2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball

Hilton Concord Classic Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	West Coast Conference
2014–15 record	23–11 (13–5 WCC)
Head coach	Paul Thomas (9th year)
Assistant coach	Tracy Sanders
Assistant coach	Allyson Fasnacht
Assistant coach	Lisa O'Meara
Home arena	McKeon Pavilion

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
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^[1]

The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team will represent Saint Mary's College of California in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It will be head coach Paul Thomas's ninth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finish the season 23-11, 13-5 in WCC play for a tie to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Hawaii in the first round, Fresno State in the second round and Sacramento State in the third round before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Nicholson, LaurenLauren Nicholson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Woolooware	Sydney, Australia
1.5 !G	3	Galland, DevynDevyn Galland	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.5 !RS So	Lewis & Clark Oregon	Spokane, WA
1.5 !G	5	Kaser, HannahHannah Kaser	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Australian Institute of Sport	Eltham, Victoria, Australia
1.5 !G	10	Turner, CarlyCarly Turner	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Australia Institute of Sport	Sydney, Australia
3.5 !F	11	Moore, ValerieValerie Moore	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.5 !RS So	Modesto Christian	Merced, CA
3.5 !F	12	Hendricksen, HayleyHayley Hendricksen	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Lewis and Clark	Spokane, WA
1.5 !G	14	Mauldin, ShannonShannon Mauldin	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Saint Mary's	San Pablo, CA
1.5 !G	21	Beck, StellaStella Beck	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Hutt Valley	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
3.5 !F	22	Brookshire, DevonDevon Brookshire	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Montgomery Northwestern	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
1.5 !G	23	McCoy, AliaAlia McCoy	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Canyon	Canyon Country, CA
1.5 !G	24	McDonald, SamiraSamira McDonald	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.5 !RS So	River Ridge	Lacey, WA
3.5 !F	25	Rosenthal, CarliCarli Rosenthal	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.5 !F	30	Arter, AmandaAmanda Arter	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Brea Olinda	Brea, CA
3.5 !F	32	Janko, LisaLisa Janko	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Rhein MB II	Essen, Germany
5.0 !C	33	Engelstad, SabrinaSabrina Engelstad	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Heritage	Brentwood, CA

Head coach

Paul Thomas (Wayne State College)

Assistant coach(es)

Tracy Sanders (St. Mary's)
Allyson Fasnacht (Liberty)
Lisa O'Meara (St. Mary's)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[2]

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/16/2014*	Boston College	L 72–82	0–1	McKeon Pavilion (277)
11/22/2014*	at UC Davis	W 57–55	1–1	The Pavilion (220)
11/24/2014*	Sacramento State	W 99–91	2–1	McKeon Pavilion (445)
11/28/2014*	Howard (Hilton Concord Classic)	W 80–55	3–1	McKeon Pavilion (353)
11/29/2014*	Iowa State (Hilton Concord Classic)	W 67–63	4–1	McKeon Pavilion (379)
12/04/2014*	Cal State Northridge	W 73–63	5–1	McKeon Pavilion (299)
12/06/2014*	USC	W 64–58	6–1	McKeon Pavilion (559)
12/12/2014*	at Fresno State	L 56–60	6–2	Save Mart Center (2,084)
12/14/2014*	at Cal Poly	W 65–64 ^OT	7–2	Mott Gym (307)
12/19/2014*	at Virginia	L 49–62	7–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,950)
12/21/2014*	at George Washington	L 52–70	7–4	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center (452)
12/27/2014	at Santa Clara	W 62–61	8–4 (1–0)	Leavey Center (250)
12/29/2014	at San Francisco	W 68–66	9–4 (2–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium (244)
01/01/2015	Pepperdine	W 73–68	10–4 (3–0)	McKeon Pavilion (303)
01/03/2015	Loyola Marymount	W 72–71	11–4 (4–0)	McKeon Pavilion (439)
01/10/2015	Pacific	L 86–88 ^OT	11–5 (4–1)	McKeon Pavilion (505)
01/15/2015	at San Diego	W 57–56	12–5 (5–1)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (590)
01/17/2015	at BYU	W 61–51	13–5 (6–1)	Marriott Center (797)
01/22/2015	Gonzaga	L 42–52	13–6 (6–2)	McKeon Pavilion (603)
01/24/2015	Portland	W 66–53	14–6 (7–2)	McKeon Pavilion (393)
01/29/2015	at Loyola Marymount	W 56–49	15–6 (8–2)	Gersten Pavilion (290)
01/31/2015	at Pepperdine	W 53–49	16–6 (9–2)	Firestone Fieldhouse (152)
02/07/2015	at Pacific	L 48–61	16–7 (9–3)	Alex G. Spanos Center (797)
02/12/2015	BYU	W 76–71 ^OT	17–7 (10–3)	McKeon Pavilion (295)
02/14/2015	San Diego	W 68–66	18–7 (11–3)	McKeon Pavilion (469)
02/19/2015	at Gonzaga	L 72–80	18–8 (11–4)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719)
02/21/2015	at Portland	W 62–58	19–8 (12–4)	Chiles Center (491)
02/26/2015	San Francisco	L 63–65	19–9 (12–5)	McKeon Pavilion (355)
02/28/2015	Santa Clara	W 74–71	20–9 (13–5)	McKeon Pavilion (534)
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015	vs. BYU (Quarterfinals)	L 64–65	20–10	Orleans Arena (7,110)
WNIT
03/20/2015*	Hawaii (First Round)	W 92–88 ^OT	21–10	McKeon Pavilion (279)
03/23/2015*	Fresno State (Second Round)	W 83–64	22–10	McKeon Pavilion (380)
03/26/2015*	at Sacramento State (Third Round)	W 77–69	23–10	Colberg Court (626)
03/29/2015*	at UCLA (Quarterfinals)	L 66–82	23–11	Pauley Pavilion (746)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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	Week 19	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
↑ http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21400&SPID=12537&SPSID=101622

2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References