2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2014–15 Houston Cougars women's basketball
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 (1st season); Tonya Haut (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

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.

Media[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^[5]

Date time, TV	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 (N/A) 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.

References[edit]

^ "Assistant Coach Tai Dillard Joins Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". Retrieved May 6, 2014.
^ "Tonya Haut joins UH Coogs' coaching staff as new assistant coach". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
^ "UH officially joins American Athletic Conference". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
^ "Hughey introduced as UH women's basketball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
^ "University of Houston Athletics :: UH Cougars :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Assistant Coach Tai Dillard Joins Women's Basketball Coaching Staff". Retrieved May 6, 2014.

[2] "Tonya Haut joins UH Coogs' coaching staff as new assistant coach". Retrieved May 19, 2014.

[3] "UH officially joins American Athletic Conference". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

[4] "Hughey introduced as UH women's basketball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

[5] "University of Houston Athletics :: UH Cougars :: Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.

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Venues	Fertitta Center (1975–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice
Culture & lore	History Shasta "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
Seasons	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

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