2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
2014–15 record	15–16 (5–11 SEC)
Head coach	Melanie Balcomb (13th year)
Assistant coach	Tom Garrick
Assistant coach	Kim Rosamond
Assistant coach	Ashley Earley
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 South Carolina*^†	15	–	1	.938	34	–	3	.919
#6 Tennessee	15	–	1	.938	30	–	6	.833
#12 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	27	–	7	.794
#11 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
#21 Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
LSU	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Missouri	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Ole Miss	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Georgia	6	–	10	.375	19	–	12	.613
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	18	–	14	.563
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Florida	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	13	–	18	.419
Alabama	2	–	14	.125	13	–	19	.406

† 2015 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Melanie Balcomb, in her thirteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team plays their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finish the season 15-16, 5-11 in SEC play for a tie for a eleventh place finish. They advance to the quarterfinals of the 2015 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament which they lost to Kentucky.

Roster

2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Dahlman, RebekahRebekah Dahlman	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Braham Area	Braham, Minn.
1.5 !G	3	Bell, RachelRachel Bell	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Creek Wood	Cumberland Furnace, Tenn.
3.5 !F	10	Caron-Goudreau, KhaléannKhaléann Caron-Goudreau	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	IMG Academy (Fla.)	Gatineau, Quebec
3.5 !F	13	Caron-Goudreau, Audrey-AnnAudrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	IMG Academy (Fla.)	Gatineau, Quebec
1.5 !G	15	Jenkins, JasmineJasmine Jenkins	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	3.0 !Jr	East Hall	Gainesville, Ga.
3.5 !F	21	Bowe, HeatherHeather Bowe	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Regis	Eau Claire, Wis.
3.5 !F	22	Webb, Marqu'esMarqu'es Webb	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.0 !So	Hoover	Hoover, Ala.
3.5 !F	24	Gaffney, KristenKristen Gaffney	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	2.5 !RS So	Green Hope	Cary, N.C.
1.5 !G	25	Batey, MorganMorgan Batey	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Pace Academy	Atlanta, Ga.
1.5 !G	33	Reed, ChristaChrista Reed	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Bay	Bay St. Louis, Miss.
5.0 !C	35	Shaw, KendallKendall Shaw	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	2.5 !RS So	Barbers Hill	Mont Belvieu, Texas
1.5 !G	41	Kea, ParisParis Kea	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.0 !Fr	Page	Greensboro, N.C.
3.5 !F	44	Long, Rayte'aRayte'a Long	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Chaminade	Dayton, Ohio

Head coach

Melanie Balcomb

Assistant coach(es)

Tom Garrick
Kim Rosamond
Ashley Earley

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

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Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
Nov 8, 2014*	Coker	W 93–31	–	Memorial Gymnasium (3,585)
Regular Season
Nov 14, 2014*	Belmont	W 65–58	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium (2,909)
Nov 17, 2014*	Green Bay	W 68–64 ^OT	2–0	Memorial Gymnasium (2,557)
Nov 20, 2014*	at Wisconsin	W 67–58	3–0	Kohl Center (3,168)
Nov 24, 2014*	Saint Louis	W 75–57	4–0	Memorial Gymnasium (6,598)
Nov 28, 2014*	vs. Minnesota (Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals)	W 71–54	5–0	Germain Arena (N/A)
Nov 29, 2014*	vs. #3 Connecticut (Gulf Coast Showcase Semifinals)	L 52–91	5–1	Germain Arena (3,177)
Nov 30, 2014*	vs. Arizona State (Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game)	L 67–72	5–2	Germain Arena (N/A)
Dec 3, 2014*	Mississippi Valley State	W 63–37	6–2	Memorial Gymnasium (2,602)
Dec 14, 2014*	at Elon	W 66–50	7–2	Alumni Gym (838)
Dec 18, 2014*	at Marquette	L 67–80	7–3	Al McGuire Center (3,585)
Dec 21, 2014*	Dayton	L 67–71	7–4	Memorial Gymnasium (2,910)
Dec 29, 2014*	James Madison	W 66–62	8–4	Memorial Gymnasium (2,965)
Jan 2, 2015	at #5 Texas A&M	L 61–75	8–5 (0–1)	Reed Arena (4,513)
Jan 5, 2015	#7 Tennessee	L 49–57	8–6 (0–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (7,212)
Jan 8, 2015	at LSU	L 44–64	8–7 (0–3)	Maravich Center (2,131)
Jan 11, 2015	#14 Mississippi State	W 78–62	9–7 (1–3)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,690)
Jan 15, 2015*	Alabama–Huntsville	W 74–51	10–7	Memorial Gymnasium (2,626)
Jan 18, 2015	at #18 Georgia	L 53–64	10–8 (1–4)	Stegeman Coliseum (4,401)
Jan 22, 2015	Arkansas	W 55–53	11–8 (2–4)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,685)
Jan 25, 2015	at Alabama	W 55–52	12–8 (3–4)	Foster Auditorium (2,628)
Jan 29, 2015	at #18 Mississippi State	L 44–69	12–9 (3–5)	Humphrey Coliseum (5,056)
Feb 1, 2015	Florida	L 58–67	12–10 (3–6)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,262)
Feb 5, 2015	Ole Miss	W 58–54	13–10 (4–6)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,785)
Feb 8, 2015	#11 Kentucky	L 68–82	13–11 (4–7)	Memorial Gymnasium (4,235)
Feb 15, 2015	at #1 South Carolina	L 59–89	13–12 (4–8)	Colonial Life Arena (15,255)
Feb 19, 2015	at Florida	W 76–75 ^OT	14–12 (5–8)	O'Connell Center (1,134)
Feb 22, 2015	Missouri	L 51–54	14–13 (5–9)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,314)
Feb 26, 2015	Auburn	L 58–70	14–14 (5–10)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,930)
Mar 1, 2015	at #6 Tennessee	L 49–79	14–15 (5–11)	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,027)
2015 SEC Tournament
Mar 4, 2015	vs. Alabama (First Round)	W 66–56	15–15	Verizon Arena (1,915)
Mar 5, 2015	vs. #12 Kentucky (Second Round)	L 61–67	15–16	Verizon Arena (1,622)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/vand-w-baskbl-sched.html

2014–15 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

References

See also