2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference Big East Conference
2014–15 record 23–11 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach Joe Tartamella (3rd year)
Assistant coach Joseph Pellicane
Assistant coach Jonath Nicholas
Assistant coach Priscilla Edwards
Home arena Carnesecca Arena
2014–15 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Seton Hall * 15 – 3   .833     28 – 6   .824
DePaul † 15 – 3   .833     27 – 8   .771
Villanova 12 – 6   .667     22 – 14   .611
St. John's 11 – 7   .611     23 – 11   .676
Creighton 10 – 8   .556     17 – 14   .548
Butler 10 – 8   .556     14 – 16   .467
Xavier 8 – 10   .444     18 – 14   .563
Marquette 4 – 14   .222     9 – 22   .290
Providence 3 – 15   .167     6 – 24   .200
Georgetown 2 – 16   .111     4 – 27   .129
† 2015 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
*Tournament #1 seed
As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm were led by third-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finish the season 23-11, 11-7 in Big East play for a fourth-place finish. They lost in the semifinals of the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Army in the first round, Fordham in the second round before losing to Big East member Villanova in the third round.

Roster

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 1 Alexander, TameshaTamesha Alexander style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr The Shipley School Philadelphia, Pa.
F 54 Archer, SelinaSelina Archer style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Miami Clermont, Fla.
F 12 Dunn, KyraKyra Dunn style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr California Sacramento, Calif.
G 3 Handford, AliyyahAliyyah Handford style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Shabazz Newark, N.J.
G 4 Lewis, AaliyahAaliyah Lewis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Bishop Ford (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Staten Island, N.Y.
F 35 Littleton, ImaniImani Littleton style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr The Bishop's School San Diego, Calif.
G 13 Simmons, CrystalCrystal Simmons style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Life Center Academy (N.J.) Madrid, Spain
G 23 Spruill, KimberlyKimberly Spruill (W) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Needham B. Broughton Raleigh, N.C.
F 2 Thompson, AmberAmber Thompson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr University High Newark, N.J.
F 33 Udobi, SandraSandra Udobi style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Life Center Academy Delta State, Nigeria
F 5 Wade, TonoiaTonoia Wade style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Kennedy Bloomington, Minn.
G/F 10 Walker, JadeJade Walker style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr DePaul Catholic Maplewood, N.J.
Head coach

Joe Tartamella

Assistant coach(es)

Joseph Pellicane
Jonath Nicholas
Priscilla Edwards

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

Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/15/2014* at Yale W 61–50  1–0 Payne Whitney Gymnasium (225)
11/20/2014* Florida W 72–66  2–0 Carnesecca Arena (1,272)
11/24/2014* at Marist W 49–48  3–0 McCann Field House (1,891)
11/28/2014* Binghamton W 67–51  4–0 Carnesecca Arena (537)
11/30/2014* Wagner W 71–49  5–0 Carnesecca Arena (425)
12/03/2014 Xavier W 65–42  6–0 (1–0) Carnesecca Arena (691)
12/07/2014* at South Florida W 55–52  7–0 USF Sun Dome (1,648)
12/11/2014* UCF W 62–48  8–0 Carnesecca Arena (603)
12/14/2014* NJIT W 66–42  9–0 Carnesecca Arena (760)
12/20/2014* Auburn
(St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic)		 W 56–49  10–0 Carnesecca Arena (N/A)
12/21/2014* Indiana State
(St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic)		 L 67–73 2OT 10–1 Carnesecca Arena (765)
12/30/2014 at Providence W 68–52  11–1 (2–0) Alumni Hall (341)
01/02/2015 #23 Seton Hall W 59–50  12–1 (3–0) Carnesecca Arena (960)
01/04/2015* vs. #2 Connecticut
(Maggie Dixon Classic)		 L 54–70  12–2 Madison Square Garden (7,149)
01/09/2015 Butler L 50–55  12–3 (3–1) Carnesecca Arena (615)
01/11/2015 at Creighton W 61–38  13–3 (4–1) D. J. Sokol Arena (881)
01/16/2015 DePaul L 75–84 OT 13–4 (4–2) Carnesecca Arena (5,602)
01/18/2015 Marquette W 67–52  14–4 (5–2) Carnesecca Arena (647)
01/23/2015 at Georgetown W 74–57  15–4 (6–2) McDonough Gymnasium (311)
01/25/2015 at Villanova L 69–81  15–5 (6–3) The Pavilion (841)
02/01/2015 at Seton Hall L 73–78  15–6 (6–4) Walsh Gymnasium (1,638)
02/06/2015 Creighton L 50–75  15–7 (6–5) Carnesecca Arena (881)
02/08/2015 Providence W 70–49  16–7 (7–5) Carnesecca Arena (1,008)
02/13/2015 at Marquette W 64–52  17–7 (8–5) Al McGuire Center (1,140)
02/15/2015 at DePaul L 55–82  17–8 (8–6) McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,613)
02/20/2015 Villanova W 56–51  18–8 (9–6) Carnesecca Arena (921)
02/22/2015 Georgetown W 75–61  19–8 (10–6) Carnesecca Arena (1,042)
02/27/2015 at Butler W 60–49  20–8 (11–6) Hinkle Fieldhouse (723)
03/01/2015 at Xavier L 61–74  20–9 (11–7) Cintas Center (1,286)
Big East Tournament
03/08/2015 vs. Creighton
(Quarterfinals)		 W 57–54  21–9 Allstate Arena (1,873)
03/09/2015 vs. #24 Seton Hall
(Semifinals)		 L 60–72  21–10 Allstate Arena (N/A)
WNIT
03/19/2015* Army
(First Round)		 W 64–56  22–10 Carnesecca Arena (211)
03/22/2015* Fordham
(Second Round)		 W 77–63  23–10 Carnesecca Arena (327)
03/26/2015* at Villanova
(Third Round)		 L 55–63  23–11 The Pavilion (409)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/stjo-w-baskbl-sched.html