2014–15 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2014–15 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	22–11 (11–7 The American)
Head coach	Heather Macy (5th season);
Assistant coaches	John Marcum (2nd season); Dalila Eshe (1st season); Crayton Jones (1st season);
Home arena	Williams Arena
	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 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the first for the Pirates as members of the American Athletic Conference.^[3] The team, coached by 5th year head coach Heather Macy, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. They finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to Connecticut. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament, where they defeated Radford in the first round before losing to NC State in the second round.

Media

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.

Roster

2014–15 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Shae Nelson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Cordova	Cordova, Tennessee
G	2	Khadidja Toure	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Kamiakan	Kennewick, Washington
G	3	Akia Jones	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Glencliff	Nashville, Tennessee
G	4	DeVaughn Gray	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa, Oklahoma
F	5	Chelsie Keys	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Muskogee	Muskogee, Oklahoma
G	11	Khadijha Ellison	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Burke	Roxbury, Massachusetts
F	20	Tatiana Chapelle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Northland	Columbus, Ohio
G/F	21	Abria Trice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Dutchtown	Hampton, Georgia
G/F	23	Jada Payne	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Hickory	Hickory, North Carolina
F	24	I'Tiana Taylor	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Pflugerville	Pflugerville, Texas
F	25	Jenka Stiasna	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Rock	Zvolen, Slovakia
G	33	Janesha Ebron	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	South Central	Winterville, North Carolina
G/F	40	Gabrielle Holston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Center Point	Margaret, Alabama
F	40	Ondrea Shaw	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Moore	Los Angeles, California
F	55	Marina Laramie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Ft. Zumwalt West	St. Louis, Missouri

Head coach

Heather Macy (Greensboro)

Assistant coach(es)

John Marcum (Oklahoma Baptist)
Dalila Eshe (Florida)
Crayton Jones (Francis Marion)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/14/2014* 2:00 pm	vs. Fairfield URI Tip-Off	W 83–68	1–0	Ryan Center (908) Kingston, RI
11/15/2014* 3:00 pm	at Rhode Island URI Tip-Off	W 66–38	2–0	Ryan Center (633) Kingston, RI
11/19/2014* 7:00 pm	College of Charleston	W 68–55	3–0	Williams Arena (1,162) Greenville, NC
11/21/2014* 11:30 am	Delaware	W 89–60	4–0	Williams Arena (4,935) Greenville, NC
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	W 71–42	5–0	Williams Arena (1,329) Greenville, NC
11/27/2014* 2:00 pm	vs. No. 22 Syracuse Junkanoo Jam semifinals	L 58–69	5–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (150) Freeport, BAH
11/28/2014* 5:45 pm	vs. Wisconsin Junkanoo Jam consolation 3rd place game	W 61–43	6–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (150) Freeport, BAH
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm	at Cleveland State	L 57–59	6–2	Wolstein Center (207) Cleveland, OH
12/06/2014* 7:00 pm	at Ohio	W 76–68	7–2	Convocation Center (707) Athens, OH
12/09/2014* 7:00 pm	at Loyola (MD)	W 82–33	8–2	Reitz Arena (211) Baltimore, MD
12/20/2014* 5:00 pm	Norfolk State	W 65–36	9–2	Williams Arena (1,066) Greenville, NC
12/28/2014 12:00 pm, ESPNU	at South Florida	L 62–69	9–3 (0–1)	USF Sun Dome (3,513) Tampa, FL
12/31/2014 2:30 pm, SNY	No. 2 Connecticut	L 38–89	9–4 (0–2)	Williams Arena (4,706) Greenville, NC
01/04/2015 3:00 pm	at Memphis	L 57–60 ^OT	9–5 (0–3)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (728) Memphis, TN
01/07/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Tulane	L 63–76	9–6 (0–4)	Williams Arena (998) Greenville, NC
01/10/2015 3:00 pm	at Houston	W 87–46	10–6 (1–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (355) Houston, TX
01/14/2015 8:00 pm, ADN	at Tulsa	W 77–68	11–6 (2–4)	Reynolds Center (787) Tulsa, OK
01/18/2015 2:00 pm	Memphis	W 60–39	12–6 (3–4)	Williams Arena (1,277) Greenville, NC
01/21/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at SMU	W 67–49	13–6 (4–4)	Moody Coliseum (725) Dallas, TX
01/24/2015 2:30 pm, ESPN3	Tulsa	L 63–74	13–7 (4–5)	Williams Arena (1,417) Greenville, NC
01/28/2015 7:00 pm, SNY	at No. 2 Connecticut	L 32–87	13–8 (4–6)	XL Center (7,269) Hartford, CT
01/31/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Tulane	W 67–63	14–8 (5–6)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,400) New Orleans, LA
02/03/2015 7:00 pm	Houston	W 79–56	15–8 (6–6)	Williams Arena (1,147) Greenville, NC
02/10/2015 7:00 pm	at Cincinnati	W 78–53	16–8 (7–6)	Fifth Third Arena (460) Cincinnati, OH
02/15/2015 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 25 South Florida	W 65–64	17–8 (8–6)	Williams Arena (1,646) Greenville, NC
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	SMU	W 67–53	18–8 (9–6)	Williams Arena (1,196) Greenville, NC
02/21/2015 1:30 pm, ESPN3	Cincinnati	W 53–40	19–8 (10–6)	Williams Arena (1,204) Greenville, NC
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Temple	L 69–79	19–9 (10–7)	McGonigle Hall (1,196) Philadelphia, PA
03/02/2015 7:00 pm, ADN	UCF	W 67–57	20–9 (11–7)	Williams Arena (1,213) Greenville, NC
AAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2015 12:00 pm, ESPN3	vs. Temple Quarterfinals	W 77–71	21–9	Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT
03/08/2015 5:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Semifinals	L 56–106	21–10	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,531) Uncasville, CT
WNIT
03/18/2015* 7:00 pm	Radford First Round	W 74–52	22–10	Williams Arena (877) Greenville, NC
03/22/2015* 4:00 pm	NC State Second Round	L 65–69	22–11	Williams Arena (2,160) Greenville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "Eshe named East Carolina womens [sic] assistant". Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
^ "Macy Names Crayton Jones Assistant Coach". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
^ "East Carolina officially joins American Athletic Conference". July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ "2014-2015 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.ecupirates.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.

[1] "Eshe named East Carolina womens [sic] assistant". Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.

[2] "Macy Names Crayton Jones Assistant Coach". Retrieved July 7, 2014.

[3] "East Carolina officially joins American Athletic Conference". July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

[4] "2014-2015 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.ecupirates.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.

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v t e East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Venues	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (1969–present)
Rivalries	NC State
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 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

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References