2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 23–10 11–7 Marlene Stollings 1st Nikita Lowry Dawkins Fred Chmiel John Motherwell Williams Arena NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2014-15 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Marlene Stollings, the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were defeated by DePaul in the first round. Roster w 2014 Minnesota Golden Gophers y y w Mikayla Bailey n 24 G 5 9 JR Maple Grove, Minn. Osseo HS w Rachel Banham y 1 G 5 9 SR Lakeville, Minn. Lakeville North HS w Rangie Bessard n 35 F 6 0 FR Rosharon, Texas Manvel HS w Josie Buckingham n 52 C 6 5 FR New Richmond, Ohio New Richmond HS w Grace Coughlin n 11 G 5 8 FR Edina, Minn. Benilde-St. Margaret's School w Joanna Hedstrom n 22 G 6 1 SO Minnetonka, Minn. Minnetonka HS w Kayla Hirt n 20 G/F 6 2 JR Bemidji, Minn. Bemidji HS w Tory Jacobs n 5 G/F 5 10 FR Irving, Texas Irving MacArthur HS w Jackie Johnson n 4 F 6 2 JR Eden Prairie, Minn. Eden Prairie HS w Shae Kelley y 23 F 6 1 SR Denver, Colo. Old Dominion w Stabresa McDaniel n 2 G 5 10 SO Dallas, Texas Skyline HS w Shayne Mullaney n 3 G 5 10 JR Eden Prairie, Minn. Eden Prairie HS w Carlie Wagner y 33 G 5 10 FR New Richland, Minn. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva HS w Amanda Zahui B. y 32 C 6 5 SO y Stockholm, Sweden Igelstavikens Gymnasium Marlene Stollings Nikita Lowry Dawkins Fred Chmiel John Motherwell http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/minn-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results yes |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Non conference regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes Southeastern Louisiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 109–60 3,879 1–0 11/19/2014 12:00 pm yes Cleveland State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 93–76 2,447 2–0 11/23/2014 2:00 pm yes yes Memphis Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN 68–62 892 3–0 11/25/2014 7:00 pm yes Southern Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 107–62 2,235 4–0 11/28/2014 5:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals 54–71 N/A 4–1 11/29/2014 1:30 pm yes yes College of Charleston Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round 74–50 N/A 5–1 11/30/2014 1:30 pm yes yes Georgia Tech Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game 72–69 N/A 6–1 12/03/2014 6:00 pm yes yes NC State Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge ESPN3 60–55 1,535 7–1 12/07/2014 6:00 pm yes Butler Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 88–86 OT 3,477 8–1 12/10/2014 7:00 pm yes yes North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND FSNOR+ 68–55 2,734 9–1 12/20/2014 2:30 pm yes Liberty Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Subway Classic 74–68 2,858 10–1 12/21/2014 2:30 pm yes Western Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Subway Classic 67–64 2,659 11–1 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten regular season 12/29/2014 8:00 pm Nebraska 12 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 72–69 3,300 12–1 (1–0) 01/01/2015 1:00 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 81–68 6,361 13–1 (2–0) 01/04/2015 2:00 pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI 72–60 3,814 14–1 (3–0) 01/11/2015 2:00 pm 23 Maryland 12 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 73–77 5,468 14–2 (3–1) 01/15/2015 6:00 pm yes 23 Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH 76–72 4,509 15–2 (4–1) 01/18/2015 2:00 pm 23 Indiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 65–61 5,424 16–2 (5–1) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm 21 Purdue Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 88–90 OT 3,714 16–3 (5–2) 01/25/2015 4:15 pm yes 21 Rutgers 25 The RAC Piscataway, NJ BTN 61–66 2,811 16–4 (5–3) 01/28/2015 7:00 pm Penn State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 75–64 2,738 17–4 (6–3) 02/01/2015 2:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 49–70 918 17–5 (6–4) 02/05/2015 8:00 pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 69–95 1,693 17–6 (6–5) 02/08/2015 2:00 pm Michigan State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 86–79 6,570 18–6 (7–5) 02/11/2015 7:00 pm Wisconsin Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 93–82 3,609 19–6 (8–5) 02/15/2015 1:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 85–77 4,462 20–6 (9–5) 02/17/2015 8:00 pm Iowa 13 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 93–80 3,265 21–6 (10–5) 02/21/2015 1:00 pm Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 91–88 2OT 6,053 22–6 (11–5) 02/24/2015 8:00 pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 50–74 5,290 22–7 (11–6) 03/01/2015 2:00 pm yes Iowa 17 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA 76–92 9,726 22–8 (11–7) |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|Big Ten Women's Tournament 03/05/2015 8:30 pm yes Purdue Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Second Round BTN 82–78 3,681 23–8 03/06/2015 8:30 pm yes Ohio State Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Quarterfinals BTN 71–83 4,781 23–9 |- ! colspan="9" style="text-align: center; background:#800000"|NCAA Women's Tournament 03/20/2015 4:00 pm yes yes DePaul Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN First Round ESPN2 72–79 N/A 23–10 AP Poll Central Time Source http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/minn-w-baskbl-sched.html 2014-15 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball Schedule Gophers Athletics November 10, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114413/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/minn-w-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ 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 RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR 23 23 21 RV RV NR RV RV NR NR NR Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR RV NR NR NR NR RV NR NRNR See also 2014–15 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team References Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball seasons Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Golden Minnesota Golden