2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball
2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	5–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Jeff Mittie (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Ebony Gilliam; Ebony Haliburton; Staci Gregorio Foss;
Home arena	Bramlage Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2023–24 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Mittie. They played their home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, and were members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

K-State finished the season 26–8, 13–5 in Big 12 and finished third in the conference. The Wildcats began the season with a school-record 20-1 start, seeing them match their best ranking in school history reaching #2 in both the AP and Coaches Poll on January 29, 2024.^[1]

As the third seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated sixth-seeded West Virginia 65–62 in the quarterfinals, before falling 71–64 to second-seeded Texas in the semifinals.

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 West Virginia	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
BYU	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Kansas State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 19 TCU	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
UCF	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Arizona	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Colorado	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
No. 8 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Kansas	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Utah	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
No. 18 Baylor	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Houston	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The Wildcats earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they earned a four seed and hosted the first two rounds of the tournament at Bramlage Coliseum for the first time since 2016.^[2] In the first round, K-State defeated 13-seed Portland 78–65 before ending their season with a second-round defeat to fifth-seeded Colorado by a 63–50 margin.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ja'Mia Harris	2	G	5'11"	Freshman	Lancaster, TX	Transferred to Texas State
Gabby Gregory	12	G	6'0"	GS Senior	Tulsa, OK	Graduated
Rebekah Dallinger	14	G	5'10"	Senior	Sydney, Australia	Graduated
Heavenly Greer	15	F	6'2"	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to Arizona State

Incoming

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Temira Poindexter	2	G	6'2"	Senior	Sapulpa, OK	Tulsa
Kennedy Taylor	12	F	6'2"	Senior	Shawnee Mission, KS	Colorado

Recruiting Classes

Class of 2024

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Finley Ohnstad G	Elko New Market, Minnesota	Lakeville South High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A	Oct 20, 2022
Finley Ohnstad G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked Top 20 Rivals: Not Ranked Top 25
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Zyanna Walker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Wichita Heights High School Louisville	Wichita, KS
G	2	Temira Poindexter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Sapulpa High School Louisville	Sapulpa, OK
G	3	Jaelyn Glenn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	The Barstow School	Kansas City, MO
G	4	Serena Sundell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Maryville	Maryville, MO
G	5	Brylee Glenn	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	The Barstow School	Kansas City, MO
G	10	Mikayla Parks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Norman High School	Norman, OK
G	11	Taryn Sides	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Phillipsburg High School	Phillipsburg, KS
F	12	Kennedy Taylor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Shawnee Mission Northwest Missouri State Colorado	Shawnee Mission, KS
F	21	Eliza Maupin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Webster Groves High School	Webster Groves, MO
F	30	Gisela Sanchez	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Segle XXI Arizona	Barcelona, Spain
F	32	Imani Lester	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS So	North Raleigh Christian Academy Louisville	Raleigh, NC
G	33	Finley Ohnstad	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lakeville South High School	Elko New Market, MN
F	35	Alexis Hess	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Fleetwood Area High School	Blandon, PA
C	50	Ayoka Lee	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)		Byron	Byron, MN

Head coach

Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western)

Assistant coach(es)

Ebony Gilliam (TCU)
Ebony Haliburton (Oral Roberts)
Staci Gregorio Foss (San Diego Mesa College)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source: ^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Washburn	W 89–36	–	Bramlage Coliseum (3,433) Manhattan, KS
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+	No. 13	Green Bay	W 92–45	1–0	Bramlage Coliseum (4,408) Manhattan, KS
November 7, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	No. 13	at Belmont	W 82–56	2–0	Bramlage Coliseum (3,452) Manhattan, KS
November 14, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN 2	No. 10	Creighton	W 86–68	3–0	Bramlage Coliseum (5,436) Manhattan, KS
November 18, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 10	Little Rock	W 73–43	4–0	Bramlage Coliseum (3,437) Manhattan, KS
November 20, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	No. 10	Milwaukee	W 111–46	5–0	Bramlage Coliseum (3,438) Manhattan, KS
November 25, 2024* 2:00 pm, FloCollege		vs. Duke Ball Dawgs Classic Semifinals			Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
November 27, 2024* 1:00 pm or 3:30 pm, FloCollege		vs. DePaul/Oklahoma Ball Dawgs Classic Finals			Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
December 1, 2024* 3:30 pm, ESPN+		Central Arkansas			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
December 3, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Illinois			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
December 5, 2023* 6:30 pm		vs. USC Upstate			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
December 8, 2024* 3:00 pm, SECN		at Texas A&M			Reed Arena College Station, TX
December 14, 2024* 5:00 pm		vs. Middle Tennessee Bill Snyder Classic			Civic Arena St. Joseph, MO
December 18, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		New Mexico State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
Conference regular season
December 22, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cincinnati			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 1, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Houston			Fertitta Center Houston, TX
January 4, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas Tech			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 8, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah			Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 11, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at BYU			Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Arizona			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 19, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Arizona State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Colorado			CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 30, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN		Iowa State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 2, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kansas Sunflower Showdown			Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 5, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		TCU			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oklahoma State			Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 12, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Cincinnati			Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
February 15, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		UCF			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 17, 2025 1:00 pm, FOX		at West Virginia			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 22, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Kansas Sunflower Showdown			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 24, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Baylor			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
March 2, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN2		at Iowa State			Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	13	10	10
Coaches	13	11	10

References

^ Associated Press (January 29, 2024). "S. Carolina grips top spot, Kansas State No. 2 in women's poll". ESPN. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ DeLoach, Zach (March 17, 2024). "K-State women earn No.-4 seed, will host 1st and 2nd rounds of NCAA tourney". The Mercury. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ Green, Arne (March 24, 2024). "Kansas State women's basketball falters at the end in disappointing NCAA Tournament loss". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". K-State Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[1] Associated Press (January 29, 2024). "S. Carolina grips top spot, Kansas State No. 2 in women's poll". ESPN. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[2] DeLoach, Zach (March 17, 2024). "K-State women earn No.-4 seed, will host 1st and 2nd rounds of NCAA tourney". The Mercury. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[3] Green, Arne (March 24, 2024). "Kansas State women's basketball falters at the end in disappointing NCAA Tournament loss". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". K-State Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

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