2014–15 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team
American college basketball season
2014–15 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils men's basketball | |
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Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 6–26 (5–13 SWAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Leflore County Civic Center The Pinnacle |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State* | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern* | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama A&M | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 SWAC tournament winner |
The 2014–15 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by first year head coach Andre Payne, were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Due to continued renovations to their normal home stadium, the Harrison HPER Complex, they played their home games at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Mississippi and one home game at The Pinnacle on the campus of Coahoma Community College. They finished the season 6–26, 5–13 in SWAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament to Alabama State.
Roster
Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
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0 | Vacha Vzaughn | Forward | 6–4 | 210 | Sophomore | Memphis, Tennessee |
1 | DeAngelo Priar | Guard | 6–3 | 182 | Senior | Tchula, Mississippi |
2 | Jordan Washington | Guard | 5–10 | 174 | Sophomore | Memphis, Tennessee |
3 | Billy Jackson | Guard | 6–0 | 195 | Junior | Tunica, Mississippi |
5 | Jeffrey Simmons | Guard | 6–1 | 178 | Senior | Greenwood, Mississippi |
10 | Tyler Corley | Guard | 5–10 | 175 | Junior | Indianapolis, Indiana |
11 | Rakwan Kelly | Forward | 6–3 | 176 | Freshman | Newark, New Jersey |
13 | Charles Bargman | Forward | 6–7 | 215 | Junior | Tarpon Springs, Florida |
15 | Swain Whitfield | Forward | 6–6 | 226 | Freshman | Forrest City, Arkansas |
23 | Latrell Love | Center | 6–5 | 218 | Junior | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
24 | Isaac Williams | Guard | 6–4 | 187 | Sophomore | Powder Springs, Georgia |
25 | Jurmelle Hall | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Junior | Tchula, Mississippi |
32 | Ben Milshtein | Forward | 6–8 | 225 | Junior | Rehovot, Israel |
Schedule
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Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/03/2014* 7:00 pm | Stillman | W 81–76 | Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS | ||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2014* 6:00 pm | at Indiana | L 65–116 | 0–1 | Assembly Hall (17,349) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
11/17/2014* 7:00 pm | at Mississippi State Corpus Christi Coastal Classic | L 68–89 | 0–2 | The Hump (6,065) Starkville, MS | |||||||
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | at Tulane | L 61–100 | 0–3 | The Hump (731) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
11/24/2014* 7:00 pm | at TCU Corpus Christi Coastal Classic | L 53–106 | 0–4 | Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center (3,058) Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
11/26/2014* 7:00 pm | at North Texas | L 52–67 | 0–5 | The Super Pit (1,418) Denton, TX | |||||||
11/28/2014* 3:00 pm | vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Coastal Classic | L 66–75 | 0–6 | American Bank Center (6,039) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
11/29/2014* 10:30 pm | vs. North Carolina A&T Corpus Christi Coastal Classic | W 66–63 | 1–6 | American Bank Center (N/A) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
12/03/2014* 11:00 pm | at Oregon State | L 50–74 | 1–7 | Gill Coliseum (3,656) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
12/14/2014* 5:00 pm, BTN | at Northwestern | L 49–101 | 1–8 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,277) Evanston, IL | |||||||
12/16/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northern Illinois | L 64–71 | 1–9 | Convocation Center (680) DeKalb, IL | |||||||
12/20/2014* 3:00 pm | North Carolina Central | L 60–94 | 1–10 | The Pinnacle (397) Clarksdale, MS | |||||||
12/28/2014* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Houston | L 53–80 | 1–11 | Hofheinz Pavilion (2,147) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/31/2014* 6:00 pm | at No. 9 Iowa State | L 33–83 | 1–12 | Hilton Coliseum (14,384) Ames, IA | |||||||
01/03/2015 5:00 pm | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 67–63 | 2–12 (1–0) | K. L. Johnson Complex (1,747) Pine Bluff, AR | |||||||
01/10/2015 5:00 pm | Alabama A&M | L 73–86 | 2–13 (1–1) | Leflore County Civic Center (1,098) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
01/12/2015 8:00 pm | Alabama State | L 76–88 | 2–14 (1–2) | Leflore County Civic Center (1,296) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
01/17/2015 5:00 pm | at Alcorn State | L 67–87 | 2–15 (1–3) | Davey Whitney Complex (N/A) Lorman, MS | |||||||
01/19/2015 8:00 pm | at Southern | L 55–79 | 2–16 (1–4) | F. G. Clark Center (1,122) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
01/24/2015 5:00 pm | Prairie View A&M | L 65–72 | 2–17 (1–5) | Leflore County Civic Center (938) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
01/26/2015 8:00 pm | Texas Southern | L 84–85 3OT | 2–18 (1–6) | Leflore County Civic Center (452) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
0/31/2015 5:00 pm | Jackson State | W 75–62 | 3–18 (2–6) | Leflore County Civic Center (2,498) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
02/02/2015 8:00 pm | at Grambling State | W 68–65 | 4–18 (3–6) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (N/A) Grambling, LA | |||||||
02/07/2015 5:30 pm | at Alabama A&M | L 68–74 | 4–19 (3–7) | Elmore Gymnasium (719) Huntsville, AL | |||||||
02/09/2015 8:00 pm | at Alabama State | L 57–65 | 4–20 (3–8) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (2,256) Montgmery, AL | |||||||
02/14/2015 5:00 pm | Alcorn State | W 74–62 | 5–20 (4–8) | Leflore County Civic Center (N/A) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
02/16/2015 8:00 pm | Southern | L 56–68 | 5–21 (4–9) | Leflore County Civic Center (782) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
02/21/2015 5:30 pm | at Prairie View A&M | L 73–83 | 5–22 (4–10) | William J. Nicks Building (1,021) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
02/23/2015 8:00 pm | at Texas Southern | L 74–84 | 5–23 (4–11) | Health and Physical Education Arena (412) Houston, TX | |||||||
02/28/2015 5:30 pm | at Jackson State | W 73–49 | 5–24 (4–12) | Williams Assembly Center (1,457) Jackson, MS | |||||||
03/02/2015 8:00 pm | Grambling State | W 66–62 | 6–24 (5–12) | Leflore County Civic Center (N/A) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
03/06/2015 11:00 am | Arkansas–Pine Bluff Postponed from 3/5/15 | L 75–94 | 6–25 (5–13) | Leflore County Civic Center (987) Greenwood, MS | |||||||
SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
03/11/2015 3:30 pm | vs. Alabama State | L 81–93 | 6–26 | Toyota Center (N/A) Houston, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- ^ "2014-15 Men's Basketball Schedule".