2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball
2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	19–14 (8–10 WCC)
Head coach	Jennifer Azzi (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Blair Hardiek; Shanele Stires; Britinee Yasukochi;
Home arena	War Memorial Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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^[2]

The 2014–15 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Jennifer Azzi's fifth season at San Francisco.^[3] The Dons, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at War Memorial Gymnasium. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the championship of the WCC women's tournament, where they lost to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Fresno State.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Zhane Dykes	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Taj Winston	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Long Beach Poly	Long Beach, CA
F	3	Paige Spietz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Missouri	Brimfield, IL
G	4	Tiara Tucker	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Fr	McNair	Stockton, CA
G	5	Aundrea Gordon	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	McKinney	McKinney, TX
G	11	Rachel Howard	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Berkeley	Berkeley, CA
F	12	Byrn Stark	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	Bishops' School	La Jolla, CA
F	14	Michaela Rakova	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Gymnazium Hubeneho	Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia
G	21	Anna Seilund	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Falkonergaarden	Copenhagen, Denmark
F	22	Claudia Price	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	West Mesquite	Mesquite, TX
G	23	Chelsey Jacox	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	North Iowa Area CC	Minneapolis, MN
F	25	Alicia Scafidi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Sam Barlow	Gresham, OR
F	32	Taylor Proctor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Sand Creek	Colorado Springs, CO
G	35	Kalyn Simon	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Archbishop Mitty	San Jose, CA
F	44	Hashima Carothers	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Eastside College Prep	Las Vegas, NV

Head coach

Jennifer Azzi (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Blair Hardiek (Missouri)
Shanele Stires (Kansas State)
Britinee Yasukochi (Occidental)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition Season
11/08/2014* 2:00 pm	St. Thomas	W 87–69	–	War Memorial Gymnasium (199) San Francisco, CA
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Columbia	W 70–65	1–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (422) San Francisco, CA
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Sonoma State	W 83–42	2–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (450) San Francisco, CA
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Cal State Monterey Bay	W 85–48	3–0	War Memorial Gymnasium (203) San Francisco, CA
11/22/2014* 2:00 pm, BigWest.tv	at UC Riverside	L 53–66	3–1	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (209) Riverside, CA
11/25/2014* 7:30 pm, TheW.tv	Nevada	W 63–48	4–1	War Memorial Gymnasium (622) San Francisco, CA
11/29/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Utah Valley	W 69–50	5–1	War Memorial Gymnasium (266) San Francisco, CA
12/02/2014* 7:00 pm, BigWest.tv	at UC Davis	W 73–70	6–1	The Pavilion (365) Davis, CA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, BigWest.tv	at Long Beach State	L 58–70	6–2	Walter Pyramid (676) Long Beach, CA
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm, WAC Digital Net	at Seattle	W 67–56	7–2	Connolly Center (175) Seattle, WA
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	North Texas	W 60–42	8–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (157) San Francisco, CA
12/20/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Jose State	W 77–62	9–2	War Memorial Gymnasium (306) San Francisco, CA
12/27/2014 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Pacific	L 54–92	9–3 (0–1)	War Memorial Gymnasium (311) San Francisco, CA
12/29/2014 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Saint Mary's	L 66–68	9–4 (0–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (244) San Francisco, CA
01/01/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at San Diego	L 55–56	9–5 (0–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (520) San Diego, CA
01/03/2015 1:00 pm, BYUtv	at BYU	L 62–65	9–6 (0–4)	Marriott Center (622) Provo, UT
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Gonzaga	L 64–75	9–7 (0–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (257) San Francisco, CA
01/10/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Portland	W 85–68	10–7 (1–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (269) San Francisco, CA
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Santa Clara	W 62–45	11–7 (2–5)	War Memorial Gymnasium (348) San Francisco, CA
01/22/2015 7:00 pm, WavesCast	at Pepperdine	W 69–58	12–7 (3–5)	Firestone Fieldhouse (203) Malibu, CA
01/24/2015 2:00 pm, LMUSN	at Loyola Marymount	W 74–65	13–7 (4–5)	Gersten Pavilion (421) Los Angeles, CA
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	BYU	L 63–68	13–8 (4–6)	War Memorial Gymnasium (221) San Francisco, CA
01/31/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	San Diego	L 69–74	13–9 (4–7)	War Memorial Gymnasium (354) San Francisco, CA
02/05/2015 7:00 pm, Portland Portal	at Portland	W 79–44	14–9 (5–7)	Chiles Center (296) Portland, OR
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Gonzaga	L 84–91 ^4OT	14–10 (5–8)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, Santa Clara Portal	at Santa Clara	L 79–80 ^OT	14–11 (5–9)	Leavey Center (N/A) Santa Clara, CA
02/19/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv	Loyola Marymount	W 87–75	15–11 (6–9)	War Memorial Gymnasium (334) San Francisco, CA
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	Pepperdine	L 65–76	15–12 (6–10)	War Memorial Gymnasium (418) San Francisco, CA
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Saint Mary's	W 65–63	16–12 (7–10)	McKeon Pavilion (355) Moraga, CA
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv	at Pacific	W 91–79	17–12 (8–10)	Alex G. Spanos Center (805) Stockton, CA
2015 WCC Tournament
03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. Pacific Quarterfinals	W 74–64	18–12	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015 2:00 pm, BYUtv	vs. San Diego Semifinals	W 65–57	19–12	Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV
03/10/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. BYU Championship Game	L 65–76	19–13	Orleans Arena (8,000) Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 pm	at Fresno State First Round	L 73–79	19–14	Save Mart Center (1,354) Fresno, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	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
Coaches

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

References

^ "Britinee Yasukochi Joins Women's Basketball Staff". usfdons.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ "Azzi rebuilding San Francisco". ESPN. December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "Britinee Yasukochi Joins Women's Basketball Staff". usfdons.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[Standings-2] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.

[3] "Azzi rebuilding San Francisco". ESPN. December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.

[4] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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Venues	War Memorial Gymnasium (1976–present) Chase Center (alternate; 2019–present)
Culture & lore	History The Don
People	Head coaches
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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References