2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the second for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference.^[3] The team, coached by new head coach Ronald Hughey,^[4] played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 6–24, 1–17 in conference play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic women's tournament to Tulane.

2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	6–24 (1–17 The American)
Head coach	Ronald Hughey (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Ravon Justice (5th season) Tai Dillard[1] (1st season) Tonya Haut[2] (1st season)
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	1		.974
No. 25 South Florida	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Tulsa	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Temple	12	–	6		.667			20	–	17		.541
East Carolina	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Memphis	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
UCF	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
SMU	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Houston	1	–	17		.056			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner winner As of 7 April 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Cougars games aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the Houston Portal, with Jeremy Branham and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on Houston All-Access. Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and the Houston Portal. Road games typically were streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Alexia Sanders 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So College Park The Woodlands, Texas G 1 Demetria Foreman 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr MacArthur Angelina JC Irving, TX G 3 Bianca Winlow 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bellaire Bellaire, TX F 10 Sandra Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Garden City Community College Odenton, MD G 12 Janee Arnold 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr East Central Tulsa, OK G 15 Alecia Smith 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Cedar Hill Cedar Hill, TX G 21 Jessieka Palmer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr La Marque La Marque, TX F 22 Marche' Amerson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Rudder Bryan, TX G 23 Moesha Kinard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr New Iberia New Iberia, LA G 24 Mariah Mitchell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr McKinney McKinney, TX F 25 DeJah Joshua 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr West Side Gary, IN F 33 Tyler Gilbert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Hightower Missouri City, TX F 34 Terran Alford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Home Schooled Oklahoma City, OK F 35 Taylor Gilbert 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Hightower Missouri City, TX	Head coach Ronald Hughey (Limestone College) Assistant coach(es) Ravon Justice (Houston Baptist) Tai Dillard (Texas) Tonya Haut (Baylor)/ (TCU) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-10-15

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 4:00 pm		Huston–Tillotson	W 100–37	–	Hofheinz Pavilion (N/A) Houston, TX
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		at North Texas	W 46–42	1–0	The Super Pit (1,442) Denton, TX
11/17/2014* 7:00 pm		Incarnate Word	L 48–50	1–1	Hofheinz Pavilion (526) Houston, TX
11/21/2014* 7:00 pm		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 68–66	2–1	Dugan Wellness Center (565) Corpus Christi, TX
11/28/2014* 4:00 pm		vs. Idaho State San Juan Shootout	L 67–73	2–2	Mario Morales Coliseum (N/A) Guaynabo, PR
11/29/2014* 6:00 pm		vs. James Madison San Juan Shootout	L 60–84	2–3	Mario Morales Coliseum (N/A) Guaynabo, PR
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Rice Bayou Cup	W 59–58	3–3	Hofheinz Pavilion (286) Houston, TX
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		Prairie View A&M	L 56–61	3–4	Hofheinz Pavilion (308) Houston, TX
12/13/2014* 2:00 pm		at No. 4 Texas A&M	L 55–94	3–5	Reed Arena (N/A) College Station, TX
12/19/2014* 3:00 pm		vs. UTSA Athletes in Action Tournament	W 56–53	4–5	United Supermarkets Arena (3958) Lubbock, TX
12/20/2014* 12:00 pm		vs. Nicholls State Athletes in Action Tournament	W 65–47	5–5	United Supermarkets Arena (N/A) Lubbock, TX
12/21/2014* 2:00 pm		at Texas Tech Athletes in Action Tournament	L 54–60	5–6	United Supermarkets Arena (4,046) Lubbock, TX
12/27/2014 2:00 pm, ADN		UCF	L 50–64	5–7 (0–1)	Hofheinz Pavilion (499) Houston, TX
12/30/2014 7:00 pm, ADN		at Tulane	L 40–70	5–8 (0–2)	Devlin Fieldhouse (644) New Orleans, LA
01/03/2015 2:00 pm, ADN		at SMU	W 63–45	6–8 (1–2)	Moody Coliseum (907) Dallas, TX
01/07/2015 7:00 pm		Cincinnati	L 73–76 2OT	6–9 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion (378) Houston, TX
01/10/2015 1:00 pm		East Carolina	L 46–87	6–10 (1–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (355) Houston, TX
01/17/2015 2:00 pm		at Tulsa	L 52–74	6–11 (1–5)	Reynolds Center (838) Tulsa, OK
01/21/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		South Florida	L 55–71	6–12 (1–6)	Hofheinz Pavilion (305) Houston, TX
01/24/2015 2:00 pm, ADN		at Memphis	L 49–84	6–13 (1–7)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,327) Memphis, TN
01/27/2015 7:00 pm		Tulane	L 46–63	6–14 (1–8)	Hofheinz Pavilion (340) Houston, TX
01/31/2015 1:00 pm, ADN		at Cincinnati	L 66–69 OT	6–15 (1–9)	Fifth Third Arena (750) Cincinnati, OH
02/03/2015 6:00 pm		at East Carolina	L 56–79	6–16 (1–10)	Williams Arena (1,147) Greenville, NC
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Tulsa	L 51–67	6–17 (1–11)	Hofheinz Pavilion (335) Houston, TX
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		Memphis	L 58–64	6–18 (1–12)	Hofheinz Pavilion (463) Houston, TX
02/14/2015 2:00 pm, ADN		at Temple	L 60–72	6–19 (1–13)	Liacouras Center (8,121) Philadelphia, PA
02/17/2015 6:00 pm, SNY		at No. 1 Connecticut	L 26–85	6–20 (1–14)	XL Center (7,445) Hartford, CT
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, ADN		SMU	L 51–68	6–21 (1–15)	Hofheinz Pavilion (915) Houston, TX
02/24/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at UCF	L 38–59	6–22 (1–16)	CFE Arena (1,183) Orlando, FL
03/02/2015 7:00 pm, ADN		Temple	L 45–56	6–23 (1–17)	Hofheinz Pavilion (283) Houston, TX
2015 AAC Tournament
03/06/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Tulane First Round	L 39–61	6–24	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,669) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2014–15 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
• Houston Cougars women's basketball