2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball
Big 12 Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 5
2014–15 record 33–4 (16–2 Big 12)
Head coach Kim Mulkey (14th year)
Assistant coach Bill Brock
Assistant coach Sytia Messer
Assistant coach Toyelle Wilson
Home arena Ferrell Center
2014–15 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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 14   .563
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 Conference Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team will represent Baylor University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach is Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 14th season. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finish the season 33–4, 16–2 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Northwestern State in the first round, Arkansas in the second round and Iowa in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.

Before the season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Odyssey Sims 0 G 5'9" Senior Irving, TX Graduated; Entered 2014 WNBA Draft; Drafted #2 Overall by the Tulsa Shock
Breanna Hayden 1 G 5'8" Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Alabama[1]
Mariah Chandler 11 F 6'2" Graduate Atlanta, GA Graduated
Makenzie Robertson 14 G 5'9" Senior McGregor, TX Graduated

Recruiting

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Dekeiya Cohen G 6'2" Freshman Charleston, SC High School Graduate
Kristy Wallace G 5'11" Freshman Loganholme, Queensland, Australia High School Graduate
Micayla Buckner P 6'3" Freshman Garland, TX High School Graduate
Alexis Jones G 5'8" Junior Irving, TX Transferred from Duke[2]

Roster

2014–15 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
F 1 Cohen, DekeiyaDekeiya Cohen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr West Ashley Charleston, SC
G 2 Johnson, NiyaNiya Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr P.K. Yonge Development Research Gainesville, FL
F 3 Fuqua', ChardonaeChardonae Fuqua' 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hoover Birmingham, AL
G 4 Wallace, KristyKristy Wallace 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr John Paul College Loganholme, Queensland, Australia
G 12 Prince, AlexisAlexis Prince 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Edgewater Orlando, FL
F 13 Davis, NinaNina Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Hoover Birmingham, AL
G 20 Wright, ImaniImani Wright 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Liberty-Eylau Hooks, TX
F/C 22 Agbuke, SuneSune Agbuke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Cornerstone Christian San Antonio, TX
G 24 Small, IeshiaIeshia Small 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Florida Tallahassee, FL
G 30 Jones, AlexisAlexis Jones  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr MacArthur
Duke
Irving, TX
F/C 34 Buckner, MicaylaMicayla Buckner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Naaman Forest Garland, TX
F/C 44 Higgins, KristinaKristina Higgins 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Chapin El Paso, TX
F/C 55 Cave, KhadijiahKhadijiah Cave 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lucy Laney Augusta, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-01

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 8 8 13 11 9 9 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 5
Coaches 9 9 13 11 9 9 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 6 6
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

11/04/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 8 Midwestern State W 99–56 
Ferrell Center (5,745)
Waco, TX

11/10/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 8 Tarleton State W 102–41 
Ferrell Center (5,677)
Waco, TX
Non-conference Regular Season

11/14/2014*
6:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 8 Oral Roberts W 101–60  1–0
Ferrell Center (5,807)
Waco, TX

11/17/2014*
6:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 8 at No. 13 Kentucky L 64–74  1–1
Rupp Arena (22,075)
Lexington, KY

11/28/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 13 Utah State
BTI Classic
W 99–43  2–1
Ferrell Center (5,754)
Waco, TX

11/29/2014*
12:00 PM
No. 13 Stetson
BTI Classic
W 96–42  3–1
Ferrell Center (5,458)
Waco, TX

11/30/2014*
2:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 13 Marist
BTI Classic
W 90–60  4–1
Ferrell Center (5,439)
Waco, TX

12/03/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 11 Texas–Pan American W 96–42  5–1
Ferrell Center (5,541)
Waco, TX

12/07/2014*
2:00 PM
No. 11 at Ole Miss W 96–57  6–1
Tad Smith Coliseum (2,388)
Oxford, MS

12/10/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 9 Idaho W 88–70  7–1
Ferrell Center (5,437)
Waco, TX

12/14/2014*
2:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 9 Stephen F. Austin W 95–57  8–1
Ferrell Center (5,947)
Waco, TX

12/19/2014*
6:00 PM
No. 9 vs. No. 19 Syracuse
Orlando Sunshine Tournament
W 74–72  9–1
Worden Arena (889)
Winter Park, FL

