2014–15 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team represented the University of Dayton during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Jim Jabir resumed the responsibility as head coach for a 12th consecutive season. The Flyers were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the University of Dayton Arena. They finished the season 28–7, 14–2 in A-10 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost to George Washington. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Iowa State in the first round, upset Kentucky in the second round and Louisville in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.

2014–15 Dayton Flyers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	28–7 (14–2 A-10)
Head coach	Jim Jabir (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Shauna Green (3rd season) Camryn Whitaker (2nd season) Simon Harris (1st season)
Home arena	University of Dayton Arena

2014–15 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 George Washington†	15	–	1		.938			29	–	4		.879
Dayton	14	–	2		.875			28	–	7		.800
Duquesne	12	–	4		.750			23	–	11		.676
Fordham	11	–	5		.688			21	–	12		.636
Richmond	9	–	7		.563			19	–	14		.576
Rhode Island	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
Saint Joseph's	8	–	8		.500			13	–	17		.433
VCU	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Saint Louis	7	–	9		.438			15	–	16		.484
St. Bonaventure	5	–	11		.313			15	–	15		.500
La Salle	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
George Mason	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
UMass	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
Davidson	1	–	15		.063			5	–	25		.167
† 2015 A10 Tournament winner As of 30 March 2015 Rankings from AP poll

2014–15 media

Dayton Flyers Sports Network

The Dayton Flyers Sports Network will broadcast Flyers games off of their athletic website, DaytonFlyers.com, with Shane White on the call. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

Roster

2014–15 Dayton Flyers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Amber Deane 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Detroit Country Day Lathrup Village, MI G 3 Christy Macioce 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Pickerington North Pickerington, OH G 5 Celeste Edwards 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So North Central Indianapolis, IN F 10 Andrijana Cvitkovic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Culver Girls Academy Kraljevica, Croatia F 11 Ally Malott 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Madison Middletown, OH C 12 Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Oak Hill Academy Strasbourg, France G 14 Jenna Burdette 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Eastern Local Coolville, OH G 22 Kelley Austria 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Dayton Carroll Beavercreek, OH G 24 Andrea Hoover 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Spring Valley Academy Bellbrook, OH G 32 Tiffany Johnson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Prep Charter Philadelphia, PA G 33 JaVonna Layfield 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Ballard Louisville, KY C 55 Saicha Grant-Allen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Glendale Secondary Hamilton, Ontario	Head coach Jim Jabir (Nazareth) Assistant coach(es) Shauna Green (Canisius) Camryn Whitaker (WKU) Simon Harris (NC State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-07-06

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2014* 7:00 pm	No. 22	Eckerd College	W 93–18	–	UD Arena (1,070) Dayton, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 10:00 pm	No. 22	at Washington State	L 60–76	0–1	Beasley Coliseum (827) Pullman, WA
11/16/2014* 5:00 pm	No. 22	at Gonzaga	L 65–75	0–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442) Spokane, WA
11/21/2014* 6:00 pm		vs. Tennessee–Martin Hawkeye Challenge semifinals	W 78–47	1–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (204) Iowa City, IA
11/22/2014* 8:30 pm		at No. 18 Iowa Hawkeye Challenge championship	L 83–90	1–3	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,381) Iowa City, IA
11/26/2014* 7:00 pm		Providence	W 72–56	2–3	UD Arena (2,026) Dayton, OH
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wright State	W 79–76	3–3	Nutter Center (1,583) Fairborn, OH
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		Purdue	W 63–61	4–3	University of Dayton Arena (2,106) Dayton, OH
12/10/2014* 11:00 am		Toledo	W 79–57	5–3	UD Arena (7,035) Dayton, OH
12/13/2014* 2:00 pm		Central Michigan	W 86–76	6–3	UD Arena (1,539) Dayton, OH
12/21/2014* 3:00 pm		at Vanderbilt	W 71–67	7–3	Memorial Gymnasium (2,910) Nashville, TN
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm		No. 24 Green Bay	W 72–66	8–3	UD Arena (1,755) Dayton, OH
12/31/2014* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Central Michigan	W 98–89	9–3	McGuirk Arena (1,264) Mount Pleasant, MI
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/04/2015 3:30 pm, ESPNU		George Washington	L 66–69	9–4 (0–1)	UD Arena (2,534) Dayton, OH
01/07/2015 12:00 pm		at Davidson	W 67–51	10–4 (1–1)	John M. Belk Arena (783) Davidson, NC
01/11/2015 2:00 pm		Duquesne	W 78–67	11–4 (2–1)	UD Arena (1,894) Dayton, OH
01/18/2015 5:00 pm, NBCSN		at St. Bonaventure	W 86–70	12–4 (3–1)	Reilly Center (1,040) Olean, NY
01/21/2015 7:00 pm		Rhode Island	W 77–33	13–4 (4–1)	UD Arena (1,875) Dayton, OH
01/24/2015 1:00 pm		at VCU	W 75–56	14–4 (5–1)	Siegel Center (872) Richmond, VA
01/28/2015 12:00 pm		at Richmond	W 76–62	15–4 (6–1)	Robins Center (763) Richmond, VA
01/31/2015 3:00 pm		Saint Louis	W 87–72	16–4 (7–1)	UD Arena (2,850) Dayton, OH
02/05/2015 7:00 pm		at George Mason	W 84–73	17–4 (8–1)	Patriot Center (601) Fairfax, VA
02/08/2015 12:00 pm, CBSSN		at No. 24 George Washington	L 56–67	17–5 (8–2)	Charles E. Smith Center (1,703) Washington, D.C.
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		Richmond	W 79–41	18–5 (9–2)	UD Arena (1,614) Dayton, OH
02/15/2015 12:00 pm, CBSSN		Saint Joseph's	W 82–64	19–5 (10–2)	UD Arena (1,819) Dayton, OH
02/18/2015 7:00 pm		at Fordham	W 59–45	20–5 (11–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (522) Bronx, NY
02/22/2015 4:00 pm		La Salle	W 91–49	21–5 (12–2)	UD Arena (2,837) Dayton, OH
02/26/2015 7:00 pm		Massachusetts	W 69–60	22–5 (13–2)	UD Arena (2,061) Dayton, OH
03/01/2015 3:00 pm		at Saint Louis	W 95–68	23–5 (14–2)	Chaifetz Arena (1,531) St. Louis, MO
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/06/2015 4:30 pm, ASN		vs. Saint Joseph's Quarterfinals	W 80–61	24–5	Richmond Coliseum (1,692) Richmond, VA
03/07/2015 1:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. Duquesne Semifinals	W 74–60	25–5	Richmond Coliseum (1,588) Richmond, VA
03/08/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. No. 21 George Washington Championship Game	L 62–75	25–6	Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, VA
NCAA tournament
03/20/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. Iowa State First Round	W 78–66	26–6	Memorial Coliseum (N/A) Lexington, KY
03/22/2015* 2:30 pm, ESPN2		at No. 11 Kentucky Second Round	W 99–94	27–6	Memorial Coliseum (3,320) Lexington, KY
03/28/2015* 2:20 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 8 Louisville Sweet Sixteen	W 82–66	28–6	Times Union Center (8,259) Albany, NY
03/30/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 1 Connecticut Elite Eight	L 70–91	28–7	Times Union Center (7,686) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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	Final
AP	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2014–15 Dayton Flyers men's basketball team