2014–15 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team


The 2014–15 Miami hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by tenth-year head coach Katie Meier, play their home games at the BankUnited Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 8–8 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they upset Washington in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.

2014–15 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
Miami Holiday Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record20–13 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Octavia Blue
  • Darrick Gubbs
  • Zach Kancher
Home arenaBankUnited Center
Seasons
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 36 3   .923
No. 7 Florida State 14 2   .875 32 5   .865
No. 8 Louisville 12 4   .750 27 7   .794
No. 16 Duke 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Syracuse 11 5   .688 22 10   .688
No. 15 North Carolina 10 6   .625 26 9   .743
Pittsburgh 9 7   .563 20 12   .625
Miami (FL) 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Virginia 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
NC State 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Boston College 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Wake Forest 2 14   .125 13 20   .394
Virginia Tech 1 15   .063 12 20   .375
Clemson 1 15   .063 9 21   .300
2015 ACC tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2014–15 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Keyanna Harris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Pershing Palm Beach Gardens, FL
G 3 Jessica Thomas 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Buchholz Gainesville, FL
G 5 Nigia Greene 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr St. Francis Atlanta, GA
G 10 Michelle Woods 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Community Naples, FL
G 12 Laura Quevedo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Rivas Ecópolis Madrid, Spain
G 14 Aisha Edwards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr West Boca Raton Boca Raton, FL
F 15 Necole Sterling 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Stonewall Jackson
Gulf Coast Community
Los Angeles, CA
F 20 Keyona Hayes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr St. Francis Marietta, GA
F 21 Jassany Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Nova Davie, FL
G 23 Adrienne Motley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Woodside Newport News, VA
F 25 Khaila Prather 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Riverdale Baptist HS Baltimore, MD
F 30 Erykah Davenport 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Tucker HS Tucker, GA
G 33 Suriya McGuire 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Roosevelt Minneapolis, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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Media

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All home games and conference road games will be broadcast on WVUM as part of the Miami Hurricanes Learfield Sports contract.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 6, 2014*
4:00 pm
Nova Southeastern W 69–42 
BankUnited Center (N/A)
Coral Gables, FL
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 14, 2014*
11:00 am
Oakland W 66–53  1–0
BankUnited Center (2,726)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 17, 2014*
8:00 pm, ASN
at Middle Tennessee L 48–53  1–1
Murphy Center (3,806)
Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 21, 2014*
8:00 pm
North Florida W 81–53  2–1
BankUnited Center (674)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 25, 2014*
7:00 pm
Arizona State L 61–65  2–2
BankUnited Center (584)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 28, 2014*
1:00 pm
Illinois State
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
W 95–44  3–2
BankUnited Center (600)
Coral Gables, FL
Nov 29, 2014*
1:00 pm
Tulsa
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
W 69–57  4–2
BankUnited Center (558)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 4, 2014*
7:00 pm
Wisconsin
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 66–54  5–2
BankUnited Center (593)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 6, 2014*
7:00 pm
Jacksonville W 65–36  6–2
BankUnited Center (638)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 13, 2014*
1:00 pm
Coppin State W 70–54  7–2
BankUnited Center (1,546)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 18, 2014*
6:00 pm
vs. UCLA
Tulane DoubleTree Classic
W 74–67  8–2
Devlin Fieldhouse (213)
New Orleans, LA
Dec 19, 2014*
8:00 pm
at Tulane
Tulane DoubleTree Classic
L 65–70  8–3
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,022)
New Orleans, LA
Dec 28, 2014*
1:00 pm
Florida A&M
Miami Holiday Tournament
W 83–47  9–3
BankUnited Center (1,167)
Coral Gables, FL
Dec 29, 2014*
3:30 pm
LSU
Miami Holiday Tournament
W 76–71  10–3
BankUnited Center (1,134)
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Regular Season
Jan 4, 2015
1:00 pm
Boston College W 74–53  11–3 (1–0)
BankUnited Center (1,095)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 8, 2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 4 Notre Dame W 78–63  12–3 (2–0)
BankUnited Center (1,836)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 11, 2015
2:00 pm
at Virginia Tech W 62–45  13–3 (3–0)
Cassell Coliseum (1,627)
Blacksburg, VA
Jan 15, 2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Clemson W 79–42  14–3 (4–0)
BankUnited Center (1,248)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 18, 2015
1:00 pm, RSN
at No. 16 Duke L 53–68  14–4 (4–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,564)
Durham, NC
Jan 21, 2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Virginia W 67–58  15–4 (5–1)
BankUnited Center (1,406)
Coral Gables, FL
Jan 25, 2015
5:00 pm, RSN
at No. 4 Louisville L 55–68  15–5 (5–2)
KFC Yum! Center (9,887)
Louisville, KY
Feb 01, 2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Pittsburgh L 66–81  15–6 (5–3)
Peterson Events Center (1,401)
Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 5, 2015
7:00 pm
Virginia Tech W 42–39  16–6 (6–3)
BankUnited Center (1,109)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 8, 2015
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 9 Florida State L 60–80  16–7 (6–4)
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,435)
Tallahassee, FL
Feb 12, 2015
7:00 pm
at No. 23 Syracuse W 85–71  17–7 (7–4)
Carrier Dome (435)
Syracuse, NY
Feb 15, 2015
3:00 pm, RSN
Georgia Tech W 64–59  18–7 (8–4)
BankUnited Center (1,442)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 19, 2015
7:00 pm
at NC State L 65–68  18–8 (8–5)
Reynolds Center (1,570)
Raleigh, NC
Feb 22, 2015
2:00 pm, RSN
No. 17 North Carolina L 65–66  18–9 (8–6)
BankUnited Center (2,132)
Coral Gables, FL
Feb 26, 2015
7:00 pm
at Wake Forest L 59–60  18–10 (8–7)
LJVM Coliseum (318)
Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 01, 2015
3:00 pm, RSN
No. 9 Florida State L 55–69  18–11 (8–8)
BankUnited Center (2,077)
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
Mar 5, 2015
2:00 pm, RSN
vs. Virginia
Second Round
W 62–52  19–11
Greensboro Coliseum (3,688)
Greensboro, NC
Mar 6, 2015
2:00 pm, RSN
vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
L 61–77  19–12
Greensboro Coliseum (4,019)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 20, 2015*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. Washington
First Round
W 86–80  20–12
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (N/A)
Iowa City, IA
Mar 22, 2015*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 18 Iowa
Second Round
L 70–88  20–13
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,220)
Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

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Rankings

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2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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

See also

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2014–15 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball - Roster - University of Miami Hurricanes Official Athletic Site". www.hurricanesports.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014-15 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2014.