2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	23–11 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Joe Tartamella (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Joseph Pellicane; Jonath Nicholas; Priscilla Edwards;
Home arena	Carnesecca Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Seton Hall *	15	–	3	.833	28	–	6	.824
DePaul †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
Villanova	12	–	6	.667	22	–	14	.611
St. John's	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Creighton	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Butler	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Xavier	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Marquette	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Providence	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200
Georgetown	2	–	16	.111	4	–	27	.129


† 2015 Big East Basketball Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm were led by third-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's basketball tournament where they lost to Seton Hall. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Army in the first round, Fordham in the second round before losing to Big East member Villanova in the third round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tamesha Alexander	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	The Shipley School	Philadelphia, Pa.
F	54	Selina Archer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Sr	Miami	Clermont, Fla.
F	12	Kyra Dunn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	California	Sacramento, Calif.
G	3	Aliyyah Handford	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Shabazz	Newark, N.J.
G	4	Aaliyah Lewis	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Bishop Ford (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	Staten Island, N.Y.
F	35	Imani Littleton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	The Bishop's School	San Diego, Calif.
G	13	Crystal Simmons	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Life Center Academy (N.J.)	Madrid, Spain
G	23	Kimberly Spruill (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Needham B. Broughton	Raleigh, N.C.
F	2	Amber Thompson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	University High	Newark, N.J.
F	33	Sandra Udobi	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Life Center Academy	Delta State, Nigeria
F	5	Tonoia Wade	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Kennedy	Bloomington, Minn.
G/F	10	Jade Walker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	DePaul Catholic	Maplewood, N.J.

Head coach

Joe Tartamella

Assistant coach(es)

Joseph Pellicane
Jonath Nicholas
Priscilla Edwards

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/15/2014* 2:00 pm	at Yale	W 61–50	1–0	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (225) New Haven, CT
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, BEDN	Florida	W 72–66	2–0	Carnesecca Arena (1,272) Queens, NY
11/24/2014* 7:00 pm	at Marist	W 49–48	3–0	McCann Field House (1,891) Poughkeepsie, NY
11/28/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Binghamton	W 67–51	4–0	Carnesecca Arena (537) Queens, NY
11/30/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Wagner	W 71–49	5–0	Carnesecca Arena (425) Queens, NY
12/03/2014 7:00 pm, BEDN	Xavier	W 65–42	6–0 (1–0)	Carnesecca Arena (691) Queens, NY
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm	at South Florida	W 55–52	7–0	USF Sun Dome (1,648) Tampa, FL
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	UCF	W 62–48	8–0	Carnesecca Arena (603) Queens, NY
12/14/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	NJIT	W 66–42	9–0	Carnesecca Arena (760) Queens, NY
12/20/2014* 12:00 pm, ESPN3	Auburn St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic	W 56–49	10–0	Carnesecca Arena (N/A) Queens, NY
12/21/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPN3	Indiana State St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic	L 67–73 ^2OT	10–1	Carnesecca Arena (765) Queens, NY
12/30/2014 2:00 pm	at Providence	W 68–52	11–1 (2–0)	Alumni Hall (341) Providence, RI
01/02/2015 6:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 23 Seton Hall	W 59–50	12–1 (3–0)	Carnesecca Arena (960) Queens, NY
01/04/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN2	vs. No. 2 Connecticut Maggie Dixon Classic	L 54–70	12–2	Madison Square Garden (7,149) New York City, NY
01/09/2015 8:00 pm, FS1	Butler	L 50–55	12–3 (3–1)	Carnesecca Arena (615) Queens, NY
01/11/2015 2:00 pm	at Creighton	W 61–38	13–3 (4–1)	D. J. Sokol Arena (881) Omaha, NE
01/16/2015 11:30 am, BEDN	DePaul	L 75–84 ^OT	13–4 (4–2)	Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY
01/18/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Marquette	W 67–52	14–4 (5–2)	Carnesecca Arena (647) Queens, NY
01/23/2015 6:00 pm	at Georgetown	W 74–57	15–4 (6–2)	McDonough Gymnasium (311) Washington, D.C.
01/25/2015 12:00 pm	at Villanova	L 69–81	15–5 (6–3)	The Pavilion (841) Villanova, PA
02/01/2015 2:00 pm	at Seton Hall	L 73–78	15–6 (6–4)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,638) South Orange, NJ
02/06/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN	Creighton	L 50–75	15–7 (6–5)	Carnesecca Arena (881) Queens, NY
02/08/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Providence	W 70–49	16–7 (7–5)	Carnesecca Arena (1,008) Queens, NY
02/13/2015 9:00 pm, FS1	at Marquette	W 64–52	17–7 (8–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,140) Milwaukee, WI
02/15/2015 2:00 pm, FS1	at DePaul	L 55–82	17–8 (8–6)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,613) Chicago, IL
02/20/2015 7:00 pm	Villanova	W 56–51	18–8 (9–6)	Carnesecca Arena (921) Queens, NY
02/22/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Georgetown	W 75–61	19–8 (10–6)	Carnesecca Arena (1,042) Queens, NY
02/27/2015 7:00 pm	at Butler	W 60–49	20–8 (11–6)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (723) Indianapolis, IN
03/01/2015 2:00 pm	at Xavier	L 61–74	20–9 (11–7)	Cintas Center (1,286) Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
03/08/2015 3:30 pm, FS2	vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	W 57–54	21–9	Allstate Arena (1,873) Rosemont, IL
03/09/2015 6:30 pm, FS1	vs. No. 24 Seton Hall Semifinals	L 60–72	21–10	Allstate Arena (N/A) Rosemont, IL
WNIT
03/19/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Army First Round	W 64–56	22–10	Carnesecca Arena (211) Queens, NY
03/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Fordham Second Round	W 77–63	23–10	Carnesecca Arena (327) Queens, NY
03/26/2015* 7:00 pm, BEDN	at Villanova Third Round	L 55–63	23–11	The Pavilion (409) Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

References

^ "St. John's Women's Basketball Official Schedule - REDSTORMSPORTS.COM - St. John's University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

[1] "St. John's Women's Basketball Official Schedule - REDSTORMSPORTS.COM - St. John's University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

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v t e St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
Venues	Carnesecca Arena (1974–present)
Rivalries	Fordham
Culture & lore	Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References