2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference Conference USA
2014–15 record 24–10 (14–4 C-USA)
Head coach Rick Insell (10th year)
Assistant coach Kim Brewton
Assistant coach Tom Hodges
Assistant coach Shalon Pillow
Home arena Murphy Center
2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
WKU † 16 – 2   .889     30 – 5   .857
Middle Tennessee 14 – 4   .778     24 – 10   .706
Southern Miss 13 – 5   .722     25 – 11   .694
Old Dominion 11 – 7   .611     21 – 13   .618
UAB 11 – 7   .611     18 – 13   .581
UTSA 11 – 7   .611     16 – 15   .516
Louisiana Tech 10 – 8   .556     16 – 15   .516
Charlotte 10 – 8   .556     15 – 17   .469
Marshall 8 – 10   .444     17 – 15   .531
Florida Atlantic 7 – 11   .389     13 – 17   .433
UTEP 7 – 11   .389     12 – 16   .429
Rice 4 – 14   .222     9 – 21   .300
North Texas 4 – 14   .222     5 – 24   .172
FIU 0 – 18   .000     3 – 26   .103
† 2015 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 29 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 10th year head coach Rick Insell, play their home games at the Murphy Center and were second year members of Conference USA. They finish the season 24-10, 14-4 in C-USA to finish in second place. They advance to the semifinals of the C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Southern Miss. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Ball State in the first round, Arkansas State in the second round and Ole Miss in the third round before falling to Temple in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 2 Preservati, HannahHannah Preservati style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Princeton HS Princeton, WV
G 3 Sissom, AbbeyAbbey Sissom style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Cannon County HS Woodbury, TN
G 5 Cason, ShaniceShanice Cason style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Siegel HS Murfreesboro, TN
F 10 Sells, MackenzieMackenzie Sells style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Livingston Academy Livingston, TN
G/F 12 Edwards, BreaBrea Edwards style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Central Arizona College Rockford, IL
G 20 Petty, TyTy Petty style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Riverdale HS Murfreesboro, TN
F 22 Reuter, RebeccaRebecca Reuter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bradley Central HS Cleveland, TN
F 23 Lyon, GabbyGabby Lyon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Science Hill HS Johnson City, TN
G 24 Dow, ChinaChina Dow style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Christian Academy of Louisville Louisville, KY
F 30 Williams, CayaCaya Williams style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mount Juliet, TN Mount Juliet, TN
F 31 Porter, TiAnnaTiAnna Porter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Pittsburgh Paris, TN
G 32 Warden, CarolineCaroline Warden style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Jackson County HS Gainesboro, TN
G/F 34 Jones, OliviaOlivia Jones style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Riverdale HS Murfreesboro, TN
Head coach

Rick Insell

Assistant coach(es)

Kim Brewton
Tom Hodges
Shalon Pillow

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

Roster

Rankings

 Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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18 		Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/06/2014* Martin Methodist W 93–44  – Murphy Center (2,116)
11/10/2014* Alabama–Huntsville W 75–50  – Murphy Center (N/A)
Regular season
11/14/2014* at Arizona State L 67–81  0–1 Wells Fargo Arena (5,799)
11/17/2014* Miami (FL) W 53–48  1–1 Murphy Center (3,806)
11/20/2014* Arkansas L 51–58  1–2 Murphy Center (N/A)
11/23/2014* at Ole Miss W 71–65  2–2 Tad Smith Coliseum (1,075)
12/03/2014* Clemson W 68–29  3–2 Murphy Center (11,307)
12/07/2014* Xavier W 90–68  4–2 Murphy Center (3,398)
12/12/2014* at #8 Kentucky L 62–78  4–3 Memorial Coliseum (4,761)
12/15/2014* at South Dakota State L 61–65  4–4 Frost Arena (1,026)
12/20/2014* UCF W 79–57  5–4 Murphy Center (3,925)
12/28/2014* at Tennessee Tech W 98–76  6–4 Eblen Center (1,291)
01/04/2015 at UAB W 76–68  7–4 (1–0) Bartow Arena (368)
01/08/2015 at FIU W 75–60  8–4 (2–0) FIU Arena (N/A)
01/10/2015 at Florida Atlantic W 101–69  9–4 (3–0) FAU Arena (588)
01/15/2015 Southern Miss L 75–77  9–5 (3–1) Murphy Center (3,912)
01/17/2015 Louisiana Tech W 82–59  10–5 (4–1) Murphy Center (4,917)
01/22/2015 at Old Dominion W 65–48  11–5 (5–1) Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,892)
01/24/2015 at Charlotte W 84–54  12–5 (6–1) Dale F. Halton Arena (768)
01/29/2015 UTSA W 73–53  13–5 (7–1) Murphy Center (4,605)
01/31/2015 UTEP W 74–53  14–5 (8–1) Murphy Center (4,465)
02/05/2015 at Southern Miss L 65–70 OT 14–6 (8–2) Reed Green Coliseum (1,277)
02/07/2015 at Louisiana Tech W 68–44  15–6 (9–2) Thomas Assembly Center (1,907)
02/12/2015 Rice W 79–61  16–6 (10–2) Murphy Center (4,094)
02/14/2015 North Texas W 85–59  17–6 (11–2) Murphy Center (4,414)
02/19/2015 at Marshall W 74–48  18–6 (12–2) Cam Henderson Center (531)
02/21/2015 at WKU L 60–63  18–7 (12–3) E. A. Diddle Arena (3,023)
02/28/2015 UAB L 57–62  18–8 (12–4) Murphy Center (4,307)
03/05/2015 FIU W 79–30  19–8 (13–4) Murphy Center (3,605)
03/07/2015 Florida Atlantic W 73–60  20–8 (14–4) Murphy Center (3,512)
Conference USA Tournament
03/12/2015 vs. Louisiana Tech
(Quarterfinals)		 W 77–58  21–8 Bartow Arena (632)
03/13/2015 vs. Southern Miss
(Semifinals)		 L 53–65  21–9 Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A)
WNIT
03/19/2015* Ball State
(First Round)		 W 69–58  22–9 Murphy Center (2,519)
03/22/2015* Arkansas State
(Second Round)		 W 70–60  23–9 Murphy Center (2,806)
03/26/2015* Ole Miss
(Third Round)		 W 82–70  24–9 Murphy Center (2,806)
03/29/2015* Temple
(Quarterfinals)		 L 57–69  24–10 Murphy Center (2,587)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See Also

2014–15 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

References

  1. ↑ "Middle Tennessee 2014-2015 Women's Basketball Schedule". GoBlueRaiders.com. Retrieved 2014-12-11.