, N.J.
C 20 Christa Evans 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Jackson Memorial Jackson, N.J.
F 22 Alexis Burke 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Bainbridge/Illinois Bainbridge, Ga
G 33 Alex Alfano 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Red Bank Catholic Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
C 43 Ariel Butts 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Carver Columbus, Ga
G/F 44 Betnijah Laney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Smyrna Clayton, Del.
Head coach

C. Vivian Stringer

Assistant coach(es)

Tia Jackson
Tasha Pointer
Chelsea Newton

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

Roster

Schedule[]

[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014*
7:00 pm 		No. 24 Saint Joseph's W 76–52  1–0
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,805)
Piscataway, NJ
11/18/2014*
7:00 pm 		No. 22 Northeastern W 74–60  2–0
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,213)
Piscataway, NJ
11/22/2014*
2:00 pm 		No. 22 at LSU W 64–57  3–0
 Maravich Center (2,846)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/25/2014*
7:00 pm 		No. 21 at  W 81–53  4–0
 Spiro Sports Center (1,608)
Staten Island, NY
11/28/2014*
2:00 pm 		No. 21 Colgate W 60–44  5–0
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,428)
Piscataway, NJ
11/30/2014*
1:00 pm 		No. 21 Davidson W 100–44  6–0
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,513)
Piscataway, NJ
12/04/2014*
7:00 pm, BTN 		No. 18 No. 6 North Carolina
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		L 93–96 2OT 6–1
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,028)
Piscataway, NJ
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm 		No. 18 at No. 25 Arkansas W 64–52  7–1
 Bud Walton Arena (1,997)
Fayetteville, AR
12/10/2014*
6:00 pm 		No. 17 at Temple W 88–55  8–1
 McGonigle Hall (867)
Philadelphia, PA
12/14/2014*
3:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 17 No. 11 Tennessee L 45–55  8–2
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,543)
Piscataway, NJ
12/20/2014*
2:00 pm 		No. 17 at  W 66–58  9–2
 Hynes Athletic Center (942)
New Rochelle, NY
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014
2:00 pm 		No. 17 at Indiana W 66–51  10–2 (1–0)
 Assembly Hall (3,925)
Bloomington, IN
01/01/2015
2:00 pm 		No. 16 at Ohio State L 68–85  10–3 (1–1)
 Value City Arena (4,557)
Columbus, OH
01/04/2015
12:00 pm, BTN 		No. 16 No. 20 Iowa L 72–79  10–4 (1–2)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542)
Piscataway, NJ
01/07/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 24 Michigan W 81–68  11–4 (2–2)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,554)
Piscataway, NJ
01/10/2015
12:00 pm, BTN 		No. 24 at Penn State W 71–51  12–4 (3–2)
 Bryce Jordan Center (3,705)
University Park, PA
01/15/2015
9:00 pm, BTN 		No. 24 No. 8 Maryland L 59–79  12–5 (3–3)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,116)
Piscataway, NJ
01/18/2015
3:00 pm 		No. 24 at Wisconsin W 73–63  13–5 (4–3)
 Kohl Center (4,114)
Madison, WI
01/25/2015
5:15 pm, BTN 		No. 25 No. 21 Minnesota W 66–61  14–5 (5–3)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,811)
Piscataway, NJ
01/29/2015
7:00 pm, BTN 		No. 22 at Purdue W 58–49  15–5 (6–3)
 Mackey Arena (5,780)
West Lafayette, IN
02/01/2015
12:00 pm, BTN 		No. 22 Penn State W 76–65  16–5 (7–3)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,931)
Piscataway, NJ
02/05/2015
7:00 pm, BTN 		No. 21 No. 19 Nebraska W 46–43  17–5 (8–3)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436)
Piscataway, NJ
02/08/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 21 at Michigan W 57–50  18–5 (9–3)
 Crisler Center (3,478)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/10/2015
9:00 pm, BTN 		No. 18 at No. 5 Maryland L 69–80  18–6 (9–4)
 Xfinity Center (3,636)
College Park, MD
02/14/2015
12:00 pm, BTN 		No. 18 Purdue W 78–49  19–6 (10–4)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713)
Piscataway, NJ
02/17/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 19 Illinois W 80–56  20–6 (11–4)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,329)
Piscataway, NJ
02/22/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 19 at Michigan State L 50–60  20–7 (11–5)
 Breslin Center (8,110)
East Lansing, MI
02/26/2015
8:00 pm 		No. 20 at No. 25 Northwestern L 60–80  20–8 (11–6)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (903)
Evanston, IL
03/01/2015
2:00 pm 		No. 20 Indiana W 71–60  21–8 (12–6)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,374)
Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015
3:00 pm, BTN 		No. 23 vs. Indiana
Second Round 		W 63–52  22–8
 Sears Centre (4,941)
Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015
3:00 pm, BTN 		No. 23 vs. No. 24 Northwestern
Quarterfinals 		L 57–62  22–9
 Sears Centre (5,293)
Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
6:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Seton Hall
First Round 		W 79–66  23–9
 Gampel Pavilion (N/A)
Storrs, CT
03/23/2015*
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 1 Connecticut
Second Round/Rivalry 		L 55–91  23–10
 Gampel Pavilion (3,486)
Storrs, CT
*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 24т 22 21 18 17 17 17 16 24 24 25 22 21 18 19 20 23 RV RV
Coaches RV 24 24 20 19 19 18 17 23 22 23 23 22 17 18 18 22 23 22

See also[]

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/rutu-w-baskbl-sched.html
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