2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team

2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball
2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	9–21 (4–14 C-USA)
Head coach	Greg Williams (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Jae Kingi-Cross; Shane Laflin; Bianca Smith;
Home arena	Tudor Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
WKU †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	5	.857
Middle Tennessee	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Southern Miss	13	–	5	.722	25	–	11	.694
Old Dominion	11	–	7	.611	21	–	13	.618
UAB	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
UTSA	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Louisiana Tech	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Charlotte	10	–	8	.556	15	–	17	.469
Marshall	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
UTEP	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
Rice	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
North Texas	4	–	14	.222	5	–	24	.172
FIU	0	–	18	.000	3	–	26	.103


† 2015 C-USA tournament winner As of 29 March 2015 Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by ninth year head coach Greg Williams, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–21, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Old Dominion in the 9th inning.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Breion Allen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Hoover HS	Hoover, AL
G	3	Maya Hawkins	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Lake Ridge HS	Mansfield, TX
G	5	Reem Moussa	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Coppell HS	Cairo, Egypt
G	10	Wendy Knight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Reagan HS	San Antonio, TX
F	15	Megan Shafer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	College Park HS	The Woodlands, TX
G	20	Shani Rainey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lovejoy HS	Fairview, TX
G	21	Nakachi Maduka	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Martin HS	Arlington, TX
G	22	Maya Adetula	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Mansfield HS	Mansfield, TX
G	24	Elena Gumbs	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Cedar Ridge HS	Cibolo, TX
F	25	Courtney Brown	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Steele HS	Austin, TX
G/F	31	Christal Porter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Germantown HS	Germantown, TN
G/F	32	Alyssa Lang	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Rockwall HS	Rockwall, TX
F	33	Jasmine Goodwine	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Killeen HS	Killeen, TX
F	40	Megan Palmer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Cinco Ranch HS	Katy, TX
G/F	44	Adaeze Obinnah	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Grandview HS	Aurora, CO

Head coach

Greg Williams

Assistant coach(es)

Jae Kingi-Cross
Shane Laflin
Bianca Smith

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings[edit]

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/14/2014* 6:00 pm	Prairie View A&M	W 70–58	1–0	Tudor Fieldhouse (467) Houston, TX
11/19/2014* 7:00 pm	at No. 5 Texas A&M	L 55–76	1–1	Reed Arena (3,592) College Station, TX
11/22/2014* 2:00 pm	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	L 40–55	1–2	Tudor Fieldhouse (294) Houston, TX
11/24/2014* 6:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 59–54	2–2	Tudor Fieldhouse (379) Houston, TX
11/28/2014* 6:00 pm	Alcorn State	W 61–33	3–2	Tudor Fieldhouse (317) Houston, TX
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm	at Houston Bayou Cup	L 58–59	3–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (286) Houston, TX
12/06/2014* 2:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	L 59–70	3–4	Tudor Fieldhouse (187) Houston, TX
12/19/2014* 6:00 pm	McNeese State	W 57–55 ^OT	4–4	Tudor Fieldhouse (220) Houston, TX
12/22/2014* 2:00 pm	at Texas Southern	L 63–69	4–5	Health and Physical Education Arena (426) Houston, TX
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm	Lamar	W 97–63	5–5	Tudor Fieldhouse (340) Houston, TX
12/30/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN	at No. 3 Texas	L 54–77	5–6	Frank Erwin Center (3,009) Austin, TX
C-USA Regular Season
01/02/2015 7:00 pm	at UTSA	W 62–58 ^OT	6–6 (1–0)	Convocation Center (324) San Antonio, TX
01/04/2015 2:00 pm	at UTEP	L 51–54	6–7 (1–1)	Don Haskins Center (2,042) El Paso, TX
01/10/2015 4:00 pm	at North Texas	L 48–53	6–8 (1–2)	The Super Pit (412) Denton, TX
01/15/2015 6:00 pm	Old Dominion	L 55–62	6–9 (1–3)	Tudor Fieldhouse (130) Houston, TX
01/17/2015 2:00 pm	Charlotte	L 59–62	6–10 (1–4)	Tudor Fieldhouse (337) Houston, TX
01/22/2015 6:00 pm	at Southern Miss	L 54–65	6–11 (1–5)	Reed Green Coliseum (1,046) Hattiesburg, MS
01/24/2015 6:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 71–88	6–12 (1–6)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,415) Ruston, LA
02/01/2015 2:00 pm, ASN	North Texas	W 58–55 ^OT	7–12 (2–6)	Tudor Fieldhouse (321) Houston, TX
02/05/2015 6:00 pm	Marshall	L 69–72	7–13 (2–7)	Tudor Fieldhouse (218) Houston, TX
02/07/2015 2:00 pm	WKU	L 76–83	7–14 (2–8)	Tudor Fieldhouse (547) Houston, TX
02/12/2015 7:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee	L 61–79	7–15 (2–9)	Murphy Center (4,094) Murfreesboro, TN
02/14/2015 2:00 pm	at UAB	L 59–75	7–16 (2–10)	Bartow Arena (512) Bingingham, AL
02/19/2015 6:00 pm	FIU	W 80–59	8–16 (3–10)	Tudor Fieldhouse (130) Houston, TX
02/21/2015 2:00 pm	Florida Atlantic	L 70–82	8–17 (3–11)	Tudor Fieldhouse (245) Houston, TX
02/26/2015 11:00 am	at Old Dominion	L 68–83	8–18 (3–12)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,533) Norfolk, VA
02/28/2015 6:00 pm	at Charlotte	L 59–74	8–19 (3–13)	Dale F. Halton Arena (858) Charlotte, NC
03/05/2015 6:00 pm	UTSA	L 49–60	8–20 (3–14)	Tudor Fieldhouse (277) Houston, TX
03/07/2015 2:00 pm	UTEP	W 79–62	9–20 (4–14)	Tudor Fieldhouse (747) Houston, TX
Conference USA Women's Tournament
03/11/2015 7:30 pm, ASN	vs. Old Dominion First Round	L 57–62	9–21	Bartow Arena (313) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ "Rice University Women's Basketball :: Official Athletic Site". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[1] "Rice University Women's Basketball :: Official Athletic Site". www.riceowls.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

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Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	History Sammy the Owl Marching Owl Band
People	Head coaches
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