2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner; As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
2014–15 record	26–8 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (1st year)
Assistant coach	Jordan Green
Assistant coach	Stacy Clinesmith
Assistant coach	Craig Fortier
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
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The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by new head coach Lisa Fortier; she replaces Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.^[5] The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals to WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G/F	1	Chelsea Waters	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Lewiston	Lewiston, ID
G	3	Kacie Bosch	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Chinook	Lethbridge, AB
G	5	Georgia Stirton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Waverly Falcons College of Southern Idaho	Melbourne, Australia
G	11	Laura Sullivan	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Holy Names Academy	Seattle, WA
C	12	Emma Wolfram	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	South Kamloops	Kamloops, BC
F	13	Jill Barta	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Fairfield	Fairfield, MT
F	14	Sunny Greinacher	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Grashof Gymnasium	Essen, Germany
F	22	Shaniqua Nilles	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	West Valley	Spokane, WA
F	23	Kiara Kudron	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Huron	New Boston, MI
G	24	Keani Albanez	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Buena	Santa Barbara, CA
G	31	Elle Tinkle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Big Sky	Missoula, MT
G	33	Lindsay Sherbert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Great Oak California	Temecula, CA
G	42	Emma Stach	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Avides Hurricanes	Buchholz, Germany
C	44	Shelby Cheslek	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Jr	Pullman	Pullman, WA

Head coach

Lisa Mispley Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Green (George Fox)
Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara)
Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-11-25

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 2:00 PM		Eastern Oregon	W 92–44	–	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765) Spokane, WA
Regular Season
11/16/2014* 2:00 PM, SWX		#22 Dayton	W 75–65	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442) Spokane, WA
11/18/2014* 6:00 PM, TheW.tv	#24	Idaho State	W 88–63	2–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541) Spokane, WA
11/21/2014* 6:00 PM, Watch Big Sky	#24	at Montana State	W 89–60	3–0	Worthington Arena (1,517) Bozeman, MT
11/28/2014* 3:30 PM		vs. American South Point Shootout	L 56–59	3–1	South Point Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
11/29/2014* 3:30 PM		vs. #17 Iowa South Point Shootout	L 67–79	3–2	South Point Arena (177) Las Vegas, NV
12/03/2014* 6:00 PM, SWX		at Eastern Washington	W 61–60	4–2	Reese Court (1,877) Cheney, WA
12/07/2014* 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Portland State	W 73–41	5–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204) Spokane, WA
12/09/2014* 6:00 PM, SWX		Washington State	L 58–59	5–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363) Spokane, WA
12/12/2014* 6:00 PM, MW Net		at Wyoming	W 70–56	6–3	Arena-Auditorium (3,620) Laramie, WY
12/15/2014* 10:00 AM		at Northwestern	L 43–62	6–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047) Evanston, IL
12/20/2014* 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Southern Utah	W 70–51	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251) Spokane, WA
12/27/2014 2:00 PM, SWX		BYU	W 78–62	8–4 (1–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911) Spokane, WA
12/29/2014 6:00 PM, TheW.tv		San Diego	W 67–49	9–4 (2–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279) Spokane, WA
01/03/2015 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Portland	W 79–57	10–4 (3–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072) Spokane, WA
01/08/2015 7:00 PM, TheW.tv		at San Francisco	W 75–64	11–4 (4–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium (257) San Francisco, CA
01/10/2015 2:00 PM		at Santa Clara	W 78–70	12–4 (5–0)	Leavey Center (371) Santa Clara, CA
01/15/2015 6:00 PM, TheW.tv		Pepperdine	W 73–64	13–4 (6–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981) Spokane, WA
01/17/2015 2:00 PM, SWX		Loyola Marymount	W 76–62	14–4 (7–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282) Spokane, WA
01/22/2015 6:00 PM, TheW.tv		at Saint Mary's	W 52–42	15–4 (8–0)	McKeon Pavilion (603) Moraga, CA
01/24/2015 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		at Pacific	W 73–63	16–4 (9–0)	Alex G. Spanos Center (673) Stockton, CA
01/31/2015 2:00 PM		at Portland	W 85–63	17–4 (10–0)	Chiles Center (773) Portland, OR
02/05/2015 6:00 PM, TheW.tv		Santa Clara	W 76–49	18–4 (11–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082) Spokane, WA
02/07/2015 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		San Francisco	W 91–84 ^4OT	19–4 (12–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/12/2015 7:00 PM		at Loyola Marymount	W 82–59	20–4 (13–0)	Gersten Pavilion (338) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2015 12:00 PM		at Pepperdine	W 78–56	21–4 (14–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (246) Malibu, CA
02/19/2015 6:00 PM, SWX		Saint Mary's	W 80–72	22–4 (15–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA
02/21/2015 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Pacific	L 59–71	22–5 (15–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/26/2015 6:00 PM, TheW.tv		at San Diego	L 62–75	22–6 (15–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (633) San Diego, CA
02/28/2015 1:00 PM, BYUtv		at BYU	W 73–66	23–6 (16–2)	Marriott Center (1,226) Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 12:00 PM, BYUtv		vs. Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals	W 70–50	24–6	Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015 12:00 PM, BYUtv		vs. BYU Semifinals	L 55–61	24–7	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2015* 4:30 PM, ESPN2		vs. #19 George Washington First Round	W 82–69	25–7	Gill Coliseum (3,728) Corvallis, OR
03/22/2015* 4:00 PM, ESPN2		at #10 Oregon State Second Round	W 76–64	26–7	Gill Coliseum (5,071) Corvallis, OR
03/28/2015* 4:00 PM, ESPN		vs. #6 Tennessee Sweet Sixteen	L 69–73 ^OT	26–8	Spokane Arena (8,686) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	Final
AP	RV	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

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Venues	Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1986–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present) Spokane Arena (alternate, 1995–present)
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2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	16	–	2	.889	26	–	8	.765
San Diego	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Pacific	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
BYU †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
San Francisco	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	11	–	18	.379
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	7	–	24	.226
Pepperdine	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Portland	2	–	16	.111	4	–	26	.133

† Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll^[4]