2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

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2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division Champions
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
Ivy League Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, round of 32
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record31–1 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Milena Flores
  • Megan Griffith
Home arenaJadwin Gymnasium
Seasons
2014–15 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Princeton 14 0   1.000 31 1   .969
Penn 11 3   .786 21 9   .700
Harvard 7 7   .500 14 14   .500
Yale 7 7   .500 13 15   .464
Cornell 6 8   .429 15 13   .536
Dartmouth 5 9   .357 14 14   .500
Brown 4 10   .286 10 18   .357
Columbia 2 12   .143 8 20   .286
† Ivy League winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eighth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League.

The Tigers finished the season 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title, earning an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament in which they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls are the highest in Ivy League history. Princeton's No. 8 seed is the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998.

In the January 10 conference opener against Penn, senior guard Blake Dietrick became the 22nd player in program history to surpass the 1,000-point mark.[1] She finished the season ranked 11th in scoring with 1,233 points.[2]

Roster[edit]

2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 14 Amanda Berntsen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Chatham, New Jersey
G 2 Taylor Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Woodstock, Georgia
G 11 Blake Dietrick (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Wellesley, Massachusetts
G 24 Kenya Holland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Stafford, Virginia
G 34 Michelle Miller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Pasadena, California
F 44 Jackie Reyneke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Saddle River, New Jersey
F 45 Leslie Robinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Corvallis, Oregon
G 5 Alex Rodgers 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
C 23 Jess Shivers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Eugene, Oregon
F 25 Mariah Smith (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Peoria, Illinois
G 13 Vanessa Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Twinsburg, Ohio
G/F 15 Annie Tarakchian 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Hills, California
G 32 Tia Weledji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Overland Park, Kansas
F 21 Alex Wheatley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Holland, Pennsylvania
F 22 Taylor Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Warren, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: March 10, 2015

Schedule[edit]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/14/2014*
at Pittsburgh W 59–43  1–0
Peterson Events Center (3,798)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/16/2014*
at Duquesne W 79–62  2–0
Palumbo Center (732)
Pittsburgh, PA
11/19/2014*
Drexel W 59–43  3–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (568)
Princeton, NJ
11/23/2014*
at American W 63–56  4–0
Bender Arena (1,628)
Washington, D.C.
11/27/2014*
vs. Wake Forest
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 72–55  5–0
Hard Rock Resort (650)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
11/28/2014*
vs. Montana
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 80–55  6–0
Hard Rock Resort (650)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
11/29/2014*
vs. Charlotte
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 73–43  7–0
Hard Rock Resort (650)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
12/06/2014*
Georgetown W 83–54  8–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (769)
Princeton, NJ
12/09/2014*
at Michigan W 85–55  9–0
Crisler Arena (1,193)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/13/2014*
Binghamton W 96–58  10–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (558)
Princeton, NJ
12/16/2014*
at Delaware W 87–59  11–0
Bob Carpenter Center (1,697)
Wilmington, DE
12/19/2014*
Portland State W 104–33  12–0
Jadwin Gymnasium (645)
Princeton, NJ
12/21/2014*
at Monmouth W 84–53  13–0
Multipurpose Activity Center (478)
West Long Branch, NJ
12/29/2014*
vs. Hartford
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals
W 64–51  14–0
Rose Hill Gymnasium (647)
Bronx, NY
12/30/2014*
at Fordham
Fordham Holiday Classic championship
W 67–53  15–0
Rose Hill Gymnasium (510)
Bronx, NY
01/05/2015*
No. 22 at Hampton W 75–63  16–0
Hampton Convocation Center (1,500)
Hampton, VA
01/10/2015
No. 22 Penn W 83–54  17–0 (1–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,081)
Princeton, NJ
01/30/2015
No. 19 at Harvard W 96–46  18–0 (2–0)
Lavietes Pavilion (1,117)
Cambridge, MA
01/31/2015
No. 19 at Dartmouth W 83–65  19–0 (3–0)
Leede Arena (1,005)
Hanover, NH
02/06/2015
No. 18 Columbia W 83–44  20–0 (4–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,254)
Princeton, NJ
02/07/2015
No. 18 Cornell W 75–47  21–0 (5–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,399)
Princeton, NJ
02/13/2015
No. 16 at Brown W 86–58  22–0 (6–0)
Pizzitola Sports Center (540)
Providence, RI
02/14/2015
No. 16 at Yale W 56–50  23–0 (7–0)
John J. Lee Amphitheater (287)
New Haven, CT
02/20/2015
No. 16 Dartmouth W 70–31  24–0 (8–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,066)
Princeton, NJ
02/21/2015
No. 16 Harvard W 78–57  25–0 (9–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,502)
Princeton, NJ
02/27/2015
No. 14 Yale W 67–49  26–0 (10–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,507)
Princeton, NJ
02/28/2015
No. 14 Brown W 79–67  27–0 (11–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,097)
Princeton, NJ
03/06/2015
No. 13 at Cornell W 70–37  28–0
(12–0)
Newman Arena (724)
Ithaca, NY
03/07/2015
No. 13 at Columbia W 63–44  29–0
(13–0)
Levien Gymnasium (1,038)
New York City, NY
03/10/2015
No. 13 at Penn W 55–42  30–0
(14–0)
Palestra (N/A)
Philadelphia, PA
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
(8 S) No. 13 vs. (9 S) Green Bay
First Round
W 80–70  31–0
Xfinity Center (N/A)
College Park, MD
03/23/2015*
(8 S) No. 13 at (1 S) No. 4 Maryland
Second Round
L 70–85  31–1
Xfinity Center (7,794)
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane region.

Source:[3]

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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 NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 22 19 19 19 18 16 16 14 13 13 13
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 24 23 21 21 20 18 17 14 14 13 13

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