2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball team

The 2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented University of Southern California during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first year head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, played their home games at the Galen Center and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 22–13 overall, 11–7 in Pac-12 play for a tie for 4th place. They won the 2014 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament for the first time in school history. They earned an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they lost in the first round to St. John's.

2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	22–13 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
Assistant coaches	Brandy Manning Jualeah Woods Evan Unrau
Home arena	Galen Center
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Stanford	17	–	1		.944			33	–	4		.892
No. 24 California	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Oregon State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
USC †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	13		.629
Washington	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	17		.500
UCLA	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Colorado	6	–	12		.333			19	–	15		.559
Oregon	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Utah	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Arizona	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2014 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 6 April 2014 Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Roster

2013–14 USC Trojans women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jordan Adams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mater Dei HS Irvine, Calif. F 2 Deanna Calhoun 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Albany HS Albany, Calif. F 3 Desireé Bradley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Carl Albert HS Oklahoma City, Okla. G 5 Rachel Totten (W) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr LACES Los Angeles, Calif. F 10 Kate Oliver 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Lake Ginninderra College/Marist Beaumont Hills, NSW, Australia F 11 Cassie Harberts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr San Clemente HS San Clemente, Calif. G 12 Courtney Jaco 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Windward School Compton, Calif. F 13 Kaneisha Horn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Ramsay HS/Alabama Birmingham, Ala. G 14 Ariya Crook 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Long Beach Poiy Los Angeles, Calif. F 21 Alexyz Vaioletama 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mater Dei HS Fountain Valley, Calif. G 22 Destinie Gibbs 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So McEachern HS Oxford, Ga. G 23 Brianna Barrett 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Oaks Christian HS Winnetka, Calif. F 24 Drew Edelman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Menlo School Sunnyvale, Calif. G 25 Alexis Lloyd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Whitney Young HS/Virginia Tech Chicago, Ill. G 32 Kiki Alofaituli 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Mater Dei HS Tustin, Calif. F 43 Thaddesia Southall 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr Long Beach Poly Long Beach, Calif.	Head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Assistant coach(es) Brandy Manning Jualeah Woods Evan Unrau Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2013* 7:00 pm		Westmont College	W 73–38	–	Galen Center (N/A) Los Angeles, CA
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	W 64–55	1–0	The Pavilion (1,702) Davis, CA
11/10/2013* 2:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 63–54	2–0	Save Mart Center (2,240) Fresno, CA
11/22/2013* 5:00 pm		at No. 20 Oklahoma State	L 51–82	3–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,414) Stillwater, OK
11/25/2013* 5:00 pm, P12N		No. 17 South Carolina	L 50–70	3–2	Galen Center (897) Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2013* 5:30 pm		vs. Iowa Cancún Challenge	L 65–78	3–3	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (507) Cancún, MX
11/29/2013* 5:30 pm		vs. UNC Wilmington Cancún Challenge	W 85–59	4–3	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
11/30/2013* 3:00 pm		vs. Boston College Cancún Challenge	W 79–52	5–3	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
12/10/2013* 6:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	L 64–65	5–4	Matadome (406) Northridge, CA
12/19/2013* 6:00 pm		Saint Mary's	L 55–71	5–5	Galen Center (294) Los Angeles, CA
12/21/2013* 2:00 pm		Hawaii	W 66–55	6–5	Galen Center (900) Los Angeles, CA
12/28/2013* 2:00 pm		Long Beach State	W 89–72	7–5	Galen Center (1,132) Los Angeles, CA
12/30/2013 7:00 pm, P12N		at UCLA	W 56–54	8–5 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (3,297) Los Angeles, CA
01/03/2014 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 12 Colorado	W 55–45	9–5 (2–0)	Galen Center (372) Los Angeles, CA
01/05/2014 4:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 55–47	10–5 (3–0)	Galen Center (743) Los Angeles, CA
01/10/2014 5:00 pm, P12N		at No. 23 Arizona State	L 86–94 OT	10–6 (3–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,558) Tempe, AZ
01/12/2014 1:00 pm		at Arizona	W 54–45	11–6 (4–1)	McKale Center (N/A) Tucson, AZ
01/17/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		Oregon State	W 81–60	12–6 (5–1)	Galen Center (409) Los Angeles, CA
01/19/2014 2:00 pm, P12N		Oregon	W 109–85	13–6 (6–1)	Galen Center (1,020) Los Angeles, CA
01/24/2014 2:00 pm, P12N		at No. 19 California	W 77–70	14–6 (7–1)	Haas Pavilion (1,699) Berkeley, CA
01/27/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		at No. 4 Stanford	L 59–86	14–7 (7–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,360) Stanford, CA
01/31/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	L 75–79	14–8 (7–3)	Galen Center (358) Los Angeles, CA
02/02/2014 11:00 am, P12N		Washington	L 55–63	14–9 (7–4)	Galen Center (423) Los Angeles, CA
02/08/2014 3:00 pm, P12N		UCLA	W 68–54	15–9 (8–4)	Galen Center (4,254) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2014 7:30 pm, P12N		at Oregon	W 88–78	16–9 (9–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (994) Eugene, OR
02/16/2014 12:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	L 48–58	16–10 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum (1,224) Corvallis, OR
02/21/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 5 Stanford	L 59–64	16–11 (9–6)	Galen Center (1,055) Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2014 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 18 California	L 67–76	16–12 (9–7)	Galen Center (1,060) Los Angeles, CA
02/27/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 67–57	17–12 (10–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,133) Salt Lake City, UT
03/02/2014 11:00 am, P12N		at Colorado	W 66–59	18–12 (11–7)	Coors Events Center (5,631) Boulder, CO
2014 Pac-12 Conference women's tournament
03/06/2014 2:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (12) Arizona First Round	W 59–54	19–12	KeyArena (2,449) Seattle, WA
03/07/2014 2:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (4) Arizona State Quarterfinals	W 59–57	20–12	KeyArena (3,282) Seattle, WA
03/08/2014 6:00 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (1) No. 4 Stanford Semifinals	W 72–58	21–12	KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA
03/09/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN	(5)	vs. (3) Oregon State Championship Game	W 71–62	22–12	KeyArena (4,785) Seattle, WA
2014 NCAA women's tournament
03/22/2014* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(9 L)	vs. (8 L) St. John's First Round	L 68–71	22–13	Thompson–Boling Arena (7,128) Knoxville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time; L = Louisville regional.

Source^[3]

See also

2013–14 USC Trojans men's basketball team