2014–15 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team will represent Texas A&M University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Gary Blair, who was in his twelfth season at Texas A&M. The team plays their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and will play in its third season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to LSU. They received an automatic to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Arkansas–Little Rock in the first round.

2014–15 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball
Maggie Dixon Classic champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 21
Record23–10 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kelly Bond-White (12th season)
  • Bob Starkey (3rd season)
  • Amy Wright (3rd season)
Home arenaReed Arena
Seasons
2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina* 15 1   .938 34 3   .919
No. 6 Tennessee 15 1   .938 30 6   .833
No. 12 Mississippi State 11 5   .688 27 7   .794
No. 11 Kentucky 10 6   .625 24 10   .706
No. 21 Texas A&M 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
LSU 10 6   .625 17 14   .548
Missouri 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Ole Miss 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Georgia 6 10   .375 19 12   .613
Arkansas 6 10   .375 18 14   .563
Vanderbilt 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Florida 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Auburn 3 13   .188 13 18   .419
Alabama 2 14   .125 13 19   .406
2015 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Roster edit

2014–15 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
C 00 Khaalia Hillsman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Whitney Young Chicago, IL
G/F 1 Courtney Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr North Shore Houston, TX
F 3 Taylor Cooper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Oral Roberts
Shawnee
Shawnee, OK
G 10 Shlonte Allen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Trinity Valley CC
Arcada
Arcadia, LA
G 11 Curtyce Knox 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Atascocita Humble, TX
C 12 Jada Terry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Cedar Hill Cedar Hill, TX
G 13 Chelsea Jennings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr North Crowley Ft. Worth, TX
G 15 Tori Scott 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr John Ehret Marrero, LA
C 23 Rachel Mitchell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Atascocita Houston, TX
G 24 Jordan Jones 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr DeSoto DeSoto, TX
G 30 Allison Chu 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Plano Plano, TX
F 32 Tavarsha Scott-Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Northwest Florida State College
Ringgold
Ringgold, LA
G 33 Courtney Walker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Santa Fe Edmond, OK
F 35 Achiri Ade 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Midland JC
Seton Keough
Baltimore, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-09

