# 2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2013–14 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by 7th year head coach Coquese Washington, played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–8 overall, 13–3 in Big Ten play to share the Big Ten Regular Season title with Michigan State. They lost in the quarterfinals to Ohio State in the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Wichita State in the first round, Florida in the second round before being eliminated by Stanford in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/27/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 13 | Lock Haven | W 102–51 | – | Bryce Jordan Center (3,443) University Park, PA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 13 | Saint Francis (PA) | W 117–77 | 1–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,908) University Park, PA |
| 11/10/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 13 | Fordham | W 78–61 | 2–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,834) University Park, PA |
| 11/17/2013* 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 13 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 52–71 | 2–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (8,194) University Park, PA |
| 11/20/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Bucknell | W 92–49 | 3–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,646) University Park, PA |
| 11/29/2013* 3:15 pm | No. 13 | vs. Oregon State Junkanoo Jam semifinals | W 61–56 | 4–1 | St. George HS Gymnasium (N/A) Freeport, BAH |
| 11/30/2013* 11:30 am | No. 13 | vs. Illinois State Junkanoo Jam championship | W 72–60 | 5–1 | St. George HS Gymnasium (236) Freeport, BAH |
| 12/04/2013* 7:30 pm, BTN | No. 10 | No. 4 Notre Dame ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 67–77 | 5–2 | Bryce Jordan Center (5,805) University Park, PA |
| 12/08/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | at Georgetown | W 77–68 | 6–2 | McDonough Gymnasium (529) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/11/2013* 8:00 pm | No. 12 | at South Dakota State | L 79–83 | 6–3 | Frost Arena (1,713) Brookings, SD |
| 12/15/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 12 | No. 24 Texas A&M | W 66–58 | 7–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (4,777) University Park, PA |
| 12/22/2013* 11:00 am | No. 17 | Alcorn State | W 89–65 | 8–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (N/A) University Park, PA |
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 17 | Hartford | W 70–56 | 9–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (4,629) University Park, PA |
| 01/05/2014 3:00 pm | No. 15 | at No. 22 Iowa | W 87–71 | 10–3 (1–0) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,230) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/09/2014 9:00 pm, BTN | No. 14 | at Illinois | W 82–76 | 11–3 (2–0) | State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL |
| 01/12/2014 3:00 pm, ESPN | No. 14 | No. 21 Purdue | L 74–84 | 11–4 (2–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (4,853) University Park, PA |
| 01/16/2014 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | Ohio State | W 66–42 | 12–4 (3–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,964) University Park, PA |
| 01/19/2014 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 16 | at Michigan State | W 66–54 | 13–4 (4–1) | Breslin Center (9,232) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/22/2014 7:00 pm | No. 13 | Indiana | W 65–52 | 14–4 (5–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (4,828) University Park, PA |
| 01/26/2014 1:00 pm, CBS | No. 13 | Minnesota | W 83–53 | 15–4 (6–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (6,292) University Park, PA |
| 01/30/2014 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 12 | at No. 19 Purdue | W 75–72 | 16–4 (7–1) | Mackey Arena (7,785) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/02/2014 2:00 pm | No. 12 | at Northwestern | W 79–75 | 17–4 (8–1) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,698) Evanston, IL |
| 02/06/2014 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 9 | Iowa | L 70–73 | 17–5 (8–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (4,033) University Park, PA |
| 02/09/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 9 | at Ohio State | W 74–54 | 18–5 (9–2) | Value City Arena (6,591) Columbus, OH |
| 02/13/2014 7:00 pm | No. 11 | at Indiana | W 71–63 | 19–5 (10–2) | Assembly Hall (2,115) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/16/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 11 | Wisconsin | W 78–68 | 20–5 (11–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (12,585) University Park, PA |
| 02/20/2014 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 9 | Northwestern | W 82–73 | 21–5 (12–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,960) University Park, PA |
| 02/24/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 8 | at No. 16 Nebraska | L 74–94 | 21–6 (12–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,253) Lincoln, NE |
| 03/01/2014 3:30 pm, BTN | No. 8 | Michigan | W 77–62 | 22–6 (13–3) | Bryce Jordan Center (6,494) University Park, PA |
| 2014 Big Ten Conference women's tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2014 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 11 | vs. Ohio State Quarterfinals | L 82–99 | 22–7 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,903) Indianapolis, IN |
| 2014 NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2014* 12:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | Wichita State First Round | W 62–56 | 23–7 | Bryce Jordan Center (N/A) University Park, PA |
| 03/25/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | Florida Second Round | W 83–61 | 24–7 | Bryce Jordan Center (3,500) University Park, PA |
| 03/30/2014* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | at No. 6 Stanford Sweet Sixteen | L 57–82 | 24–8 | Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Source

## 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 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| Coaches | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 |