2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball

Conference	Big 12 Conference
2014–15 record	15–16 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach	Candace Whitaker (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Matt Corkery
Assistant coach	Brandi Poole^[1]
Assistant coach	Damitria Buchanan
Home arena	United Supermarkets Arena

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Baylor †	16	–	2	.889	33	–	4	.892
Oklahoma	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
Texas	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Oklahoma State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
TCU	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
West Virginia	7	–	11	.389	23	–	15	.605
Kansas State	7	–	11	.389	19	–	13	.594
Kansas	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Texas Tech	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484

† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner As of April 4, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team will represent Texas Tech University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It will be head coach Candi Whitaker's second season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena. They finished the season 15-16, 5-13 in Big 12 play for a last place finish. They lost in the first round of 2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament to West Virginia.

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	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	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

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marina Lizarazu-Herrera	1	G	68 !5'8"	1 !Freshman	Madrid, Spain	Transferred to Iona^[2]
Jamaika Hughes	4	G	70 !5'10"	1 !Freshman	Fort Worth, Texas	Transferred to UT-Arlington^[3]
Diamond Lockhart	5	G	65 !5'5"	1 !Freshman	Lubbock, Texas	Transferred to Wichita State^[4]
Jasmine Caston	23	G	70 !5'10"	1 !Freshman	Plano, Texas	Transferred to Angelo State^[5]
Haley Schneider	31	C	77 !6'5"	4 !Senior	Lubbock, Texas	Graduated
Shauntal Nobles	33	F/C	75 !6'3"	4 !Senior	Haslet, Texas	Graduated
Jackie Patterson	42	F	73 !6'1"	4 !Senior	Frisco, Texas	Graduated

2014–15 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

Roster

2014–15 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Cook-Taylor, IvonneIvonne Cook-Taylor	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.5 !RS So	Terra Nova	San Francisco, CA
1.5 !G	3	Spears, MintaMinta Spears	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.5 !RS So	Bullard	Bullard, TX
1.5 !G	4	Bowser, RyannRyann Bowser	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	Holton	Holton, KS
4.5 !F/C	10	Vaccher, CourtneyCourtney Vaccher	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Yorba Linda	Yorba Linda, CA
1.5 !G	11	Brooks, RayvenRayven Brooks	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	San Ramon Dougherty	Oakland, CA
1.5 !G	12	Battle, AmberAmber Battle	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.0 !Sr	Cibola	Albuquerque, NM
4.5 !F/C	13	Schneider, KellynKellyn Schneider	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	2.5 !RS So	Monterey	Lubbock, TX
1.5 !G	24	Harrison, AudrisaAudrisa Harrison	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Coldspring	Point Blank, TX
2.5 !G/F	32	Olabode, DayoDayo Olabode	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Mansfield Timberview	Arlington, TX
3.5 !F	34	Parliament, PaigePaige Parliament	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Brock	Brock, TX
3.5 !F	35	Roe, JamieJamie Roe	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Tuba City	Tuba City, AZ
3.5 !F	41	Baker, KelsiKelsi Baker	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	John Horn	Mesquite, TX
5.0 !C	42	McKenzie, IonnaIonna McKenzie	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Dr. Phillips	Gotha, FL

Head coach

Candi Whitaker (Valparaiso)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Corkery (West Texas A&M)
Brett Schneider (West Virginia Wesleyan)
Damitria Buchanan (Texas A&M)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-02

Schedule

^[6]

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/14/2014*	Jacksonville State	W 67–59	1–0	United Supermarkets Arena (3,033)
11/18/2014*	Texas State	W 81–77 ^OT	2–0	United Supermarkets Arena (2,901)
11/21/2014*	Arizona	W 57–54	3–0	United Supermarkets Arena (3,525)
11/23/2014*	Morgan State	W 65–57	4–0	United Supermarkets Arena (2,970)
11/28/2014*	vs. Purdue (Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division)	L 53–69	4–1	St. George's High School Gymnasium (225)
11/29/2014*	vs. NC State (Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division)	L 42–75	4–2	St. George High School Gymnasium (247)
12/03/2014*	Abilene Christian	W 61–44	5–2	United Supermarkets Arena (6,477)
12/14/2014*	Texas–Pan American	W 50–42	6–2	United Supermarkets Arena (4,393)
12/19/2014*	Nicholls State (Athletes in Action Tournament)	W 76–49	7–2	United Supermarkets Arena (3,958)
12/20/2014*	UTSA (Athletes in Action Tournament)	W 64–48	8–2	United Supermarkets Arena (4,434)
12/21/2014*	Houston (Athletes in Action Tournament)	W 60–54	9–2	United Supermarkets Arena (4,046)
12/30/2014*	Houston Baptist	W 60–59	10–2	United Supermarkets Arena (2,249)
Big 12 Regular Season
01/04/2015	TCU	W 52–37	11–2 (1–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,096)
01/07/2015	at #16 Oklahoma State	L 35–66	11–3 (1–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,227)
01/10/2015	Oklahoma	L 58–75	11–4 (1–2)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,629)
01/14/2015	at West Virginia	W 55–45	12–4 (2–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,011)
01/17/2015	at #4 Texas	L 44–55	12–5 (2–3)	Frank Erwin Center (3,638)
01/21/2015	Kansas	L 66–68	12–6 (2–4)	United Supermarkets Arena (2,908)
01/24/2015	at Oklahoma	L 64–70	12–7 (2–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,676)
01/28/2015	West Virginia	W 73–57	13–7 (3–5)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,345)
01/31/2015	Kansas State	L 38–41	13–8 (3–6)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,597)
02/04/2015	at Kansas	L 67–71	13–9 (3–7)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,937)
02/08/2015	at TCU	L 60–71	13–10 (3–8)	Student Recreation Center (1,676)
02/11/2015	Iowa State	W 71–58	14–10 (4–8)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,018)
02/15/2015	at Kansas State	W 74–68 ^OT	15–10 (5–8)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,654)
02/18/2015	#3 Baylor	L 60–67	15–11 (5–9)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,571)
02/21/2015	Texas	L 59–62	15–12 (5–10)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,834)
02/24/2015	at Iowa State	L 47–59	15–13 (5–11)	Hilton Coliseum (10,325)
02/28/2015	Oklahoma State	L 44–47	15–14 (5–12)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,284)
03/02/2015	at #6 Baylor	L 65–75	15–15 (5–13)	Ferrell Center (7,007)
2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/06/2015	vs. West Virginia (First Round)	L 40–59	15–16	American Airlines Center (3,363)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "Poole hopes to help with Lady Raiders rebuilding effort". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
↑ "Herrera Joins Women's Basketball Program". Iona athletics. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
↑ "Jamaika Hughes transfers to UTA". UT-Arlington athletics. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
↑ "Shockers Add Khmelevskaya and Lockhart". Wichita State athletics. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
↑ "Three Lady Raiders leave team". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
↑ http://www.texastech.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/text-w-baskbl-sched.html