2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1615 (711 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBreslin Center
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Maryland180 1.000343  .919
No. 18 Iowa144 .778268  .765
No. 23 Ohio State135 .7222411  .686
No. 22 Northwestern126 .667239  .719
Rutgers126 .6672310  .697
Minnesota117 .6112310  .697
Nebraska108 .5562111  .656
Michigan810 .4442015  .571
Michigan State711 .3891615  .516
Illinois612 .3331516  .484
Wisconsin513 .278920  .310
Indiana414 .2221516  .484
Purdue315 .1671120  .355
Penn State315 .167624  .200
2015 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015
Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament which they lost to Maryland. They did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2001.

Roster

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Tori Jankoska 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoFreeland Freeland, Mich.
G 2 Cara Miller 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrDivine Child Farmington Hills, Mich.
G 3 Kiara Carter 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) FrHomewood Flossmoor Homewood, Ill
C 4 Jasmine Hines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrCentral Lake Central Lake, Mich.
G 10 Brannadais Agee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS SoCass Technical Detroit, Mich.
G 11 Anna Morrissey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrStevenson Lincolnshire, Ill.
G/F 21 Jasmine Lumpkin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrJoliet Catholic Academy Bolingbrook, Ill.
G 23 Aerial Powers 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SoDetroit Country Day Detroit, Mich.
G/F 24 Lexi Gussert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrForest Park Crystal Falls, Mich.
F 25 Kendra Lumpkin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrPlainfield North Bolingbrook, Ill.
C 40 Madison Williams 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) RS SrDetroit Country Day Berkley, Mich.
F 52 Becca Mills 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrMidland Dow Midland, Mich.
F 55 Kennedy Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrWildwood Catholic Galloway, N.J.
Head coach

Suzy Merchant

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua
NcKell Copeland
Mark Simons


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

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-05

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014*
4:00 pm
No. 14 Grand Valley State W 70–51 
Breslin Center (4,818)
East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm
No. 14 Eastern Michigan W 68–61  1–0
Breslin Center (5,311)
East Lansing, MI
11/19/2014*
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 15 No. 3 Notre Dame L 63–71  1–1
Breslin Center (8,644)
East Lansing, MI
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm
No. 15 IUPUI W 64–45  2–1
Breslin Center (5,200)
East Lansing, MI
11/26/2014*
7:30 pm
No. 16 Oakland W 79–64  3–1
Breslin Center (5,396)
East Lansing, MI
11/30/2014*
2:00 pm
No. 16 Miami (OH) W 85–39  4–1
Breslin Center (4,007)
East Lansing, MI
12/04/2014*
7:00 pm
No. 15 Georgia Tech
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 79–73 OT 5–1
Breslin Center (6,636)
East Lansing, MI
12/07/2014*
4:00 pm, SECN
No. 15 at No. 19 Georgia L 60–69  5–2
Stegeman Coliseum (3,524)
Athens, GA
12/14/2014*
3:00 pm
No. 19 at Loyola–Chicago W 90–38  6–2
Joseph J. Gentile Arena (583)
Chicago, IL
12/16/2014*
7:00 pm
No. 18 Alcorn State W 77–41  7–2
Breslin Center (5,243)
East Lansing, MI
12/20/2014*
4:00 pm
No. 18 vs. No. 9 Baylor
Florida Sunshine Classic
L 65–84  7–3
Worden Arena (755)
Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2014*
4:00 pm
No. 18 vs. No. 19 Syracuse
Florida Sunshine Classic
W 89–76  8–3
Worden Arena (502)
Winter Haven, FL
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014
2:00 pm
No. 20 Northwestern L 57–61  8–4 (0–1)
Breslin Center (8,128)
East Lansing, MI
12/31/2014
7:00 pm
No. 24 at Indiana L 51–70  8–5 (0–2)
Assembly Hall (2,714)
Bloomington, IN
01/04/2015
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 24 at Michigan
Rivalry
L 65–74  8–6 (0–3)
Crisler Center (4,520)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/08/2015
8:30 pm, BTN
No. 19 Nebraska L 67–71  8–7 (0–4)
Breslin Center (4,652)
East Lansing, MI
01/11/2015
3:00 pm
at Northwestern L 70–77  8–8 (0–5)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,152)
Evanston, IL
01/15/2015
7:00 pm
Illinois W 63–56  9–8 (1–5)
Breslin Center (4,419)
East Lansing, MI
01/18/2015
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 22 Iowa L 50–52  9–9 (1–6)
Breslin Center (8,923)
East Lansing, MI
01/22/2015
7:00 pm, BTN
at No. 7 Maryland L 56–85  9–10 (1–7)
Xfinity Center (5,012)
College Park, MD
01/25/2015
2:00 pm
Wisconsin W 77–71  10–10 (2–7)
Breslin Center (7,560)
East Lansing, MI
01/28/2014
7:00 pm
Indiana W 72–57  11–10 (3–7)
Breslin Center (4,800)
East Lansing, MI
02/02/2015
6:30 pm, BTN
at Ohio State L 62–76  11–11 (3–8)
Value City Arena (4,234)
Columbus, OH
02/05/2015
7:00 pm
Michigan
Rivalry
L 59–72  11–12 (3–9)
Breslin Center (5,315)
East Lansing, MI
02/08/2015
3:00 pm
at Minnesota L 79–86  11–13 (3–10)
Williams Arena (6,570)
Minneapolis, MN
02/11/2015
7:00 pm
at Penn State W 74–67  12–13 (4–10)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,319)
University Park, PA
02/16/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 5 Maryland L 69–75  12–14 (4–11)
Breslin Center (5,562)
East Lansing, MI
02/22/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 19 Rutgers W 60–50  13–14 (5–11)
Breslin Center (8,110)
East Lansing, MI
02/25/2015
8:00 pm
at Illinois W 67–65  14–14 (6–11)
State Farm Center (1,815)
Champaign, IL
02/28/2015
2:00 pm, BTN
at Purdue W 61–56  15–14 (7–11)
Mackey Arena (7,030)
West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/05/2015
12:30 pm, BTN
vs. Michigan
Second Round/Rivalry
W 69–49  16–14
Sears Centre (N/A)
Hoffman Estates, IL
03/06/2015
12:30 pm, BTN
vs. No. 4 Maryland
Quarterfinals
L 60–70  16–15
Sears Centre (N/A)
Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Final
AP 14 15 16 15 19 21 20 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Coaches 15 17 17 16 21 18 22 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

See also

2014–15 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

References

  1. "MSUSPARTANS.COM :: Michigan State University Official Athletic Site Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
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