2014–15 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2014–15 LSU Lady Tigers basketball

NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	17–14 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Nikki Fargas (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tasha Butts Tony Perotti
Home arena	Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina*	15	–	1	.938	34	–	3	.919
No. 6 Tennessee	15	–	1	.938	30	–	6	.833
No. 12 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	27	–	7	.794
No. 11 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
No. 21 Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	23	–	10	.697
LSU	10	–	6	.625	17	–	14	.548
Missouri	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Ole Miss	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Georgia	6	–	10	.375	19	–	12	.613
Arkansas	6	–	10	.375	18	–	14	.563
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Florida	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	13	–	18	.419
Alabama	2	–	14	.125	13	–	19	.406

† 2015 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers were led by fourth year head coach Nikki Fargas. They played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to LSU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

Roster

2014–15 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Jenna Deemer	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Ursuline Academy	New Orleans, La.
G	3	Akilah Bethel	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Academy of Holy Cross/West Virginia	Baltimore, Md.
G	4	Anne Pedersen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	The Rock School (Fla.)	Copenhagen, Denmark
G	10	Jasmine Rhodes	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Faith Academy	Mobile, Ala.
G	11	Raigyne Moncrief	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	American Heritage HS	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
G	13	Rina Hill	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	IMG Academy (Fla.)	Nagoya-Shi, Japan
F	20	Alexis Hyder	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Lyndon B. Johnson Early College HS/North Texas	Austin, Texas
F	21	Stephanie Amichia	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	North Gwinnett HS	Suwanee, Ga.
G	24	DaShawn Harden	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas HS/Johnson County (Kan.) CC	Olathe, Kan.
F	31	Ann Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Liberty Magnet School/Memphis	Jackson, Tenn.
G	32	Danielle Ballard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Memphis Central HS	Memphis, Tenn.
F/C	35	Alliyah Fareo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	New South Wales HS	Sydney, Australia
F	42	Sheila Boykin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Long Beach Poly HS	Los Angeles, Calif.

Head coach

Nikki Fargas

Assistant coach(es)

Tasha Butts
Tony Perotti

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-10-04

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 5, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	Loyola (New Orleans)	W 93–71	–	Maravich Center (875) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 9, 2014* 1:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	W 96–35	–	Maravich Center (675) Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2014* 11:30 a.m.	Arkansas–Little Rock	L 54–70	0–1	Maravich Center (4,914) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 15, 2014* 3:30 p.m.	Sam Houston State	W 71–45	1–1	Maravich Center (2,102) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 17, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	Jackson State	W 52–44	2–1	Maravich Center (2,129) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 19, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	Tulane	L 45–51	2–2	Maravich Center (2,111) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 22, 2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 22 Rutgers Sue Gunter Classic	L 57–64	2–3	Maravich Center (2,846) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 25, 2014* 3:30 p.m.	vs. Santa Clara Hardwood Tournament of Hope	L 67–69	2–4	Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (275) Puerto Vallarta, MX
Nov 26, 2014* 3:30 p.m.	vs. UTEP Hardwood Tournament of Hope			Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, MX
Nov 27, 2014* 5:00 p.m.	vs. Kansas State Hardwood Tournament of Hope			Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center Puerto Vallarta, MX
Dec 3, 2014* 6:00 p.m., SECN	Louisiana Tech	W 73–59	3–4	Maravich Center (2,272) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 14, 2014* 2:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	W 75–42	4–4	Maravich Center (2,511) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 16, 2014* 9:00 p.m.	at Long Beach State	L 44–59	4–5	Walter Pyramid (690) Long Beach, CA
Dec 19, 2014* 9:30 p.m.	at UC Santa Barbara	W 78–45	5–5	The Thunderdome (522) Santa Barbara, CA
Dec 28, 2014* 2:30 p.m.	vs. UNC Greensboro Miami Holiday Tournament semifinals	W 82–61	6–5	BankUnited Center (1,123) Coral Gables, FL
Dec 29, 2014* 2:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL) Miami Holiday Tournament championship	L 71–76	6–6	BankUnited Center (1,134) Coral Gables, FL
SEC regular season
Jan 2, 2015 6:00 p.m.	at Florida	W 68–65	7–6 (1–0)	O'Connell Center (1,620) Gainesville, FL
Jan 4, 2015 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 1 South Carolina	L 51–75	7–7 (1–1)	Maravich Center (3,438) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 8, 2015 8:00 p.m., SECN	Vanderbilt	W 64–44	8–7 (2–1)	Maravich Center (2,131) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 11, 2015 Noon, ESPNU	at No. 9 Texas A&M	L 48–55	8–8 (2–2)	Reed Arena (4,763) College Station, TX
Jan 15, 2015 7:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Mississippi State	W 71–69	9–8 (3–2)	Humphrey Coliseum (4,727) Starkville, MS
Jan 18, 2015 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 10 Kentucky	W 84–79	10–8 (4–2)	Maravich Center (3,820) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 22, 2015 6:00 p.m., SECN	at No. 5 Tennessee	L 58–75	10–9 (4–3)	Thompson–Boling Arena (11,612) Knoxville, TN
Jan 29, 2015 8:00 p.m., SECN	Ole Miss	W 70–41	11–9 (5–3)	Maravich Center (2,321) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 2, 2015 6:00 p.m., SECN	Missouri	W 74–65	12–9 (6–3)	Maravich Center (2,483) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 5, 2015 6:00 p.m., FSN	at Auburn	W 60–49	13–9 (7–3)	Auburn Arena (1,899) Auburn, AL
Feb 8, 2015 4:00 p.m., SECN	Alabama	W 51–39	14–9 (8–3)	Maravich Center (3,416) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 12, 2015 6:00 p.m., FSN	at No. 1 South Carolina	L 62–86	14–10 (8–4)	Colonial Life Arena (12,342) Columbia, SC
Feb 19, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Georgia	W 64–52	15–10 (9–4)	Maravich Center (2,635) Baton Rouge, LA
Feb 22, 2015 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Arkansas	L 41–63	15–11 (9–5)	Bud Walton Arena (2,923) Fayetteville, AR
Feb 26, 2015 6:00 p.m.	at Ole Miss	L 57–58	15–12 (9–6)	Tad Smith Coliseum (1,346) Oxford, MS
Mar 1, 2015 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 12 Texas A&M	W 80–63	16–12 (10–6)	Maravich Center (3,463) Baton Rouge, LA
2015 SEC Tournament
Mar 6, 2015 2:30 p.m., SECN	vs. No. 18 Texas A&M Quarterfinals	W 71–65	17–12	Verizon Arena (4,630) North Little Rock, AR
Mar 7, 2015 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	vs. No. 3 South Carolina Semifinals	L 54–74	17–13	Verizon Arena (N/A) North Little Rock, AR
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 21, 2015* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	at No. 25 South Florida First Round	L 64–73	17–14	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR

* The November 26 game vs. UTEP and November 27th vs. Kansas was canceled due to a facility conflict. Those games were not rescheduled.

References

"2014-15 Schedule". LSUSports.net. Louisiana State University. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015.
"Women's Basketball Game in Mexico Canceled - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". www.lsusports.net. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014.
"Final Game of Hardwood Tournament of Hope Canceled - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". www.lsusports.net. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014.

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2014–15 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

References

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