2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twentieth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as first-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Northwestern. They received at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to the national champions, Connecticut in the second round.

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
NCAA women's tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
Record	23–10 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	C. Vivian Stringer (20th season)
Assistant coaches	Tia Jackson Tasha Pointer Chelsea Newton
Home arena	Louis Brown Athletic 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

Roster

2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 1 Rachel Hollivay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Heritage Academy Columbus, MS G/F 2 Kahleah Copper 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Prep Charter Philadelphia, PA G 3 Tyler Scaife 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Hall Little Rock, AR G 4 Briyona Canty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Trenton Cartholic Willingboro, NJ G 5 Natalie Parsons 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Woods Cross/Salt Lake CC Bountiful, UT G 10 Shrita Parker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ocean Lakes Virginia Beach, VA G/F 11 Ashli Jeune 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Life Center Academy Westampton, NJ G 13 Cynthia Hernandez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Buena/Ventura College Ventura, CA G 15 Syessence Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Neptune Neptune, NJ C 20 Christa Evans 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Jackson Memorial Jackson, NJ F 22 Alexis Burke 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Bainbridge/Illinois Bainbridge, GA G 33 Alex Alfano 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Red Bank Catholic Atlantic Highlands, NJ C 43 Ariel Butts 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Carver Columbus, GA G/F 44 Betnijah Laney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Smyrna Clayton, DE	Head coach C. Vivian Stringer Assistant coach(es) Tia Jackson Tasha Pointer Chelsea Newton Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 14, 2024

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	Saint Joseph's	W 76–52	1–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,805) Piscataway, NJ
11/18/2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 22	Northeastern	W 74–60	2–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,213) Piscataway, NJ
11/22/2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 22	at LSU	W 64–57	3–0	Maravich Center (2,846) Baton Rouge, LA
11/25/2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Wagner	W 81–53	4–0	Spiro Sports Center (1,608) Staten Island, NY
11/28/2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 21	Colgate	W 60–44	5–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,428) Piscataway, NJ
11/30/2014* 1:00 p.m.	No. 21	Davidson	W 100–44	6–0	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,513) Piscataway, NJ
12/04/2014* 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 18	No. 6 North Carolina ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 93–96 2OT	6–1	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,028) Piscataway, NJ
12/07/2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 18	at No. 25 Arkansas	W 64–52	7–1	Bud Walton Arena (1,997) Fayetteville, AR
12/10/2014* 6:00 p.m.	No. 17	at Temple	W 88–55	8–1	McGonigle Hall (867) Philadelphia, PA
12/14/2014* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	No. 11 Tennessee	L 45–55	8–2	Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,543) Piscataway, NJ
12/20/2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 17	at Iona	W 66–58	9–2	Hynes Athletic Center (942) New Rochelle, NY
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 2:00 p.m.	No. 17	at Indiana	W 66–51	10–2 (1–0)	Assembly Hall (3,925) Bloomington, IN
01/01/2015 2:00 p.m.	No. 16	at Ohio State	L 68–85	10–3 (1–1)	Value City Arena (4,557) Columbus, OH
01/04/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 16	No. 20 Iowa	L 72–79	10–4 (1–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542) Piscataway, NJ
01/07/2015 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	Michigan	W 81–68	11–4 (2–2)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,554) Piscataway, NJ
01/10/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 24	at Penn State	W 71–51	12–4 (3–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,705) University Park, PA
01/15/2015 9:00 p.m., BTN	No. 24	No. 8 Maryland	L 59–79	12–5 (3–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,116) Piscataway, NJ
01/18/2015 3:00 p.m.	No. 24	at Wisconsin	W 73–63	13–5 (4–3)	Kohl Center (4,114) Madison, WI
01/25/2015 5:15 p.m., BTN	No. 25	No. 21 Minnesota	W 66–61	14–5 (5–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,811) Piscataway, NJ
01/29/2015 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 22	at Purdue	W 58–49	15–5 (6–3)	Mackey Arena (5,780) West Lafayette, IN
02/01/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 22	Penn State	W 76–65	16–5 (7–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,931) Piscataway, NJ
02/05/2015 7:00 p.m., BTN	No. 21	No. 19 Nebraska	W 46–43	17–5 (8–3)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436) Piscataway, NJ
02/08/2015 7:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Michigan	W 57–50	18–5 (9–3)	Crisler Center (3,478) Ann Arbor, MI
02/10/2015 9:00 p.m., BTN	No. 18	at No. 5 Maryland	L 69–80	18–6 (9–4)	Xfinity Center (3,636) College Park, MD
02/14/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 18	Purdue	W 78–49	19–6 (10–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713) Piscataway, NJ
02/17/2015 7:00 p.m.	No. 19	Illinois	W 80–56	20–6 (11–4)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,329) Piscataway, NJ
02/22/2015 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 19	at Michigan State	L 50–60	20–7 (11–5)	Breslin Center (8,110) East Lansing, MI
02/26/2015 8:00 p.m.	No. 20	at No. 25 Northwestern	L 60–80	20–8 (11–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (903) Evanston, IL
03/01/2015 2:00 p.m.	No. 20	Indiana	W 71–60	21–8 (12–6)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,374) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten women's tournament
03/05/2015 3:00 p.m., BTN	No. 23	vs. Indiana Second round	W 63–52	22–8	Sears Centre (4,941) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015 3:00 p.m., BTN	No. 23	vs. No. 24 Northwestern Quarterfinals	L 57–62	22–9	Sears Centre (5,293) Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA women's tournament
03/21/2015* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Seton Hall First round	W 79–66	23–9	Gampel Pavilion (N/A) Storrs, CT
03/23/2015* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 1 Connecticut Second round/Rivalry	L 55–91	23–10	Gampel Pavilion (3,486) Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	24т	22	21	18	17	17	17	16	24	24	25	22	21	18	19	20	23	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	24	24	20	19	19	18	17	23	22	23	23	22	17	18	18	22	23	22

See also

• 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team