# 2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by ninth year head coach Greg Williams, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–21, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Old Dominion in the 9th inning.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular Season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 6:00 pm | Prairie View A&M | W 70–58 | 1–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (467) Houston, TX |
| 11/19/2014* 7:00 pm | at No. 5 Texas A&M | L 55–76 | 1–1 | Reed Arena (3,592) College Station, TX |
| 11/22/2014* 2:00 pm | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 40–55 | 1–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (294) Houston, TX |
| 11/24/2014* 6:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 59–54 | 2–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (379) Houston, TX |
| 11/28/2014* 6:00 pm | Alcorn State | W 61–33 | 3–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (317) Houston, TX |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | at Houston Bayou Cup | L 58–59 | 3–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion (286) Houston, TX |
| 12/06/2014* 2:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | L 59–70 | 3–4 | Tudor Fieldhouse (187) Houston, TX |
| 12/19/2014* 6:00 pm | McNeese State | W 57–55 $^{OT}$ | 4–4 | Tudor Fieldhouse (220) Houston, TX |
| 12/22/2014* 2:00 pm | at Texas Southern | L 63–69 | 4–5 | Health and Physical Education Arena (426) Houston, TX |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | Lamar | W 97–63 | 5–5 | Tudor Fieldhouse (340) Houston, TX |
| 12/30/2014* 7:00 pm, LHN | at No. 3 Texas | L 54–77 | 5–6 | Frank Erwin Center (3,009) Austin, TX |
| C-USA Regular Season ||||||
| 01/02/2015 7:00 pm | at UTSA | W 62–58 $^{OT}$ | 6–6 (1–0) | Convocation Center (324) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/04/2015 2:00 pm | at UTEP | L 51–54 | 6–7 (1–1) | Don Haskins Center (2,042) El Paso, TX |
| 01/10/2015 4:00 pm | at North Texas | L 48–53 | 6–8 (1–2) | The Super Pit (412) Denton, TX |
| 01/15/2015 6:00 pm | Old Dominion | L 55–62 | 6–9 (1–3) | Tudor Fieldhouse (130) Houston, TX |
| 01/17/2015 2:00 pm | Charlotte | L 59–62 | 6–10 (1–4) | Tudor Fieldhouse (337) Houston, TX |
| 01/22/2015 6:00 pm | at Southern Miss | L 54–65 | 6–11 (1–5) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,046) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 01/24/2015 6:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | L 71–88 | 6–12 (1–6) | Thomas Assembly Center (2,415) Ruston, LA |
| 02/01/2015 2:00 pm, ASN | North Texas | W 58–55 $^{OT}$ | 7–12 (2–6) | Tudor Fieldhouse (321) Houston, TX |
| 02/05/2015 6:00 pm | Marshall | L 69–72 | 7–13 (2–7) | Tudor Fieldhouse (218) Houston, TX |
| 02/07/2015 2:00 pm | WKU | L 76–83 | 7–14 (2–8) | Tudor Fieldhouse (547) Houston, TX |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee | L 61–79 | 7–15 (2–9) | Murphy Center (4,094) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 02/14/2015 2:00 pm | at UAB | L 59–75 | 7–16 (2–10) | Bartow Arena (512) Bingingham, AL |
| 02/19/2015 6:00 pm | FIU | W 80–59 | 8–16 (3–10) | Tudor Fieldhouse (130) Houston, TX |
| 02/21/2015 2:00 pm | Florida Atlantic | L 70–82 | 8–17 (3–11) | Tudor Fieldhouse (245) Houston, TX |
| 02/26/2015 11:00 am | at Old Dominion | L 68–83 | 8–18 (3–12) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,533) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/28/2015 6:00 pm | at Charlotte | L 59–74 | 8–19 (3–13) | Dale F. Halton Arena (858) Charlotte, NC |
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm | UTSA | L 49–60 | 8–20 (3–14) | Tudor Fieldhouse (277) Houston, TX |
| 03/07/2015 2:00 pm | UTEP | W 79–62 | 9–20 (4–14) | Tudor Fieldhouse (747) Houston, TX |
| Conference USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2015 7:30 pm, ASN | vs. Old Dominion First Round | L 57–62 | 9–21 | Bartow Arena (313) Birmingham, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||