2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team

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.

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

2014–15 Conference USA women's basketball standings

	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

Roster

2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team
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

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

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.

See also

• 2014–15 Rice Owls men's basketball team