2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by 2nd year head coach Matt Bollant, play their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 9–21 overall, 2–14 in Big Ten play for a last place finish. They lost in the first round of the 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament to Iowa.

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2013–14 record	9–21 (2–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Matt Bollant (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Divilbiss Tianna Kirkland LaKale Malone
Home arena	State Farm Center

2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Penn State	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
No. 20 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
No. 13 Nebraska †	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 17 Purdue	11	–	5		.688			22	–	9		.710
No. 19 Iowa	11	–	5		.688			27	–	9		.750
Minnesota	8	–	8		.500			22	–	13		.629
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			20	–	14		.588
Indiana	5	–	11		.313			21	–	13		.618
Northwestern	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Ohio State	5	–	11		.313			17	–	18		.486
Wisconsin	3	–	13		.188			10	–	19		.345
Illinois	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2014 Big Ten Tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Roster

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sarah Hartwell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Bellarmine Prep/Georgia Tech Tacoma, Wash. F 1 Mckenzie Piper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Iowa City West Iowa City, Iowa G 2 Taylor Gleason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Goodrich Grand Blanc, Mich. G/F 3 Taylor Tuck 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. F 4 Sarah Livingston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Morton Morton, Ill. F 5 Nia Oden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Christ The King Brooklyn, N.Y. G 12 Ashley McConnell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Fremd Palatine, Ill. G/F 13 Mikaala Shackelford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Hopkins Plymouth, Minn. G 15 Kyley Simmons 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Lewis Central/Missouri Council Bluffs, Iowa G 22 Ivory Crawford 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Proviso East Chicago, Ill. G 23 Alexis Smith 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. John the Baptist Medford, N.Y. G 25 Kennedy Cattenhead 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. F 34 Jacqui Grant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Maine South Park Ridge, Ill. G 42 Amber Moore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Country Day Detroit, Mich.	Head coach Matt Bollant Assistant coach(es) Mike Divilbiss Tianna Kirkland LaKale Malone 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
11/03/2013* 1:00 pm		Cardinal Stritch	W 78–49	–	State Farm Center (1,440) Champaign, IL
Regular Season
11/08/2013* 11:00 am		at Bradley	L 92–98	0–1	Renaissance Coliseum (2,402) Peoria, IL
11/12/2013* 7:00 pm		Valparaiso	W 87–59	1–1	State Farm Center (1,265) Champaign, IL
11/14/2013* 7:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 93–70	2–1	State Farm Center (1,272) Champaign, IL
11/17/2013* 1:00 pm		Alcorn State	W 112–28	3–1	State Farm Center (2,909) Champaign, IL
11/21/2013* 7:00 pm		Southern Illinois	W 78–43	4–1	State Farm Center (1,459) Champaign, IL
11/28/2013* 12:00 pm		vs. Arizona State Cancún Challenge	L 60–84	4–2	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
11/29/2013* 12:00 pm		vs. Arkansas State Cancún Challenge	W 70–54	5–2	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (730) Cancún, MX
11/30/2013* 2:30 pm		vs. No. 11 North Carolina Cancún Challenge	L 51–87	5–3	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (934) Cancún, MX
12/04/2013* 6:00 pm		at Georgia Tech ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 69–93	5–4	McCamish Pavilion (670) Atlanta, GA
12/07/2013* 6:00 pm		at No. 11 Colorado	L 56–79	5–5	Coors Events Center (2,090) Boulder, CO
12/09/2013* 7:00 pm		Seton Hall	W 71–70	6–5	State Farm Center (1,358) Champaign, IL
12/21/2013* 2:00 pm		Tennessee–Martin	W 77–62	7–5	State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL
12/28/2013* 3:00 pm, CSS		at No. 19 Georgia	L 60–82	7–6	Stegeman Coliseum (3,886) Athens, GA
01/03/2014 7:00 pm, BTN		Wisconsin	L 64–76	7–7 (0–1)	State Farm Center (1,872) Champaign, IL
01/09/2014 8:00 pm, BTN		No. 14 Penn State	L 76–82	7–8 (0–2)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
01/12/2014 1:00 pm, BTN		No. 16 Nebraska	L 56–75	7–9 (0–3)	State Farm Center (3,306) Champaign, IL
01/15/2014 8:30 pm		at Northwestern	W 76–74	8–9 (1–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (4,125) Evanston, IL
01/18/2014 11:00 am, BTN		at Michigan	L 60–69	8–10 (1–4)	Crisler Center (2,013) Ann Arbor, MI
01/23/2014 6:00 pm		at Michigan State	W 61–51	9–10 (2–4)	Breslin Center (5,360) East Lansing, MI
01/27/2014 6:00 pm, BTN		No. 19 Purdue	L 68–80	9–11 (2–5)	State Farm Center (1,554) Champaign, IL
01/30/2014 6:00 pm		at Ohio State	L 64–90	9–12 (2–6)	Value City Arena (4,256) Columbus, OH
02/02/2014 1:00 pm		Indiana	L 58–77	9–13 (2–7)	State Farm Center (1,914) Champaign, IL
02/05/2014 7:00 pm		No. 24 Michigan State	L 53–69	9–14 (2–8)	State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL
02/09/2014 2:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 61–66	9–15 (2–9)	Williams Arena (4,306) Minneapolis, MN
02/13/2014 8:00 pm, BTN		at Iowa	L 55–69	9–16 (2–10)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,636) Iowa City, IA
02/16/2014 1:00 pm		Michigan	L 63–70	9–17 (2–11)	State Farm Center (3,018) Champaign, IL
02/22/2014 2:30 pm, BTN		at Indiana	L 61–79	9–18 (2–12)	Assembly Hall (3,481) Bloomington, IN
02/27/2014 7:00 pm		at No. 16 Nebraska	L 65–72	9–19 (2–13)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,480) Lincoln, NE
03/02/2014 3:00 pm, BTN		No. 25 Iowa	L 56–81	9–20 (2–14)	State Farm Center (2,201) Champaign, IL
2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/06/2014 1:30 pm, BTN		vs. No. 23 Iowa First Round	L 62–81	9–21	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,070) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source[3]

See also

2013–14 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. "2013-14 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball Schedule". Fighting Illini. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-11-13.