2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 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 Tennessee. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Tennessee State in the first before getting upset by Dayton the second round.

2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	24–10 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Adeniyi Amadou Christian Stefanopoulos Tamika Williams
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum Rupp Arena

2014–15 SEC women's basketball standings

	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

Roster

2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jennifer O'Neill 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Saint Michael Academy Bronx, NY C 2 Ivana Jakubcova 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Jr Murray State (OK) Bratislava, Slovakia G 3 Janee Thompson  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Whitney Young Chicago, IL F 5 Kyvin Goodin-Rogers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Marion County Lebanon, KY F/C 12 Jelleah Sidney 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Saint Michael Academy/Chipola JC Queens Village, NY G 13 Bria Goss 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Ben Davis Indianapolis, IN G 15 Linnae Harper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Whitney Young Chicago, IL G 24 Jaycee Coe 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Jackson County Gainesboro, TN G 25 Makayla Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Marion County Lebanon, KY F/C 35 Alexis Jennings 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Sparkman Madison, AL C 45 Alyssa Rice 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Reynoldsburg Reynoldsburg, OH F/C 50 Azia Bishop 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Start Toledo, OH	Head coach Matthew Mitchell Assistant coach(es) Adeniyi Amadou Christian Stefanopoulos Tamika Williams Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: done

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 6, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Pikeville	W 141–63	–	Memorial Coliseum (1,229) Lexington, KY
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 14, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Appalachian State	W 111–74	1–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,887) Lexington, KY
Nov 17, 2014* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	No. 8 Baylor	W 74–64	2–0	Rupp Arena (22,075) Lexington, KY
Nov 19, 2014* 11:00 a.m.	No. 13	Morehead State	W 91–62	3–0	Memorial Coliseum (5,923) Lexington, KY
Nov 22, 2014* 8:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 13	at Central Michigan	W 71–68	4–0	McGuirk Arena (2,361) Mount Pleasant, MI
Nov 27, 2014* 6:00 p.m.	No. 9	vs. Illinois Paradise Jam tournament	L 71–77	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
Nov 28, 2014* 6:00 p.m.	No. 9	vs. Oklahoma Paradise Jam Tournament	W 92–88 OT	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI
Nov 29, 2014* 8:15 p.m.	No. 9	vs. South Florida Paradise Jam Tournament	W 61–57	6–1	Sports and Fitness Center (2,347) Saint Thomas, USVI
Dec 3, 2014* 7:00 p.m.	No. 13	Northern Kentucky	W 82–64	7–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,615) Lexington, KY
Dec 7, 2014* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 13	at No. 7 Louisville The Battle for the Bluegrass	W 77–68	8–1	KFC Yum! Center (14,862) Louisville, KY
Dec 12, 2014* 9:00 p.m., SECN	No. 8	Middle Tennessee	W 78–62	9–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,761) Lexington, KY
Dec 14, 2014* 6:00 p.m., SECN	No. 8	Belmont	W 71–55	10–1	Memorial Coliseum (5,365) Lexington, KY
Dec 21, 2014* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 13 Duke	L 68–89	10–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,043) Durham, NC
Dec 28, 2014* 2:00 p.m.	No. 12	Tennessee State	W 87–75	11–2	Memorial Coliseum (5,810) Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
Jan 2, 2015 3:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Alabama	W 78–66	12–2 (1–0)	Foster Auditorium (2,654) Tuscaloosa, AL
Jan 4, 2015 2:00 p.m., SECN	No. 11	Ole Miss	W 64–58	13–2 (2–0)	Memorial Coliseum (6,162) Lexington, KY
Jan 8, 2015 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	Auburn	W 78–57	14–2 (3–0)	Memorial Coliseum (4,587) Lexington, KY
Jan 11, 2015 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at No. 1 South Carolina	L 60–68	14–3 (3–1)	Colonial Life Arena (17,156) Columbia, SC
Jan 15, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	Florida	W 62–56	15–3 (4–1)	Memorial Coliseum (5,134) Lexington, KY
Jan 18, 2015 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 10	at LSU	L 79–84	15–4 (4–2)	Maravich Center (3,820) Baton Rouge, LA
Jan 25, 2015 2:00 p.m., SECN	No. 14	at Missouri	W 83–69	16–4 (5–2)	Mizzou Arena (2,471) Columbia, MO
Jan 29, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	No. 6 Tennessee Rivalry	L 72–73	16–5 (5–3)	Memorial Coliseum (7,407) Lexington, KY
Feb 1, 2015 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	No. 21 Georgia	W 80–72	17–5 (6–3)	Memorial Coliseum (6,991) Lexington, KY
Feb 8, 2015 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 11	at Vanderbilt	W 82–68	18–5 (7–3)	Memorial Gymnasium (4,235) Nashville, TN
Feb 12, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	No. 10	No. 13 Mississippi State	W 92–90 2OT	19–5 (8–3)	Memorial Coliseum (5,100) Lexington, KY
Feb 12, 2015 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	at No. 6 Tennessee Rivalry	L 58–72	19–6 (8–4)	Thompson–Boling Arena (16,013) Knoxville, TN
Feb 19, 2015 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 15 Texas A&M	L 69–81	19–7 (8–5)	Memorial Coliseum (5,516) Lexington, KY
Feb 23, 2015 7:00 p.m., SECN	No. 13	at Ole Miss	L 59–67	19–8 (8–6)	Tad Smith Coliseum (1,017) Oxford, MS
Feb 26, 2015 8:00 p.m.	No. 13	at Arkansas	W 59–51	20–8 (9–6)	Bud Walton Arena (2,614) Fayetteville, AR
Mar 1, 2015 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	No. 2 South Carolina	W 67–56	21–8 (10–6)	Memorial Coliseum (7,560) Lexington, KY
SEC Tournament
Mar 5, 2015 8:30 p.m., SECN	No. 12	vs. Vanderbilt Second Round	W 67–61	22–8	Verizon Arena (1,622) North Little Rock, AR
Mar 6, 2015 9:30 p.m., SECN	No. 12	vs. No. 11 Mississippi State Quarterfinals	W 76–67	23–8	Verizon Arena (4,189) North Little Rock, AR
Mar 7, 2015 7:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 12	vs. No. 5 Tennessee Semifinals / Rivalry	L 64–75	23–9	Verizon Arena (5,524) North Little Rock, AR
NCAA Women's tournament
Mar 20, 2015* 2:32 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	Tennessee State First Round	W 97–52	24–9	Memorial Coliseum (3,223) Lexington, KY
Mar 22, 2015* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	Dayton Second Round	L 94–99	24–10	Memorial Coliseum (3,320) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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	11	13	9	13	8	8	12	11	10	10	14	10	11	10	11	13	12	11	11
Coaches	10	9	10	13	8	8	13	11	11	11	14	10	12	10	10	15	11	11	11

See also

2014–15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team