2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference West Coast Conference
2014–15 record 268 (162 WCC)
Head coach Lisa Fortier (1st season)
Assistant coach Jordan Green[1]
Assistant coach Stacy Clinesmith[2]
Assistant coach Craig Fortier[3]
Home arena McCarthey Athletic Center
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga162 .889  268  .765
San Diego144 .778  257  .781
Pacific135 .722  2110  .677
Saint Mary's135 .722  2311  .676
BYU126 .667  2310  .697
San Francisco810 .444  1914  .576
Santa Clara513 .278  1118  .379
Loyola Marymount414 .222  724  .226
Pepperdine315 .167  822  .267
Portland216 .111  426  .133
Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll[4]

The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by new head coach Lisa Fortier; she replaces Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.[5] The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals to WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.

Roster

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 1 Chelsea Waters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrLewiston Lewiston, ID
G 3 Kacie Bosch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrChinook Lethbridge, AB
G 5 Georgia Stirton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrWaverly Falcons
College of Southern Idaho
Melbourne, Australia
G 11 Laura Sullivan 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SrHoly Names Academy Seattle, WA
C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS FrSouth Kamloops Kamloops, BC
F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrFairfield Fairfield, MT
F 14 Sunny Greinacher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrGrashof Gymnasium Essen, Germany
F 22 Shaniqua Nilles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS JrWest Valley Spokane, WA
F 23 Kiara Kudron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrHuron New Boston, MI
G 24 Keani Albanez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBuena Santa Barbara, CA
G 31 Elle Tinkle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBig Sky Missoula, MT
G 33 Lindsay Sherbert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrGreat Oak
California
Temecula, CA
G 42 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrAvides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany
C 44 Shelby Cheslek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS JrPullman Pullman, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-25

Schedule

[6]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014*
2:00 PM
Eastern Oregon W 9244 
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765)
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014*
2:00 PM, SWX
No. 22 Dayton W 75–65  1–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442)
Spokane, WA
11/18/2014*
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
No. 24 Idaho State W 88–63  2–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541)
Spokane, WA
11/21/2014*
6:00 PM, Watch Big Sky
No. 24 at Montana State W 89–60  3–0
Worthington Arena (1,517)
Bozeman, MT
11/28/2014*
3:30 PM
vs. American
South Point Shootout
L 56–59  3–1
South Point Arena (N/A)
Las Vegas, NV
11/29/2014*
3:30 PM
vs. No. 17 Iowa
South Point Shootout
L 67–79  3–2
South Point Arena (177)
Las Vegas, NV
12/03/2014*
6:00 PM, SWX
at Eastern Washington W 61–60  4–2
Reese Court (1,877)
Cheney, WA
12/07/2014*
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Portland State W 73–41  5–2
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204)
Spokane, WA
12/09/2014*
6:00 PM, SWX
Washington State L 58–59  5–3
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363)
Spokane, WA
12/12/2014*
6:00 PM, MW Net
at Wyoming W 70–56  6–3
Arena-Auditorium (3,620)
Laramie, WY
12/15/2014*
10:00 AM
at Northwestern L 43–62  6–4
Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047)
Evanston, IL
12/20/2014*
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Southern Utah W 70–51  7–4
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251)
Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/27/2014
2:00 PM, SWX
BYU W 78–62  8–4
(1–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911)
Spokane, WA
12/29/2014
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
San Diego W 67–49  9–4
(2–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279)
Spokane, WA
01/03/2015
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Portland W 79–57  10–4
(3–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072)
Spokane, WA
01/08/2015
7:00 PM, TheW.tv
at San Francisco W 75–64  11–4
(4–0)
War Memorial Gymnasium (257)
San Francisco, CA
01/10/2015
2:00 PM
at Santa Clara W 78–70  12–4
(5–0)
Leavey Center (371)
Santa Clara, CA
01/15/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Pepperdine W 73–64  13–4
(6–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981)
Spokane, WA
01/17/2015
2:00 PM, SWX
Loyola Marymount W 76–62  14–4
(7–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282)
Spokane, WA
01/22/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
at Saint Mary's W 52–42  15–4
(8–0)
McKeon Pavilion (603)
Moraga, CA
01/24/2015
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
at Pacific W 73–63  16–4
(9–0)
Alex G. Spanos Center (673)
Stockton, CA
01/31/2015
2:00 PM
at Portland W 85–63  17–4
(10–0)
Chiles Center (773)
Portland, OR
02/05/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Santa Clara W 76–49  18–4
(11–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082)
Spokane, WA
02/07/2015
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
San Francisco W 91–84 4OT 19–4
(12–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/12/2015
7:00 PM
at Loyola Marymount W 82–59  20–4
(13–0)
Gersten Pavilion (338)
Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2015
12:00 PM
at Pepperdine W 78–56  21–4
(14–0)
Firestone Fieldhouse (246)
Malibu, CA
02/19/2015
6:00 PM, SWX
Saint Mary's W 80–72  22–4
(15–0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719)
Spokane, WA
02/21/2015
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Pacific L 59–71  22–5
(15–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/26/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
at San Diego L 62–75  22–6
(15–2)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (633)
San Diego, CA
02/28/2015
1:00 PM, BYUtv
at BYU W 73–66  23–6
(16–2)
Marriott Center (1,226)
Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
03/06/2015
12:00 PM, BYUtv
vs. Loyola Marymount
Quarterfinals
W 70–50  24–6
Orleans Arena (7,110)
Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015
12:00 PM, BYUtv
vs. BYU
Semifinals
L 55–61  24–7
Orleans Arena (N/A)
Las Vegas, NV
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2015*
4:30 PM, ESPN2
vs. No. 19 George Washington
First Round
W 82–69  25–7
Gill Coliseum (3,728)
Corvallis, OR
03/22/2015*
4:00 PM, ESPN2
at No. 10 Oregon State
Second Round
W 76–64  26–7
Gill Coliseum (5,071)
Corvallis, OR
03/28/2015*
4:00 PM, ESPN
vs. No. 6 Tennessee
Sweet Sixteen
L 69–73 OT 26–8
Spokane Arena (8,686)
Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. "Jordan Green Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. "Gonzaga hires Stacy Clinesmith as women's basketball assistant". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  3. "Craig Fortier Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  4. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
  5. "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves as Gonzaga women's basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
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