2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
Record	23–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (20th season);
Assistant coaches	Tia Jackson; Tasha Pointer; Chelsea Newton;
Home arena	Louis Brown Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
No. 18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
No. 23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
No. 22 Northwestern	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Rutgers	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Nebraska	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	20	–	15	.571
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	9	–	20	.310
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	15	–	16	.484
Purdue	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200

† 2015 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 5, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

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.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	1	Rachel Hollivay	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Heritage Academy	Columbus, Miss.
G/F	2	Kahleah Copper	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Prep Charter	Philadelphia, Pa
G	3	Tyler Scaife	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Hall	Little Rock, Ark.
G	4	Briyona Canty	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Trenton Cartholic	Willingboro, N.J.
G	5	Natalie Parsons	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Woods Cross/Salt Lake CC	Bountiful, Utah
G	10	Shrita Parker	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Ocean Lakes	Va. Beach, Va.
G/F	11	Ashli Jeune	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Life Center Academy	Westampton, N.J.
G	13	Cynthia Hernandez	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Buena/Ventura College	Ventura, Calif.
G	15	Syessence Davis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Neptune	Neptune, N.J.
C	20	Christa Evans	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Jackson Memorial	Jackson, N.J.
F	22	Alexis Burke	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Bainbridge/Illinois	Bainbridge, Ga
G	33	Alex Alfano	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Red Bank Catholic	Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
C	43	Ariel Butts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Carver	Columbus, Ga
G/F	44	Betnijah Laney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Smyrna	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

Injured
Current redshirt

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

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	Final
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

References

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v t e Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
Venues	College Avenue Gymnasium (1974–1977) Jersey Mike's Arena (1977–present)
Rivalries	Princeton UConn
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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
AIAW and NCAA national championships in bold; AIAW and NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References