2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team will represent Saint Mary's College of California in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Paul Thomas's ninth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 23–11, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to BYU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Hawaii in the first round, Fresno State in the second round and Sacramento State in the third round before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
Hilton Concord Classic Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2014–15 record2311 (135 WCC)
Head coachPaul Thomas (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tracy Sanders
  • Allyson Fasnacht
  • Lisa O'Meara
Home arenaMcKeon Pavilion
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga162 .889  268  .765
San Diego144 .778  257  .781
Pacific135 .722  2110  .677
Saint Mary's135 .722  2311  .676
BYU126 .667  2310  .697
San Francisco810 .444  1914  .576
Santa Clara513 .278  1118  .379
Loyola Marymount414 .222  724  .226
Pepperdine315 .167  822  .267
Portland216 .111  426  .133
Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

2014–15 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Lauren Nicholson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrWoolooware Sydney, Australia
G 3 Devyn Galland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS SoLewis & Clark
Oregon
Spokane, WA
G 5 Hannah Kaser 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrAustralian Institute of Sport Eltham, Victoria, Australia
G 10 Carly Turner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrAustralia Institute of Sport Sydney, Australia
F 11 Valerie Moore 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoModesto Christian Merced, CA
F 12 Hayley Hendricksen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrLewis and Clark Spokane, WA
G 14 Shannon Mauldin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrSaint Mary's San Pablo, CA
G 21 Stella Beck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrHutt Valley Lower Hutt, New Zealand
F 22 Devon Brookshire  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBishop Montgomery
Northwestern
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
G 23 Alia McCoy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS FrCanyon Canyon Country, CA
G 24 Samira McDonald 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoRiver Ridge Lacey, WA
F 25 Carli Rosenthal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrCoeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, ID
F 30 Amanda Arter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrBrea Olinda Brea, CA
F 32 Lisa Janko 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrRhein MB II Essen, Germany
C 33 Sabrina Engelstad 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoHeritage Brentwood, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/16/2014*
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
Boston College L 72–82  0–1
McKeon Pavilion (277)
Moraga, CA
11/22/2014*
11:00 AM, BigWest.tv
at UC Davis W 57–55  1–1
The Pavilion (220)
Davis, CA
11/24/2014*
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Sacramento State W 99–91  2–1
McKeon Pavilion (445)
Moraga, CA
11/28/2014*
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Howard
Hilton Concord Classic
W 80–55  3–1
McKeon Pavilion (353)
Moraga, CA
11/29/2014*
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
Iowa State
Hilton Concord Classic
W 67–63  4–1
McKeon Pavilion (379)
Moraga, CA
12/04/2014*
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Cal State Northridge W 73–63  5–1
McKeon Pavilion (299)
Moraga, CA
12/06/2014*
5:00 PM, TheW.tv
USC W 64–58  6–1
McKeon Pavilion (559)
Moraga, CA
12/12/2014*
7:00 PM, MW Network
at Fresno State L 56–60  6–2
Save Mart Center (2,084)
Fresno, CA
12/14/2014*
2:00 PM, BigWest.tv
at Cal Poly W 65–64 OT 7–2
Mott Gym (307)
San Luis Obispo, CA
12/19/2014*
4:00 PM, Cavaliers Live
at Virginia L 49–62  7–3
John Paul Jones Arena (2,950)
Charlottesville, VA
12/21/2014*
9:00 AM, A10 Digital
at George Washington L 52–70  7–4
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center (452)
Washington, D.C.
12/27/2014
2:00 PM, Santa Clara Portal
at Santa Clara W 62–61  8–4
(1–0)
Leavey Center (250)
Santa Clara, CA
12/29/2014
7:00 PM, TheW.tv
at San Francisco W 68–66  9–4
(2–0)
War Memorial Gymnasium (244)
San Francisco, CA
01/01/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Pepperdine W 73–68  10–4
(3–0)
McKeon Pavilion (303)
Moraga, CA
01/03/2015
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
Loyola Marymount W 72–71  11–4
(4–0)
McKeon Pavilion (439)
Moraga, CA
01/10/2015
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
Pacific L 86–88 OT 11–5
(4–1)
McKeon Pavilion (505)
Moraga, CA
01/15/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
at San Diego W 57–56  12–5
(5–1)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (590)
San Diego, CA
01/17/2015
1:00 PM, BYUtv
at BYU W 61–51  13–5
(6–1)
Marriott Center (797)
Provo, UT
01/22/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
Gonzaga L 42–52  13–6
(6–2)
McKeon Pavilion (603)
Moraga, CA
01/24/2015
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
Portland W 66–53  14–6
(7–2)
McKeon Pavilion (393)
Moraga, CA
01/29/2015
7:00 PM, LMUSN
at Loyola Marymount W 56–49  15–6
(8–2)
Gersten Pavilion (290)
Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2015
12:00 PM, WavesCast
at Pepperdine W 53–49  16–6
(9–2)
Firestone Fieldhouse (152)
Malibu, CA
02/07/2015
2:00 PM, TheW.tv
at Pacific L 48–61  16–7
(9–3)
Alex G. Spanos Center (797)
Stockton, CA
02/12/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
BYU W 76–71 OT 17–7
(10–3)
McKeon Pavilion (295)
Moraga, CA
02/14/2015
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
San Diego W 68–66  18–7
(11–3)
McKeon Pavilion (469)
Moraga, CA
02/19/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
at Gonzaga L 72–80  18–8
(11–4)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719)
Spokane, WA
02/21/2015
7:00 PM, Portland Portal
at Portland W 62–58  19–8
(12–4)
Chiles Center (491)
Portland, OR
02/26/2015
6:00 PM, TheW.tv
San Francisco L 63–65  19–9
(12–5)
McKeon Pavilion (355)
Moraga, CA
02/28/2015
1:00 PM, TheW.tv
Santa Clara W 74–71  20–9
(13–5)
McKeon Pavilion (534)
Moraga, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/05/2015
8:00 PM, BYUtv
vs. BYU
Quarterfinals
L 64–65  20–10
Orleans Arena (7,110)
Las Vegas, NV
WNIT
03/20/2015*
6:00 PM
Hawaii
First Round
W 92–88 OT 21–10
McKeon Pavilion (279)
Moraga, CA
03/23/2015*
7:00 PM
Fresno State
Second Round
W 83–64  22–10
McKeon Pavilion (380)
Moraga, CA
03/26/2015*
7:00 PM
at Sacramento State
Third Round
W 77–69  23–10
Colberg Court (626)
Sacramento, CA
03/29/2015*
2:00 PM
at UCLA
Quarterfinals
L 66–82  23–11
Pauley Pavilion (746)
Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
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