2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–21 (2–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Bollant (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Divilbiss; Tianna Kirkland; LaKale Malone;
Home arena	State Farm Center
	Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by 2nd year head coach Matt Bollant, played their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 9–21 overall, 2–14 in Big Ten play for a last place finish. They lost in the first round of the 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament to Iowa.

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Penn State	13	–	3	.813	24	–	8	.750
No. 20 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	23	–	10	.697
No. 13 Nebraska †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 17 Purdue	11	–	5	.688	22	–	9	.710
No. 19 Iowa	11	–	5	.688	27	–	9	.750
Minnesota	8	–	8	.500	22	–	13	.629
Michigan	8	–	8	.500	20	–	14	.588
Indiana	5	–	11	.313	21	–	13	.618
Northwestern	5	–	11	.313	17	–	16	.515
Ohio State	5	–	11	.313	17	–	18	.486
Wisconsin	3	–	13	.188	10	–	19	.345
Illinois	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300

† 2014 Big Ten tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

Roster edit

2013–14 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 So	Bellarmine Prep/Georgia Tech	Tacoma, Wash.
F	1	Mckenzie Piper	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Iowa City West	Iowa City, Iowa
G	2	Taylor Gleason	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Goodrich	Grand Blanc, Mich.
G/F	3	Taylor Tuck	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, Ill.
F	4	Sarah Livingston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Morton	Morton, Ill.
F	5	Nia Oden	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Christ The King	Brooklyn, N.Y.
G	12	Ashley McConnell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Fremd	Palatine, Ill.
G/F	13	Mikaala Shackelford	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Hopkins	Plymouth, Minn.
G	15	Kyley Simmons	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Lewis Central/Missouri	Council Bluffs, Iowa
G	22	Ivory Crawford	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Proviso East	Chicago, Ill.
G	23	Alexis Smith	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	St. John the Baptist	Medford, N.Y.
G	25	Kennedy Cattenhead	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, Ill.
F	34	Jacqui Grant	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Maine South	Park Ridge, Ill.
G	42	Amber Moore	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Country Day	Detroit, Mich.

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: 2013-08-16

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2013* 1:00 pm	Cardinal Stritch	W 78–49	–	State Farm Center (1,440) Champaign, IL
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 11:00 am	at Bradley	L 92–98	0–1	Renaissance Coliseum (2,402) Peoria, IL
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm	Valparaiso	W 87–59	1–1	State Farm Center (1,265) Champaign, IL
11/14/2013* 7:00 pm	Mississippi Valley State	W 93–70	2–1	State Farm Center (1,272) Champaign, IL
11/17/2013* 1:00 pm	Alcorn State	W 112–28	3–1	State Farm Center (2,909) Champaign, IL
11/21/2013* 7:00 pm	Southern Illinois	W 78–43	4–1	State Farm Center (1,459) Champaign, IL
11/28/2013* 12:00 pm	vs. Arizona State Cancún Challenge	L 60–84	4–2	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
11/29/2013* 12:00 pm	vs. Arkansas State Cancún Challenge	W 70–54	5–2	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (730) Cancún, MX
11/30/2013* 2:30 pm	vs. No. 11 North Carolina Cancún Challenge	L 51–87	5–3	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
12/04/2013* 6:00 pm	at Georgia Tech ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 69–93	5–4	McCamish Pavilion (670) Atlanta, GA
12/07/2013* 6:00 pm	at No. 11 Colorado	L 56–79	5–5	Coors Events Center (2,090) Boulder, CO
12/09/2013* 7:00 pm	Seton Hall	W 71–70	6–5	State Farm Center (1,358) Champaign, IL
12/21/2013* 2:00 pm	Tennessee–Martin	W 77–62	7–5	State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL
12/28/2013* 3:00 pm, CSS	at No. 19 Georgia	L 60–82	7–6	Stegeman Coliseum (3,886) Athens, GA
01/03/2014 7:00 pm, BTN	Wisconsin	L 64–76	7–7 (0–1)	State Farm Center (1,872) Champaign, IL
01/09/2014 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 14 Penn State	L 76–82	7–8 (0–2)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
01/12/2014 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 16 Nebraska	L 56–75	7–9 (0–3)	State Farm Center (3,306) Champaign, IL
01/15/2014 8:30 pm	at Northwestern	W 76–74	8–9 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,125) Evanston, IL
01/18/2014 11:00 am, BTN	at Michigan	L 60–69	8–10 (1–4)	Crisler Center (2,013) Ann Arbor, MI
01/23/2014 6:00 pm	at Michigan State	W 61–51	9–10 (2–4)	Breslin Center (5,360) East Lansing, MI
01/27/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 19 Purdue	L 68–80	9–11 (2–5)	State Farm Center (1,554) Champaign, IL
01/30/2014 6:00 pm	at Ohio State	L 64–90	9–12 (2–6)	Value City Arena (4,256) Columbus, OH
02/02/2014 1:00 pm	Indiana	L 58–77	9–13 (2–7)	State Farm Center (1,914) Champaign, IL
02/05/2014 7:00 pm	No. 24 Michigan State	L 53–69	9–14 (2–8)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
02/09/2014 2:00 pm	at Minnesota	L 61–66	9–15 (2–9)	Williams Arena (4,306) Minneapolis, MN
02/13/2014 8:00 pm, BTN	at Iowa	L 55–69	9–16 (2–10)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,636) Iowa City, IA
02/16/2014 1:00 pm	Michigan	L 63–70	9–17 (2–11)	State Farm Center (3,018) Champaign, IL
02/22/2014 2:30 pm, BTN	at Indiana	L 61–79	9–18 (2–12)	Assembly Hall (3,481) Bloomington, IN
02/27/2014 7:00 pm	at No. 16 Nebraska	L 65–72	9–19 (2–13)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,480) Lincoln, NE
03/02/2014 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 25 Iowa	L 56–81	9–20 (2–14)	State Farm Center (2,201) Champaign, IL
2014 Big Ten Conference women's tournament
03/06/2014 1:30 pm, BTN	vs. No. 23 Iowa First Round	L 62–81	9–21	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,070) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[3]

References edit

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ "2013-14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball Schedule". Fighting Illini. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.

[Standings-1] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[Rankings-2] "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[3] "2013-14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball Schedule". Fighting Illini. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.

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