2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball

Conference	West Coast Conference
2014–15 record	19–13 (8–10 WCC)
Head coach	Jennifer Azzi (5th year)
Assistant coach	Blair Hardiek
Assistant coach	Shanele Stires
Assistant coach	Britinee Yasukochi^[1]
Home arena	War Memorial Gymnasium

	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^[2]

The 2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team will represent the University of San Francisco in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It is head coach Jennifer Azzi's fifth season at San Francisco.^[3] The Dons, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at War Memorial Gymnasium. They finish the season 19-13, 8-10 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They advance to the championship of the 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which they lost to BYU. Dispite with 19 wins, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Roster

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Dykes, ZhaneZhane Dykes	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas, NV
1.5 !G	2	Winston, TajTaj Winston	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Long Beach Poly	Long Beach, CA
3.5 !F	3	Spietz, PaigePaige Spietz	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Missouri	Brimfield, IL
1.5 !G	4	Tucker, TiaraTiara Tucker	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 63 !5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	1.0 !Fr	McNair	Stockton, CA
1.5 !G	5	Gordon, AundreaAundrea Gordon	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	McKinney	McKinney, TX
1.5 !G	11	Howard, RachelRachel Howard	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.0 !So	Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
3.5 !F	12	Stark, ByrnByrn Stark	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.5 !RS So	Bishops' School	La Jolla, CA
3.5 !F	14	Rakova, MichaelaMichaela Rakova	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	Gymnazium Hubeneho	Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia
1.5 !G	21	Seilund, AnnaAnna Seilund	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Falkonergaarden	Copenhagen, Denmark
3.5 !F	22	Price, ClaudiaClaudia Price	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	West Mesquite	Mesquite, TX
1.5 !G	23	Jacox, ChelseyChelsey Jacox	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	North Iowa Area CC	Minneapolis, MN
3.5 !F	25	Scafidi, AliciaAlicia Scafidi	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Sam Barlow	Gresham, OR
3.5 !F	32	Proctor, TaylorTaylor Proctor	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Sand Creek	Colorado Springs, CO
1.5 !G	35	Simon, KalynKalyn Simon	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Archbishop Mitty	San Jose, CA
3.5 !F	44	Carothers, HashimaHashima Carothers	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Eastside College Prep	Las Vegas, NV

Head coach

Jennifer Azzi (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Blair Hardiek (Missouri)
Shanele Stires (Kansas State)
Britinee Yasukochi (Occidental)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[4]

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition Season
11/08/2014*	St. Thomas	W 87–69	–	War Memorial Gymnasium (199)
Regular Season
11/14/2014*	Columbia	W 70–65	1–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (422)
11/16/2014*	Sonoma State	W 83–42	2–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (450)
11/18/2014*	Cal State Monterrey Bay	W 85–48	3–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (203)
11/22/2014*	at UC Riverside	L 53–66	3–1	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (209)
11/25/2014*	Nevada	W 63–48	4–1	War Memorial Gymnasium (622)
11/29/2014*	Utah Valley	W 69–50	5–1	War Memorial Gymnasium (266)
12/02/2014*	at UC Davis	W 73–70	6–1	The Pavilion (365)
12/07/2014*	at Long Beach State	L 58–70	6–2	Walter Pyramid (676)
12/14/2014*	at Seattle	W 67–56	7–2	Connolly Center (175)
12/17/2014*	North Texas	W 60–42	8–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (157)
12/20/2014*	San Jose State	W 77–62	9–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (306)
12/27/2014	Pacific	L 54–92	9–3 (0–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium (311)
12/29/2014	Saint Mary's	L 66–68	9–4 (0–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (244)
01/01/2015	at San Diego	L 55–56	9–5 (0–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (520)
01/03/2015	at BYU	L 62–65	9–6 (0–4)	Marriott Center (622)
01/08/2015	Gonzaga	L 64–75	9–7 (0–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (257)
01/10/2015	Portland	W 85–68	10–7 (1–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (269)
01/17/2015	Santa Clara	W 62–45	11–7 (2–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (348)
01/22/2015	at Pepperdine	W 69–58	12–7 (3–5)	Firestone Fieldhouse (203)
01/24/2015	at Loyola Marymount	W 74–65	13–7 (4–5)	Gersten Pavilion (421)
01/29/2015	BYU	L 63–68	13–8 (4–6)	War Memorial Gymnasium (221)
01/31/2015	San Diego	L 69–74	13–9 (4–7)	War Memorial Gymnasium (354)
02/05/2015	at Portland	W 79–44	14–9 (5–7)	Chiles Center (296)
02/07/2015	at Gonzaga	L 84–91 ^4OT	14–10 (5–8)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
02/14/2015	at Santa Clara	L 79–80 ^OT	14–11 (5–9)	Leavey Center (N/A)
02/19/2015	Loyola Marymount	W 87–75	15–11 (6–9)	War Memorial Gymnasium (334)
02/21/2015	Pepperdine	L 65–76	15–12 (6–10)	War Memorial Gymnasium (418)
02/26/2015	at Saint Mary's	W 65–63	16–12 (7–10)	McKeon Pavilion (355)
02/28/2015	at Pacific	W 91–79	17–12 (8–10)	Alex G. Spanos Center (805)
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015	vs. Pacific (Quarterfinals)	W 74–64	18–12	Orleans Arena (N/A)
03/09/2015	vs. San Diego (Semifinals)	W 65–57	19–12	Orleans Arena (7,110)
03/10/2015	vs. BYU (Championship Game)	L 65–76	19–13	Orleans Arena (8,000)
*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 1	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
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

↑ "Britinee Yasukochi Joins Women's Basketball Staff". usfdons.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
↑ "Azzi rebuilding San Francisco". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
↑ http://usfdons.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References