2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

BYU Cougars women's basketball
2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball
WCC Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
2014–15 record	23–10 (12–6 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Judkins (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Melinda Bendall (4th season); Ray Stewart (4th season); Dan Nielson (2nd season);
Home arena	Marriott Center

The 2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins' fourteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 22–10, 12–6 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They Cougars won the WCC Tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville in the first round.

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kim Beeston	4	G	5'11"	RS Senior	Heber, Utah	Graduated
Jennifer Hamson	41	C	6'7"	Senior	Lindon, Utah	Graduated, selected in 2014 WNBA Draft by Los Angeles Sparks with 23rd pick.[2]
Stephanie Rovetti	12	G	5'6"	RS Junior	Reno, Nevada	Graduated, transferred to Fresno State for senior season.[3]

Recruiting

2013-14 Class

The 2013-14 recruiting class information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Future Classes

Name	Pos.	Height	Hometown	High School	Notes
MaCayla Hanks	P	6'4"	Hyrum, Utah	Mountain Crest High School	Early commitment that will complete senior year of high school this coming season. Will join the team for the 2015-16 season.[4]

2014–15 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

All Lady Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast while road games will be voiced by Robbie Bullough. Select home games and road games will air on TheW.tv.

Roster

2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Carly Stratton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Hurricane	St. George, UT
G	3	Ashley Garfield (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Morgan	Morgan, UT
F	4	Amanda Wayment	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Fremont	Ogden, UT
G	11	Xojian Harry (C)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Viewmont	Bountiful, UT
G	12	Maddy Ziering-Smith	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Laguna Hills	Laguna Hills, CA
G	12	Hannah Packard	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Springville	Springville, UT
G	15	Kylie Maeda	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Iolani	Honolulu, HI
G	20	Cassie Broadhead	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Scotia Glenville	Glenville, NY
G	21	Lexi Eaton (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Springville	Mapleton, UT
G/F	22	Kristine Fuller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Palm Harbor University	Crystal Beach, FL
G	23	Makenzi Morrison	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Alta	Draper, UT
F	25	Alohi Robins-Hardy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Kamehameha Kapalama	Waimānalo, HI
G	31	Hannah Rose	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Southridge	Beaverton, OR
F	34	Micaelee Orton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Kearns	Kearns, UT
F	41	Morgan Bailey (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Timpanogos	Orem, UT
C	42	Savannah Irwin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	La Costa Canyon	Carlsbad, CA
F	50	Eternity Galeai	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Timpanogos	Orem, UT

Head coach

Jeff Judkins (Utah)

Assistant coach(es)

Melinda Bendall (BYU)
Ray Stewart (Utah Valley)
Dan Nielson (BYU)
Haley Steed- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-08-19

