2014–15 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team represents Houston Baptist University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. This is head coach Donna Finnie's second season as head coach at HBU.[1] The Huskies play their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium and are members of the Southland Conference.[2]

2014–15 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record15–18 (6–12 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Chase (2nd season)
  • Lauren Tippert (2nd season)
  • Becca Allison (1st season)
Home arenaSharp Gymnasium
(Capacity: 1,500)
Seasons
2014–15 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin*** 16 2   .889 23 8   .742
Lamar 14 4   .778 17 13   .567
Nicholls State 13 5   .722 17 13   .567
Texas A&M-CC 12 6   .667 16 14   .533
McNeese State 11 7   .611 18 14   .563
Northwestern State 10 8   .556 19 15   .559
Central Arkansas 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Abilene Christian* 9 9   .500 17 12   .586
Houston Baptist 6 12   .333 15 18   .455
New Orleans** 6 12   .333 8 19   .296
Sam Houston State 5 13   .278 6 22   .214
SE Louisiana 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Incarnate Word* 2 16   .111 5 24   .172
2015 Southland tournament winner
As of March 21, 2015
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition
**Facing level 2 sanctions due to APR penalties
***Southland Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll

Media edit

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by Legacy Sports Network (LSN) with audio for all road games and video for all home games.

Roster edit

2014–15 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Heidi Sihvola 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Makelanrinne Helsinki, Finland
G 5 Lisa Zderadicka 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr HAK Korneuburg Vienna, Austria
G 11 Tayler Jefferson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr North Shore Houston, TX
F 12 Caro Lloyd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr The Kings Hospital Dublin, Ireland
G 13 Emely Lopez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Westbury Houston, TX
F 14 Erin McGarrachan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Maurice's
UTEP
Cumbernauld, Scotland
F 20 Shanice Steenholdt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Roswell Roswell, NM
G 21 Rachel Arthur 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Atascocita Humble, TX
F 23 Anna Strickland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr The Woodlands
Harding
The Woodlands, TX
G 24 Meghan Shank 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Ventura Ventura, CA
F 25 Monet Neal 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr William Howard Taft San Antonio, TX
F 30 Carissa Diaz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Tomball Tomball, TX
G 33 Maisie Elston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Barking Abbey Rochford, England
G 35 Ekemini Essien 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Dallas Lutheran Carrollton, TX
F 42 Ashleigh Nwanguma 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Cinco Ranch Katy, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-02

Schedule and results edit

[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Out of Conference Schedule
11/14/2014*
2:00 pm
at TCU L 67–84  0–1
Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (1,344)
Fort Worth, TX
11/16/2014*
3:00 pm
at Texas–Arlington L 73–83  0–2
College Park Center (1,263)
Arlington, TX
11/22/2014*
2:00 pm
at Texas State W 61–56  1–2
Strahan Coliseum (1,166)
San Marcos, TX
11/25/2014*
6:30 pm
Southwestern Assemblies of God W 85–57  2–2
Sharp Gymnasium (620)
Houston, TX
11/29/2014*
2:00 pm
at Texas–Pan American L 72–75  2–3
UTPA Fieldhouse (342)
Edinburg, TX
12/06/2014*
3:00 pm
at UTEP W 88–77  3–3
Don Haskins Center (1,309)
El Paso, TX
12/13/2014*
4:00 pm
Arlington Baptist College W 92–62  4–3
Sharp Gymnasium (407)
Houston, TX
12/17/2014*
6:00 pm
Texas Southern L 80–92  4–4
Sharp Gymnasium (483)
Houston, TX
12/19/2014*
6:00 pm
McMurry W 69–49  5–4
Sharp Gymnasium (149)
Houston, TX
12/28/2014*
2:00 pm
Huston–Tillotson W 86–36  6–4
Sharp Gymnasium (150)
Houston, TX
12/30/2014*
7:00 pm, FSN/FCS
at Texas Tech L 59–60  6–5
United Spirit Arena (2,249)
Lubbock, TX
Southland Conference Schedule
01/02/2015
3:00 pm
Northwestern State L 68–78  6–6
(0–1)
Sharp Gymnasium (305)
Houston, TX
01/05/2015
5:30 pm
at McNeese State L 57–60  6–7
(0–2)
Burton Coliseum (977)
Lake Charles, LA
01/08/2015
6:00 pm
at Nicholls State L 58–70  6–8
(0–3)
Stopher Gym (334)
Thibodaux, LA
01/10/2015
4:30 pm
at Southeastern Louisiana L 59–67  6–9
(0–4)
Southeastern Louisiana (315)
Hammond, LA
01/15/2015
7:00 pm
Central Arkansas W 58–37  7–9
(1–4)
Sharp Gymnasium (670)
Houston, TX
01/17/205
4:00 pm
New Orleans W 63–45  8–9
(2–4)
Sharp Gymnasium (768)
Houston, TX
01/24/2015
4:00 pm
Lamar L 64–80  8–10
(2–5)
Sharp Gymnasium (722)
Houston, TX
01/29/2015
7:00 pm
Abilene Christian L 50–53  8–11
(2–6)
Sharp Gymnasium (489)
Houston, TX
01/31/2015
1:30 pm, ESPN3
at Sam Houston State L 67–74  8–12
(2–7)
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (807)
Huntsville, TX
02/05/2015
7:00 pm
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 59–54  9–12
(3–7)
Sharp Gymnasium (590)
Houston, TX
02/07/2015
4:00 pm
at Stephen F. Austin L 67–72  9–13
(3–8)
William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,481)
Nacogdoches, TX
02/12/2015
7:00 pm
at Lamar L 62–79  9–14
(3–9)
Montagne Center (765)
Beaumont, TX
02/14/2015
4:00 pm
Sam Houston State
Play for Kay
W 66–61  10–14
(4–9)
Sharp Gymnasium (680)
Houston, TX
02/19/2015
7:00 pm
Incarnate Word W 67–64  11–14
(5–9)
Sharp Gymnasium (223)
Houston, TX
02/25/2015
7:00 pm
at Abilene Christian L 53–68  11–15
(5–10)
Moody Coliseum (1,025)
Abilene, TX
02/28/2015
4:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin L 57–69  11–16
(5–11)
Sharp Gymnasium (820)
Houston, TX
03/05/2015
5:00 pm
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 48–73  11–17
(5–12)
American Bank Center (N/A)
Corpus Christi, TX
03/07/2015
2:00 pm
at Incarnate Word W 81–71  12–17
(6–12)
McDermott Convocation Center (216)
San Antonio, TX
Southland Conference Tournament
03/12/2015
11:00 am
(8) vs. (5) McNeese State
First round
W 70–68  13–17
Merrell Center (N/A)
Katy, TX
03/13/2015
11:00 am
(8) vs. (4) Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Quarterfinals
W 49–48  14–17
Merrell Center (N/A)
Katy, TX
03/14/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
(8) vs. (1) Stephen F. Austin
Semifinals
W 88–81  15–17
Merrell Center (N/A)
Katy, TX
03/15/2015
12:00 pm, CBSSN
(8) vs. (6) Northwestern State
Championship
L 50–58  15–18
Merrell Center (968)
Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

See also edit

2014–15 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

References edit

  1. ^ "FINNIE BLAZES BRIT TRAIL IN HOUSTON". MVP Basketball. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Houston Baptist to join Southland Conference". Chron. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  3. ^ "Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics - 2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule". hbuhuskies.com. Retrieved October 2, 2014.