2014–15 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2014–15 Maryland Terrapins Maryland terrapins logo.png 200px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 3 4 34–3 18–0 Brenda Frese 13th Tina Langley David Adkins Marlin Chinn Xfinity Center Big Ten Regular Season & Tournament ChampionsNCAA Women's Tournament Spokane Regional Champions NCAA Women's Tournament #1 Spokane final Four The 2014–15 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by thirteenth-year head coach Brenda Frese and played their home games at the Xfinity Center. They were first-year members of the Big Ten Conference after 38 seasons playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 2014–15 Lady Terrapins won the 2014–15 Big Ten regular season Championship and the 2015 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament in their first year as a member of the Big Ten. They were the third women's basketball program in the Big Ten to go undefeated in the conference. The 1984–85 Ohio State Buckeyes and the 1998–99 Purdue Boilermakers were the only other women's programs in the Big Ten to accomplish that feat. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they advanced to the final four, losing to the national champions Connecticut. Previous season The Maryland Terrapins women's basketball finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 28–7, with a record of 12–4 in the ACC regular season, for a tie for a second-place finish. In the 2014 ACC tournament, the Terrapins lost in the quarterfinals to North Carolina. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Army, Texas, Tennessee and Louisville to make it to the final four, where they were defeated by Notre Dame. Off season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Sequoia Austin 0 G 5'5" Senior Greenbelt, MD Graduated Alicia DeVaughn 13 C 6'4" Senior West Palm Beach, FL Graduated Essence Townsend 21 C 6'7" RS senior Paterson, NJ Graduated Alyssa Thomas 25 F 6'2" Senior Harrisburg, PA Graduated/2014 WNBA draft Katie Rutan 40 G 5'8" Senior Ambler, PA Graduated 2014 recruiting class no no Kiara Leslie G Holly Springs, North Carolina Holly Springs High School 5 11 95 Kristen Confroy G Solon, Ohio Solon High School 5 8 90 Aja Ellison F Burlington, New Jersey Life Center Academy 6 3 90 http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/24/class/2014 Roster w 2014 Maryland Terrapins y y w Aja Ellison n 0 F 6 3 Fr Burlington, OH Life Center Academy w Laurin Mincy n 1 G 6 0 Sr y Newark, NJ University w Kiara Leslie n 2 G 5 11 Fr Holly Springs, NC Solon w Brene Moseley y 3 G 5 7 Jr y Burtonsville, MD Paint Branch w Lexie Brown y 4 G 5 9 So Suwanee, GA North Gwinnett w Malina Howard n 5 C 6 4 Jr Twinsburg, OH Twinsburg w Kristen Confroy n 12 G 5 8 Fr Solo, OH Holly Springs w Chloe Pavlech n 15 G 5 9 Jr Cincinnati, OH Sycamore w Tierney Pfirman y 22 F 6 2 Jr Williamsport, PA South Williamsport Junior Senior w Shatori Walker-Kimbrough y 32 F 5 11 So Aliquippa, PA Hopewell w A'Lexus Harrison n 33 F 6 0 Fr y Baltimore, MD Digital Harbor w Brionna Jones y 42 C 6 3 So Havre de Grace, MD Aberdeen Brenda Frese Tina Langley David Adkins Marlin Chinn http://www.umterps.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=29700&SPID=120729&SPSID=716398 2014-09-14 Schedule yes 2014-15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/01/2014 7:00 pm yes 10 Goldey–Beacom Xfinity Center College Park, MD 2,605 103–43 – 11/08/2014 5:00 pm yes 10 UDC Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,329 118–61 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2014 11:00 am yes 10 Mount St. Mary's Xfinity Center College Park, MD 4,177 109–45 1–0 11/16/2014 2:00 pm yes 10 Wagner Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,353 97–24 2–0 11/19/2014 7:00 pm yes 9 South Florida Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,165 85–67 3–0 11/22/2014 3:30 pm yes yes 9 George Washington Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 1,395 CSN+ 75–65 4–0 11/24/2014 7:00 pm yes 