2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by thirteenth year head coach Mike Carey and play their home games at WVU Coliseum. They finished with a record of 30–5 overall, 16–2 in Big 12 play to share the Big 12 regular season champions with Baylor. They lost in the 2014 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament to Baylor. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament which they defeated Albany in the first round before losing to LSU in the second round.

2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Rainbow Wahine Classic Champions Big 12 Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Women's Basketball, second round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
Record	30–5 (16–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Carey (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Lester Rowe (3rd season) Ken Griffin (1st season) Sharrona Reaves (1st season)
Home arena	WVU Coliseum

2013–14 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 7 West Virginia	16	–	2		.889			30	–	5		.857
Texas	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
No. 21 Oklahoma State	11	–	7		.611			25	–	9		.735
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Oklahoma	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
TCU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Kansas	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
Kansas State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Texas Tech	0	–	18		.000			6	–	24		.200
† 2014 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 20 Asya Bussie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Seton Keough Randallstown, Md. G 1 Christal Caldwell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Florida Charlotte, N.C. G 12 Darius Faulk 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Nazareth Regional New York, N.Y. F 5 Averee Fields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Calloway County Murray, Ky. G 4 Brooke Hampton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Colts Neck Colts Neck, N.J. F 14 Jess Harlee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Fallston Bel Air, Md. G 23 Bria Holmes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So James Hillhouse New Haven, Conn. F 32 Crystal Leary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lake Taylor Norfolk, Va. C 15 Lanay Montgomery 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Academy of the Holy Cross Pittsburgh, Pa. G 2 Taylor Palmer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, N.Y. G 22 Linda Stepney 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Lake Taylor Norfolk, Va.	Head coach Mike Carey Assistant coach(es) Lester Rowe Ken Griffin Sharrona Reaves Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-08-12

Schedule and Results

Sources:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2013* 4:00 pm		Concord	W 101–26	–	WVU Coliseum (3,176) Morgantown, WV
Non-Conference Games
11/08/2013* 5:30 pm, WV Media		Ohio State	L 61–70	0–1	WVU Coliseum (3,513) Morgantown, WV
11/15/2013* 9:30 pm		vs. Ole Miss Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 86–56	1–1	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/16/2013* 5:00 pm		vs. Washington State Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 88–66	2–1	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/17/2013* 10:00 pm, OC Sports		at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Classic	W 59–56	3–1	Stan Sheriff Center (1,723) Honolulu, HI
11/24/2013* 4:00 pm		Virginia	W 68–58	4–1	WVU Coliseum (2,014) Morgantown, WV
11/30/2013* 4:35 pm		at Youngstown State	W 85–58	5–1	Beeghly Center (871) Youngstown, OH
12/03/2013* 7:00 pm		Coppin State	W 88–56	6–1	WVU Coliseum (831) Morgantown, WV
12/07/2013* 2:00 pm		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 94–47	7–1	WVU Coliseum (1,553) Morgantown, WV
12/14/2013* 1:00 pm, WV Media		vs. Marshall Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic	W 82–51	8–1	Charleston Civic Center (1,565) Charleston, WV
12/18/2013* 7:00 pm		Delaware State	W 109–47	9–1	WVU Coliseum (1,181) Morgantown, WV
12/21/2013* 2:00 pm		at Duquesne	W 88–80	10–1	A. J. Palumbo Center (521) Pittsburgh, PA
12/29/2013* 7:00 pm		Elon	W 89–56	11–1	WVU Coliseum (1,924) Morgantown, WV
Conference Games
01/02/2014 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kansas	W 65–55	12–1 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,333) Lawrence, KS
01/04/2014 7:00 pm, FS1		at No. 11 Oklahoma State	W 71–67	13–1 (2–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,036) Stillwater, OK
01/08/2014 7:00 pm		No. 7 Baylor	L 62–78	13–2 (2–1)	WVU Coliseum (2,791) Morgantown, WV
01/12/2014 12:00 pm, FSN		Texas	W 56–49	14–2 (3–1)	WVU Coliseum (3,597) Morgantown, WV
01/15/2014 8:00 pm		at No. 20 Iowa State	W 73–59	15–2 (4–1)	Hilton Coliseum (9,824) Ames, IA
01/18/2014 2:00 pm		Oklahoma	W 77–63	16–2 (5–1)	WVU Coliseum (3,841) Morgantown, WV
01/22/2014 7:30 pm	No. 18	at Texas Tech	W 70–51	17–2 (6–1)	United Spirit Arena (3,757) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2014 4:00 pm, LHN	No. 18	at Texas	L 63–66	17–3 (6–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,812) Austin, TX
01/29/2014 7:00 pm	No. 20	No. 23 Iowa State	W 67–56	18–3 (7–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,229) Morgantown, WV
02/01/2014 8:00 pm	No. 20	at TCU	W 66–62	19–3 (8–2)	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (2,029) Fort Worth, TX
02/08/2014 2:00 pm	No. 17	Kansas State	W 84–44	20–3 (9–2)	WVU Coliseum (4,803) Morgantown, WV
02/13/2014 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 13	at Oklahoma	W 76–75	21–3 (10–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,803) Norman, OK
02/16/2014 1:00 pm	No. 13	TCU	W 61–57	22–3 (11–2)	WVU Coliseum (6,161) Morgantown, WV
02/19/2014 7:00 pm	No. 13	No. 12 Oklahoma State	W 77–45	23–3 (12–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,087) Morgantown, WV
02/22/2014 6:00 pm, FCS Pacific	No. 13	at Kansas State	W 61–40	24–3 (13–2)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,452) Manhattan, KS
02/26/2014 7:00 pm	No. 11	Texas Tech	W 69–37	25–3 (14–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,820) Morgantown, WV
03/02/2014 2:00 pm, FS1	No. 11	at No. 6 Baylor	W 71–69	26–3 (15–2)	Ferrell Center (8,242) Waco, TX
03/04/2014 7:00 pm	No. 7	Kansas	W 67–60	27–3 (16–2)	WVU Coliseum (5,052) Morgantown, WV
2014 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
03/08/2014 7:00 pm, FSN	No. 7	vs. TCU Quarterfinals	W 67–59	28–3	Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A) Oklahoma City, OK
03/09/2014 5:30 pm, FS1	No. 7	vs. Texas Semifinals	W 67–60	29–3	Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,954) Oklahoma City, OK
03/10/2014 9:00 pm, FS1	No. 5	vs. No. 7 Baylor Championship	L 71–74	29–4	Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,710) Oklahoma City, OK
2014 NCAA women's tournament
03/23/2014* 3:30 pm, ESPN	No. 7	vs. Albany First Round	W 76–61	30–4	Maravich Center (2,833) Baton Rouge, LA
03/25/2014* 9:45 pm, ESPN2	No. 7	at LSU Second Round	L 67–76	30–5	Maravich Center (2,186) Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2013–14 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team