2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team will represent the University of Texas at Austin in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It will be head coach Karen Aston's third season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Big 12 play for a four-way tie to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky in the first round, California in the second round before losing to Connecticut in the sweet sixteen.

2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2014–15 record24–11 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Travis Mays
  • Jalie Mitchell
  • George Washington
Home arenaFrank Erwin Center
2014–15 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Baylor162 .889  334  .892
Oklahoma135 .722  2112  .636
TCU99 .500  1814  .563
Oklahoma State99 .500  2012  .625
Iowa State99 .500  1813  .581
Texas99 .500  2411  .686
West Virginia711 .389  2315  .605
Kansas State711 .389  1914  .576
Kansas612 .333  1517  .469
Texas Tech513 .278  1516  .484
2015 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 9 10 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 8 14 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Coaches 12 13 9 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 9 13 16 23 25 24 RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

201415 media

Television & Radio information

Most University of Texas home games will be shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games will be available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games will also be carried on the radio via KVET.

Roster

2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Empress Davenport 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrDuncanville Duncanville, TX
G 2 Celina Rodrigo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS JrHillgrove Marietta, GA
F 3 Nneka Enemkpali 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrPflugerville Pflugerville, TX
G 4 Krystle Henderson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SrDallas Skyline Dallas, TX
G 11 Brooke McCarty 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) FrClear Springs League City, TX
G 20 Brianna Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoSpring Dekaney Houston, TX
F 21 Nekia Jones 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoOzen Beaumont, TX
G 22 Tasia Forman 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) FrDuncanville Duncanville, TX
G 24 Ariel Atkins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrDuncanville Duncanville, TX
G 32 Brady Sanders 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrGodley Joshua, TX
C 34 Imani Boyette 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) JrWindward Los Angeles, CA
F 35 Diani Akigbogun 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrRegis Jesuit Aurora, CO
C 40 Kelsey Lang 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoThe Woodlands The Woodlands, TX
C 41 Lilley Vander Zee 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoGranbury Granbury, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Travis Mays (Texas)
  • Jalie Mitchell (North Texas)
  • George Washington (Abilene Christian)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-02

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014*
2:00 pm, LHN
No. 9 Oklahoma City W 102–56 
Frank Erwin Center (N/A)
Austin, TX
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/15/2014*
2:00 pm, LHN
No. 9 UTSA W 68–48  1–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,466)
Austin, TX
11/20/2014*
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 at No. 6 Stanford W 87–81 OT 2–0
Maples Pavilion (3,674)
Stanford, CA
11/23/2014*
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 at UCLA W 75–65  3–0
Pauley Pavilion (2,583)
Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2014*
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 6 Texas–Pan American W 72–45  4–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,606)
Austin, TX
11/30/2014*
5:30 pm, FS1
No. 6 No. 4 Tennessee W 72–57  5–0
Frank Erwin Center (4,198)
Austin, TX
12/03/2014*
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 4 New Mexico W 86–37  6–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,350)
Austin, TX
12/08/2014*
11:00 am, LHN
No. 3 Southern W 80–42  7–0
Frank Erwin Center (7,042)
Austin, TX
12/14/2014*
2:00 pm, LHN
No. 3 Northwestern State W 74–34  8–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,302)
Austin, TX
12/17/2014*
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 3 McNeese State W 76–59  9–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,408)
Austin, TX
12/21/2014*
12:30 pm, SECN
No. 3 vs. No. 4 Texas A&M
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 67–65  10–0
Verizon Arena (2,544)
Little Rock, AR
12/30/2014*
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 3 Rice W 77–54  11–0
Frank Erwin Center (3,009)
Austin, TX
Big 12 Regular Season
01/03/2015
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 3 Kansas W 60–46  12–0
(1–0)
Frank Erwin Center (3,385)
Austin, TX
01/07/2015
7:00 pm, LHN
No. 3 West Virginia W 61–55  13–0
(2–0)
Frank Erwin Center (2,614)
Austin, TX
01/10/2015
11:00 am, FSN
No. 3 at Iowa State L 57–59  13–1
(2–1)
Hilton Coliseum (7,928)
Ames, IA
01/14/2015
7:00 pm, SSTV
No. 4 at Oklahoma L 59–70  13–2
(2–2)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,610)
Norman, OK
01/17/2015
12:00 pm, LHN
No. 4 Texas Tech W 55–44  14–2
(3–2)
Frank Erwin Center (3,638)
Austin, TX
01/19/2015
5:30 pm, FS1
No. 8 at No. 3 Baylor L 58–75  14–3
(3–3)
Ferrell Center (8,894)
Waco, TX
01/25/2015
3:30 pm, FS1
No. 8 Iowa State L 57–58  14–4
(3–4)
Frank Erwin Center (3,234)
Austin, TX
01/29/2015
6:00 pm, FS1
No. 14 No. 24 Oklahoma W 84–81 2OT 15–4
(4–4)
Frank Erwin Center (2,813)
Austin, TX
02/01/2015
12:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 14 at TCU L 59–64  15–5
(4–5)
Student Recreation Center (1,655)
Ft. Worth, TX
02/04/2015
6:00 pm
No. 20 at Kansas State L 57–66  15–6
(4–6)
Bramlage Coliseum (3,845)
Manhattan, KS
02/08/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 No. 3 Baylor L 68–70  15–7
(4–7)
Frank Erwin Center (6,602)
Austin, TX
02/11/2015
7:00 pm
at Oklahoma State L 60–66  15–8
(4–8)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,475)
Stillwater, OK
02/14/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kansas W 74–63  16–8
(5–8)
Allen Fieldhouse (3,201)
Lawrence, KS
02/18/2015
7:00 pm, LHN
Kansas State W 76–58  17–8
(6–8)
Frank Erwin Center (2,796)
Austin, TX
02/21/2015
3:30 pm, FSSW
at Texas Tech W 62–59  18–8
(7–8)
United Supermarkets Arena (4,834)
Lubbock, TX
02/25/2015
7:00 pm, LHN
Oklahoma State W 59–42  19–8
(8–8)
Frank Erwin Center (2,957)
Austin, TX
03/01/2015
12:00 pm, ESPN2
at West Virginia L 69–76  19–9
(8–9)
WVU Coliseum (4,303)
Morgantown, WV
03/03/2015
7:00 pm, LHN
TCU W 79–45  20–9
(9–9)
Frank Erwin Center (3,125)
Austin, TX
2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2015
8:30 pm, FSN
vs. TCU
Quarterfinals
W 67–61  21–9
American Airlines Center (4,224)
Dallas, TX
03/08/2015
4:00 pm, FS1
vs. Oklahoma
Semifinals
W 59–46  22–9
American Airlines Center (4,580)
Dallas, TX
03/09/2015
8:00 pm, FS1
vs. No. 5 Baylor
Championship Game
L 64–75  22–10
American Airlines Center (4,804)
Dallas, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015*
4:20 pm, ESPN2
vs. WKU
First Round
W 66–64  23–10
Haas Pavilion (N/A)
Berkeley, CA
03/22/2015*
8:00 pm, ESPN2
at California
Second Round
W 73–70  24–10
Haas Pavilion (2,852)
Berkeley, CA
03/28/2015*
11:00 am, ESPN
vs. No. 1 Connecticut
Sweet Sixteen
L 54–105  24–11
Times Union Center (N/A)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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