2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by 7th year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–8 overall, 13–3 in Big Ten play to share the Big Ten Regular Season title with Michigan State. They lost in the quarterfinals to Ohio State in the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament which they defeated Wichita State in the first round, Florida in the second round before being eliminated by Stanford in the sweet sixteen.

2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Junkanoo Jam Champions Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA women's tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
Record	24–8 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Coquese Washington (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Fred Chmiel Kia Damon Maren Walseth
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	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

Roster

2013–14 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 1 Candice Agee 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — So Silverado Victorville, Calif. G 2 Dara Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) — RS Sr Caravel Academy/Maryland Wilmington, Del. F 5 Talia East 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Friends' Central School Philadelphia, Pa. G 10 Keke Sevillian 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) — Fr Goodrich Goodrich, Mich. F 11 Alex Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Lorain Lorain, Ohio G 12 Lindsey Spann 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) — Fr Good Counsel Laurel, Md. G/F 15 Kaliyah Mitchell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr Stephenson Stone Mountain, Ga. C 20 Infiniti Alston 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Digital Harbor Baltimore, Md. F 23 Ariel Edwards 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Christ the King Elmont, N.Y. G/F 25 Peyton Whitted 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Fr North Gwinnett Suwanee, Ga. G 33 Maggie Lucas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — Sr Germantown Academy Narberth, Pa. G 35 Sierra Moore 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — RS So Delone Catholic/Duke Hanover, Pa. G/F 41 Jenny DeGraaf 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr Springboro Springboro, Ohio F/C 44 Tori Waldner 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Jr Milton Milton, Ga.	Head coach Coquese Washington Assistant coach(es) Fred Chmiel Kia Damon Maren Walseth Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/27/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 13	Lock Haven	W 102–51	–	Bryce Jordan Center (3,443) University Park, PA
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Saint Francis (PA)	W 117–77	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center (3,908) University Park, PA
11/10/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 13	Fordham	W 78–61	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (3,834) University Park, PA
11/17/2013* 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	No. 1 Connecticut	L 52–71	2–1	Bryce Jordan Center (8,194) University Park, PA
11/20/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 14	Bucknell	W 92–49	3–1	Bryce Jordan Center (3,646) University Park, PA
11/29/2013* 3:15 pm	No. 13	vs. Oregon State Junkanoo Jam semifinals	W 61–56	4–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (N/A) Freeport, BAH
11/30/2013* 11:30 am	No. 13	vs. Illinois State Junkanoo Jam championship	W 72–60	5–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (236) Freeport, BAH
12/04/2013* 7:30 pm, BTN	No. 10	No. 4 Notre Dame ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 67–77	5–2	Bryce Jordan Center (5,805) University Park, PA
12/08/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 10	at Georgetown	W 77–68	6–2	McDonough Gymnasium (529) Washington, D.C.
12/11/2013* 8:00 pm	No. 12	at South Dakota State	L 79–83	6–3	Frost Arena (1,713) Brookings, SD
12/15/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 12	No. 24 Texas A&M	W 66–58	7–3	Bryce Jordan Center (4,777) University Park, PA
12/22/2013* 11:00 am	No. 17	Alcorn State	W 89–65	8–3	Bryce Jordan Center (N/A) University Park, PA
12/29/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 17	Hartford	W 70–56	9–3	Bryce Jordan Center (4,629) University Park, PA
01/05/2014 3:00 pm	No. 15	at No. 22 Iowa	W 87–71	10–3 (1–0)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,230) Iowa City, IA
01/09/2014 9:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	at Illinois	W 82–76	11–3 (2–0)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
01/12/2014 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 14	No. 21 Purdue	L 74–84	11–4 (2–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (4,853) University Park, PA
01/16/2014 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 16	Ohio State	W 66–42	12–4 (3–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,964) University Park, PA
01/19/2014 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 16	at Michigan State	W 66–54	13–4 (4–1)	Breslin Center (9,232) East Lansing, MI
01/22/2014 7:00 pm	No. 13	Indiana	W 65–52	14–4 (5–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (4,828) University Park, PA
01/26/2014 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 13	Minnesota	W 83–53	15–4 (6–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,292) University Park, PA
01/30/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 12	at No. 19 Purdue	W 75–72	16–4 (7–1)	Mackey Arena (7,785) West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2014 2:00 pm	No. 12	at Northwestern	W 79–75	17–4 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,698) Evanston, IL
02/06/2014 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 9	Iowa	L 70–73	17–5 (8–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (4,033) University Park, PA
02/09/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	at Ohio State	W 74–54	18–5 (9–2)	Value City Arena (6,591) Columbus, OH
02/13/2014 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Indiana	W 71–63	19–5 (10–2)	Assembly Hall (2,115) Bloomington, IN
02/16/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	Wisconsin	W 78–68	20–5 (11–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (12,585) University Park, PA
02/20/2014 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 9	Northwestern	W 82–73	21–5 (12–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,960) University Park, PA
02/24/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 16 Nebraska	L 74–94	21–6 (12–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,253) Lincoln, NE
03/01/2014 3:30 pm, BTN	No. 8	Michigan	W 77–62	22–6 (13–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (6,494) University Park, PA
2014 Big Ten Conference women's tournament
03/07/2014 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	vs. Ohio State Quarterfinals	L 82–99	22–7	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,903) Indianapolis, IN
2014 NCAA women's tournament
03/23/2014* 12:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	Wichita State First Round	W 62–56	23–7	Bryce Jordan Center (N/A) University Park, PA
03/25/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	Florida Second Round	W 83–61	24–7	Bryce Jordan Center (3,500) University Park, PA
03/30/2014* 4:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	at No. 6 Stanford Sweet Sixteen	L 57–82	24–8	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source

Rankings

Main article: 2013–14 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	Wk 19	Final
AP	13	13	14	13	10	12	17	15	15	14	16	13	12	9	11	9	8	11	14	14
Coaches	15	15	15	14	11	12	18	17	17	15	17	13	13	10	11	11	12	11	15	15

See also

2013–14 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team