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
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record26–8 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jordan Green[1]
  • Stacy Clinesmith[2]
  • Craig Fortier[3]
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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 14   .576
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[4]

The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented 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 replaced Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.[5] The Zags played 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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Chelsea Waters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lewiston Lewiston, ID
G 3 Kacie Bosch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Chinook Lethbridge, AB
G 5 Georgia Stirton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Waverly Falcons
College of Southern Idaho
Melbourne, Australia
G 11 Laura Sullivan 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Holy Names Academy Seattle, WA
C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr South Kamloops Kamloops, BC
F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Fairfield Fairfield, MT
F 14 Sunny Greinacher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Grashof Gymnasium Essen, Germany
F 22 Shaniqua Nilles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr West Valley Spokane, WA
F 23 Kiara Kudron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Huron New Boston, MI
G 24 Keani Albanez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Buena Santa Barbara, CA
G 31 Elle Tinkle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Big Sky Missoula, MT
G 33 Lindsay Sherbert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Great Oak
California
Temecula, CA
G 42 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Avides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany
C 44 Shelby Cheslek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Pullman 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 92–44 
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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Legend
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jordan Green Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Gonzaga hires Stacy Clinesmith as women's basketball assistant". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Craig Fortier Named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach". CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves as Gonzaga women's basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule/Results - GoZags.com - The Official Website of Gonzaga Bulldog Athletics". Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.