2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	15–16 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Bollant
Assistant coach	Mike Divilbiss
Assistant coach	Tianna Kirkland
Assistant coach	LaKale Malone
Home arena	State Farm Center

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
#18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
#23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
#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

The 2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent 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, play 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 Roster

2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Hartwell, SarahSarah Hartwell	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Bellarmine Prep	Tacoma, Wash.
1.5 !G	2	Gleason, TaylorTaylor Gleason	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Goodrich	Grand Blanc, Mich.
2.5 !G/F	3	Tuck, TaylorTaylor Tuck	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, Ill.
3.5 !F	5	Oden, NiaNia Oden	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Christ The King	Brooklyn, N.Y.
1.5 !G	10	Coleman, AmarahAmarah Coleman	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Homewood-Flossmoor	Bolingbrook, Ill.
1.5 !G	12	McConnell, AshleyAshley McConnell	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Fremd	Palatine, Ill.
2.5 !G/F	13	Shackelford, MikaalaMikaala Shackelford	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Hopkins	Plymouth, Minn.
1.5 !G	15	Simmons, KyleyKyley Simmons	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Lewis Central	Council Bluffs, Iowa
1.5 !G	20	Carter, BrittanyBrittany Carter	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Incarnate Word Academy	St. Louis, Mo.
1.5 !G	21	Kissinger, BrookeBrooke Kissinger	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	1.0 !Fr	Minden	Minden, Neb.
1.5 !G	22	Crawford, IvoryIvory Crawford	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Proviso East	Chicago, Ill.
1.5 !G	23	Smith, AlexisAlexis Smith	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.0 !Sr	St. John the Baptist	Medford, N.Y.
1.5 !G	25	Cattenhead, KennedyKennedy Cattenhead	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, Ill.
5.0 !C	32	White, ChatriceChatrice White	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	1.0 !Fr	Shelby-Rising City	Shelby, Neb.
3.5 !F	34	Grant, JacquiJacqui Grant	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !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	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. #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	#17 Iowa	W 73–61	11–4 (2–1)	State Farm Center (1,650) Champaign, IL
01/11/2015 2:00 PM	#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 #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 #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 #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^[1]

References

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