2014–15 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by eighth year head coach Sherri Murrell, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center and were members of the Big Sky Conference. After a 3–21 start to the season, head coach Sherri Murrell was fired. Assistant coach Jennifer Mountain was named the Vikings interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 4–25, 2–16 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky Women's Tournament.

2014–15 Portland State Vikings women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2014–15 record	4–25 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Sherri Murrell (first 24 games, 8th year) Jennifer Mountain (interim HC)
Assistant coaches	Jennifer Mountain Jennifer Wassom Chris Lehecka
Home arena	Stott Center

2014–15 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Montana†	14	–	4		.778			24	–	9		.727
Sacramento State	13	–	5		.722			18	–	16		.529
Eastern Washington	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Northern Colorado	12	–	6		.667			22	–	13		.629
North Dakota	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Northern Arizona	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Idaho	8	–	10		.444			14	–	15		.483
Idaho State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Southern Utah	6	–	12		.333			13	–	15		.464
Weber State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Portland State	2	–	16		.111			4	–	25		.138
† 2015 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 26, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2014–15 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Danah Haley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Fairfax HS Blue Mountain CC Los Angeles, California G 3 Nele Aha 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Hainberg-Gymnasium Göttingen, Germany G 4 Ani Avenessian 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Monroe HS San Fernando Valley, California G 5 Lauren Holt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Leigh HS San Jose, California C 10 Cara Olden 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Tumwater HS Tumwater, Washington F 11 Cici West 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Holy Names Acad. Seattle, Washington G 20 Lariel Powell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd HS Hayward, California C 21 Alicia Carline 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Freyberg HS Gillette College Feilding, New Zealand G 22 Emily Easom 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Marin Catholic HS San Rafael, California G 23 Yaremi Mejia  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So South Medford HS Medford, Oregon F 32 Mikaela Rivard 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Chiawana HS Tri-Cities, Washington C 44 Shelby Sanders 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hermiston HS Hermiston, Oregon C 45 Katie O'Brien 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Monarch HS Louisville, Colorado G Montana Walters  5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Oregon City HS Santa Clara Oregon City, Oregon	Head coach Sherri Murrell (Pepperdine) Assistant coach(es) Jennifer Mountain (Gonzaga) Jennifer Wassom (Portland) Chris Lehecka (Kansas State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 5:00 PM		George Fox	W 71–69	–	Stott Center (392) Portland, Oregon
11/08/2014* 5:00 PM		Lewis & Clark	W 74–56	–	Stott Center (344) Portland, Oregon
Regular season
11/16/2014* 5:00 PM		at Seattle	L 47–54	0–1	Connolly Center (331) Seattle, Washington
11/19/2014* 7:00 PM		South Dakota	L 57–86	0–2	Stott Center (275) Portland, Oregon
11/22/2014* 2:00 PM		Corban	L 64–74	0–3	Stott Center (156) Portland, Oregon
11/25/2014* 6:00 PM		at Oregon	L 56–63	0–4	Matthew Knight Arena (1,256) Eugene, Oregon
11/29/2014* 1:00 PM		Long Beach State	L 58–62	0–5	Stott Center (208) Portland, Oregon
12/05/2014* 7:00 PM		Navy	W 56–50	1–5	Stott Center (221) Portland, Oregon
12/07/2014* 2:00 PM		at Gonzaga	L 41–73	1–6	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204) Spokane, Washington
12/12/2014* 7:00 PM		at Portland	L 63–91	1–7	Chiles Center (288) Portland, Oregon
12/14/2014* 2:00 PM		Western Washington	L 64–75	1–8	Stott Center (221) Portland, Oregon
12/19/2014* 2:30 PM		at Princeton	L 33–104	1–9	Jadwin Gymnasium (645) Princeton, New Jersey
12/21/2014* 9:00 AM		at Columbia	W 71–66	2–9	Levien Gymnasium (251) New York City, New York
01/01/2015 6:00 PM		at Southern Utah	L 74–86	2–10 (0–1)	Centrum Arena (449) Cedar City, Utah
01/03/2015 1:00 PM		at Northern Arizona	L 46–94	2–11 (0–2)	Walkup Skydome (169) Flagstaff, Arizona
01/08/2015 7:00 PM		Northern Colorado	L 54–68	2–12 (0–3)	Stott Center (248) Portland, Oregon
01/10/2015 2:00 PM		North Dakota	W 73–70	3–12 (1–3)	Stott Center (208) Portland, Oregon
01/15/2015 6:00 PM		at Eastern Washington The Dam Cup	L 54–101	3–13 (1–4)	Reese Court (507) Cheney, Washington
01/17/2015 2:00 PM		at Idaho	L 49–77	3–14 (1–5)	Cowan Spectrum (578) Moscow, Idaho
01/22/2015 7:00 PM		Weber State	L 51–60	3–15 (1–6)	Stott Center (418) Portland, Oregon
01/24/2015 7:00 PM		Idaho State	L 53–65	3–16 (1–7)	Stott Center (381) Portland, Oregon
01/29/2015 6:00 PM		at Montana	L 31–72	3–17 (1–8)	Dahlberg Arena (2,834) Missoula, Montana
01/31/2015 1:00 PM		at Montana State	L 46–63	3–18 (1–9)	Worthington Arena (936) Bozeman, Montana
02/07/2015 7:00 PM		Sacramento State	L 60–92	3–19 (1–10)	Stott Center (429) Portland, Oregon
02/12/2015 7:00 PM		Idaho	L 49–69	3–20 (1–11)	Stott Center (327) Portland, Oregon
02/14/2015 2:00 PM		Eastern Washington The Dam Cup	L 63–77	3–21 (1–12)	Stott Center (439) Portland, Oregon
02/19/2015 5:00 PM		at North Dakota	L 45–76	3–22 (1–13)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,609) Grand Forks, North Dakota
02/21/2015 1:00 PM		at Northern Colorado	L 50–90	3–23 (1–14)	Bank of Colorado Arena (623) Greeley, Colorado
02/28/2015 12:00 PM		at Sacramento State	L 77–123	3–24 (1–15)	Colberg Court (N/A) Sacramento, California
03/05/2015 7:00 PM		Northern Arizona	L 62–79	3–25 (1–16)	Stott Center (355) Portland, Oregon
03/07/2015 7:00 PM		Southern Utah	W 80–65	4–25 (2–16)	Stott Center (436) Portland, Oregon
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2014–15 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team

References

1. http://goviks.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball