2014–15 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Their head coach, Kevin Borseth, was in the third season of his second stint at Green Bay and 12th overall at the school. The Phoenix played their home games at the Kress Events Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 36th season of Green Bay women's basketball. They finished the season 28–5, 15–1 in Horizon play to win the Horizon League regular and tournament titles to earn an automatic to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They lost to then-unbeaten Princeton in the first round.

2014–15 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
Horizon League Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, round of 64
ConferenceHorizon League
Record28–5 (15–1 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Amanda Leonhard-Perry
  • Sarah Bronk
  • Megan Vogel
Home arenaKress Events Center
Seasons
2014–15 Horizon League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Green Bay 15 1   .938 28 5   .848
Wright State 12 4   .750 25 8   .758
Cleveland State 10 6   .625 19 12   .613
Youngstown State 9 7   .563 21 10   .677
Detroit 7 9   .438 12 18   .400
Illinois-Chicago 6 10   .375 16 14   .533
Oakland 6 10   .375 12 18   .400
Milwaukee 5 11   .313 10 20   .333
Valparaiso 2 14   .125 6 24   .200
2015 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of 15 March 2015
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2014–15 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Tesha Buck 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Red Wing Red Wing, Minn.
G 21 Ellen Edison 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Maple Grove Maple Grove, Minn.
G 5 Laken James 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Oconto Oconto, Wis.
F 10 Mehryn Kraker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So West Allis Central West Allis, Wis.
G 24 Allie LeClaire 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Notre Dame Academy Green Bay, Wis.
F 20 Jessica Lindstrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Superior Superior, Wis.
G 4 Kaili Lukan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Barrie Central Barrie, Ontario, Canada
G 14 Megan Lukan 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Barrie Central Barrie, Ontario, Canada
F 44 Mariah Monke 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Fergus Falls Fergus Falls, Minn.
G/F 55 Sam Terry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Baraboo Baraboo, Wis.
C 33 Lexi Weitzer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Waukesha South Waukesha, Wis.
G 1 Jen Wellnitz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Black Hawk South Wayne, Wis.
Head coach

Kevin Borseth

Assistant coach(es)

Amanda Leonhard-Perry
Sarah Bronk
Megan Vogel


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

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-23

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2014*
1:00 pm
Michigan Tech W 74–50 
Kress Events Center (2,084)
Green Bay, WI
11/06/2014*
7:00 pm
UW–Oshkosh W 61–34 
Kress Events Center (2,347)
Green Bay, WI
Regular Season
11/15/2014*
1:00 pm
at Marquette W 94–66  1–0
Al McGuire Center (1,399)
Milwaukee, WI
11/17/2014*
7:00 pm
at Vanderbilt L 64–68 OT 1–1
Memorial Gymnasium (2,557)
Nashville, TN
11/19/2014*
4:30 pm
at No. 24 Purdue W 81–78 2OT 2–1
Mackey Arena (5,730)
West Lafayette, IN
11/22/2014*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Duquesne W 84–52  3–1
Kress Events Center (1,914)
Green Bay, WI
11/28/2014*
12:00 pm
vs. Georgia Tech
Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals
W 71–50  4–1
Germain Arena (N/A)
Estero, FL
11/29/2014*
6:00 pm
vs. Arizona State
Gulf Coast Showcase Semifinals
W 63–57  5–1
Germain Arena (N/A)
Estero, FL
11/30/2014*
7:30 pm, SNY
vs. No. 3 Connecticut
Gulf Coast Showcase championship
L 53–89  5–2
Germain Arena (3,217)
Estero, FL
12/06/2014*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Michigan W 70–55  6–2
Kress Events Center (2,061)
Green Bay, WI
12/10/2014*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at South Dakota State W 77–75  7–2
Frost Arena (1,802)
Brookings, SD
12/13/2014*
7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
Wisconsin W 63–53  8–2
Kress Events Center (3,581)
Green Bay, WI
12/20/2014*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont W 60–40  9–2
Kress Events Center (2,218)
Green Bay, WI
12/28/2014*
1:00 pm
No. 24 at Dayton L 66–72  9–3
UD Arena (1,755)
Dayton, OH
01/03/2015*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Davenport W 53–40  10–3
Kress Events Center (2,268)
Green Bay, WI
Horizon League regular season
01/07/2015
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Wright State W 68–59  11–3 (1–0)
Nutter Center (513)
Dayton, OH
01/10/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Youngstown State W 66–43  12–3 (2–0)
Kress Events Center (2,287)
Green Bay, WI
01/17/2015
1:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
Milwaukee W 63–37  13–3 (3–0)
Kress Events Center (2,956)
Green Bay, WI
01/22/2015
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Cleveland State W 65–61  14–3 (4–0)
Wolstein Center (257)
Cleveland, OH
01/24/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Detroit W 75–58  15–3 (5–0)
Calihan Hall (249)
Detroit, MI
01/29/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Valparaiso W 67–52  16–3 (6–0)
Athletics–Recreation Center (416)
Valparaiso, IN
01/31/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UIC W 64–45  17–3 (7–0)
UIC Pavilion (581)
Chicago, IL
02/04/2015
7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
Oakland L 67–70  17–4 (7–1)
Kress Events Center (2,075)
Green Bay, WI
02/07/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Cleveland State W 74–50  18–4 (8–1)
Kress Events Center (2,734)
Green Bay, WI
02/12/2015
7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
Wright State W 61–45  19–4 (9–1)
Kress Events Center (2,187)
Green Bay, WI
02/14/2015
2:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
at Milwaukee W 79–62  20–4 (10–1)
Klotsche Center (1,055)
Milwaukee, WI
02/19/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Valparaiso W 87–45  21–4 (11–1)
Kress Events Center (1,856)
Green Bay, WI
02/21/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
UIC W 71–32  22–4 (12–1)
Kress Events Center (2,829)
Green Bay, WI
02/26/2015
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Oakland W 70–55  23–4 (13–1)
Athletics Center O'rena (452)
Rochester, MI
02/28/2015
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Youngstown State W 73–27  24–4 (14–1)
Beeghly Center (3,195)
Youngstown, OH
03/07/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Detroit W 52–51  25–4 (15–1)
Kress Events Center (3,342)
Green Bay, WI
2015 Horizon League Tournament
03/11/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Milwaukee
Quarterfinal
W 74–62  26–4
Kress Events Center (1,672)
Green Bay, WI
03/13/2015
7:30 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3
Youngstown State
Semifinal
W 63–54  27–4
Kress Events Center (2,217)
Green Bay, WI
03/15/2015
2:00 pm, ESPNU
Wright State
Championship Game
W 86–77 OT 28–4
Kress Events Center (2,214)
Green Bay, WI
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
10:05 am, ESPN2
vs. No. 13 Princeton
First Round
L 70–80  28–5
Xfinity Center (N/A)
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking Movement
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Coaches NR NR NR RV RV RV RV NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

See also

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2014–15 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".