2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team


The 2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by 7th year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–8 overall, 13–3 in Big Ten play to share the Big Ten Regular Season title with Michigan State. They lost in the quarterfinals to Ohio State in the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament which they defeated Wichita State in the first round, Florida in the second round before being eliminated by Stanford in the sweet sixteen.

2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Junkanoo Jam Champions
Big Ten Regular Season Co-Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 14
Record24–8 (13–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBryce Jordan Center
Seasons
2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Penn State133 .813248 .750
No. 20 Michigan State133 .8132310 .697
No. 13 Nebraska124 .750267 .788
No. 17 Purdue115 .688229 .710
No. 19 Iowa115 .688279 .750
Minnesota88 .5002213 .629
Michigan88 .5002014 .588
Indiana511 .3132113 .618
Northwestern511 .3131716 .515
Ohio State511 .3131718 .486
Wisconsin313 .1881019 .345
Illinois214 .125921 .300
2014 Big Ten tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Roster

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2013–14 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F/C1Candice Agee6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
SoSilveradoVictorville, Calif.
G2Dara Taylor5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
RS SrCaravel Academy/MarylandWilmington, Del.
F5Talia East6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
SrFriends' Central SchoolPhiladelphia, Pa.
G10Keke Sevillian5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
FrGoodrichGoodrich, Mich.
F11Alex Harris6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
FrLorainLorain, Ohio
G12Lindsey Spann5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
FrGood CounselLaurel, Md.
G/F15Kaliyah Mitchell6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
FrStephensonStone Mountain, Ga.
C20Infiniti Alston6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
FrDigital HarborBaltimore, Md.
F23Ariel Edwards6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
SrChrist the KingElmont, N.Y.
G/F25Peyton Whitted6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
FrNorth GwinnettSuwanee, Ga.
G33Maggie Lucas5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
SrGermantown AcademyNarberth, Pa.
G35Sierra Moore5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
RS SoDelone Catholic/DukeHanover, Pa.
G/F41Jenny DeGraaf6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
FrSpringboroSpringboro, Ohio
F/C44Tori Waldner6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
JrMiltonMilton, Ga.
Head coach

Coquese Washington

Assistant coach(es)

Fred Chmiel
Kia Damon
Maren Walseth


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

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/27/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Lock HavenW 102–51 
Bryce Jordan Center (3,443)
University Park, PA
Regular Season
11/08/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Saint Francis (PA)W 117–77 1–0
Bryce Jordan Center (3,908)
University Park, PA
11/10/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 13 FordhamW 78–61 2–0
Bryce Jordan Center (3,834)
University Park, PA
11/17/2013*
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 13 No. 1 ConnecticutL 52–71 2–1
Bryce Jordan Center (8,194)
University Park, PA
11/20/2013*
7:00 pm
No. 14 BucknellW 92–49 3–1
Bryce Jordan Center (3,646)
University Park, PA
11/29/2013*
3:15 pm
No. 13 vs. Oregon State
Junkanoo Jam semifinals
W 61–56 4–1
St. George HS Gymnasium (N/A)
Freeport, BAH
11/30/2013*
11:30 am
No. 13 vs. Illinois State
Junkanoo Jam championship
W 72–60 5–1
St. George HS Gymnasium (236)
Freeport, BAH
12/04/2013*
7:30 pm, BTN
No. 10 No. 4 Notre Dame
ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 67–77 5–2
Bryce Jordan Center (5,805)
University Park, PA
12/08/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 10 at GeorgetownW 77–68 6–2
McDonough Gymnasium (529)
Washington, D.C.
12/11/2013*
8:00 pm
No. 12 at South Dakota StateL 79–83 6–3
Frost Arena (1,713)
Brookings, SD
12/15/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 12 No. 24 Texas A&MW 66–58 7–3
Bryce Jordan Center (4,777)
University Park, PA
12/22/2013*
11:00 am
No. 17 Alcorn StateW 89–65 8–3
Bryce Jordan Center (N/A)
University Park, PA
12/29/2013*
2:00 pm
No. 17 HartfordW 70–56 9–3
Bryce Jordan Center (4,629)
University Park, PA
01/05/2014
3:00 pm
No. 15 at No. 22 IowaW 87–71 10–3 (1–0)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,230)
Iowa City, IA
01/09/2014
9:00 pm, BTN
No. 14 at IllinoisW 82–76 11–3 (2–0)
State Farm Center (1,317)
Champaign, IL
01/12/2014
3:00 pm, ESPN
No. 14 No. 21 PurdueL 74–84 11–4 (2–1)
Bryce Jordan Center (4,853)
University Park, PA
01/16/2014
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 Ohio StateW 66–42 12–4 (3–1)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,964)
University Park, PA
01/19/2014
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 16 at Michigan StateW 66–54 13–4 (4–1)
Breslin Center (9,232)
East Lansing, MI
01/22/2014
7:00 pm
No. 13 IndianaW 65–52 14–4 (5–1)
Bryce Jordan Center (4,828)
University Park, PA
01/26/2014
1:00 pm, CBS
No. 13 MinnesotaW 83–53 15–4 (6–1)
Bryce Jordan Center (6,292)
University Park, PA
01/30/2014
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 12 at No. 19 PurdueW 75–72 16–4 (7–1)
Mackey Arena (7,785)
West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2014
2:00 pm
No. 12 at NorthwesternW 79–75 17–4 (8–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,698)
Evanston, IL
02/06/2014
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 9 IowaL 70–73 17–5 (8–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (4,033)
University Park, PA
02/09/2014
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 9 at Ohio StateW 74–54 18–5 (9–2)
Value City Arena (6,591)
Columbus, OH
02/13/2014
7:00 pm
No. 11 at IndianaW 71–63 19–5 (10–2)
Assembly Hall (2,115)
Bloomington, IN
02/16/2014
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 11 WisconsinW 78–68 20–5 (11–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (12,585)
University Park, PA
02/20/2014
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 9 NorthwesternW 82–73 21–5 (12–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (3,960)
University Park, PA
02/24/2014
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 8 at No. 16 NebraskaL 74–94 21–6 (12–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,253)
Lincoln, NE
03/01/2014
3:30 pm, BTN
No. 8 MichiganW 77–62 22–6 (13–3)
Bryce Jordan Center (6,494)
University Park, PA
2014 Big Ten Conference women's tournament
03/07/2014
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 11 vs. Ohio State
Quarterfinals
L 82–99 22–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,903)
Indianapolis, IN
2014 NCAA women's tournament
03/23/2014*
12:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 Wichita State
First Round
W 62–56 23–7
Bryce Jordan Center (N/A)
University Park, PA
03/25/2014*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 Florida
Second Round
W 83–61 24–7
Bryce Jordan Center (3,500)
University Park, PA
03/30/2014*
4:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 at No. 6 Stanford
Sweet Sixteen
L 57–82 24–8
Maples Pavilion (N/A)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

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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 18Wk 19Final
AP1313141310121715151416131291198111414
Coaches1515151411121817171517131310111112111515

See also

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2013–14 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions women's basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2013.