2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

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.

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
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
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Maryland†18–0 1.000  34–3  .919
No. 18 Iowa14–4 .778  26–8  .765
No. 23 Ohio State13–5 .722  24–11  .686
No. 22 Northwestern12–6 .667  23–9  .719
Rutgers12–6 .667  23–10  .697
Minnesota11–7 .611  23–10  .697
Nebraska10–8 .556  21–11  .656
Michigan8–10 .444  20–15  .571
Michigan State7–11 .389  16–15  .516
Illinois6–12 .333  15–16  .484
Wisconsin5–13 .278  9–20  .310
Indiana4–14 .222  15–16  .484
Purdue3–15 .167  11–20  .355
Penn State3–15 .167  6–24  .200
† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster
2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
C 1 Rachel Hollivay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrHeritage Academy Columbus, Miss.
G/F 2 Kahleah Copper 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrPrep Charter Philadelphia, Pa
G 3 Tyler Scaife 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoHall Little Rock, Ark.
G 4 Briyona Canty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrTrenton Cartholic Willingboro, N.J.
G 5 Natalie Parsons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrWoods Cross/Salt Lake CC Bountiful, Utah
G 10 Shrita Parker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrOcean Lakes Va. Beach, Va.
G/F 11 Ashli Jeune 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrLife Center Academy Westampton, N.J.
G 13 Cynthia Hernandez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrBuena/Ventura College Ventura, Calif.
G 15 Syessence Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrNeptune Neptune, N.J.
C 20 Christa Evans 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrJackson Memorial Jackson, N.J.
F 22 Alexis Burke 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SrBainbridge/Illinois Bainbridge, Ga
G 33 Alex Alfano 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoRed Bank Catholic Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
C 43 Ariel Butts 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrCarver Columbus, Ga
G/F 44 Betnijah Laney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrSmyrna 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

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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 Wagner 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 Iona 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.
PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Final
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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