2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
Air Force Classic Champions
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	11–18 (5–13 WCC)
Head coach	JR Payne (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Toriano Towns; Shandrika Lee; Bianca Ziemann;
Home arena	Leavey Center
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	16	–	2	.889	26	–	8	.765
San Diego	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Pacific	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
BYU †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
San Francisco	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	11	–	18	.379
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	7	–	24	.226
Pepperdine	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Portland	2	–	16	.111	4	–	26	.133

† Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll^[4]

The 2014–15 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represented Santa Clara University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach JR Payne's first season at Santa Clara.^[5] The Broncos were members of the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the Leavey Center. They finished the season 11–18, 5–13 in WCC to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament, where they lost to San Diego.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	2	Lori Parkinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Cyprus	West Valley, UT
G	3	Taylor Berry	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	St. Mary's	Martinez, CA
F	5	Beth Carlson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	Archbishop Murphy	Everett, WA
G/F	10	Katie Hawkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Glacier Park	Snohomish, WA
G	12	Nici Gilday	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Presentation	San Jose, CA
F	15	Marie Bertholdt	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Alameda	Alameda, CA
F	20	Courtney Lisowski	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Archbishop Mitty	Los Gatos, CA
G	21	Raquel Avila	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	St. Ignatius College Prep	S. San Francisco, CA
G	22	Brooke Gallaway	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Central Valley	Greenacres, WA
F	23	Taylor Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Thunder Ridge	Highlands Ranch, CO
G	25	Emily Wolph	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Desert Vista	Phoenix, AZ
G	30	Sidney Rielly	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Everett	Everett, WA
F	32	Morgan McGwire	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Reno	Reno, NV
F	44	Maddison Allen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	John Paul College	Brisbane, Australia
F/C	45	Vanessa Leo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Archbishop Mitty	San Jose, CA

Head coach

JR Payne (Saint Mary's)

Assistant coach(es)

Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's)
Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine)
Bianca Ziemann (Loyola Marymount)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2014* 6:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Notre Dame de Namur	W 77–40	-	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
11/06/2014* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Dominican	W 81–55	-	Leavey Cebter (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 5:00 pm, BigWest.tv	at UC Riverside	L 60–89	0–1	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (184) Riverside, CA
11/16/2014* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	San Francisco State	W 87–41	1–1	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, BigWest.tv	at UC Santa Barbara	W 47–33	2–1	The Thunderdome (391) Santa Barbara, CA
11/25/2014* 12:30 pm	vs. LSU Puerto Vallarta Hardwood Tournament of Hope	W 69–67	3–1	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (275) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/26/2014* 3:00 pm	vs. Kansas State Puerto Vallarta Hardwood Tournament of Hope			Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
11/27/2014* 12:30 pm	vs. UTEP Puerto Vallarta Hardwood Tournament of Hope			Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
12/02/2014* 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Cal Poly	L 73–79	3–2	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
12/05/2014* 3:30 pm, MW Net	vs. UC Davis Air Force Classic	W 79–76	4–2	Clune Arena (N/A) Colorado Springs, CO
12/06/2014* 1:00 pm, MW Net	at Air Force Air Force Classic	W 85–64	5–2	Clune Arena (373) Colorado Springs, CO
12/14/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	at No. 7 Stanford	L 43–82	5–3	Maples Pavilion (3,527) Stanford, CA
12/18/2014* 6:00 pm	at Oregon	L 88–92 ^2OT	5–4	Matthew Knight Arena (1,245) Eugene, OR
12/27/2014 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Saint Mary's	L 61–62	5–5 (0–1)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
12/29/2014 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Pacific	L 59–61	5–6 (0–2)	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
01/01/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	at BYU	L 55–84	5–7 (0–3)	Marriott Center (693) Provo, UT
01/03/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Diego	L 59–72	5–8 (0–4)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (414) San Diego, CA
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Portland	W 83–68	6–8 (1–4)	Leavey Center (365) Santa Clara, CA
01/10/2015 2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Gonzaga	L 70–78	6–9 (1–5)	Leavey Center (371) Santa Clara, CA
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Francisco	L 45–62	6–10 (1–6)	War Memorial Gymnasium (348) San Francisco, CA
01/22/2015 7:00 pm, LMUSN	at Loyola Marymount	L 57–82	6–11 (1–7)	Gersten Pavilion (321) Los Angeles, CA
01/24/2015 12:00 pm, WavesCast	at Pepperdine	W 65–54	7–11 (2–7)	Firestone Fieldhouse (214) Malibu, CA
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	San Diego	L 61–64	7–12 (2–8)	Leavey Center (250) Santa Clara, CA
01/31/2015 2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	BYU	L 56–58	7–13 (2–9)	Leavey Center (315) Santa Clara, CA
02/05/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Gonzaga	L 49–76	7–14 (2–10)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082) Spokane, WA
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, Portland Portal	at Portland	W 64–55	8–14 (3–10)	Chiles Center (390) Portland, OR
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	San Francisco	W 80–79 ^OT	9–14 (4–10)	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Pepperdine	W 84–66	10–14 (5–10)	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	Loyola Marymount	L 65–73	10–15 (5–11)	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
02/26/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pacific	L 75–87	10–16 (5–12)	Alex G. Spanos Center (612) Stockton, CA
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	L 71–74	10–17 (5–13)	McKeon Pavilion (534) Moraga, CA
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015 2:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Portland First Round	W 66–58	11–17	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
03/06/2015 2:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. San Diego Quarterfinals	L 42–51	11–18	Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

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

References

^ "Meet Women's Basketball Associate head coach Toriano Towns". CaptainU News. CaptainU News. June 10, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "Meet Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Shandrika Lee". CaptainU News. CaptainU News. June 11, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
^ "Meet Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Bianca Ziemann". Santa Clara Athletics. June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ "Santa Clara hires Southern Utah's JR Payne as new women's basketball coach". Fox Sports. Fox Sports. April 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ "2014-15 Santa Clara Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "Meet Women's Basketball Associate head coach Toriano Towns". CaptainU News. CaptainU News. June 10, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[2] "Meet Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Shandrika Lee". CaptainU News. CaptainU News. June 11, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.

[3] "Meet Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Bianca Ziemann". Santa Clara Athletics. June 12, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

[Standings-4] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.

[5] "Santa Clara hires Southern Utah's JR Payne as new women's basketball coach". Fox Sports. Fox Sports. April 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

[6] "2014-15 Santa Clara Women's Basketball Schedule".

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v t e Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
Venues	San Jose Civic Auditorium (1963–1975) Toso Pavilion / Leavey Center (1975–present)
Culture & lore	History "Fight for Santa Clara"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References