2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by third year head coach Matt Bollant, played their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Nebraska.

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–16 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Bollant
Assistant coaches	Mike Divilbiss Tianna Kirkland LaKale Malone
Home arena	State Farm Center

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	18	–	0		1.000			34	–	3		.919
No. 18 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 23 Ohio State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
No. 22 Northwestern	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Rutgers	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Nebraska	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan	8	–	10		.444			20	–	15		.571
Michigan State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Illinois	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13		.278			9	–	20		.310
Indiana	4	–	14		.222			15	–	16		.484
Purdue	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† 2015 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 5, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sarah Hartwell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Bellarmine Prep Tacoma, Wash. G 2 Taylor Gleason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Goodrich Grand Blanc, Mich. G/F 3 Taylor Tuck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. F 5 Nia Oden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Christ The King Brooklyn, N.Y. G 10 Amarah Coleman 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Homewood-Flossmoor Bolingbrook, Ill. G 12 Ashley McConnell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fremd Palatine, Ill. G/F 13 Mikaala Shackelford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Hopkins Plymouth, Minn. G 15 Kyley Simmons 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Lewis Central Council Bluffs, Iowa G 20 Brittany Carter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Incarnate Word Academy St. Louis, Mo. G 21 Brooke Kissinger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Minden Minden, Neb. G 22 Ivory Crawford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Proviso East Chicago, Ill. G 23 Alexis Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. John the Baptist Medford, N.Y. G 25 Kennedy Cattenhead 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. C 32 Chatrice White 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Shelby-Rising City Shelby, Neb. F 34 Jacqui Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Maine South Park Ridge, Ill.	Head coach Matt Bollant Assistant coach(es) Mike Divilbiss Tianna Kirkland LaKale Malone Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2014* 2:00 pm		Millikin	W 108–38	–	State Farm Center (1,607) Champaign, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 3:00 pm		IPFW	W 70–63	1–0	State Farm Center (1,283) Champaign, IL
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm		Robert Morris	W 66–48	2–0	State Farm Center (1,171) Champaign, IL
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm		Memphis	W 60–58	3–0	State Farm Center (1,250) Champaign, IL
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm		Southern	W 62–42	4–0	State Farm Center (1,642) Champaign, IL
11/27/2014* 5:00 pm		vs. No. 9 Kentucky Paradise Jam tournament	W 77–71	5–0	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/28/2014* 7:15 pm		vs. South Florida Paradise Jam Tournament	L 61–67	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
11/29/2014* 5:00 pm		vs. Oklahoma Paradise Jam Tournament	L 76–78 OT	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 86–63	6–2	State Farm Center (1,253) Champaign, IL
12/06/2014* 2:05 pm		at Southern Illinois	W 86–42	7–2	SIU Arena (1,975) Carbondale, IL
12/09/2014* 6:00 pm		at Seton Hall	L 72–82	7–3	Walsh Gymnasium (467) South Orange, NJ
12/13/2014* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	W 80–58	8–3	Athletics–Recreation Center (408) Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2014* 7:00 pm		Murray State	W 64–44	9–3	State Farm Center (1,892) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 2:00 pm		Purdue	L 55–62	9–4 (0–1)	State Farm Center (2,548) Champaign, IL
01/04/2015 1:00 pm		at Penn State	W 91–76	10–4 (1–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,933) University Park, PA
01/08/2015 7:00 pm		No. 17 Iowa	W 73–61	11–4 (2–1)	State Farm Center (1,650) Champaign, IL
01/11/2015 2:00 pm		No. 19 Nebraska	L 53–58	11–5 (2–2)	State Farm Center (3,263) Champaign, IL
01/15/2015 6:00 pm		at Michigan State	L 56–63	11–6 (2–3)	Breslin Center (4,419) East Lansing, MI
01/18/2015 1:00 pm		at No. 8 Maryland	L 54–74	11–7 (2–4)	Xfinity Center (6,191) College Park, MD
01/22/2015 7:00 pm		Northwestern	L 67–68	11–8 (2–5)	State Farm Center (1,725) Champaign, IL
01/26/2015 6:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 57–70	11–9 (2–6)	Crisler Arena (1,780) Ann Arbor, MI
01/29/2015 7:00 pm		at No. 15 Nebraska	L 57–59	11–10 (2–7)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,378) Lincoln, NE
02/01/2015 2:00 pm		Wisconsin	L 62–73	11–11 (2–8)	State Farm Center (1,797) Champaign, IL
02/05/2015 8:00 pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 95–69	12–11 (3–8)	State Farm Center (1,693) Champaign, IL
02/08/2015 1:00 pm		Northwestern	L 58–64	12–12 (3–9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,011) Evanston, IL
02/11/2015 6:00 pm		at Indiana	L 58–85	12–13 (3–10)	Assembly Hall (2,236) Bloomington, IN
02/14/2015 3:00 pm, BTN		Ohio State	W 66–55	13–13 (4–10)	State Farm Center (2,708) Champaign, IL
02/17/2015 6:00 pm		at No. 21 Rutgers	L 56–80	13–14 (4–11)	The RAC (2,329) Piscataway, NJ
02/21/2015 1:00 pm		at Purdue	W 47–46	14–14 (5–11)	Mackey Arena (6,348) West Lafayette, IN
02/25/2015 7:00 pm		Michigan State	L 65–67	14–15 (5–12)	State Farm Center (1,815) Chamapign, IL
02/28/2015 11:00 am, BTN		Michigan	W 72–60	15–15 (6–12)	State Farm Center (2,989) Chamapign, IL
Big Ten Women's tournament
03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN		vs. Nebraska Second Round	L 71–86	15–16	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source

See also

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team