2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball
Big 12 Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches #6
AP #5
2014–15 record 33–4 (16–2 Big 12)
Head coach Kim Mulkey (14th year)
Assistant coach Bill Brock
Assistant coach Sytia Messer
Assistant coach Toyelle Wilson
Home arena Ferrell Center
2014–15 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Baylor † 16 – 2   .889     33 – 4   .892
Oklahoma 13 – 5   .722     21 – 12   .636
Texas 9 – 9   .500     24 – 11   .686
Oklahoma State 9 – 9   .500     20 – 12   .625
Iowa State 9 – 9   .500     18 – 13   .581
TCU 9 – 9   .500     18 – 13   .581
West Virginia 7 – 11   .389     23 – 15   .605
Kansas State 7 – 11   .389     19 – 13   .594
Kansas 6 – 12   .333     15 – 17   .469
Texas Tech 5 – 13   .278     15 – 16   .484
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team will represent Baylor University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach is Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 14th season. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finish the season 33-4, 16-2 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Northwestern State in the first round, Arkansas in the second round and Iowa in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.

Before the season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Odyssey Sims 0 G 5'9" Senior Irving, TX Graduated; Entered 2014 WNBA Draft; Drafted #2 Overall by the Tulsa Shock
Breanna Hayden 1 G 5'8" Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Alabama[1]
Mariah Chandler 11 F 6'2" Graduate Atlanta, GA Graduated
Makenzie Robertson 14 G 5'9" Senior McGregor, TX Graduated

Recruiting

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Dekeiya Cohen G 6'2" Freshman Charleston, SC High School Graduate
Kristy Wallace G 5'11" Freshman Loganholme, Queensland, Australia High School Graduate
Micayla Buckner P 6'3" Freshman Garland, TX High School Graduate
Alexis Jones G 5'8" Junior Irving, TX Transferred from Duke[2]

Roster

2014–15 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
F 1 Cohen, DekeiyaDekeiya Cohen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr West Ashley Charleston, SC
G 2 Johnson, NiyaNiya Johnson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr P.K. Yonge Development Research Gainesville, FL
F 3 Fuqua', ChardonaeChardonae Fuqua' style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hoover Birmingham, AL
G 4 Wallace, KristyKristy Wallace style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr John Paul College Loganholme, Queensland, Australia
G 12 Prince, AlexisAlexis Prince style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Edgewater Orlando, FL
F 13 Davis, NinaNina Davis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Hoover Birmingham, AL
G 20 Wright, ImaniImani Wright style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Liberty-Eylau Hooks, TX
F/C 22 Agbuke, SuneSune Agbuke style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Cornerstone Christian San Antonio, TX
G 24 Small, IeshiaIeshia Small style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Florida Tallahassee, FL
G 30 Jones, AlexisAlexis Jones  style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr MacArthur
Duke		 Irving, TX
F/C 34 Buckner, MicaylaMicayla Buckner style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Naaman Forest Garland, TX
F/C 44 Higgins, KristinaKristina Higgins style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Chapin El Paso, TX
F/C 55 Cave, KhadijiahKhadijiah Cave style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lucy Laney Augusta, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-01

