# 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 5–10, 2015 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.
This was the 30th season for WCC women's basketball, which began in the 1985–86 season when the league was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). It was also the 26th season under the West Coast Conference name (the conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the WCAC in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989).

## Pre-season

* Pre-season media day took place in October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

### 2014–15 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
    1. Gonzaga (7), 78
    2. BYU (2), 71
    3. San Diego (1), 65
    4. Pacific, 60
    5. Saint Mary's, 48
    6. San Francisco, 37
    7. Portland, 32
    8. Loyola Marymount, 27
    9. Pepperdine, 17
    10. Santa Clara, 15

### 2014–15 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos.
    Morgan Bailey, BYU, Sr., F
    Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, Jr., G
    Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G
    Nici Gilday, Santa Clara, Sr., G
    Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F
    Malina Hood, San Diego, Jr., F
    Deanna Johnson, Loyola Marymount, Jr., G
    Kendall Kenyon, Pacific, Sr., F
    Taylor Proctor, San Francisco, Jr., F
    Jasmine Wooton, Portland, Sr., G

## Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.
Legend :
| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| | | Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 13 |
| BYU | AP | RV | | | |
| BYU | C | RV | RV | | |
| Gonzaga | AP | RV | 24 | RV | RV |
| Gonzaga | C | RV | RV | RV | |
| Loyola Marymount | AP | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount | C | | | | |
| Pacific | AP | | | | |
| Pacific | C | | | | |
| Pepperdine | AP | | | | |
| Pepperdine | C | | | | |
| Portland | AP | | | | |
| Portland | C | | | | |
| Saint Mary's | AP | | | | |
| Saint Mary's | C | | | | |
| San Diego | AP | | | | |
| San Diego | C | | | | |
| San Francisco | AP | | | | |
| San Francisco | C | | | | |
| Santa Clara | AP | | | | |
| Santa Clara | C | | | | |

## Non-Conference games

* Gonzaga defeated #22 Dayton 75—65.
* Saint Mary's won the 2014 Hilton Concord Classic.
* Santa Clara won the 2014 Air Force Classic.
* Loyola Marymount won the 2014 DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic.

## Conference games
### Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
| | BYU | Gonzaga | LMU | Pacific | Pepperdine | Portland | Saint Mary's | San Diego | San Francisco | Santa Clara |
| vs. Brigham Young | - | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| vs. Gonzaga | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| vs. Loyola Marymount | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| vs. Pacific | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | - | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. Pepperdine | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | - | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| vs. Portland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | - | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Saint Mary's | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | - | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. San Diego | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | - | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| vs. San Francisco | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | - | 1–1 |
| vs. Santa Clara | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | - |
| Total | 12–6 | 16–2 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 3–15 | 2–16 | 13–5 | 14–4 | 8–10 | 5-13 |

## Conference tournament

* March 5–10, 2015– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.
| First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Championship Game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU | Championship Game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU | Championship Game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Loyola Marymount | 50 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 68 | 8 | Loyola Marymount | 50 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 67 | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 55 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | BYU | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Saint Mary's | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | BYU | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | BYU | 76 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | San Francisco | 65 |
| | | | 2 | San Diego | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Santa Clara | 42 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 66 | 7 | Santa Clara | 42 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Portland | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Portland | 58 | | | | 2 | San Diego | 57 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | San Francisco | 65 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Pacific | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | San Francisco | 74 | | | | | | |

## Head coaches

The 2014-15 season saw a lot of new faces to the WCC. Three of the conference members had new head coaches. Kelly Graves left the Zags to become the new head coach at Oregon, Jim Sollars retired, and Jennifer Mountain did not have her contract renewed. As a result Gonzaga, Portland, and Santa Clara all introduced new coaches into the fold.
    Jeff Judkins, BYU
    Lisa Mispley Fortier, Gonzaga
    Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
    Lynne Roberts, Pacific
    Ryan Weisenberg, Pepperdine
    Cheryl Sorensen, Portland
    Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
    Cindy Fisher, San Diego
    Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
    JR Payne, Santa Clara

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Bracket | School | First Round | Second Round | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final Four | Championship |
| 11 | Spokane Regional | Gonzaga | #6 George Washington Mar. 20, Corvallis W, 82–69 | #3 Oregon State Mar. 22, Corvallis W, 76–64 | #2 Tennessee Mar. 28, Spokane L, 69–73 (OT) | | | |
| 14 | Albany Regional | BYU | #3 Louisville Mar. 21, Tampa L, 53–86 | | | | | |
| 2 Bids | W-L (%): | TOTAL: 2–2 .500 | 1–1 .500 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – |

### WNIT

* Main article: 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament
| School | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| Saint Mary's | Hawaii Mar. 20, Moraga W, 92–88 (OT) | Fresno State Mar. 23, Moraga W, 83–64 | Sacramento State Mar. 26, Sacramento W, 77–69 | UCLA Mar. 29, Los Angeles L, 66–82 | | |
| San Diego | Long Beach State Mar. 19, San Diego W, 63–56 | UCLA Mar. 22, San Diego L, 58–63 | | | | |
| Pacific | Sacramento State Mar. 19, Stockton L, 79–87 | | | | | |
| San Francisco | Fresno State Mar. 19, Fresno L, 73–79 | | | | | |
| 4 Bids W-L (%) TOTAL: 4–4 .500 | 2–2 .500 | 1–1 .500 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – |

### WBI

* Main article: 2015 Women's Basketball Invitational
No WCC teams participated in the 2015 WBI.

