2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference West Coast Conference
2014–15 record 26–8 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach Lisa Mispley Fortier (1st year)
Assistant coach Jordan Green[1]
Assistant coach Stacy Clinesmith[2]
Assistant coach Craig Fortier[3]
Home arena McCarthey Athletic Center
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
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 – 13   .594
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 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, are led by new head coach Lisa Mispley Fortier; she replaces Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.[5] The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finish the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advance to the semifinals to 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.

Roster

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G/F 1 Waters, ChelseaChelsea Waters style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lewiston Lewiston, ID
G 3 Bosch, KacieKacie Bosch style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Chinook Lethbridge, AB
G 5 Stirton, GeorgiaGeorgia Stirton style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Waverly Falcons
College of Southern Idaho		 Melbourne, Australia
G 11 Sullivan, LauraLaura Sullivan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Holy Names Academy Seattle, WA
C 12 Wolfram, EmmaEmma Wolfram style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr South Kamloops Kamloops, BC
F 13 Barta, JillJill Barta style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Fairfield Fairfield, MT
F 14 Greinacher, SunnySunny Greinacher style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Grashof Gymnasium Essen, Germany
F 22 Nilles, ShaniquaShaniqua Nilles style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr West Valley Spokane, WA
F 23 Kudron, KiaraKiara Kudron style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Huron New Boston, MI
G 24 Albanez, KeaniKeani Albanez style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Buena Santa Barbara, CA
G 31 Tinkle, ElleElle Tinkle style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Big Sky Missoula, MT
G 33 Sherbert, LindsayLindsay Sherbert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Great Oak
California		 Temecula, CA
G 42 Stach, EmmaEmma Stach style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Avides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany
C 44 Cheslek, ShelbyShelby Cheslek style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Pullman Pullman, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-25

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/02/2014* Eastern Oregon W 92–44  – McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765)
Regular Season
11/16/2014* #22 Dayton W 75–65  1–0 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442)
11/18/2014* #24 Idaho State W 88–63  2–0 McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541)
11/21/2014* #24 at Montana State W 89–60  3–0 Worthington Arena (1,517)
11/28/2014* vs. American
(South Point Shootout)		 L 56–59  3–1 South Point Arena (N/A)
11/29/2014* vs. #17 Iowa
(South Point Shootout)		 L 67–79  3–2 South Point Arena (177)
12/03/2014* at Eastern Washington W 61–60  4–2 Reese Court (1,877)
12/07/2014* Portland State W 73–41  5–2 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204)
12/09/2014* Washington State L 58–59  5–3 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363)
12/12/2014* at Wyoming W 70–56  6–3 Arena-Auditorium (3,620)
12/15/2014* at Northwestern L 43–62  6–4 Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047)
12/20/2014* Southern Utah W 70–51  7–4 McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251)
12/27/2014 BYU W 78–62  8–4 (1–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911)
12/29/2014 San Diego W 67–49  9–4 (2–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279)
01/03/2015 Portland W 79–57  10–4 (3–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072)
01/08/2015 at San Francisco W 75–64  11–4 (4–0) War Memorial Gymnasium (257)
01/10/2015 at Santa Clara W 78–70  12–4 (5–0) Leavey Center (371)
01/15/2015 Pepperdine W 73–64  13–4 (6–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981)
01/17/2015 Loyola Marymount W 76–62  14–4 (7–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282)
01/22/2015 at Saint Mary's W 52–42  15–4 (8–0) McKeon Pavilion (603)
01/24/2015 at Pacific W 73–63  16–4 (9–0) Alex G. Spanos Center (673)
01/31/2015 at Portland W 85–63  17–4 (10–0) Chiles Center (773)
02/05/2015 Santa Clara W 76–49  18–4 (11–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082)
02/07/2015 San Francisco W 91–84 4OT 19–4 (12–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
02/12/2015 at Loyola Marymount W 82–59  20–4 (13–0) Gersten Pavilion (338)
02/14/2015 at Pepperdine W 78–56  21–4 (14–0) Firestone Fieldhouse (246)
02/19/2015 Saint Mary's W 80–72  22–4 (15–0) McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719)
02/21/2015 Pacific L 59–71  22–5 (15–1) McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
02/26/2015 at San Diego L 62–75  22–6 (15–2) Jenny Craig Pavilion (633)
02/28/2015 at BYU W 73–66  23–6 (16–2) Marriott Center (1,226)
WCC Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 vs. Loyola Marymount
(Quarterfinals)		 W 70–50  24–6 Orleans Arena (7,110)
03/09/2015 vs. BYU
(Semifinals)		 L 55–61  24–7 Orleans Arena (N/A)
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2015* vs. #19 George Washington
(First Round)		 W 82–69  25–7 Gill Coliseum (3,728)
03/22/2015* at #10 Oregon State
(Second Round)		 W 76–64  26–7 Gill Coliseum (5,071)
03/28/2015* vs. #6 Tennessee
(Sweet Sixteen)		 L 69–73 OT 26–8 Spokane Arena (8,686)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

 Regular Season Polls
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Legend
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Green Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Gonzaga hires Stacy Clinesmith as women’s basketball assistant". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Craig Fortier Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves as Gonzaga women’s basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  6. ↑ http://www.gozags.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26400&SPID=90847&SPSID=627540&KEY=