2014–15 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

2014–15 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball

Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2014–15 record	12–18 (5–11 A-10)
Head coach	Sharon Dawley (5th year)
Assistant coach	Jen MacAulay (5th year)
Assistant coach	Yolanda Griffith (1st year)
Assistant coach	Chris Wielgus (2nd year)
Home arena	William D. Mullins Memorial Center

2014–15 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#19 George Washington^†	15	–	1	.938	29	–	4	.879
Dayton	14	–	2	.875	28	–	7	.800
Duquesne	12	–	4	.750	23	–	11	.676
Fordham	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Richmond	9	–	7	.563	19	–	14	.576
Rhode Island	8	–	8	.500	17	–	13	.567
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8	.500	13	–	17	.433
VCU	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Saint Louis	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11	.313	15	–	15	.500
La Salle	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
George Mason	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
UMass	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
Davidson	1	–	15	.063	5	–	25	.167


† 2015 A10 Tournament winner As of 30 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 UMass Minutewomen basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Sharon Dawley assumes the responsibility as head coach for her fifth season. The Minutewomen were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 12–18, 5–11 in A-10 play to finish in a four way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Richmond.

2014–15 media

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA will carry Minutewomen games with Cody Chrusciel on the call.

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 UMass Minutewomen women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	15	Dillard, CierraCierra Dillard	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	Gates Chili	Rochester, N.Y.
1.5 !G	2	Dillon, AmberAmber Dillon	62 !5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Brookline	Jamaica Plain, Mass.
4.5 !F/C	31	Hill, KymberKymber Hill	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Althoff Catholic	Belleville, Ill.
1.5 !G	5	Jordan, AdrianaAdriana Jordan	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Port Huron	Port Huron, Mich.
3.5 !F	32	Lawrence, AlyssaAlyssa Lawrence	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	The Ursuline School	New Rochelle, N.Y.
1.5 !G	25	McDerment, LeahLeah McDerment	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Priestnall School	Stockport, England
1.5 !G	24	Mital, EmilyEmily Mital	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.0 !Sr	Frisco Liberty	Frisco, Texas
4.5 !F/C	0	Mulligan, MaggieMaggie Mulligan	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Boston Latin School	Boston, Mass.
3.5 !F	4	Pierre-Louis, KimKim Pierre-Louis	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	St. Paul Catholic	Ottawa, Ontario
3.5 !F	11	Rosten, CiaraCiara Rosten	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	1.0 !Fr	Maryvale	Cheektowaga, N.Y.
1.5 !G	21	Stewart, VictoriaVictoria Stewart	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Amherst-Pelham Regional	Amherst, Mass.
1.5 !G	3	Stiff, AlyxAlyx Stiff	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Quest Preparatory Academy	Las Vegas, Nev.
3.5 !F	14	Tarnachowicz, PaulaPaula Tarnachowicz	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	VII Sportowe Liceum	Gdynia, Poland
2.5 !G/F	23	Timbilla, RashidaRashida Timbilla	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.0 !Jr	John McCrae Secondary School	Ottawa, Ontario

Head coach

Sharon Dawley

Assistant coach(es)

Jen MacAulay
Yolanda Griffith
Chris Wielgus

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: done

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 8:30 PM	at Western Michigan	L 41–63	0–1	University Arena (782) Kalamazoo, MI
11/16/2014* 1:00 PM	at Central Michigan	L 70–72	0–2	McGuirk Arena (1,307) Mount Pleasant, MI
11/19/2014* 7:00 PM	Maine	W 68–60	1–2	Mullins Center (356) Amherst, MA
11/21/2014* 8:00 PM	at North Texas North Texas Tournament	W 56–46	2–2	The Super Pit (827) Denton, TX
11/23/2014* 1:00 PM	vs. Florida State North Texas Tournament	L 47–73	2–3	The Super Pit (573) Denton, TX
11/30/2014* 2:00 PM	UCF	W 67–62	3–3	Mullins Center (344) Amherst, MA
12/03/2014* 7:00 PM	Harvard	L 62–75	3–4	Mullins Center (302) Amherst, MA
12/06/2014* 12:00 PM	American	W 71–61	4–4	Mullins Center (338) Amherst, MA
12/14/2014* 2:00 PM	Holy Cross	W 72–61	5–4	Mullins Center (311) Amherst, MA
12/19/2014* 5:00 PM	at Georgia State Georgia State Tournament	L 66–71	5–5	GSU Sports Arena (386) Atlanta, GA
12/20/2014* 4:00 PM	vs. Ohio Georgia State Tournament	L 52–59	5–6	GSU Sports Arena (382) Atlanta, GA
12/28/2014* 2:00 PM	at Boston University	W 78–57	6–6	Case Gym (277) Boston, MA
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2015 1:00 PM	at St. Bonaventure	L 53–65	6–7 (0–1)	Reilly Center (646) Olean, NY
01/07/2015 7:00 PM	Saint Louis	L 67–75	6–8 (0–2)	Mullins Center (321) Amherst, MA
01/10/2015 2:00 PM	at Saint Joseph's	W 65–47	7–8 (1–2)	Hagan Arena (751) Philadelphia, PA
01/15/2015 7:00 PM	La Salle	W 71–68	8–8 (2–2)	Mullins Center (360) Amherst, MA
01/18/2015 2:00 PM, CBSSN	George Washington	L 54–69	8–9 (2–3)	Mullins Center (381) Amherst, MA
01/21/2015 12:00 PM	at Fordham	L 42–65	8–10 (2–4)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,236) Bronx, NY
01/24/2015 2:00 PM	at Richmond	L 44–64	8–11 (2–5)	Robins Center (520) Richmond, VA
01/31/2015 2:00 PM	St. Bonaventure	L 57–77	8–12 (2–6)	Mullins Center (592) Amherst, MA
02/04/2015 7:00 PM	at Rhode Island	L 58–70	8–13 (2–7)	Ryan Center (407) Kingston, RI
02/07/2015 1:00 PM	at La Salle	L 69–71	8–14 (2–8)	Tom Gola Arena (221) Philadelphia, PA
02/11/2015 11:45 AM	George Mason	W 85–79 ^OT	9–14 (3–8)	Mullins Center (1,398) Amherst, MA
02/14/2015 1:00 PM	Duquesne	L 49–69	9–15 (3–9)	Mullins Center (714) Amherst, MA
02/18/2015 7:00 PM	Davidson	W 60–49	10–15 (4–9)	Mullins Center (358) Amherst, MA
02/22/2015 1:00 PM	at VCU	L 43–65	10–16 (4–10)	Siegel Center (939) Richmond, VA
02/26/2015 7:00 PM	at Dayton	L 60–69	10–17 (4–11)	UD Arena (2,061) Dayton, OH
03/01/2015 2:00 PM	Rhode Island	W 78–70	11–17 (5–11)	Mullins Center (612) Amherst, MA
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/04/2015 4:30 PM	vs. St. Bonaventure First Round	W 55–49	12–17	Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, VA
03/05/2015 2:00 PM	vs. Richmond Second Round	L 63–67	12–18	Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

↑ http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/umas-w-baskbl-sched.html

UMass Minutewomen basketball

Venues	Curry Hicks Cage (1968–1993) William D. Mullins Memorial Center (1993–present)

Rivalries	Boston College

Culture & lore	Sam the Minuteman "Fight Mass"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 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 2016–17

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