2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team


The 2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team will represent University of Iowa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fifteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, play their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finish the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament where they lost to Ohio State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated American in the first round, Miami (FL) in the second round before falling to Baylor in the sweet sixteen.

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Hawkeye Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 18
Record26–8 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarver–Hawkeye Arena
Seasons
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

Roster edit

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G1Alexa Kastanek5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)SoSoutheastLincoln, Nebraska
G2Disterhoft Ally6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)SoWestIowa City, Iowa
F3Claire Till6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)JrWahlertDubuque, Iowa
F4Chase Coley6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)FrWashburnMinneapolis, Minnesota
G15Whitney Jennings5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)FrLogansportLogansport, Indiana
G21Melissa Dixon5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)SrJohnsburgJohnsburg, Illinois
G22Samantha Logic5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SrRacine J.I. CaseRacine, Wisconsin
F23Christina Buttenham6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)FrSt. Mary Catholic SecondaryHamilton, Ontario
F25Kali Peschel6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)JrSauk CentreSauk Centre, Minnesota
G33Kathryn Reynolds5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SrMount Notre DameCincinnati, Ohio
F34Carly Mohns6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)FrBrodheadBrodhead, Wisconsin
F40Hailey Schneden6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)SoAssumptionDavenport, Iowa
C45Nicole Smith6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)JrHononegahRockton, Illinois
C51Bethany Doolittle6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)SrHill-MurrayOakdale, Minnesota
Head coach

Lisa Bluder

Assistant coach(es)

Jan Jensen
Jenni Fitzgerald
Lacey Goldwire


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

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-15

Schedule edit

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014*
3:00 pm
No. 19 St. AmbroseW 119–57 
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,990)
Iowa City, Iowa
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014*
6:00 pm
No. 19 USC UpstateW 107–56 1–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,291)
Iowa City, Iowa
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm, MC22
No. 19 Robert MorrisW 85–67 2–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,030)
Iowa City, Iowa
11/21/2014*
7:00 pm, MC22
No. 18 Pepperdine
Hawkeye Classic semifinals
W 97–68 3–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,578)
Iowa City, Iowa
11/22/2014*
7:30 pm, MC22
No. 18 Dayton
Hawkeye Classic championship
W 90–83 4–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,381)
Iowa City, Iowa
11/25/2014*
7:00 pm, MC22
No. 17 Northern IowaW 73–45 5–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,711)
Iowa City, Iowa
11/28/2014*
3:00 pm
No. 17 vs. Arkansas
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 67–77 5–1
South Point Arena (N/A)
Enterprise, Nevada
11/29/2014*
5:30 pm
No. 17 vs. Gonzaga
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 79–67 6–1
South Point Arena (177)
Enterprise, Nevada
12/04/2014*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 at No. 7 Louisville
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 52–86 6–2
KFC Yum! Center (7,854)
Louisville, Kentucky
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm, MC22
No. 22 ColoradoW 78–63 7–2
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,061)
Iowa City, Iowa
12/11/2014*
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 24 Iowa State
Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
W 76–67 8–2
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,902)
Iowa City, Iowa
12/21/2014*
2:00 pm, MC22
No. 23 at DrakeW 100–98 9–2
Knapp Center (3,130)
Des Moines, Iowa
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014
2:00 pm
No. 23 Penn StateW 77–52 10–2 (1–0)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,411)
Iowa City, Iowa
01/04/2015
11:00 am, BTN
No. 20 at No. 16 RutgersW 79–72 11–2 (2–0)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542)
Piscataway, New Jersey
01/08/2015
7:00 pm
No. 17 at IllinoisL 61–73 11–3 (2–1)
State Farm Center (1,650)
Champaign, Illinois
01/11/2015
1:00 pm, BTN
No. 17 PurdueW 73–59 12–3 (3–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,359)
Iowa City, Iowa
01/14/2015
7:00 pm
No. 22 NorthwesternW 83–70 13–3 (4–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,027)
Iowa City, Iowa
01/18/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 22 at Michigan StateW 52–50 14–3 (5–1)
Breslin Center (8,923)
East Lansing, Michigan
01/22/2015
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 20 MichiganW 76–70 15–3 (6–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,584)
Iowa City, Iowa
01/26/2015
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 20 No. 15 NebraskaW 78–72 OT16–3 (7–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,489)
Iowa City, Iowa
01/29/2015
7:00 pm
No. 20 at NorthwesternW 102–99 17–3 (8–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (987)
Evanston, Illinois
02/01/2015
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 at No. 5 MarylandL 88–93 17–4 (8–2)
Xfinity Center (5,373)
College Park, Maryland
02/05/2015
7:00 pm
No. 16 Ohio StateW 73–65 18–4 (9–2)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,572)
Iowa City, Iowa
02/08/2015
2:00 pm
No. 16 at WisconsinW 87–75 19–4 (10–2)
Kohl Center (11,428)
Madison, Wisconsin
02/12/2015
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 14 at No. 22 NebraskaW 69–61 20–4 (11–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,260)
Lincoln, Nebraska
02/15/2015
5:00 pm
No. 14 IndianaW 81–64 21–4 (12–2)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,748)
Iowa City, Iowa
02/17/2015
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 13 at MinnesotaL 80–93 21–5 (12–3)
Williams Arena (3,265)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
02/21/2015
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 13 at Ohio StateL 82–100 21–6 (12–4)
Value City Arena (6,471)
Columbus, Ohio
02/26/2015
7:00 pm
No. 17 WisconsinW 78–74 22–6 (13–4)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,536)
Iowa City, Iowa
03/01/2015
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 17 MinnesotaW 92–76 23–6 (14–4)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,726)
Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/06/2015
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 14 vs. Nebraska
Quarterfinals
W 74–65 24–6
Sears Centre (N/A)
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
03/07/2015
8:30 pm, BTN
No. 14 vs. Ohio State
Semifinals
L 85–91 OT24–7
Sears Centre (5,642)
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 18 American
First Round
W 75–67 25–7
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,429)
Iowa City, Iowa
03/22/2015*
11:00 am, ESPN2
No. 18 Miami (FL)
Second Round
W 88–70 26–7
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,220)
Iowa City, Iowa
03/27/2015*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 18 vs. No. 5 Baylor
Sweet Sixteen
L 66–81 26–8
Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[1]

See also edit

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

Rankings edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "2014-15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball schedule". Iowa Hawkeyes. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2014.