2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	16–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (8th year)
Assistant coach	Amaka Agugua
Assistant coach	NcKell Copeland
Assistant coach	Mark Simons
Home arena	Breslin Center

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
#18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
#23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
#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 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finshed the season 16-15, 7-11 in Big Ten play for ninth-place finish. They advance to the quarterfinals of the 2015 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which they lost to Maryland.

Roster

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Jankoska, ToriTori Jankoska	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Freeland	Freeland, Mich.
1.5 !G	2	Miller, CaraCara Miller	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Divine Child	Farmington Hills, Mich.
1.5 !G	3	Carter, KiaraKiara Carter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 61 !5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	1.0 !Fr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, Ill
5.0 !C	4	Hines, JasmineJasmine Hines	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Central Lake	Central Lake, Mich.
1.5 !G	10	Agee, BrannadaisBrannadais Agee	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.5 !RS So	Cass Technical	Detroit, Mich.
1.5 !G	11	Morrissey, AnnaAnna Morrissey	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Stevenson	Lincolnshire, Ill.
2.5 !G/F	21	Lumpkin, JasmineJasmine Lumpkin	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Joliet Catholic Academy	Bolingbrook, Ill.
1.5 !G	23	Powers, AerielAeriel Powers	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.5 !RS So	Detroit Country Day	Detroit, Mich.
2.5 !G/F	24	Gussert, LexiLexi Gussert	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Forest Park	Crystal Falls, Mich.
3.5 !F	25	Lumpkin, KendraKendra Lumpkin	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Plainfield North	Bolingbrook, Ill.
5.0 !C	40	Williams, MadisonMadison Williams	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Detroit Country Day	Berkley, Mich.
3.5 !F	52	Mills, BeccaBecca Mills	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.0 !Sr	Midland Dow	Midland, Mich.
3.5 !F	55	Johnson, KennedyKennedy Johnson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Wildwood Catholic	Galloway, N.J.

Head coach

Suzy Merchant

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua
NcKell Copeland
Mark Simons

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-05

Schedule

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Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/09/2014*	#14	Grand Valley State	W 70–51	–	Breslin Center (4,818)
Regular Season
11/16/2014*	#14	Eastern Michigan	W 68–61	1–0	Breslin Center (5,311)
11/19/2014*	#15	#3 Notre Dame	L 63–71	1–1	Breslin Center (8,644)
11/23/2014*	#15	IUPUI	W 64–45	2–1	Breslin Center (5,200)
11/26/2014*	#16	Oakland	W 79–64	3–1	Breslin Center (5,396)
11/30/2014*	#16	Miami (OH)	W 85–39	4–1	Breslin Center (4,007)
12/04/2014*	#15	Georgia Tech (ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)	W 79–73 ^OT	5–1	Breslin Center (6,636)
12/07/2014*	#15	at #19 Georgia	L 60–69	5–2	Stegeman Coliseum (3,524)
12/14/2014*	#19	at Loyola–Chicago	W 90–38	6–2	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (583)
12/16/2014*	#18	Alcorn State	W 77–41	7–2	Breslin Center (5,243)
12/20/2014*	#18	vs. #9 Baylor (Florida Sunshine Classic)	L 65–84	7–3	Worden Arena (755)
12/21/2014*	#18	vs. #19 Syracuse (Florida Sunshine Classic)	W 89–76	8–3	Worden Arena (502)
12/28/2014	#20	Northwestern	L 57–61	8–4 (0–1)	Breslin Center (8,128)
12/31/2014	#24	at Indiana	L 51–70	8–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (2,714)
01/04/2015	#24	at Michigan	L 65–74	8–6 (0–3)	Crisler Center (4,520)
01/08/2015		#19 Nebraska	L 67–71	8–7 (0–4)	Breslin Center (4,652)
01/11/2015		at Northwestern	L 70–77	8–8 (0–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,152)
01/15/2015		Illinois	W 63–56	9–8 (1–5)	Breslin Center (4,419)
01/18/2015		#22 Iowa	L 50–52	9–9 (1–6)	Breslin Center (8,923)
01/22/2015		at #7 Maryland	L 56–85	9–10 (1–7)	Xfinity Center (5,012)
01/25/2015		Wisconsin	W 77–71	10–10 (2–7)	Breslin Center (7,560)
01/28/2014		Indiana	W 72–57	11–10 (3–7)	Breslin Center (4,800)
02/02/2015		at Ohio State	L 62–76	11–11 (3–8)	Value City Arena (4,234)
02/05/2015		Michigan	L 59–72	11–12 (3–9)	Breslin Center (5,315)
02/08/2015		at Minnesota	L 79–86	11–13 (3–10)	Williams Arena (6,570)
02/11/2015		at Penn State	W 74–67	12–13 (4–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,319)
02/16/2015		#5 Maryland	L 69–75	12–14 (4–11)	Breslin Center (5,562)
02/22/2015		#19 Rutgers	W 60–50	13–14 (5–11)	Breslin Center (8,110)
02/25/2015		at Illinois	W 67–65	14–14 (6–11)	State Farm Center (1,815)
02/28/2015		at Purdue	W 61–56	15–14 (7–11)	Mackey Arena (7,030)
2015 Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015		vs. Michigan (Second Round)	W 69–49	16–14	Sears Centre (N/A)
03/06/2015		vs. #4 Maryland (Quarterfinals)	L 60–70	16–15	Sears Centre (N/A)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	14	15	16	15	19	21	20	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	15	17	17	16	21	18	22	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References