2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They are members of the Southland Conference. Abilene Christian, in their second year of DII to DI transition, was not eligible for the Southland Tournament, but was a counter for scheduling purposes and was also considered as a DI RPI member.^[2]

2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball
Las Vegas Classic Upper Division champions[1]
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	10–21 (4–14 Southland)
Head coach	Joe Golding (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Brette Tanner Patrice Days Cooper Schmidt
Home arena	Moody Coliseum (Capacity: 4,600)
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	5		.853
Sam Houston State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	9		.743
Texas A&M–CC	13	–	5		.722			20	–	14		.588
Northwestern State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	13		.594
Incarnate Word**	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Lamar*	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
McNeese State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Houston Baptist*	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Nicholls State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	19		.345
New Orleans	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Southeastern Louisiana	6	–	12		.333			9	–	23		.281
Abilene Christian**	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Central Arkansas*	2	–	16		.111			2	–	27		.069
* ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties ** ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition
† 2015 Southland tournament winner

The Wildcats were picked to finish eleventh (11th) in the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and tied for twelfth (12th) in the conference Sports Information Director's Poll.^[3] The Wildcats finished the season with a 10–21 overall record and finished in twelfth place in conference play with a 4–14 record.

Roster

2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Riley Payne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Idalou HS Idalou, TX G 1 LaDarrien Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Coastal Bend College Austin, TX G 2 K. J. Maura 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Arlington Country Day School San Juan, PR G 3 Parker Wentz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Trinity Christian HS Lubbock, TX G 4 Michael Grant 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Boyd HS McKinney, TX G 5 Jalen Little 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Otero Junior College Colorado Springs, CO G 10 Isaiahl Tripp 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Future College Prep Baltimore, MD G 11 Harrison Hawkins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Navarro College Long Beach, CA F 12 Austin Cooke 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Central Arizona College Scottsdale, AZ F 14 Alexsander Milosavljevic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Georgia Perimeter College Svilajnac Serbia G 15 Skyler Simmons 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Rockwall HS Rockwall, TX F 20 Christian Albright 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Fr Episcopal School of Dallas Dallas, TX G 22 Drake Green 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Clear Lake HS Houston, TX G 30 Chris Blakeley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So J.J. Pearce HS Richardson, TX F 33 Duran Porter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Tallahassee CC Macon, GA G 42 David Hanson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Kankakee CC Stockton England	Head coach Joe Golding Assistant coach(es) Brette Tanner Patrice Days Solomon Bozeman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-30

Schedule and results

Source^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Out of Conference
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm	Hillsdale Baptist	W 101–61	1–0	Moody Coliseum (825) Abilene, TX
11/19/2013* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Tulsa	L 39–65	1–1	Reynolds Center (3,829) Tulsa, OK
11/22/2014* 4:00 pm	Duquesne	L 81–102	1–2	Moody Coliseum (2,125) Abilene, TX
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm	Jarvis Christian	W 91–65	2–2	Moody Coliseum (475) Abilene, TX
11/29/2014* 6:00 pm	at UC Riverside	L 56–76	2–3	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center (183) Riverside, CA
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm	Sacramento State	W 72–61	3–3	Moody Coliseum (2,215) Abilene, TX
12/06/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Houston	L 59–71	3–4	Hofheinz Pavilion (2,007) Houston, TX
12/13/2014* 4:00 pm	Northern New Mexico	W 76–48	4–4	Moody Coliseum (1,013) Abilene, TX
12/17/2014* 7:00 pm	at Loyola (Chicago) Las Vegas Classic	L 44–83	4–5	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,015) Chicago, IL
12/20/2014* 1:00 pm	at Boise State Las Vegas Classic	L 33–77	4–6	Taco Bell Arena (3,083) Boise, ID
12/22/2014* 2:30 pm	vs. South Carolina State Las Vegas Classic	W 65–59	5–6	Orleans Arena (500) Paradise, NV
12/23/2014* 5:00 pm	vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff Las Vegas Classic	W 69–61	6–6	Orleans Arena (1,700) Las Vegas, NV
12/28/2014* 5:00 pm	at Grand Canyon	L 81–83	6–7	GCU Arena (3,968) Phoenix, AZ
Conference Games
01/04/2015 3:00 pm	Central Arkansas	W 87–70	7–7 (1–0)	Moody, Coliseum (614) Abilene, TX
01/10/2015 4:00 pm	Nicholls State	W 71–54	8–7 (2–0)	Moody Coliseum (540) Abilene, TX
01/13/2015 6:30 pm	at Northwestern State	W 95–81	9–7 (3–0)	Prather Coliseum (1,525) Natchitoches, LA
01/17/2015 11:00 am, CBSSN	Stephen F. Austin	L 64–82	9–8 (3–1)	Moody Coliseum (2,874) Abilene, TX
01/20/2015 7:00 pm	at McNeese State	L 56–63	9–9 (3–2)	Burton Coliseum (1,048) Lake Charles, LA
01/24/2015 4:00 pm	Incarnate Word	L 61–77	9–10 (3–3)	Moody, Coliseum (1,325) Abilene, TX
01/26/2015 7:00 pm	Sam Houston State	L 63–80	9–11 (3–4)	Moody Coliseum (1,273) Abilene, TX
01/31/2015 6:00 pm	at Lamar	L 74–84	9–12 (3–5)	Montagne Center (2,623) Beaumont, TX
02/02/2015 7:00 pm	at Houston Baptist	L 61–77	9–13 (3–6)	Sharp Gymnasium (716) Houston, TX
02/07/2015 4:00 pm	Southeastern Louisiana	L 52–65	9–14 (3–7)	Moody Coliseum (1,005) Abilene, TX
02/09/2015 7:00 pm	vs. Lamar	L 61–80	9–15 (3–8)	Curtis Culwell Center (902) Garland, TX
02/16/2015 6:30 pm	at Sam Houston State	L 49–71	9–16 (3–9)	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,136) Huntsville, TX
02/21/2015 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Southeastern Louisiana	L 54–55	9–17 (3–10)	University Center (945) Hammond, LA
02/24/2015 7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 44–67	9–18 (3–11)	Moody Coliseum (1,024) Abilene, TX
02/28/2015 6:15 pm	at New Orleans	L 55–75	9–19 (3–12)	Lakefront Arena (879) New Orleans, LA
03/03/2015 7:00 pm	Houston Baptist	W 83–71	10–19 (4–12)	Moody Coliseum (1,158) Abilene, TX
03/05/2015 8:00 pm	at Incarnate Word	L 52–64	10–20 (4–13)	McDermott Center (1,427) San Antonio, TX
03/07/2015 3:30 pm	at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	L 27–58	10–21 (4–14)	American Bank Center (1,914) Corpus Christi, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

References

1. "ACU knocks off Pine Bluff to capture tournament title". Abilene Christian University Athletics. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
2. "Next Steps & Timeline for ACU's transition to Division I". acu.edu. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
3. "2014-15 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 12. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
4. "2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule". Retrieved January 21, 2015.