12/20/2014*
3:00 PM
No. 9 vs. No. 18 Michigan State
Orlando Sunshine Tournament
W 84–65  10–1
Worden Arena (755)
Winter Park, FL

12/29/2014*
7:00 PM
No. 6 Prairie View A&M W 108–64  11–1
Ferrell Center (5,839)
Waco, TX
Big 12 Regular Season

01/03/2015
11:00 AM, FSN
No. 6 No. 18 Oklahoma State W 61–45  12–1
(1–0)
Ferrell Center (6,403)
Waco, TX

01/06/2015
7:00 PM, FSKC
No. 5 at Kansas State W 74–44  13–1
(2–0)
Bramlage Coliseum (3,806)
Manhattan, KS

01/10/2015
2:00 PM, RTPT
No. 5 at West Virginia W 66–62  14–1
(3–0)
WVU Coliseum (3,712)
Morgantown, WV

01/13/2013
6:30 PM, FSSW
No. 3 Iowa State W 79–47  15–1
(4–0)
Ferrell Center (6,095)
Waco, TX

01/17/2015
2:00 PM, ESPN3
No. 3 at Kansas W 71–63  16–1
(5–0)
Allen Fieldhouse (3,449)
Lawrence, KS

01/19/2015
5:30 PM, FS1
No. 3 No. 8 Texas W 75–58  17–1
(6–0)
Ferrell Center (8,894)
Waco, TX

01/24/2015
11:00 AM, FSSW
No. 3 Kansas State W 68–46  18–1
(7–0)
Ferrell Center (6,481)
Waco, TX

01/27/2015
7:00 PM
No. 3 at TCU W 89–67  19–1
(8–0)
Student Recreation Center (1,806)
Ft. Worth, TX

02/01/2015
1:00 PM, FSN
No. 3 Kansas W 66–58  20–1
(9–0)
Ferrell Center (7,048)
Waco, TX

02/04/2015
7:00 PM
No. 3 at Oklahoma State W 69–52  21–1
(10–0)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,396)
Stillwater, OK

02/08/2015
1:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 3 at No. 20 Texas W 70–68  22–1
(11–0)
Frank Erwin Center (6,602)
Austin, TX

02/11/2015
7:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 3 Oklahoma W 89–66  23–1
(12–0)
Ferrell Center (7,683)
Waco, TX

02/15/2015
4:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 3 West Virginia W 79–51  24–1
(13–0)
Ferrell Center (6,762)
Waco, TX

02/18/2015
7:00 PM
No. 3 at Texas Tech W 67–60  25–1
(14–0)
United Spirit Arena (3,571)
Lubbock, TX

02/21/2015
7:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 3 TCU W 91–75  26–1
(15–0)
Ferrell Center (9,521)
Waco, TX

02/25/2015
7:00 PM
No. 3 at Oklahoma L 64–68  26–2
(15–1)
Lloyd Noble Center (5,479)
Norman, OK

02/28/2015
3:00 PM, FSN
No. 3 at Iowa State L 71–76  26–3
(15–2)
Hilton Coliseum (12,107)
Ames, IA

03/02/2015
7:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 6 Texas Tech W 75–65  27–3
(16–2)
Ferrell Center (7,007)
Waco, TX
2015 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament

03/07/2015
1:30 PM, FSN
No. 6 vs. Kansas State
Quarterfinals
W 82–70  28–3
American Airlines Center (3,914)
Dallas, TX

03/08/2015
1:30 PM, FS1
No. 6 vs. Oklahoma State
Semifinals
W 69–52  29–3
American Airlines Center (N/A)
Dallas, TX

03/09/2015
8:00 PM, FS1
No. 5 vs. Texas
Championship Game
W 75–64  30–3
American Airlines Center (4,804)
Dallas, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament

03/20/2015*
1:30 PM, ESPN2
No. 5 Northwestern State
First Round
W 77–36  31–3
Ferrell Center (4,775)
Waco, TX

03/22/2015*
1:30 PM, ESPN2
No. 5 Arkansas
Second Round
W 73–44  32–3
Ferrell Center (4,593)
Waco, TX

03/27/2015*
6:30 PM, ESPN2
No. 5 vs. No. 18 Iowa
Sweet Sixteen
W 81–66  33–3
Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A)
Oklahoma City, OK

03/29/2015*
7:30 PM, ESPN
No. 5 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
Elite Eight
L 68–77  33–4
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,329)
Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source [3]

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