2014–15 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

The 2014–15 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by fourth year head coach Cori Close, play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins finished in 6th place in the Pac-12 Conference and were selected to play in the WNIT. The Bruins defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers 62–60 for the WNIT championship on April 4, 2015. Jordin Canada was the tournament's most valuable player.

2014–15 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
WNIT champions
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2014–15 record	19–18 (8–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jenny Huth Tony Newnan Shannon Perry
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion

2014–15 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			27	–	5		.844
No. 9 Arizona State	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 14 Stanford^†	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
No. 24 California	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Washington	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
UCLA	8	–	10		.444			19	–	18		.514
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			17	–	15		.531
USC	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
Colorado	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Oregon	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
Arizona	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Utah	3	–	15		.167			9	–	22		.290
† 2015 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 4, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2014–15 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Kari Korver 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Valley Christian Paramount, CA G 3 Jordin Canada 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Windward Los Angeles, CA G 5 Recee' Caldwell 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Homeschooled San Antonio, TX F 10 Kacy Swain 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr St. Bernard's Los Angeles, CA F 11 Lajahna Drummer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Long Beach Poly HS Inglewood, CA C 13 Luiana Livulo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Northwest Florida State College Escola Secondaria Rainha D. Amelia Lisbon, Portugal G 20 Dominique Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ G 21 Nirra Fields 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Mater Dei Montreal, QE G 22 Madeline Poteet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Temecula HS Temecula, CA G 23 Kelli Hayes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Archbishop Mitty San Jose, CA F 24 Paulina Hersler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Igelstavikens Gymnasium Malmö, Sweden F 25 Monique Billings 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Santiago Corona, CA G 32 Chrissy Baird 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Wheaton North Wheaton, IL F/C 34 Corinne Costa 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Liberty HS Discovery Bay, CA C 54 Savanna Trapp 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) RS Fr Esko Esko, MN	Head coach Cori Close Assistant coach(es) Jenny Huth Tony Newnan Shannon Perry Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 23	Westmont	W 92–54	–	Pauley Pavilion (1,198) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 10:00 am	No. 23	at James Madison	L 87–91 ^OT	0–1	JMU Convocation Center (2,831) Harrisburg, VA
11/16/2014* 11:00 am	No. 23	at No. 11 North Carolina	L 68–84	0–2	Carmichael Arena (3,077) Chapel Hill, NC
11/23/2014* 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 10 Texas	L 65–75	0–3	Pauley Pavilion (2,583) Los Angeles, CA
11/28/2014* 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 Nebraska	L 66–71	0–4	Pauley Pavilion (1,169) Los Angeles, CA
12/02/2014* 7:00 pm		Cincinnati	W 66–58	1–4	Pauley Pavilion (507) Los Angeles, CA
12/10/2014* 5:00 pm, P12N		UC Riverside	W 67–53	2–4	Pauley Pavilion (550) Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2014* 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 92–83	3–4	Pauley Pavilion (665) Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2014* 3:00 pm		vs. Miami (FL) Tulane DoubleTree Classic	L 67–74	3–5	Devlin Fieldhouse (213) New Orleans, LA
12/19/2014* 3:00 pm		vs. Samford Tulane DoubleTree Classic	W 71–52	4–5	Devlin Fieldhouse (118) New Orleans, LA
12/21/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 2 Connecticut Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 50–86	4–6	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,015) Uncasville, CT
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 4 Notre Dame	L 67–82	4–7	Pauley Pavilion (3,004) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2014 6:00 pm, P12N		at USC Rivalry	W 59–52	5–7 (1–0)	Galen Center (1,587) Los Angeles, CA
01/03/2015 5:00 pm, P12N		No. 13 Oregon State	L 47–65	5–8 (1–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,498) Los Angeles, CA
01/05/2015 5:00 pm, P12N		Oregon	L 46–62	5–9 (1–2)	Pauley Pavilion (834) Los Angeles, CA
01/09/2015 5:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 49–46	6–9 (2–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (980) Salt Lake City, UT
01/11/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 90–84	7–9 (3–2)	Coors Events Center (2,190) Boulder, CO
01/18/2015 7:30 pm, P12N		USC Rivalry	W 71–60	8–9 (4–2)	Pauley Pavilion (4,022) Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 Stanford	L 70–79	8–10 (4–3)	Pauley Pavilion (1,837) Los Angeles, CA
01/25/2015 3:00 pm, P12N		California	L 57–72	8–11 (4–4)	Pauley Pavilion (6,103) Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2015 12:30 pm, P12N		at Oregon	L 65–67	8–12 (4–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,501) Eugene, OR
02/02/2015 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 7 Oregon State	L 64–82	8–13 (4–6)	Gill Coliseum (2,636) Corvallis, OR
02/06/2015 7:00 pm		Colorado	W 72–65	9–13 (5–6)	Pauley Pavilion (1,134) Los Angeles, CA
02/08/2015 2:00 pm		Utah	W 58–45	10–13 (6–6)	Pauley Pavilion (1,562) Los Angeles, CA
02/12/2015 8:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 64–70	10–14 (6–7)	Haas Pavilion (2,013) Berkeley, CA
02/15/2015 4:30 pm, P12N		at No. 19 Stanford	L 50–68	10–15 (6–8)	Maples Pavilion (4,270) Stanford, CA
02/20/2015 7:00 pm		No. 12 Arizona State	L 56–68	10–16 (6–9)	Pauley Pavilion (1,790) Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 75–41	11–16 (7–9)	Pauley Pavilion (2,122) Los Angeles, CA
02/26/2015 7:00 pm		at Washington State	W 74–69	12–16 (8–9)	Beasley Coliseum (573) Pullman, WA
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 61–74	12–17 (8–10)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,447) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 2:00 pm, P12N		vs. Arizona First Round	W 80–62	13–17	KeyArena (2,907) Seattle, WA
03/06/2015 2:00 pm, P12N		vs. No. 19 Stanford Quarterfinals	L 62–67	13–18	KeyArena (3,869) Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Cal State Bakersfield First Round	W 70–54	14–18	Pauley Pavilion (635) Los Angeles, CA
03/22/2015* 2:00 pm		at San Diego Second Round	W 63–58	15–18	Jenny Craig Pavilion (467) San Diego, CA
03/26/2015* 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado Third Round	W 74–60	16–18	Pauley Pavilion (760) Los Angeles, CA
03/29/2015* 2:00 pm		Saint Mary's Quarterfinals	W 82–66	17–18	Pauley Pavilion (746) Los Angeles, CA
04/01/2015* 4:00 pm		at Michigan Semifinals	W 69–65	18–18	Crisler Arena (2,209) Ann Arbor, MI
04/04/2015* 12:00 pm, CBSSN		at West Virginia Championship Game	W 62–60	19–18	Charleston Civic Center (8,403) Charleston, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	23	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

See also

2014–15 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

References

1. http://www.uclabruins.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30500&SPID=126929&SPSID=749900