2013–14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2013–14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
2013–14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 20
Record	23–10 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Amaka Agugua; NcKell Copeland; Mark Simons;
Home arena	Breslin Center
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Penn State	13	–	3	.813	24	–	8	.750
No. 20 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	23	–	10	.697
No. 13 Nebraska †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 17 Purdue	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
No. 19 Iowa	11	–	5	.688	27	–	9	.750
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	20	–	14	.588
Indiana	5	–	11	.313	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	5	–	11	.313	17	–	16	.515
Ohio State	5	–	11	.313	17	–	18	.486
Wisconsin	3	–	13	.188	10	–	19	.345
Illinois	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300

† 2014 Big Ten tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

The 2013–14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by seventh year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finish with a record of 23–10 overall, 13–3 in Big Ten play to share the regular season title with Penn State. They lost in the semifinals of the 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament to Nebraska. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament which they defeated Hampton in the first round before losing to North Carolina in the second round.

Roster

#	Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown
0	Kiana Johnson	5'7"	G	Junior	Chicago, IL
1	Tori Jankoska	5'8"	G	Freshman	Freeland, MI
2	Cara Miller	6'1"	G	Sophomore	Farmington Hills, MI
4	Jasmine Hines	6'3"	C	Junior	Central Lake, MI
5	Mariah Harris	5'11"	G	Sophomore	Springfield, OH
10	Branndais Agee	5'11"	G	RS Freshman	Detroit, MI
11	Annalise Pickrel	6'3"	F	Senior	Grand Rapids, MI
13	Taylor Hengesbach	5'10"	G	Freshman	Saginaw, MI
14	Anna Morrissey	5'10"	G	Junior	Lincolnshire, IL
21	Klarissa Bell	5'11"	G	Senior	East Lansing, MI
22	Camille Glymph	5'10"	G	RS Junior	Greenville, SC
23	Aerial Powers	6'0"	G	RS Freshman	Detroit, MI
25	Kendra Lumpkin	5'11"	F	Junior	Bolingbrook, IL
40	Madison Williams	6'7"	C	RS Junior	Berkley, MI
52	Becca Mills	6'4"	F	Junior	Midland, MI

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2013* 6:00 pm	No. 20	Ferris State	W 100–52	–	Breslin Center (3,787) East Lansing, MI
11/03/2013* 4:30 pm	No. 20	Grand Valley State	W 91–47	–	Breslin Center (5,418) East Lansing, MI
Regular Season
11/11/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 19	at No. 6 Notre Dame	L 62–81	0–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,242) South Bend, IN
11/14/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Canisius	W 102–54	1–1	Breslin Center (4,693) East Lansing, MI
11/17/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 19	No. 23 Dayton	W 96–89 ^OT	2–1	Breslin Center (6,399) East Lansing, MI
11/20/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 21	Detroit	W 80–41	3–1	Breslin Center (5,323) East Lansing, MI
11/23/2013* 7:30 pm	No. 21	Rice	W 81–68	4–1	Breslin Center (5,850) East Lansing, MI
11/26/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 21	at Temple	W 74–70	5–1	McGonigle Hall (882) Philadelphia, PA
12/01/2013* 4:30 pm	No. 21	IPFW	L 76–81	5–2	Breslin Center (6,012) East Lansing, MI
12/04/2013* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida State ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 58–60	5–3	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,813) Tallahassee, FL
12/07/2013* 2:00 pm		at Virginia Tech	L 66–72	5–4	Cassell Coliseum (1,317) Blacksburg, VA
12/15/2013* 2:00 pm		Oakland	W 80–62	6–4	Breslin Center (6,513) East Lansing, MI
12/19/2013* 3:00 pm		vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State Puerto Rico Classic	L 57–63	6–5	Guillermo Angulo Coliseum (200) San Juan, PR
12/20/2013* 3:30 pm		vs. Georgetown Puerto Rico Classic	W 67–54	7–5	Guillermo Angulo Coliseum (253) San Juan, PR
12/29/2013* 2:00 pm		Colgate	W 96–46	8–5	Breslin Center (8,079) East Lansing, MI
01/04/2014 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	W 81–56	9–5 (1–0)	Williams Arena (3,442) Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2014 7:00 pm, BTN		No. 16 Nebraska	W 70–57	10–5 (2–0)	Breslin Center (5,024) East Lansing, MI
01/12/2014 4:30 pm, BTN		at Michigan Rivalry	W 79–72	11–5 (3–0)	Crisler Center (4,510) Ann Arbor, MI
01/16/2014 8:00 pm		at Iowa	W 88–72	12–5 (4–0)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,176) Iowa City, IA
01/19/2014 5:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 16 Penn State	L 54–66	12–6 (4–1)	Breslin Center (9,232) East Lansing, MI
01/23/2014 7:00 pm		Illinois	L 51–61	12–7 (4–2)	Breslin Center (5,360) East Lansing, MI
01/26/2014 12:30 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	W 82–68	13–7 (5–2)	Value City Arena (6,020) Columbus, OH
01/30/2014 7:30 pm		Wisconsin	W 71–67	14–7 (6–2)	Breslin Center (5,354) East Lansing, MI
02/02/2014 1:30 pm, BTN		No. 19 Purdue	W 89–73	15–7 (7–2)	Breslin Center (13,172) East Lansing, MI
02/05/2014 8:00 pm	No. 24	at Illinois	W 69–53	16–7 (8–2)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
02/08/2014 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	at No. 22 Nebraska	L 56–76	16–8 (8–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,915) Lincoln, NE
02/15/2014 5:30 pm, BTN	No. 25	Ohio State	W 70–49	17–8 (9–3)	Breslin Center (10,626) East Lansing, MI
02/20/2014 9:00 pm, BTN	No. 23	at Wisconsin	W 76–66	18–8 (10–3)	Kohl Center (3,848) Madison, WI
02/24/2014 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 21	Minnesota	W 75–61	19–8 (11–3)	Breslin Center (5,703) East Lansing, MI
02/27/2014 9:00 pm, BTN	No. 21	at Northwestern	W 75–44	20–8 (12–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (705) Evanston, IL
03/02/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 21	Indiana	W 76–56	21–8 (13–3)	Breslin Center (9,837) East Lansing, MI
2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2014 6:30 pm, BTN	No. 19	vs. Michigan Quarterfinals/Rivalry	W 61–58	22–8	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN
03/08/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 19	vs. No. 16 Nebraska Semifinals	L 58–86	22–9	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2014* 12:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	vs. Hampton First Round	W 91–61	23–9	Carmichael Arena (N/A) Chapel Hill, NC
03/25/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	at No. 12 North Carolina Second Round	L 53–62	23–10	Carmichael Arena (2,010) Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	20	19	21	21	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	24	25	23	21	19	20	20
Coaches	18	20	19	18	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	24	24

References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
^ "2013-14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball schedule". MSU Athletics. Retrieved 2013-11-08.

[Standings-1] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.

[Rankings-2] "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.

[3] "2013-14 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball schedule". MSU Athletics. Retrieved 2013-11-08.

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v t e Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References