WBB Ranked No. 24 in Preseason AP Poll
Oct 30 | Women's Basketball
Preseason AP Top 25
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Coming off the 2014 WNIT title and returning all 10 letterwinners from the championship roster, the Rutgers women's basketball team will kick off the 2014-15 season ranked at No. 24 in the Preseason Associated Press Poll.
The 2014-15 roster is mainly comprised of a veteran core consisting of five seniors, five returning juniors and a pair of sophomores. They are bolstered by two junior college transfers, who add a deadly and much needed three-point touch, in addition to two talented freshman guards.
Among the returning members are WNIT MVP Kahleah Copper (Philadelphia, Pa.), WNIT All-Tournament honoree and American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year Tyler Scaife (Little Rock, Ark.) and American Athletic Conference Second Team selection Betnijah Laney (Clayton, Del).
Six of the Scarlet Knights' opponents this season are among preseason top 25, including four members of the Big Ten. Among the ranked opponents RU will face this season include No. 4 Tennessee, No. 10 Maryland, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 14 Michigan State, No. 16 Nebraska and No. 19 Iowa.
The Rutgers women's basketball team opens up the 2014-15 season and its inaugural Big Ten season on Friday, Nov. 14 against St. Joseph's at 7 p.m.
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