# 2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team

The 2014–15 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2014–2015 College Basketball season. Nyla Milleson resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The George Mason Patriots are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Patriot Center. This is their second season playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference after becoming new members of the conference last season. They finished the season 13–17, 5–11 in A-10 play to finish in a four way tie for tenth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Joseph's.

## 2014–2015 Media and televised games
### George Mason Patriots Sports Network

Patriots games will be broadcast on WGMU Radio and streamed online through Patriot Vision Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

### Televised games

George Mason has 2 conference games televised. One game on NBC Sports Network against the St. Louis Billikens with the result of George Mason winning 66-57 on 1/4/15 at the Patriot Center for their first conference win of the season. Another game on ESPNU on 1/18/15 against Richmond Spiders women's basketball with the result of George Mason losing 49-77 at the Robins Center.

### Buzzer Beaters

Taylor Brown hits two buzzer beaters in two straight games. One against La Salle University to win 73-71. Another one against St. Bonaventure University to tie the game 53-53 to force overtime. The Patriots would go on to win 68-53. The buzzer beater against La Salle University was a euro-step layup when the game was tied 71-71. The other buzzer beater against St. Bonaventure University was a fade-away 3-pointer which went in all-net. The Patriots were down 53-50 with 7.5 seconds The video showed Taylor Brown being pushed to out of bounds while in shooting motion. St. Bonaventure University had a foul to give but let Taylor Brown tie the game, force the game into overtime, and let the Patriots win 68-55. Taylor Brown received attention from ABC 7 News after hitting the two buzzer beaters.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2014* 2:00 pm | Bowie State | W 83–81 | – | Patriot Center (279) Fairfax, VA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 5:00 pm | Virginia Tech | W 77–69 | 1–0 | Patriot Center (1,119) Fairfax, VA |
| 11/16/2014* 3:30 pm | Morehead State | L 70–79 | 1–1 | Patriot Center (369) Fairfax, VA |
| 11/19/2014* 7:00 pm | Delaware State | W 110–91 | 2–1 | Patriot Center (334) Fairfax, VA |
| 11/23/2014* 2:00 pm | College of Charleston | W 71–61 | 3–1 | Patriot Center (550) Fairfax, VA |
| 11/25/2014* 7:00 pm | at Navy | L 79–84 | 3–2 | Alumni Hall (586) Annapolis, MD |
| 11/28/2014* 4:30 pm | vs. Abilene Christian UMKC Plaza Lights Classic | L 86–88 | 3–3 | Municipal Auditorium (597) Kansas City, MO |
| 11/29/2014* 2:00 pm | vs. Mississippi Valley State UMKC Plaza Lights Classic | W 71–62 | 4–3 | Municipal Auditorium (164) Kansas City, MO |
| 12/03/2014* 5:00 pm | East Tennessee State | L 71–84 | 4–4 | Patriot Center (N/A) Fairfax, VA |
| 12/06/2014* 5:30 pm | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 86–77 | 5–4 | DeGol Arena (634) Loretto, PA |
| 12/19/2014* 5:05 pm | vs. Winthrop Wichita State Winter Classic | W 69–57 | 6–4 | Charles Koch Arena (N/A) Wichita, KS |
| 12/20/2014* 1:05 pm | vs. Louisiana–Monroe Wichita State Winter Classic | W 65–53 | 7–4 | Charles Koch Arena (N/A) Wichita, KS |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | at Longwood | W 83–61 | 8–4 | Willett Hall (419) Farmville, VA |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | at Towson | L 70–72 | 8–5 | SECU Arena (515) Towson, MD |
| 01/04/2015 2:00 pm, NBCSN | Saint Louis | W 66–57 | 9–5 (1–0) | Patriot Center (623) Fairfax, VA |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | at Duquesne | L 54–88 | 9–6 (1–1) | Palumbo Center (319) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/11/2015 1:00 pm | at La Salle | W 73–71 | 10–6 (2–1) | Tom Gola Arena (212) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/14/2015 7:00 pm | St. Bonaventure | W 68–55 $^{OT}$ | 11–6 (3–1) | Patriot Center (349) Fairfax, VA |
| 01/18/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNU | at Richmond | L 49–77 | 11–7 (3–2) | Robins Center (785) Richmond, VA |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm | Rhode Island | L 45–57 | 11–8 (3–3) | Patriot Center (863) Fairfax, VA |
| 01/28/2015 7:00 pm | at VCU | L 66–70 | 11–9 (3–4) | Siegel Center (457) Richmond, VA |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | George Washington | L 52–87 | 11–10 (3–5) | Patriot Center (1,807) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | Dayton | L 73–84 | 11–11 (3–6) | Patriot Center (60) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/08/2015 2:00 pm | Davidson | W 63–60 | 12–11 (4–6) | Patriot Center (1,223) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/11/2015 11:45 am | at Massachusetts | L 79–85 $^{OT}$ | 12–12 (4–7) | Mullins Center (1,398) Amherst, MA |
| 02/14/2015 12:00 pm | VCU | W 86–79 | 13–12 (5–7) | Patriot Center (636) Fairfax, VA |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's | L 51–82 | 13–13 (5–8) | Hagan Arena (1,043) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/21/2015 8:00 pm | at Saint Louis | L 59–82 | 13–14 (5–9) | Chaifetz Arena (7,184) St. Louis, MO |
| 02/25/2015 7:00 pm | Fordham | L 55–79 | 13–15 (5–10) | Patriot Center (698) Fairfax, VA |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm | at No. 22 George Washington | L 45–80 | 13–16 (5–11) | Charles E. Smith Center (2,197) Washington, D.C. |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 4:30 pm | vs. Saint Joseph's Second Round | L 43–71 | 13–17 | Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |