2014–15 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team
The 2014–15 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by third-year head coach Garry Brodhead and played all their home games at the Cajundome with the a select few (mainly during the Women's Basketball Invitational) at the Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 23-12, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Arkansas State by the score of 61-63. They competed in the Women's Basketball Invitational and went to the championship game, winning by the score of 52-50 against the Siena Saints
2014–15 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball | |
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Women's Basketball Invitational champion | |
Sun Belt Tournament, Semifinal Game (L, ARST 61–63) | |
Women's Basketball Invitational, Championship Game (W, Siena 52–50) | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
2014–15 record | 23–12 (10–10 Sun Belt) |
Head coach | Garry Brodhead (3rd season) |
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Home arena | Cajundome Earl K. Long Gymnasium (5 games) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas-Little Rock | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 25 | – | 4 | .862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 7, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2013–14 season 14-16, 7-11 in Sun Belt play to finish in a two-way tie for seventh place in the conference. They made it to the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, losing in the first round game by the score of 61-67 to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. They were not invited to any other postseason tournament.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/05/2014* 5:00 PM |
LSU–Alexandria | W 69-44 | 18 – Veal | 6 – Mills | 3 – Tied | Cajundome (469) Lafayette, LA | |||||
11/10/2014* 7:00 PM |
Spring Hill College | W 67-47 | 17 – Fields | 8 – Brown | 3 – Rodriguez | Cajundome (269) Lafayette, LA | |||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Lamar | W 75-55 | 1–0 |
22 – Gordon | 8 – Alexander | 5 – Veal | Montagne Center (894) Beaumont, TX | ||||
11/18/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Xavier | W 69-53 | 2-0 |
18 – Veal | 9 – Prejean | 7 – Gordon | Cajundome (326) Lafayette, LA | ||||
11/22/2014* 12:00 PM |
Louisiana Tech | W 58-55 | 3-0 |
18 – Wilridge | 9 – Prejean | 5 – Wilridge | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (487) Lafayette, LA | ||||
11/29/2017* 2:00 PM |
at Southeastern Louisiana | W 71-60 | 4-0 |
23 – Gordon | 7 – Wilridge | 4 – Wilridge | University Center (325) Hammond, LA | ||||
12/06/2014* 2:00 PM |
Sam Houston State | W 65-46 | 5-0 |
16 – Wilridge | 5 – Alexander | 3 – Rodriguez | Cajundome (269) Lafayette, LA | ||||
12/13/2014* 4:15 PM |
Southern-New Orleans | W 58-52 | 6-0 |
12 – Mills | 9 – Wilridge | 5 – Veal | Cajundome (365) Lafayette, LA | ||||
12/17/2014* 11:00 AM |
No. 20 Mississippi State | L 51-66 | 6-1 |
17 – Veal | 7 – Wilridge | 2 – Wilridge | Cajundome (1,656) Lafayette, LA | ||||
12/19/2014* 1:00 PM |
at Alcorn State | W 64-57 OT | 7-1 |
22 – Gordon | 7 – Prejean | 5 – Rodriguez | Davey Whitney Complex (55) Lorman, MS | ||||
12/28/2014* 4:00 PM |
Jackson State | W 65-56 | 8-1 |
15 – Veal | 7 – Mills | 5 – Veal | Cajundome (697) Lafayette, LA | ||||
Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2014 5:30 PM |
at Arkansas-Little Rock | L 41-67 | 8-2 (0-1) |
14 – Gordon | 5 – Veal | 3 – Veal | Jack Stephens Center (1,174) Little Rock, AR | ||||
01/03/2015 5:00 PM |
Troy | L 55-60 | 8-3 (0-2) |
16 – Brown | 6 – Wilridge | 3 – Gordon | Cajundome (783) Lafayette, LA | ||||
01/05/2015 4:00 PM |
at Appalachian State | L 51-63 | 8-4 (0-3) |
17 – Veal | 7 – Fields | 4 – Veal | Holmes Center (315) Boone, NC | ||||
01/08/2015 5:00 PM |
Georgia State | W 68-52 | 9-4 (1-3) |