Schedule and Results edit

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 8, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 Oklahoma City W 74–51 
Reed Arena (4,015)
College Station, TX
Non-Conference Games
Nov 14, 2014*
6:30 p.m.
No. 5 at No. 18 DePaul
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 76–68  1–0
Sullivan Athletic Center (N/A)
Chicago, IL
Nov 15, 2014*
4:00 p.m.
No. 5 vs. New Mexico
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 66–52  2–0
Sullivan Athletic Center (N/A)
Chicago, IL
Nov 16, 2014*
2:00 p.m.
No. 5 vs. Texas–Pan American
Maggie Dixon Classic
W 63–61  3–0
Sullivan Athletic Center (N/A)
Chicago, IL
Nov 19, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 Rice W 76–55  4–0
Reed Arena (3,592)
College Station, TX
Nov 24, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 Prairie View A&M W 59–41  5–0
Reed Arena (3,523)
College Station, TX
Nov 26, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 McNeese State W 93–27  6–0
Reed Arena (4,073)
College Station, TX
Nov 30, 2014*
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 7 No. 8 Duke W 63–59  7–0
Reed Arena (6,123)
College Station, TX
Dec 3, 2014*
11:00 a.m.
No. 5 Northwestern State W 75–42  8–0
Reed Arena (7,712)
College Station, TX
Dec 7, 2014*
1:00 p.m., FSN
No. 5 at TCU W 82–71  9–0
Student Recreation Center (1,350)
Fort Worth, TX
Dec 9, 2014*
7:00 p.m.
No. 4 at SMU W 70–62  10–0
Moody Coliseum (1,155)
Dallas, TX
Dec 13, 2014*
1:30 p.m.
No. 4 Houston W 94–55  11–0
Reed Arena (N/A)
College Station, TX
Dec 21, 2014*
12:30 p.m., SECN
No. 4 vs. No. 3 Texas
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
L 65–67  11–1
Verizon Arena (2,544)
North Little Rock, AR
Dec 29, 2014*
8:00 p.m., P12N
No. 5 at Washington L 49–70  11–2
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,669)
Seattle, WA
Dec 31, 2014*
4:00 p.m.
No. 5 North Texas W 75–38  12–2
Reed Arena (4,015)
College Station, TX
Conference Games
Jan 2, 2015
7:00 p.m.
No. 5 Vanderbilt W 75–61  13–2
(1–0)
Reed Arena (4,513)
College Station, TX
Jan 4, 2015
12:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 5 at Arkansas W 52–50  14–2
(2–0)
Bud Walton Arena (2,106)
Fayetteville, AR
Jan 8, 2015
6:00 p.m., SECN
No. 9 at No. 7 Tennessee L 58–81  14–3
(2–1)
Thompson–Boling Arena (10,507)
Knoxville, TN
Jan 11, 2015
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 9 LSU W 55–48  15–3
(3–1)
Reed Arena (4,763)
College Station, TX
Jan 18, 2015
4:00 p.m., SECN
No. 11 Ole Miss W 58–49  16–3
(4–1)
Reed Arena (4,732)
College Station, TX
Jan 22, 2015
6:00 p.m.
No. 10 at No. 22 Georgia L 51–54  16–4
(4–2)
Stegeman Coliseum (2,946)
Athens, GA
Jan 26, 2015
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at No. 1 South Carolina L 61–79  16–5
(4–3)
Colonial Life Arena (13,546)
Columbia, SC
Feb 1, 2015
6:00 p.m.
No. 12 Auburn W 78–45  17–5
(5–3)
Reed Arena (4,086)
College Station, TX
Feb 5, 2015
8:00 p.m., SECN
No. 14 at Missouri W 55–48  18–5
(6–3)
Mizzou Arena (N/A)
Columbia, MO
Feb 8, 2015
2:00 p.m., SECN
No. 14 at No. 17 Mississippi State L 61–63 OT 18–6
(6–4)
Humphrey Coliseum (4,651)
Starkville, MS
Feb 12, 2015
8:00 p.m., SECN
No. 15 Arkansas W 59–55  19–6
(7–4)
Reed Arena (4,443)
College Station, TX
Feb 16, 2015
6:00 p.m., SECN
No. 15 Alabama W 70–49  20–6
(8–4)
Reed Arena (4,507)
College Station, TX
Feb 19, 2015
6:00 p.m.
No. 15 at No. 11 Kentucky W 81–69  21–6
(9–4)
Memorial Coliseum (5,516)
Lexington, KY
Feb 22, 2015
3:00 p.m., SECN
No. 15 Florida W 66–46  22–6
(10–4)
Reed Arena (5,631)
College Station, TX
Feb 26, 2015
7:00 p.m.
No. 12 Missouri L 69–70  22–7
(10–5)
Reed Arena (6,733)
College Station, TX
Mar 1, 2015
1:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 12 at LSU L 63–80  22–8
(10–6)
Maravich Center (3,463)
Baton Rouge, LA
2015 SEC Tournament
Mar 5, 2015
2:30 p.m., SECN
No. 18 vs. Auburn
Second Round
W 57–47  23–8
Verizon Arena (N/A)
North Little Rock, AR
Mar 6, 2015
2:30 p.m., SECN
No. 18 vs. LSU
Quarterfinals
L 65–71  23–9
Verizon Arena (4,630)
North Little Rock, AR
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 21, 2015*
3:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 21 vs. Arkansas–Little Rock
First Round
L 60–69  23–10
Wells Fargo Arena (N/A)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also edit

Rankings edit

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 Final
AP 5 5 7 5 4 4 5 5 9 11 10 12 14 15 15 12 18 21 21
Coaches 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 8 12 10 14 13 16 15 12 17 19т 20

References edit

  1. ^ "SEC, A&M announce women's basketball schedule". Texas A&M Aggies Athletics. Retrieved October 9, 2014.