2013–14 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

2013–14 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
Conference USA Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Basketball, First Round
Conference Conference USA
2013–14 record 29–4 (15–1 C-USA)
Head coach Rick Insell (9th year)
Assistant coach Kim Brewton
Assistant coach Alysha Clark
Assistant coach Mariska Harris
Home arena Murphy Center
2013–14 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#22 Middle Tennessee† 15 – 1   .938     29 – 5   .853
Southern Miss 13 – 3   .813     27 – 7   .794
UTEP 12 – 4   .750     29 – 8   .784
Tulane 11 – 5   .688     20 – 11   .645
East Carolina 10 – 6   .625     22 – 9   .710
Charlotte 9 – 7   .563     15 – 16   .484
Old Dominion 9 – 7   .563     18 – 16   .529
UAB 7 – 9   .438     16 – 15   .516
Florida Atlantic 6 – 10   .375     16 – 14   .533
Tulsa 6 – 10   .375     12 – 16   .429
Rice 6 – 10   .375     13 – 17   .433
FIU 6 – 10   .375     15 – 18   .455
North Texas 6 – 10   .375     12 – 18   .400
Louisiana Tech 5 – 11   .313     12 – 20   .375
UTSA 4 – 12   .250     14 – 17   .452
Marshall 3 – 13   .188     11 – 20   .355
† 2014 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2013–14 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 8th year head coach Rick Insell, play their home games at the Murphy Center and are first year members of Conference USA. They were regular season champions of Conference USA and also won the Conference USA tournament to earn an automatic trip to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, which they lost in the first round to Oregon State.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Year Hometown
2 Janay Brinkley Guard 5–8 Senior Pasadena, Maryland
3 Ty Petty Guard 5–7 Freshman Murfreesboro, Tennessee
5 Shanice Cason Guard 5–6 Junior Murfreesboro, Tennessee
10 MacKenzie Sells Guard 5–10 Sophomore Livingston, Tennessee
11 Cheyenne Parker Forward 6–4 Senior Queens, New York
21 Ebony Rowe Forward 6–1 Senior Lexington, Kentucky
23 Lauren March Forward 6–2 RS Senior Lewisburg, Tennessee
24 China Dow Guard 5-8 Freshman Louisville, Kentucky
30 Caya Williams Forward 6-1 Freshman Mount Juliet, Tennessee
31 TiAnna Porter Forward 6–2 RS Sophomore Paris, Tennessee
32 Caroline Warden Guard 5–7 Sophomore Gainesboro, Tennessee
34 Olivia Jones Forward 5–10 Freshman Murfreesboro, Tennessee
42 KeKe Stewart Center 6–1 Senior Oak Ridge, Tennessee
44 Shy Copney Guard 5–9 Freshman Johnson City, Tennessee
50 Janiece Johnson Center 6–7 Senior Washington, D.C.
52 Laken Leonard Guard 5–10 Senior Whitleyville, Tennessee

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
10/29/2013* UAH W 77–60  - Murphy Center (1,758)
11/01/2013* Freed-Hardeman at Middle Tennessee W 85–53  - Murphy Center (1,475)
Regular season
11/08/2013* #4 Tennessee L 57–67  0–1 Murphy Center (11,227)
11/15/2013* Miami W 61–55  1–1 BankUnited Center (850)
11/19/2013* at Arkansas L 51–66  1–2 Bud Walton Arena (1,086)
11/24/2013* #7 Kentucky L 72–84  1–3 Murphy Center (4,822)
11/29/2013* vs. Southeastern Louisiana
(Gulf Coast Showcase)		 W 88–74  2–3 Germain Arena (N/A)
11/30/2013* vs. Wright State
(Gulf Coast Showcase)		 W 69–62  3–3 Germain Arena (136)
12/01/2013* vs. Mississippi State
(Gulf Coast Showcase)		 W 62–48  4–3 Germain Arena (317)
12/04/2013* at Austin Peay W 69–43  5–3 Dunn Center (1,421)
12/12/2013* Kennesaw State W 68–32  6–3 Murphy Center (10,028)
12/16/2013* at UCF W 63–51  7–3 CFE Arena (348)
12/18/2013* at South Florida W 68–62  8–3 USF Sun Dome (1,161)
12/21/2013* South Dakota State W 59–44  9–3 Murphy Center (3,035)
12/29/2013* at Clemson W 76–51  10–3 Littlejohn Coliseum (614)
01/02/2014* Tennessee Tech W 84–53  11–3 Murphy Center (2,912)
01/08/2014 North Texas W 86–42  12–3 (1–0) Murphy Center (3,201)
01/11/2014 at Louisiana Tech W 68–51  13–3 (2–0) Thomas Assembly Center (4,236)
01/15/2014 UTEP W 69–58  14–3 (3–0) Murphy Center (3,724)
01/18/2014 at UAB W 61–55  15–3 (4–0) Bartow Arena (761)
01/22/2014 UTSA W 60–41  16–3 (5–0) Murphy Center (3,205)
01/25/2014 Old Dominion W 62–49  17–3 (6–0) Murphy Center (3,806)
02/01/2014 #25 at Tulsa W 67–57  18–3 (7–0) Reynolds Center (1,177)
02/05/2014 #21 at Southern Miss L 56–68  18–4 (7–1) Reed Green Coliseum (1,258)
02/08/2014 #21 Rice W 65–54  19–4 (8–1) Murphy Center (4,209)
02/12/2014 at Florida International W 65–58  20–4 (9–1) U.S. Century Bank Arena (366)
02/15/2014 at Florida Atlantic W 83–77  21–4 (10–1) FAU Arena (569)
02/19/2014 Marshall W 75–36  22–4 (11–1) Murphy Center (3,032)
02/22/2014 Charlotte W 48–46  23–4 (12–1) Murphy Center (3,227)
02/26/2014 #23 at East Carolina W 70–59  24–4 (13–1) Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (902)
03/01/2014 #22 UAB W 64–52  25–4 (14–1) Murphy Center (6,307)
03/05/2014 #22 at Tulane W 71–44  26–4 (15–1) Devlin Fieldhouse (848)
Conference USA Tournament
03/13/2014 #22 vs. UAB
(Quarterfinals)		 W 69–59  27–4 Memorial Gym (2,401)
03/14/2014 #22 vs. FIU
(Semifinals)		 W 64–57  28–4 Don Haskins Center (3,244)
03/15/2014 #22 vs. Southern Miss
(Championship)		 W 84–55  29–4 Don Haskins Center (4,883)
NCAA Tournament
03/23/2014* #22 vs. Oregon State
(First Round)		 L 36–55  29–5 Alaska Airlines Arena (2,214)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  3. ↑ "Middle Tennessee 2013-2014 Women's Basketball Schedule". GoBlueRaiders.com. Retrieved 2014-04-01.