2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	16–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (8th year)
Assistant coach	Amaka Agugua
Assistant coach	NcKell Copeland
Assistant coach	Mark Simons
Home arena	Breslin 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 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament which they lost to Maryland. They did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2001.

Roster

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	1	Jankoska, ToriTori Jankoska	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Freeland	Freeland, Mich.
1.5 !G	2	Miller, CaraCara Miller	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	Divine Child	Farmington Hills, Mich.
1.5 !G	3	Carter, KiaraKiara Carter	61 !5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	1.0 !Fr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, Ill
5.0 !C	4	Hines, JasmineJasmine Hines	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Central Lake	Central Lake, Mich.
1.5 !G	10	Agee, BrannadaisBrannadais Agee	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.5 !RS So	Cass Technical	Detroit, Mich.
1.5 !G	11	Morrissey, AnnaAnna Morrissey	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	4.0 !Sr	Stevenson	Lincolnshire, Ill.
2.5 !G/F	21	Lumpkin, JasmineJasmine Lumpkin	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Joliet Catholic Academy	Bolingbrook, Ill.
1.5 !G	23	Powers, AerialAerial Powers	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.5 !RS So	Detroit Country Day	Detroit, Mich.
2.5 !G/F	24	Gussert, LexiLexi Gussert	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	1.0 !Fr	Forest Park	Crystal Falls, Mich.
3.5 !F	25	Lumpkin, KendraKendra Lumpkin	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	Plainfield North	Bolingbrook, Ill.
5.0 !C	40	Williams, MadisonMadison Williams	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Detroit Country Day	Berkley, Mich.
3.5 !F	52	Mills, BeccaBecca Mills	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	4.0 !Sr	Midland Dow	Midland, Mich.
3.5 !F	55	Johnson, KennedyKennedy Johnson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Wildwood Catholic	Galloway, N.J.

Head coach

Suzy Merchant

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua
NcKell Copeland
Mark Simons

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-05

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 4:00 PM	#14	Grand Valley State	W 70–51	–	Breslin Center (4,818) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014* 2:00 PM	#14	Eastern Michigan	W 68–61	1–0	Breslin Center (5,311) East Lansing, MI
11/19/2014* 7:00 PM, BTN	#15	#3 Notre Dame	L 63–71	1–1	Breslin Center (8,644) East Lansing, MI
11/23/2014* 2:00 PM	#15	IUPUI	W 64–45	2–1	Breslin Center (5,200) East Lansing, MI
11/26/2014* 7:30 PM	#16	Oakland	W 79–64	3–1	Breslin Center (5,396) East Lansing, MI
11/30/2014* 2:00 PM	#16	Miami (OH)	W 85–39	4–1	Breslin Center (4,007) East Lansing, MI
12/04/2014* 7:00 PM	#15	Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 79–73 ^OT	5–1	Breslin Center (6,636) East Lansing, MI
12/07/2014* 4:00 PM, SECN	#15	at #19 Georgia	L 60–69	5–2	Stegeman Coliseum (3,524) Athens, GA
12/14/2014* 3:00 PM	#19	at Loyola–Chicago	W 90–38	6–2	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (583) Chicago, IL
12/16/2014* 7:00 PM	#18	Alcorn State	W 77–41	7–2	Breslin Center (5,243) East Lansing, MI
12/20/2014* 4:00 PM	#18	vs. #9 Baylor Florida Sunshine Classic	L 65–84	7–3	Worden Arena (755) Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2014* 4:00 PM	#18	vs. #19 Syracuse Florida Sunshine Classic	W 89–76	8–3	Worden Arena (502) Winter Haven, FL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 2:00 PM	#20	Northwestern	L 57–61	8–4 (0–1)	Breslin Center (8,128) East Lansing, MI
12/31/2014 7:00 PM	#24	at Indiana	L 51–70	8–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (2,714) Bloomington, IN
01/04/2015 2:00 PM, BTN	#24	at Michigan	L 65–74	8–6 (0–3)	Crisler Center (4,520) Ann Arbor, MI
01/08/2015 8:30 PM, BTN		#19 Nebraska	L 67–71	8–7 (0–4)	Breslin Center (4,652) East Lansing, MI
01/11/2015 3:00 PM		at Northwestern	L 70–77	8–8 (0–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,152) Evanston, IL
01/15/2015 7:00 PM		Illinois	W 63–56	9–8 (1–5)	Breslin Center (4,419) East Lansing, MI
01/18/2015 3:00 PM, ESPN2		#22 Iowa	L 50–52	9–9 (1–6)	Breslin Center (8,923) East Lansing, MI
01/22/2015 7:00 PM, BTN		at #7 Maryland	L 56–85	9–10 (1–7)	Xfinity Center (5,012) College Park, MD
01/25/2015 2:00 PM		Wisconsin	W 77–71	10–10 (2–7)	Breslin Center (7,560) East Lansing, MI
01/28/2014 7:00 PM		Indiana	W 72–57	11–10 (3–7)	Breslin Center (4,800) East Lansing, MI
02/02/2015 6:30 PM, BTN		at Ohio State	L 62–76	11–11 (3–8)	Value City Arena (4,234) Columbus, OH
02/05/2015 7:00 PM		Michigan	L 59–72	11–12 (3–9)	Breslin Center (5,315) East Lansing, MI
02/08/2015 3:00 PM		at Minnesota	L 79–86	11–13 (3–10)	Williams Arena (6,570) Minneapolis, MN
02/11/2015 7:00 PM		at Penn State	W 74–67	12–13 (4–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,319) University Park, PA
02/16/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN2		#5 Maryland	L 69–75	12–14 (4–11)	Breslin Center (5,562) East Lansing, MI
02/22/2015 2:00 PM, ESPN2		#19 Rutgers	W 60–50	13–14 (5–11)	Breslin Center (8,110) East Lansing, MI
02/25/2015 8:00 PM		at Illinois	W 67–65	14–14 (6–11)	State Farm Center (1,815) Champaign, IL
02/28/2015 2:00 PM, BTN		at Purdue	W 61–56	15–14 (7–11)	Mackey Arena (7,030) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 12:30 PM, BTN		vs. Michigan Second Round	W 69–49	16–14	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015 12:30 PM, BTN		vs. #4 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 60–70	16–15	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	14	15	16	15	19	21	20	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	15	17	17	16	21	18	22	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References