Rankings

 Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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18 		Final
AP 8 8 13 11 9 9 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 5
Coaches 9 9 13 11 9 9 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 6 6
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/04/2014* #8 Midwestern State W 99–56  – Ferrell Center (5,745)
11/10/2014* #8 Tarleton State W 102–41  – Ferrell Center (5,677)
Non-conference Regular Season
11/14/2014* #8 Oral Roberts W 101–60  1–0 Ferrell Center (5,807)
11/17/2014* #8 at #13 Kentucky L 64–74  1–1 Rupp Arena (22,075)
11/28/2014* #13 Utah State
(BTI Classic)		 W 99–43  2–1 Ferrell Center (5,754)
11/29/2014* #13 Stetson
(BTI Classic)		 W 96–42  3–1 Ferrell Center (5,458)
11/30/2014* #13 Marist
(BTI Classic)		 W 90–60  4–1 Ferrell Center (5,439)
12/03/2014* #11 Texas–Pan American W 96–42  5–1 Ferrell Center (5,541)
12/07/2014* #11 at Ole Miss W 96–57  6–1 Tad Smith Coliseum (2,388)
12/10/2014* #9 Idaho W 88–70  7–1 Ferrell Center (5,437)
12/14/2014* #9 Stephen F. Austin W 95–57  8–1 Ferrell Center (5,947)
12/19/2014* #9 vs. #19 Syracuse
(Orlando Sunshine Tournament)		 W 74–72  9–1 Worden Arena (889)
12/20/2014* #9 vs. #18 Michigan State
(Orlando Sunshine Tournament)		 W 84–65  10–1 Worden Arena (755)
12/29/2014* #6 Prairie View A&M W 108–64  11–1 Ferrell Center (5,839)
Big 12 Regular Season
01/03/2015 #6 #18 Oklahoma State W 61–45  12–1 (1–0) Ferrell Center (6,403)
01/06/2015 #5 at Kansas State W 74–44  13–1 (2–0) Bramlage Coliseum (3,806)
01/10/2015 #5 at West Virginia W 66–62  14–1 (3–0) WVU Coliseum (3,712)
01/13/2013 #3 Iowa State W 79–47  15–1 (4–0) Ferrell Center (6,095)
01/17/2015 #3 at Kansas W 71–63  16–1 (5–0) Allen Fieldhouse (3,449)
01/19/2015 #3 #8 Texas W 75–58  17–1 (6–0) Ferrell Center (8,894)
01/24/2015 #3 Kansas State W 68–46  18–1 (7–0) Ferrell Center (6,481)
01/27/2015 #3 at TCU W 89–67  19–1 (8–0) Student Recreation Center (1,806)
02/01/2015 #3 Kansas W 66–58  20–1 (9–0) Ferrell Center (7,048)
02/04/2015 #3 at Oklahoma State W 69–52  21–1 (10–0) Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,396)
02/08/2015 #3 at #20 Texas W 70–68  22–1 (11–0) Frank Erwin Center (6,602)
02/11/2015 #3 Oklahoma W 89–66  23–1 (12–0) Ferrell Center (7,683)
02/15/2015 #3 West Virginia W 79–51  24–1 (13–0) Ferrell Center (6,762)
02/18/2015 #3 at Texas Tech W 67–60  25–1 (14–0) United Spirit Arena (3,571)
02/21/2015 #3 TCU W 91–75  26–1 (15–0) Ferrell Center (9,521)
02/25/2015 #3 at Oklahoma L 64–68  26–2 (15–1) Lloyd Noble Center (5,479)
02/28/2015 #3 at Iowa State L 71–76  26–3 (15–2) Hilton Coliseum (12,107)
03/02/2015 #6 Texas Tech W 75–65  27–3 (16–2) Ferrell Center (7,007)
2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2015 #6 vs. Kansas State
(Quarterfinals)		 W 82–70  28–3 American Airlines Center (3,914)
03/08/2015 #6 vs. Oklahoma State
(Semifinals)		 W 69–52  29–3 American Airlines Center (N/A)
03/09/2015 #5 vs. Texas
(Championship Game)		 W 75–64  30–3 American Airlines Center (4,804)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* #5 Northwestern State
(First Round)		 W 77–36  31–3 Ferrell Center (4,775)
03/22/2015* #5 Arkansas
(Second Round)		 W 73–44  32–3 Ferrell Center (4,593)
03/27/2015* #5 vs. #18 Iowa
(Sweet Sixteen)		 W 81–66  33–3 Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A)
03/29/2015* #5 vs. #2 Notre Dame
(Elite Eight)		 L 68–77  33–4 Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,329)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hayden to transfer to Alabama". Full Court. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Alexis Jones elects to go to Baylor". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  3. ↑ http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/bay-w-baskbl-sched.html