2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina Gamecocks logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 4 3 34–3 15–1 Dawn Staley 7th Lisa Boyer Nikki McCray Darius Taylor Colonial Life Arena Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division Champions SEC Regular Season co-champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament Greensboro Regional Champions NCAA Women's Tournament Final Four (lost to Notre Dame) The 2014–15 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by seventh year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. A’ja Wilson, the top-ranked recruit in the nation and a Columbia native, averaged 13.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and was named the National Freshman of the Year. The Gamecocks repeated as Southeastern Conference regular season Champions; however, it was shared with Tennessee this year. The 2014–15 Gamecocks won their first SEC Tournament Championship by beating Tennessee 62–46. USC received a #1 seed in the 2015 Women's NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the final four where they lost 66–65 to Notre Dame, as Tiffany Mitchell's desperation three in the final seconds came up short. Recruits no no 2016 A'ja Wilson F Hopkins, SC Heathwood Hall Episcopal School 6 1 98 5 Jatarie White P Charlotte, NC Providence Day School 6 4 98 5 Kaydra Duckett G Columbia, SC Dreher 5 10 97 5 Bianca Cuevas PG Bronx, NY Nazareth Regional 5 6 97 5 Doniyah Cliney G Newark, NJ Malcolm X. Shabazz 5 6 90 3 2014 Player Commits 2579 March 16, 2018 March 16, 2018 https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/2579/class/2014 yes Roster w 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks y y w India Farmer n 0 G 6 0 SO North Myrtle Beach, S.C. North Myrtle Beach w Bianca Cuevas n 1 G 5 6 FR Bronx, N.Y. Nazareth Regional w Olivia Gaines n 2 G 5 7 SR Chester, S.C. Louisburg College (N.C.) w Kaydra Duckett n 3 G 5 8 FR Columbia, S.C. Dreher w Doniyah Cliney n 4 G 6 0 FR Newark, N.J. Malcolm X Shabazz w Khadijah Sessions n 5 G 5 8 JR Myrtle Beach, S.C. Myrtle Beach w Tiffany Davis n 15 G 5 7 SO y Houston, Texas Westbury Christian w A'ja Wilson y 22 G/F 6 5 FR Hopkins, S.C. Heathwood Hall w Tina Roy n 23 G 5 11 JR y Kaplan, La. Kaplan w Aleighsa Welch n 24 F 6 0 SR Goose Creek, S.C. Goose Creek w Tiffany Mitchell basketball y 25 G 5 9 JR Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day w Asia Dozier n 31 G/F 6 0 JR Columbia, S.C. Spring Valley w Elem Ibiam n 33 C 6 4 SR Fayetteville, Ga. Fayette County w Jatarie White n 40 F 6 4 FR Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day w Alaina Coates y 41 C 6 4 SO Irmo, S.C. Dutch Fork Dawn Staley Lisa Boyer Nikki McCray Darius Taylor http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/scar-w-baskbl-mtt.html 2014-10-08 Schedule yes 2014-15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#73000A; color:#FFFFFF;" | Exhibition Nov 2, 2014 3:00 p.m. yes 2 Coker Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC N/A 100–25 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#73000A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference Regular Season Nov 15, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes 2 Southern California Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 10,057 70–61 1–0 Nov 20, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes 2 Clemson Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC Battle of the Palmetto State 11,012 SECN 99–41 2–0 Nov 23, 2014 3:00 p.m. yes 2 San Diego State Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 10,301 89–38 3–0 Nov 27, 2014 4:15 p.m. yes yes 1 Wisconsin St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam semifinals 167 67–44 4–0 Nov 28, 2014 8:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Syracuse 22 St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH Junkanoo Jam Championship 342 67–63 5–0 Dec 1, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes 1 North Carolina Central Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 8,823 90–26 6–0 Dec 4, 2014 8:00 p.m. yes 1 Charlotte Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 9,629 SECN 82–61 7–0 Dec 7, 2014 1:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Duke 9 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 6,004 ESPN2 51–50 8–0 Dec 14, 2014 Noon yes 1 Savannah State Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 