## Awards and honors
### WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday once the season begins.
* Nov. 17- Maya Hood, G, San Diego
* Dec. 1- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 15- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
* Dec. 30- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
* Jan. 12- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
* Jan. 26- Elle Tinkle, G, Gonzaga
* Feb. 9- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
* Feb. 23- Leslie Lopez-Wood, G, Loyola Marymount
* Nov. 24- Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
* Dec. 8- Nici Gilday, G, Santa Clara
* Dec. 22- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
* Jan. 5- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
* Jan. 19- Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
* Feb. 2- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
* Feb. 16- Shannon Mauldin, G, Saint Mary's
* Mar. 2- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco

### College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards will be given every Sunday once the season begins.
* Nov. 16- Lindsay Sherbert, G, Gonzaga
* Nov. 30- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 14- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
* Dec. 28- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
* Jan. 11- Elle Tinkle, G, Gonzaga
* Jan. 25- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
* Feb. 8- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
* Feb. 22-Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
* Nov. 23- Madison Parrish, G, Pacific
* Dec. 7- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
* Dec. 21- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
* Jan. 4- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
* Jan. 18- Cassandra Brown, F, Portland
* Feb. 1- Malina Hood, F, San Diego
* Feb. 15- Nici Gilday, G, Santa Clara
* Mar. 1- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco

### All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:
* Player of The Year: Morgan Bailey, BYU
* Newcomer of The Year: Stella Beck, Saint Mary's
* Defensive Player of The Year: Sophia Ederaine, San Diego
* Coach of The Year: Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Lynne Roberts, Pacific, & Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
College Sports Madness Selections
* Player of the Year: Sophia Ederaine, San Diego
* Newcomer of the Year: Stella Beck, Saint Mary's
* Coach of the Year: Lynne Roberts, Pacific

### All-Conference First team

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Morgan Bailey | BYU | F | Senior |
| Lexi Eaton | BYU | G | Junior |
| Sophia Ederaine | San Diego | C | Senior |
| Nici Gilday | Santa Clara | G | Senior |
| Sunny Greinacher | Gonzaga | F | Senior |
| Malina Hood | San Diego | G | Junior |
| Kendall Kenyon | Pacific | F | Senior |
| Lauren Nicholson | Saint Mary's | G | Junior |
| Taylor Proctor | San Francisco | F | Junior |
| Elle Tinkle | Gonzaga | F | Junior |
College Sports Madness Selections
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Morgan Bailey | BYU | F | Senior |
| Lexi Eaton | BYU | G | Junior |
| Sophia Ederaine | San Diego | C | Senior |
| Nici Gilday | Santa Clara | G | Senior |
| Kendall Kenyon | Pacific | F | Senior |

### All-Conference Second team

| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Keani Albanez | Gonzaga | F | Senior |
| Cassandra Brown | Portland | F | Senior |
| Hailie Eackles | Pacific | G | Junior |
| Shannon Mauldin | Saint Mary's | G | Junior |
| Bria Richardson | San Diego | G | Senior |
College Sports Madness Selections
| Name | School | Pos. | Year |
| Keani Albanez | Gonzaga | F | Senior |
| Sunny Greinacher | Gonzaga | F | Senior |
| Malina Hood | San Diego | G | Junior |
| Lauren Nicholson | Saint Mary's | G | Junior |
| Taylor Proctor | San Francisco | F | Junior |

### Honorable mention

| Name | School |
| Emily Ben-Jumbo | Loyola Marymount |
| Zhane Dikes | San Francisco |
| Leslie Lopez-Wood | Pacific |
| Madison Parrish | Pacific |
| Carli Rosenthal | Saint Mary's |

### All-Freshman team

| Name | School | Pos. |
| Stella Beck | Saint Mary's | G |
| Makenzie Cast | Loyola Marymount | G |
| GeAnna Luaulu-Summers | Pacific | G |
| Olivia Ogwumike | Pepperdine | F |
| Emma Wolfram | Gonzaga | C |

### All Academic team

| Player, School | Year | GPA | Major |
| Emily Ben-Jumbo, Loyola Marymount | Senior | 3.33 | Communications |
| Lexi Eaton, BYU | Junior | 3.32 | Psychology |
| Sophia Ederaine, San Diego | Senior | 3.69 | Psychology |
| Ashley Garfield, BYU | Senior | 3.98 | School Health |
| Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga | Graduate | 3.52 | Master's in Counseling |
| Hayley Hendrickson, Saint Mary's | Senior | 3.58 | Biopshychology |
| Kari Luttinen, Portland | Senior | 3.39 | Finance |
| Bria Richardson, Pepperdine | Senior | 3.31 | Liberal Arts |
| Paige Spietz, San Francisco | Senior | 3.41 | Environmental Science |
| Elle Tinkle, Gonzaga | Junior | 3.44 | Nursing |