2014–15 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team will represent the University of Rhode Island during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Daynia La-Force assumes the responsibility as head coach for her first season.[2] The Rams were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Ryan Center. They finished the season 17–13, 8–8 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Duquesne.

2014–15 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2014–15 record1713 (88 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Blake[1] (1st season)
  • Timothy Eatman[1] (1st season)
  • Marcus Reilly (3rd season)
Home arenaRyan Center
2014–15 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 19 George Washington151 .938  294  .879
Dayton142 .875  287  .800
Duquesne124 .750  2311  .676
Fordham115 .688  2112  .636
Richmond97 .563  1914  .576
Rhode Island88 .500  1713  .567
Saint Joseph's88 .500  1317  .433
VCU79 .438  1614  .533
Saint Louis79 .438  1516  .484
St. Bonaventure511 .313  1515  .500
La Salle511 .313  1516  .484
George Mason511 .313  1317  .433
UMass511 .313  1218  .400
Davidson115 .063  525  .167
2015 A10 Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

201415 media

All Rams home games and most conference road games that aren't televised will be shown on the A-10 Digital Network.

Roster

2014–15 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Tayra Meléndez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrThe Rivers School Mattapan, MA
G 3 Charise Wilson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) FrSt. Anthony's West Babylon, NY
G 12 Morgan Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS FrKeystone Knox, PA
G 13 Kallie Banker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoGrand Island Grand Island, NY
G 14 Teneka Whittaker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrOur Lady of Lourdes Poughkeepsie, NY
F 15 Kiara Palmer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoOur Lady of Lourdes Miami, FL
G 20 Dominique Ward 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrRancocas Valley Trenton, NJ
G 21 Symone Bullard 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrAmerican heritage Plantation Pompano Beach, FL
G 22 Dempsey Cooper 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoGermantown Academy Doylestown, PA
G 23 Brianna Thomas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrGettysburg Area Gettuysburg, PA
G 24 Megan Straumann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrCary-Grove Cary, IL
F 30 Tyler Raysor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrHaddon Heights Lawnside, NJ
F 32 Sydney Lewis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrOur Lady of Good Counsel Beltsville, MD
F 33 Tati Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrMorristown-Beard School Newark, NJ
F 34 Samantha Tabakman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrPequannock Township Pompton Plains, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-08

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
11:00 am
Marshall
URI Tip-Off Tournament
L 45–61  0–1
Ryan Center (908)
Kingston, RI
11/15/2014*
3:00 pm
East Carolina
URI Tip-Off Tournament
L 38–66  0–2
Ryan Center (633)
Kingston, RI
11/19/2014*
7:00 pm
at UMass Lowell W 75–66  1–2
Costello Athletic Center (411)
Lowell, MA
11/24/2014*
7:00 pm
at Columbia L 69–79 OT 1–3
Levien Gymnasium (266)
New York City, NY
11/28/2014*
4:30 pm
vs. Towson
LIU Tournament
W 60–49  2–3
Steinberg Wellness Center (345)
Brooklyn, NY
11/29/2014*
2:00 pm
at LIU Brooklyn
LIU Tournament
W 66–49  3–3
Steinberg Wellness Center (397)
Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2014*
7:00 pm
Brown
Ocean State Cup
W 65–61  4–3
Ryan Center (362)
Kingston, RI
12/06/2014*
1:00 pm
Central Connecticut W 58–46  5–3
Ryan Center (369)
Kingston, RI
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm
at Providence
Ocean State Cup
W 63–56  6–3
Alumni Hall (241)
Providence, RI
12/09/2014*
7:00 pm
Boston University W 56–48  7–3
Ryan Center (365)
Kingston, RI
12/21/2014*
1:00 pm
at Bryant
Ocean State Cup
W 60–56  8–3
Chace Athletic Center (182)
Smithfield, RI
12/30/2014*
7:00 pm
Dartmouth L 44–54  8–4
Ryan Center (288)
Kingston, RI
01/03/2015
1:00 pm
Duquesne W 62–61  9–4 (1–0)
Ryan Center (366)
Kingston, RI
01/08/2015
7:00 pm
at VCU L 48–64  9–5 (1–1)
Siegel Center (392)
Richmond, VA
01/11/2015
2:00 pm
at Davidson W 71–62  10–5 (2–1)
John M. Belk Arena (427)
Davidson, NC
01/15/2015
7:00 pm
George Washington L 49–59  10–6 (2–2)
Ryan Center (319)
Kingston, RI
01/18/2015
2:00 pm
La Salle W 55–54  11–6 (3–2)
Ryan Center (933)
Kingston, RI
02/21/2015
7:00 pm
at Dayton L 33–77  11–7 (3–3)
UD Arena (1,875)
Dayton, OH
01/24/2015
2:00 pm
at George Mason W 57–45  12–7 (4–3)
Patriot Center (863)
Fairfax, VA
01/30/2015
7:00 pm
Richmond L 50–54  12–8 (4–4)
Ryan Center (592)
Kingston, RI
02/04/2015
7:00 pm
Massachusetts W 70–58  13–8 (5–4)
Ryan Center (407)
Kingston, RI
02/08/2015
1:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure L 59–73  13–9 (5–5)
Reilly Center (826)
Olean, NY
02/11/2015
7:00 pm
Saint Joseph's W 63–61 OT 14–9 (6–5)
Ryan Center (403)
Kingston, RI
02/15/2015
2:00 pm
Fordham W 74–59  15–9 (7–5)
Ryan Center (433)
Kingston, RI
02/19/2015
7:00 pm
La Salle L 45–47  15–10 (7–6)
Tom Gola Arena (305)
Philadelphia, PA
02/22/2015
2:00 pm
at Duquesne L 50–60  15–11 (7–7)
Palumbo Center (750)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/26/2015
7:00 pm
Saint Louis W 68–53  16–11 (8–7)
Ryan Center (669)
Kingston, RI
03/01/2015
2:00 pm
at Massachusetts L 70–78  16–12 (8–8)
Mullins Center (612)
Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/05/2015
7:00 pm
vs. La Salle
Second Round
W 65–60  17–12
Richmond Coliseum (849)
Richmond, VA
03/06/2015
7:00 pm, ASN
vs. Duquense
Quarterfinals
L 53–66  17–13
Richmond Coliseum (1,692)
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

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