2014–15 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the first for the Green Wave as members of the American Athletic Conference.[1] The team, coached by head coach Lisa Stockton, played their home games at the Devlin Fieldhouse. They finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament where they lost to South Florida. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State in the first round.

2014–15 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball
Tulane DoubleTree Classic Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record22–11 (11–7 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Beth Dunkenberger
  • Alan Frey
  • Doshia Woods
Home arenaDevlin Fieldhouse
Seasons
2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 18 0   1.000 38 1   .974
No. 25 South Florida 15 3   .833 27 8   .771
Tulsa 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Temple 12 6   .667 20 17   .541
East Carolina 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
Tulane 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
Memphis 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
UCF 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
Cincinnati 4 14   .222 8 23   .258
SMU 3 15   .167 7 23   .233
Houston 1 17   .056 6 24   .200
American Tournament winner winner
As of 7 April 2015
Rankings from AP poll

Media edit

All Green Wave games are broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games is on Tulane All-Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games are typically streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster edit

2014–15 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Brook LaFloe 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Jr Johnson St. Paul, Minnesota
G 3 Kolby Morgan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr John Curtis Christian Hammond, Louisiana
G 11 Leslie Vorpahl 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Winston Churchill San Antonio, Texas
G 13 Caylah Cruickshank 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Dawson College Montreal, Quebec
F 15 Adesuwa Ebomwonyi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Pflugerville Pflugerville, Texas
G 20 Danielle Blagg 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Smithson Valley San Antonio, Texas
F 22 Tiffany Dale 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Community Lavon, Texas
G 23 Jamie Kaplan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Florida Air Academy Sebastian, Florida
F 24 Paije Hall 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr St. Thomas More Lafayette, Louisiana
G 30 Tierra Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Bob Jones Madison, Alabama
G 33 Courtnie Latham 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Clear Springs Houston, Texas
C 42 Morgan Rogers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Loyola Prep Shreveport, Louisiana
C 45 Chinwe Duru 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Vista Ridge Round Rock, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-08-23

Schedule and results edit

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014*
7:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 87–47  1–0
Devlin Fieldhouse (886)
New Orleans, LA
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm
at McNeese State W 75–55  2–0
Burton Coliseum (384)
Lake Charles, LA
11/19/2014*
7:00 pm
at LSU W 51–45  3–0
Maravich Center (2,111)
Baton Rouge, LA
11/24/2014*
5:00 pm
NC State W 60–51  4–0
Devlin Fieldhouse (648)
New Orleans, LA
11/28/2014*
11:00 am
vs. WKU
Hofstra Tournament semifinals
L 64–69  4–1
Hofstra Arena (N/A)
Hempstead, NY
11/29/2014*
1:00 pm
vs. Northern Iowa
Hofstra Tournament consolation 3rd place game
W 71–48  5–1
Hofstra Arena (N/A)
Hempstead, NY
12/03/2014*
7:00 pm
Nicholls State W 77–44  6–1
Devlin Fieldhouse (843)
New Orleans, LA
12/06/2014*
12:00 pm
at Arkansas–Little Rock W 74–58  7–1
Jack Stephens Center (529)
Little Rock, AR
12/18/2014*
7:00 pm
Samford
Tulane DoubleTree Classic
W 58–56  8–1
Devlin Fieldhouse (N/A)
New Orleans, LA
12/19/2014*
7:00 pm
Miami (FL)
Tulane DoubleTree Classic
W 70–65  9–1
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,022)
New Orleans, LA
12/22/2014*
7:00 pm
Florida State L 54–65  9–2
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,000)
New Orleans, LA
Conference regular season
12/28/2014
1:00 pm
at Cincinnati W 60–50  10–2 (1–0)
Fifth Third Arena (531)
Cincinnati, OH
12/30/2014
7:00 pm, ADN
Houston W 70–40  11–2 (2–0)
Devlin Fieldhouse (644)
New Orleans, LA
01/04/2015
4:30 pm, CBSSN
South Florida L 40–53  11–3 (2–1)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,587)
New Orleans, LA
01/07/2015
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at East Carolina W 76–63  12–3 (3–1)
Williams Arena (998)
Greenville, NC
01/13/2015
6:00 pm
at UCF W 71–70  13–3 (4–1)
CFE Arena (1,121)
Orlando, FL
01/17/2015
2:00 pm, ADN
SMU W 60–58  14–3 (5–1)
Devlin Fieldhouse (868)
New Orleans, LA
01/20/2015
7:00 pm, ADN
Tulsa W 73–34  15–3 (6–1)
Devlin Fieldhouse (825)
New Orleans, LA
01/25/2015
3:00 pm, CBSSN
at South Florida L 45–64  15–4 (6–2)
USF Sun Dome (1,488)
Tampa, FL
01/27/2014
7:00 pm
at Houston W 63–46  16–4 (7–2)
Hofheinz Pavilion (340)
Houston, TX
01/31/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN3
East Carolina L 63–67  16–5 (7–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,400)
New Orleans, LA
02/03/2015
7:00 pm, ADN
at SMU W 84–60  17–5 (8–3)
Moody Coliseum (641)
Dallas, TX
02/07/2015
7:00 pm, ADN
Temple W 77–63  18–5 (9–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,366)
New Orleans, LA
02/10/2015
7:00 pm, ADN
UCF W 66–55  19–5 (10–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,072)
New Orleans, LA
02/14/2015
3:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 2 Connecticut L 39–87  19–6 (10–4)
Gampel Pavilion (9,347)
Storrs, CT
02/17/2015
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Temple L 58–69  19–7 (10–5)
McGonigle Hall (651)
Philadelphia, PA
02/21/2015
2:00 pm, ADN
Memphis W 75–65  20–7 (11–5)
Devlin Fieldhouse (2,213)
New Orleans, LA
02/23/2015
7:00 pm, SNY
No. 1 Connecticut L 47–94  20–8 (11–6)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,900)
New Orleans, LA
02/28/2015
2:00 pm
at Tulsa L 52–55  20–9 (11–7)
Reynolds Center (500)
Tulsa, OK
2015 AAC Tournament
03/06/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Houston
First Round
W 61–39  21–9
Mohegan Sun Arena (4,669)
Uncasville, CT
03/07/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
vs. Tulsa
Quarterfinals
W 71–53  22–9
Mohegan Sun Arena (5,177)
Uncasville, CT
03/08/2015
6:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. South Florida
Semifinals
L 69–78  22–10
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,531)
Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 12 Mississippi State
First Round
L 47–57  22–11
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,712)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings edit

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tulane officially joins the American Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Tulane University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.