10 Loyola (MD) Xfinity Center College Park, MD 2,194 65–43 5–0 11/28/2014 3:30 pm yes yes 10 James Madison Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout N/A 80–64 6–0 11/29/2014 3:30 pm yes yes 10 Washington State Mario Morales Coliseum Guaynabo, PR San Juan Shootout N/A 64–70 6–1 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes yes 15 Notre Dame 2 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 9,189 ESPN3 72–92 6–2 12/07/2014 2:00 pm yes 15 Towson Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,887 81–52 7–2 12/12/2014 7:00 pm yes 14 American Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,498 94–50 8–2 12/21/2014 2:00 pm yes yes 14 Coppin State Physical Education Complex Baltimore, MD 1,102 110–51 9–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season 12/29/2014 7:00 pm 14 Ohio State Xfinity Center College Park, MD 5,671 BTN 87–78 10–2 (1–0) 01/03/2015 4:00 pm yes 14 Nebraska 12 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 7,505 CBS 75–47 11–2 (2–0) 01/08/2015 6:30 pm 12 Purdue Xfinity Center College Park, MD 4,272 BTN 88–64 12–2 (3–0) 01/11/2015 3:00 pm yes 12 Minnesota 23 Williams Arena Minnesota, MN 5,468 ESPN2 77–73 13–2 (4–0) 01/15/2015 9:00 pm yes 8 Rutgers 24 The RAC Piscataway, NJ 2,116 BTN 71–59 14–2 (5–0) 01/18/2015 2:00 pm 8 Illinois Xfinity Center College Park, MD 6,191 74–54 15–2 (6–0) 01/22/2015 7:00 pm 7 Michigan State Xfinity Center College Park, MD 5,012 BTN 85–56 16–2 (7–0) 01/25/2015 3:00 pm yes 7 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 3,670 BTN 84–74 17–2 (8–0) 01/29/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 1,358 91–65 18–2 (9–0) 02/01/2015 4:00 pm 5 Iowa 20 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 5,373 ESPN2 93–88 19–2 (10–0) 02/05/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 3,809 77–62 20–2 (11–0) 02/08/2015 4:00 pm 5 Nebraska 19 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 10,937 ESPN2 59–47 21–2 (12–0) 02/10/2015 9:00 pm 5 Rutgers 18 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 3,636 BTN 80–69 22–2 (13–0) 02/16/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Michigan State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 5,562 ESPN2 75–69 23–2 (14–0) 02/19/2015 9:00 pm yes 5 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI 3,026 BTN 81–70 24–2 (15–0) 02/23/2015 7:00 pm 5 Penn State Xfinity Center College Park, MD 6,307 BTN 65–34 25–2 (16–0) 02/26/2015 7:00 pm 5 Indiana Xfinity Center College Park, MD 5,601 BTN 83–72 26–2 (17–0) 03/01/2015 1:00 pm yes 5 Northwestern 25 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,743 BTN 69–48 27–2 (18–0) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament 03/06/2015 12:30 pm yes 4 (1) (9) Michigan State Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IN Quarterfinals N/A BTN 70–60 28–2 03/07/2015 7:00 pm yes 4 (1) (4) Northwestern 24 Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IN Semifinals N/A BTN 74–63 29–2 03/08/2015 7:00 pm yes 4 (1) (3) Ohio State Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IN Championship Game 4,131 ESPN 77–74 30–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/21/2015 1:30 pm yes 4(1 Spokane) (16 Spokane) New Mexico State Xfinity Center College Park, MD First Round 7,948 ESPN2 75–57 31–2 03/23/2015 6:30 pm yes 4(1 Spokane) (8 Spokane) Princeton 13 Xfinity Center College Park, MD Second Round 7,794 ESPN2 85–70 32–2 03/28/2015 4:30 pm yes yes 4(1 Spokane) (4 Spokane) Duke 16 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Sweet Sixteen N/A ESPN 65–55 33–2 03/30/2015 9:00 pm yes yes 4(1 Spokane) (2 Spokane) Tennessee 6 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Elite Eight 5,064 ESPN 58–48 34–2 04/05/2015 8:30 pm yes yes 4(1 Spokane) Connecticut 1 (1 Albany) Amalie Arena Tampa, FL Final Four 19,730 ESPN 58–81 34–3 AP Poll, ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses Eastern Time Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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