9,605 111–49 9–0 Dec 17, 2014 7:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Hampton Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA 4,000 69–49 10–0 Dec 20, 2014 1:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Central Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Subway Classic N/A 80–45 11–0 Dec 21, 2014 1:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Liberty Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN Subway Classic N/A 84–44 12–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#73000A; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC Regular Season Jan 2, 2015 7:00 p.m. 1 Auburn Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 16,465 SECN 77–58 13–0 (1–0) Jan 4, 2015 3:00 p.m. yes 1 LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA 3,438 ESPN2 75–51 14–0 (2–0) Jan 8, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes 1 Alabama Foster Auditorium Tuscaloosa, AL 2,454 102–59 15–0 (3–0) Jan 11, 2015 1:00 p.m. 1 Kentucky 10 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 17,156 ESPN2 68–60 16–0 (4–0) Jan 15, 2015 9:00 p.m. yes 1 Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, SC 1,440 SECN 60–49 17–0 (5–0) Jan 19, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes 1 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 1,503 SECN 77–42 18–0 (6–0) Jan 26, 2015 7:00 p.m. 1 Texas A&M 12 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 13,546 ESPN2 79–61 19–0 (7–0) Jan 29, 2015 7:00 p.m. 1 Alabama Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 11,927 85–54 20–0 (8–0) Feb 1, 2015 4:30 p.m. yes 1 Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 1,935 ESPNU 77–59 21–0 (9–0) Feb 5, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes 1 Georgia 22 Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 4,896 SECN 58–35 22–0 (10–0) Feb 9, 2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes 1 Connecticut 2 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 10,167 ESPN2 62–87 22–1 Feb 12, 2015 7:00 p.m. 1 LSU Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 12,342 FSN 86–62 23–1 (11–0) Feb 15, 2015 Noon 1 Vanderbilt Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 15,255 ESPNU 89–59 24–1 (12–0) Feb 19, 2015 9:00 p.m. yes 2 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 1,531 SECN 73–56 25–1 (13–0) Feb 23, 2015 9:00 p.m. 2 Tennessee 6 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 14,390 ESPN2 71–66 26–1 (14–0) Feb 26, 2015 7:00 p.m. 2 Mississippi State 11 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 15,047 FSN 69–50 27–1 (15–0) Mar 1, 2015 5:00 p.m. yes 2 Kentucky 13 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 7,560 ESPN2 56–67 27–2 (15–1) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#73000A; color:#FFFFFF;" | SEC Tournament Mar 6, 2015 1:00 p.m. yes 3 Arkansas Verizon Arena North Little Rock, AR Quarterfinals N/A SECN 58–36 28–2 Mar 7, 2015 5:00 p.m. yes 3 LSU Verizon Arena North Little Rock, AR Semifinals N/A ESPNU 74–54 29–2 Mar 8, 2015 3:30 p.m. yes 3 Tennessee 5 Verizon Arena North Little Rock, AR Championship Game 5,819 ESPN 62–46 30–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#73000A; color:#FFFFFF;" | NCAA Women's Tournament Mar 20, 2015 5:00 p.m. yes 3 Savannah State Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC First Round 10,644 ESPN2 81–48 31–2 Mar 22, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes 3 Syracuse Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC Second Round 10,485 ESPN 97–68 32–2 Mar 27, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes 3 North Carolina 15 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Sweet Sixteen N/A ESPN 67–65 33–2 Mar 29, 2015 12:00 p.m. yes yes 3 Florida State 7 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Elite Eight 6,364 ESPN 80–74 34–2 Apr 5, 2015 6:30 p.m. yes yes 3 Notre Dame 2 Amalie Arena Tampa, FL Final Four 19,730 ESPN 65–66 34–3 AP Poll Eastern Time Source http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/scar-w-baskbl-sched.html 2014-15 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball schedule South Carolina Gamecocks 2014-10-08 2017-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20171116185320/http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/scar-w-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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