20 – Gordon | 7 – Alexander | 4 – Veal | Cajundome (803) Lafayette, LA | ||||
01/15/2016 5:00 PM |
at Georgia Southern | W 69–57 | 10-4 (2-3) |
22 – Veal | 10 – Alexander | 5 – Gordon | Hanner Fieldhouse (4,325) Statesboro, GA | ||||
01/17/2015 5:00 PM |
South Alabama | W 65-58 | 11-4 (3-3) |
15 – Gordon | 7 – Veal | 5 – Veal | Cajundome (1,452) Lafayette, LA | ||||
01/19/2015 5:00 PM |
Louisiana-Monroe | L 60-67 OT | 11-5 (3-4) |
14 – Wilridge | 8 – Fields | 5 – Veal | Cajundome (858) Lafayette, LA | ||||
01/22/2015 5:00 PM |
Arkansas State | W 69-57 | 12-5 (4-4) |
18 – Veal | 9 – Wilridge | 5 – Wilridge | Cajundome (621) Lafayette, LA | ||||
01/24/2015 11:00 AM, ESPN3 |
at Georgia State | W 63-56 | 13-5 (5-4) |
18 – Gordon | 8 – Wilridge | 4 – Veal | GSU Sports Arena (592) Atlanta, GA | ||||
01/29/2015 11:00 AM |
at South Alabama | L 47-57 | 13-6 (5-5) |
14 – Veal | 6 – Gordon | 2 – Wilridge | Mitchell Center (2,096) Mobile, AL | ||||
01/31/2015 2:00 PM |
at Texas State | W 83-81 2OT | 14–6 (6-5) |
22 – Gordon | 14 – Tied | 8 – Veal | Strahan Coliseum San Marcos, TX | ||||
02/05/2015 5:00 PM |
Appalachian State | W 70-66 | 15-6 (7–5) |
22 – Gordon | 7 – Gordon | 3 – Brown | Cajundome (711) Lafayette, LA | ||||
02/07/2015 3:15 PM |
UT Arlington | L 51-57 | 15-7 (7-6) |
15 – Veal | 9 – Tied | 3 – Wilridge | Cajundome (322) Lafayette, LA | ||||
02/12/2015 5:15 PM |
at Louisiana-Monroe | W 68–65 2OT | 16-7 (8-6) |
29 – Gordon | 6 – Tied | 5 – Veal | Fant-Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA | ||||
02/14/2015 2:00 PM |
at Troy | L 63–68 | 16-8 (8-7) |
20 – Veal | 8 – Fields | 6 – Veal | Trojan Arena (412) Troy, AL | ||||
02/19/2015 5:00 PM |
Texas State | W 64-41 | 17-8 (9-7) |
24 – Veal | 8 – Tied | 3 – Veal | Cajundome (693) Lafayette, LA | ||||
02/21/2015 5:00 PM |
at UT Arlington | L 42-56 | 17-9 (9-8) |
14 – Veal | 4 – Wilridge | 3 – Wilridge | College Park Center (757) Arlington, TX | ||||
02/28/2015 5:00 PM |
Georgia Southern | W 62-35 | 18–9 (10–8) |
20 – Veal | 9 – Alexander | 2 – Rodriguez | Cajundome (1,151) Lafayette, LA | ||||
03/05/2015 5:00 PM |
Arkansas-Little Rock | L 66-68 | 18–10 (10–9) |
16 – Wilridge | 6 – Brown | 2 – Brown | Cajundome (971) Lafayette, LA | ||||
03/07/2015 3:05 PM |
at Arkansas State | L 65-87 | 18–11 (10–10) |
16 – Veal | 8 – Alexander | 4 – Wilridge | Convocation Center (1,109) Jonesboro, AR | ||||
Sun Belt Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/11/2015 7:30 PM, ESPN3 |
(6) | vs. (3) Troy First Round |
W 66-52 | 19–11 |
20 – Veal | 10 – Fields | 4 – Brown | Lakefront Arena (537) New Orleans, LA | |||
03/13/2015 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
(6) | vs. (2) Arkansas State Semifinals |
L 61-63 | 20-11 |
18 – Veal | 4 – Wilridge | 5 – Veal | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||
Women's Basketball Invitational | |||||||||||
03/19/2015 7:00 PM |
(2) | vs. (7) UT Pan American First Round |
W 78-56 | 21-11 |
18 – Wilridge | 9 – Prejean | 5 – Veal | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (1,059) Lafayette, LA | |||
03/21/2015 7:00 PM |
(2) | vs. (6) McNeese State Quarterfinals |
W 63-58 | 22-11 |
29 – Veal | 8 – Veal | 2 – Wilridge | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (1,169) Lafayette, LA | |||
03/26/2015 6:00 PM |
(2) | vs. (5) Oral Roberts Semifinals |
W 65-64 | 23-11 |
23 – Veal | 5 – Veal | 4 – Veal | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (513) Lafayette, LA | |||
03/29/2015 4:00 PM |
(2) | vs. (3) Siena Championship |
W 52-50 | 24-11 |
20 – Veal | 7 – Tied | 4 – Gordon | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (838) Lafayette, LA | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- "2013-14 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ragin' Cajuns Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- "2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ragin' Cajuns Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2019.