2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball

Cyclone Challenge Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2014–15 record	18–13 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Fennelly (20th year)
Assistant coach	Jodi Steyer
Assistant coach	Billy Fennelly
Assistant coach	Latoja Schaben
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big 12 women's basketball standings
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 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team will represent the Iowa State University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's twentieth season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. They finish the season 18-13, 9-9 in Big 12 play for a four way tie for a third-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Oklahoma State. They received at-large bid of the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament which they lost to Dayton in the first round.

Radio

All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games. To learn which stations will carry games, please visit the Cyclone Radio Network affiliate list linked here. Brent Blum and Molly Parrott called all the action for the Cyclone Radio Network and for games on Cyclones.tv.

Roster

2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Bell, NakiahNakiah Bell	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	1.0 !Fr	Incarnate Word Academy	Florissant, MO
1.5 !G	3	Durr, EmilyEmily Durr	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Notre Dame	Utica, NY
1.5 !G	4	Moody, NikkiNikki Moody	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Euless Trinity	Euless, TX
1.5 !G	11	Buckley, JaddaJadda Buckley	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.5 !RS So	Mason City	Mason City, IA
1.5 !G	12	Johnson, SeannaSeanna Johnson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.0 !So	DeLaSalle	Brooklyn Park, MN
1.5 !G	15	Blaskowsky, Nicole "Kidd"Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Austin	Sugar Land, TX
2.5 !G/F	22	Williamson, BrynnBrynn Williamson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Staley	Kansas City, MO
1.5 !G	25	Albrecht, LexiLexi Albrecht	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.0 !So	Carroll Kuemper	Carroll, IA
2.5 !G/F	32	Ellis, FallonFallon Ellis	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Westbury Christian	Missouri City, TX
4.5 !F/C	34	Baier, MadisonMadison Baier	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	South Tama	Tama, IA
3.5 !F	35	Jensen, JordanJordan Jensen	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Mountain View	Gilbert, AZ
1.5 !G	42	Thomas, BlaireBlaire Thomas	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Waterloo West	Waterloo, IA
5.0 !C	44	Fernstrom, BryannaBryanna Fernstrom	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	1.0 !Fr	Chisago Lakes	Center City, MN

Head coach

Bill Fennelly (William Penn)

Assistant coach(es)

Jodi Steyer (Colorado State)
Billy Fennelly (Iowa State)
Latoja Schaben (Toledo)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/04/2014*	William Penn	W 99–53	–	Hilton Coliseum (9,476)
11/09/2014*	Winona State	W 64–29	–	Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Non-conference Regular Season
11/16/2014*	USC Upstate	W 98–76	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (9,656)
11/18/2014*	Drake	W 84–67	2–0	Hilton Coliseum (9,873)
11/23/2014*	Cincinnati	W 85–54	3–0	Hilton Coliseum (6,836)
11/28/2014*	vs. Wyoming (St. Mary's Thanksgiving Tournament)	W 84–63	4–0	McKeon Pavilion (151)
11/29/2014*	at Saint Mary's (St. Mary's Thanksgiving Tournament)	L 63–67	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (379)
12/07/2014*	Stony Brook	W 74–64	5–1	Hilton Coliseum (10,978)
12/11/2014*	at #24 Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)	L 67–76	5–2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,902)
12/14/2014*	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 82–56	6–2	Hilton Coliseum (9,755)
12/21/2014*	Fairfield	W 76–63	7–2	Hilton Coliseum (6,761)
12/29/2014*	Howard (Cyclone Challenge semifinals)	W 90–44	8–2	Hilton Coliseum (6,957)
12/30/2014*	UC Riverside (Cyclone Challenge championship)	W 71–54	9–2	Hilton Coliseum (6,810)
Conference Season
01/03/2015	Kansas State	W 60–55	10–2 (1–0)	Hilton Coliseum (7,372)
01/07/2015	at TCU	L 84–86	10–3 (1–1)	Student Recreation Center (1,350)
01/10/2015	#3 Texas	W 59–57	11–3 (2–1)	Hilton Coliseum (7,928)
01/13/2015	at #3 Baylor	L 47–79	11–4 (2–2)	Ferrell Center (6,095)
01/17/2015	at Kansas State	W 79–59	12–4 (3–2)	Bramlage Coliseum (7,816)
01/21/2015	TCU	W 80–62	13–4 (4–2)	Hilton Coliseum (9,684)
01/25/2015	at #8 Texas	W 58–57	14–4 (5–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,234)
01/28/2015	Kansas	L 56–61	14–5 (5–3)	Hilton Coliseum (10,206)
01/31/2015	Oklahoma State	L 62–63	14–6 (5–4)	Hilton Coliseum (11,320)
02/04/2015	at Oklahoma	L 66–75	14–7 (5–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,042)
02/07/2015	West Virginia	W 61–43	15–7 (6–5)	Hilton Coliseum (11,384)
02/11/2015	at Texas Tech	L 58–71	15–8 (6–6)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,018)
02/14/2015	at Oklahoma State	L 48–60	15–9 (6–7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,934)
02/17/2015	Oklahoma	W 84–76 ^OT	16–9 (7–7)	Hilton Coliseum (9,964)
02/21/2015	at West Virginia	L 52–54	16–10 (7–8)	WVU Coliseum (2,076)
02/24/2015	Texas Tech	W 59–47	17–10 (8–8)	Hilton Coliseum (10,325)
02/28/2015	#3 Baylor	W 76–71	18–10 (9–8)	Hilton Coliseum (12,107)
03/02/2015	at Kansas	L 64–68	18–11 (9–9)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,384)
2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2015	vs. Oklahoma State (Quarterfinals)	L 58–67	18–12	American Airlines Center (N/A)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015*	vs. Dayton (First Round)	L 66–78	18–13	Memorial Coliseum (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██NR = Not Ranked. RV = Receiving Votes.
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10700&SPID=4253&SPSID=46669

2014–15 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

Radio

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References