2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
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 FalconsCollege 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
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
RV
24
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
See also
References
Venues Culture & lore People Retired numbers Seasons