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition[5]
08/18/2014*		vs. Club Baloncesto Torrelodones (co-ed)	W 94–93	-	Madrid, Spain
08/21/2014*		vs. Euskadi	W 55–52	-	San Sebastián, Spain
08/22/2014*		vs. Euskadi	W 69–50	-	Bilbao, Spain
08/24/2014*		vs. Femini Santa Adria Club	W 66–49	-	Barcelona, Spain
11/01/2014* 3:00 PM, TheW.tv		Westminster	L 54–59[6]	-	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/08/2014* 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Ft. Lewis	W 79–43	-	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM, Jackrabbit Extra		at South Dakota State	L 65–75[7]	0–1	Frost Arena Brookings, SD
11/19/2014* 11:00 AM, BYUtv		Cal State Northridge	L 54–63[8]	0–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/22/2014* 7:30 PM, BYUtv		Nevada	W 65–60[9]	1–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/26/2014* 6:00 PM		vs. Butler Tom Weston Invitational	W 81–62[10]	2–2	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/27/2014* 4:00 PM, BYUH Live		at BYU-Hawaiʻi Tom Weston Invitational	W 73–52[11]	3–2	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/29/2014* 4:00 PM		vs. No. 19/20 Oregon State Tom Weston Invitational	L 61–71[12]	3–3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
12/04/2014* 7:00 PM, BYUtv		UNLV	W 76–61[13]	4–3	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
12/06/2014* 3:00 PM, BYUtv		vs. Colorado State	W 69–58[14]	5–3	Energy Solutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2014* 7:00 PM, BYUtv		Weber State	W 64–53[15]	6–3	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/13/2014* 12:00 PM, P12 Mtn.		at y-Utah Desert First Duel	W 60–56[16]	7–3	Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/22/2014* 7:00 PM, MW Net		at y-Utah State	W 62–58 ^2OT	8–3	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
12/27/2014 3:00 PM, SWX & TheW.tv		at Gonzaga	L 62–78	8–4 (0–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
12/29/2014 8:00 PM, Portland Portal		at Portland	W 83–79	9–4 (1–1)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
01/01/2015 12:30 PM, BYUtv		Santa Clara	W 84–55	10–4 (2–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/03/2015 2:00 PM, BYUtv		San Francisco	W 65–62	11–4 (3–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/08/2015 8:00 PM, LMUSN		at Loyola Marymount	W 71–63	12–4 (4–1)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2015 1:00 PM, WavesCast		at y-Pepperdine	W 84–78	13–4 (5–1)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/15/2015 7:00 PM, BYUtv		Pacific	W 89–72	14–4 (6–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/17/2015 2:00 PM, BYUtv		Saint Mary's	L 51–61	14–5 (6–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/24/2015 2:00 PM, BYUtv		San Diego	W 54–50	15–5 (7–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/29/2015 8:00 PM, TheW.tv		at San Francisco	W 68–63	16–5 (8–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
01/31/2015 3:00 PM, Santa Clara Portal		at y-Santa Clara	W 58–56	17–5 (9–2)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/05/2015 7:00 PM, BYUtv		Pepperdine	W 77–58	18–5 (10–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/07/2015 2:00 PM, TheW.tv		Loyola Marymount	W 74–59	19–5 (11–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/12/2015 7:00 PM, TheW.tv		at Saint Mary's	L 71–76 ^OT	19–6 (11–3)	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
02/14/2015 3:00 PM, TheW.tv		at y- Pacific	L 82–86	19–7 (11–4)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/21/2015 3:00 PM, TheW.tv		at y- San Diego	L 59–69	19–8 (11–5)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
02/26/2015 7:00 PM, BYUtv		Portland	W 65–63	20–8 (12–5)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/28/2015 2:00 PM, BYUtv		Gonzaga	L 66–73	20–9 (12–6)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
2015 WCC Tournament
03/06/2015 9:00 PM, BYUtv		vs. Saint Mary's Quarterfinals	W 65–64	21–9	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/09/2015 1:00 PM, BYUtv		vs. Gonzaga Semifinals	W 61–55	22–9	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/10/2015 2:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. z-San Francisco Championship	W 76–65	23–9	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
2015 NCAA Tournament
03/21/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN2/ESPN3	No. 14–seed	vs. y-3–seed Louisville First Round	L 53–86	23–10	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

All BYUtv games were simulcast on BYU Radio with the BYUtv announcers, listed below. Select other games, listed with an x and y, were also broadcast on BYU Radio.
y- BYU Radio road broadcasts w/ Robbie Bullough.
z- Non-BYUtv BYU Radio broadcast w/ Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler.

Game Summaries

Westminster

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Keilani Unga
Starting Lineups:

Westminster: Shelby Ellsworth, Amy Krommenhoek, Tia Pappas, Amanda Hacking, Alli Winters
BYU: Ashley Garfield, Kylie Maeda, Lexi Eaton, Makenzi Morrison, Morgan Bailey

TheW.tv

Nov 1
3:00 p.m. MDT

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	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[1]

Westminster Griffins 59, BYU Cougars 54
Scoring by half: 34-21, 25-33
Pts: Tia Pappas 16 Rebs: Tia Pappas 12 Asts: Amy Krommenhoek & Tia Pappas 5		Pts: Lexi Eaton 17 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9 Asts: Ashley Garfield 4

Ft. Lewis Skyhawks 43, BYU Cougars 79
Scoring by half: 18-41, 25-38
Pts: Kylie Santos 12 Rebs: Kaile Magazzeni 7 Asts: Dallas Dickerson 2		Pts: Lexi Eaton 14 Rebs: Micaelee Orton 6 Asts: Kylie Maeda 5

BYU Cougars 65, South Dakota State Jackrabbits 75
Scoring by half: 26-31, 39-44
Pts: Morgan Bailey 25 Rebs: Ashley Garfield & Morgan Bailey 8 Asts: Morgan Bailey 4		Pts: Megan Wayatashek 15 Rebs: Chynna Stevens 11 Asts: Kerri Young 5

2014–15 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Before the season

Departures

Recruiting

2013-14 Class

Future Classes

2014–15 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

Roster

Schedule

Game Summaries

Westminster

Ft. Lewis

South Dakota State

Cal State Northridge

Nevada

Butler

BYU-Hawaiʻi

Oregon State

UNLV

Colorado State

Weber State

Utah

Utah State

Gonzaga

Portland

Santa Clara

San Francisco

Loyola Marymount

Pepperdine

Pacific

Saint Mary's

San Diego

San Francisco

Santa Clara

Pepperdine

Loyola Marymount

Saint Mary's

Pacific

San Diego

Portland

Gonzaga

WCC Quarter: Saint Mary's

WCC Semi: Gonzaga

WCC Championship: San Francisco

NCAA 64: Louisville

Rankings

See also

References