2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by 2nd year head coach Matt Bollant, play their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 921 overall, 214 in Big Ten play for a last place finish. They lost in the first round of the 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament to Iowa.

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2013–14 record921 (214 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Divilbiss
  • Tianna Kirkland
  • LaKale Malone
Home arenaState Farm Center
2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 14 Penn State133 .813  248  .750
No. 20 Michigan State133 .813  2310  .697
No. 13 Nebraska124 .750  267  .788
No. 17 Purdue115 .688  229  .710
No. 19 Iowa115 .688  279  .750
Minnesota88 .500  2213  .629
Michigan88 .500  2014  .588
Indiana511 .313  2113  .618
Northwestern511 .313  1716  .515
Ohio State511 .313  1718  .486
Wisconsin313 .188  1019  .345
Illinois214 .125  921  .300
2014 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Roster

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Sarah Hartwell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoBellarmine Prep/Georgia Tech Tacoma, Wash.
F 1 Mckenzie Piper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoIowa City West Iowa City, Iowa
G 2 Taylor Gleason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrGoodrich Grand Blanc, Mich.
G/F 3 Taylor Tuck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrBolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill.
F 4 Sarah Livingston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrMorton Morton, Ill.
F 5 Nia Oden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrChrist The King Brooklyn, N.Y.
G 12 Ashley McConnell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrFremd Palatine, Ill.
G/F 13 Mikaala Shackelford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrHopkins Plymouth, Minn.
G 15 Kyley Simmons 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrLewis Central/Missouri Council Bluffs, Iowa
G 22 Ivory Crawford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrProviso East Chicago, Ill.
G 23 Alexis Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrSt. John the Baptist Medford, N.Y.
G 25 Kennedy Cattenhead 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrBolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill.
F 34 Jacqui Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrMaine South Park Ridge, Ill.
G 42 Amber Moore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrCountry Day Detroit, Mich.
Head coach

Matt Bollant

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Divilbiss
Tianna Kirkland
LaKale Malone


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

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2013*
1:00 pm
Cardinal Stritch W 78–49 
State Farm Center (1,440)
Champaign, IL
Regular Season
11/08/2013*
11:00 am
at Bradley L 92–98  0–1
Renaissance Coliseum (2,402)
Peoria, IL
11/12/2013*
7:00 pm
Valparaiso W 87–59  1–1
State Farm Center (1,265)
Champaign, IL
11/14/2013*
7:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 93–70  2–1
State Farm Center (1,272)
Champaign, IL
11/17/2013*
1:00 pm
Alcorn State W 112–28  3–1
State Farm Center (2,909)
Champaign, IL
11/21/2013*
7:00 pm
Southern Illinois W 78–43  4–1
State Farm Center (1,459)
Champaign, IL
11/28/2013*
12:00 pm
vs. Arizona State
Cancún Challenge
L 60–84  4–2
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934)
Cancún, MX
11/29/2013*
12:00 pm
vs. Arkansas State
Cancún Challenge
W 70–54  5–2
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (730)
Cancún, MX
11/30/2013*
2:30 pm
vs. No. 11 North Carolina
Cancún Challenge
L 51–87  5–3
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934)
Cancún, MX
12/04/2013*
6:00 pm
at Georgia Tech
ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 69–93  5–4
McCamish Pavilion (670)
Atlanta, GA
12/07/2013*
6:00 pm
at No. 11 Colorado L 56–79  5–5
Coors Events Center (2,090)
Boulder, CO
12/09/2013*
7:00 pm
Seton Hall W 71–70  6–5
State Farm Center (1,358)
Champaign, IL
12/21/2013*
2:00 pm
Tennessee–Martin W 77–62  7–5
State Farm Center (1,514)
Champaign, IL
12/28/2013*
3:00 pm, CSS
at No. 19 Georgia L 60–82  7–6
Stegeman Coliseum (3,886)
Athens, GA
01/03/2014
7:00 pm, BTN
Wisconsin L 64–76  7–7 (0–1)
State Farm Center (1,872)
Champaign, IL
01/09/2014
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 14 Penn State L 76–82  7–8 (0–2)
State Farm Center (1,317)
Champaign, IL
01/12/2014
1:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 Nebraska L 56–75  7–9 (0–3)
State Farm Center (3,306)
Champaign, IL
01/15/2014
8:30 pm
at Northwestern W 76–74  8–9 (1–3)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,125)
Evanston, IL
01/18/2014
11:00 am, BTN
at Michigan L 60–69  8–10 (1–4)
Crisler Center (2,013)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/23/2014
6:00 pm
at Michigan State W 61–51  9–10 (2–4)
Breslin Center (5,360)
East Lansing, MI
01/27/2014
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 19 Purdue L 68–80  9–11 (2–5)
State Farm Center (1,554)
Champaign, IL
01/30/2014
6:00 pm
at Ohio State L 64–90  9–12 (2–6)
Value City Arena (4,256)
Columbus, OH
02/02/2014
1:00 pm
Indiana L 58–77  9–13 (2–7)
State Farm Center (1,914)
Champaign, IL
02/05/2014
7:00 pm
No. 24 Michigan State L 53–69  9–14 (2–8)
State Farm Center (1,317)
Champaign, IL
02/09/2014
2:00 pm
at Minnesota L 61–66  9–15 (2–9)
Williams Arena (4,306)
Minneapolis, MN
02/13/2014
8:00 pm, BTN
at Iowa L 55–69  9–16 (2–10)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,636)
Iowa City, IA
02/16/2014
1:00 pm
Michigan L 63–70  9–17 (2–11)
State Farm Center (3,018)
Champaign, IL
02/22/2014
2:30 pm, BTN
at Indiana L 61–79  9–18 (2–12)
Assembly Hall (3,481)
Bloomington, IN
02/27/2014
7:00 pm
at No. 16 Nebraska L 65–72  9–19 (2–13)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,480)
Lincoln, NE
03/02/2014
3:00 pm, BTN
No. 25 Iowa L 56–81  9–20 (2–14)
State Farm Center (2,201)
Champaign, IL
2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/06/2014
1:30 pm, BTN
vs. No. 23 Iowa
First Round
L 62–81  9–21
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,070)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[3]

See also

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

References

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