2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions are led by sixth-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and play their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (6th season)
Associate head coach	Terri Williams
Assistant coaches	Daniel Barber Pam Brown Sean Bair Adrienne Motley
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Maryland	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Michigan State	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
No. 25 Oregon	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Penn State	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Rutgers	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
Washington	0	–	0		–			4	–	0		1.000
No. 23 Illinois	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
Iowa	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
Minnesota	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
No. 21 Nebraska	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
No. 5 UCLA	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
No. 3 USC	0	–	0		–			3	–	0		1.000
No. 12 Ohio State	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Michigan	0	–	0		–			2	–	1		.667
Purdue	0	–	0		–			2	–	1		.667
Wisconsin	0	–	0		–			2	–	1		.667
Indiana	0	–	0		–			1	–	2		.333
Northwestern	0	–	0		–			1	–	2		.333
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of November 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Lady Lions finished the 2023–24 season 22–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Wisconsin in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT where they defeated George Mason in the first round, Belmont in the second round and Mississippi State in the quarterfinals before losing losing to Villanova in the semifinals.

Offseason

Departures

Penn State Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ali Brigham	1	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Franklin, PA	Transferred to Bryant
Niya Beverly	4	G	5'7"	Graduate student	Laurel, MD	Graduated
Leilani Kapinus	5	G	5'10"	Freshman	Madison, WI	Transferred to Vanderbilt
Tova Sabel	10	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Stockholm, Sweden	Transferred to UC Davis
Anna Camden	11	F	6'3"	Junior	Downingtown, PA	Transferred to Richmond
Maddie Burke	15	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Doylestown, PA	Transferred to Villanova
Makenna Marisa	20	G	5'11"	Junior	McMurray, PA	Signed to play professional in Hungary
Nan Garcia	24	G	6'0"	Freshman	Jeffersonville, IN	Transferred to Toledo
Kelly Jekot	25	G	6'0"	Graduate student	Enola, PA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Penn State Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Gabby Elliott	0	G	5'10"	Graduate student	Detroit, MI	Michigan State
Tamera Johnson	5	F	5'11"	Senior	Lafayette, LA	Louisiana
Vitoria Santana	10	G	5'9"	Junior	Santo André, Brazil	Eastern Arizona College
Gracie Merkle	44	C	6'6"	Sophomore	Mount Washington, KY	Bellarmine

Recruiting

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Gabby Elliott 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Michigan State Detroit, MI F 1 Cam Rust 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Worcester Academy Wakefield, RI G 2 Shaelyn Steele 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Russell Ashland, KY G 3 Moriah Murray 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Drexel Dunmore, PA F 5 Tamera Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Louisiana Lafayette, LA F 7 Grace Hall 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr LSU Homewood, IL G 10 Vitoria Santana 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Eastern Arizona College São Paulo, Brazil F 11 Ariana Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Example Academy Chicago, IL G 12 Jayla Oden 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Illinois Baltimore, MD G 20 Talayah Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Our Lady of Good Counsel Odenton, MD G 22 Alli Campbell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Notre Dame Altoona, PA G 24 Jill Jekot 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Cumberland Valley Enola, PA C 44 Gracie Merkle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Bellarmine Mount Washington, KY	Head coach Carolyn Kieger (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Terri Williams (Penn State) Daniel Barber (Florida) Pam Brown (Charlotte) Sean Bair (Dickinson College) Adrienne Motley (Miami (FL)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+		Bucknell	W 90–68	1–0	28 – Murray	13 – Merkle	6 – Campbell	Bryce Jordan Center (1,575) State College, PA
November 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Canisius	W 89–57	2–0	20 – Merkle	10 – Rust	4 – Tied	Bryce Jordan Center (1,741) State College, PA
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Duquesne	W 92–83	3–0	26 – Murray	7 – Johnson	8 – Campbell	Bryce Jordan Center (2,152) State College, PA
November 14, 2024* 11:30 a.m., B1G+		Niagara	W 101–45	4–0	24 – Merkle	7 – Merkle	9 – Oden	Bryce Jordan Center (2,311) State College, PA
November 21, 2024* 7:30 p.m., Peacock		vs. Marshall WBCA Showcase						State Farm Field House  Bay Lake, FL
November 23, 2024* 2:30 p.m., Peacock		vs. Georgia WBCA Showcase						State Farm Field House  Bay Lake, FL
November 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Drexel						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
December 2, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN		St. John's						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
December 7, 2024 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Indiana						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at Providence						Alumni Hall  Providence, RI
December 15, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 28, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN		at Minnesota						Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
January 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Iowa						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
January 5, 2025 3:00 p.m., B1G+		at Nebraska						Pinnacle Bank Arena  Lincoln, NE
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Oregon						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
January 12, 2025 8:00 p.m., BTN		at USC						Galen Center  Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2025 9:30 p.m., Peacock		at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Ohio State						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
January 22, 2025 6:30 p.m., B1G+		at Michigan State						Breslin Center  East Lansing, MI
January 26, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Rutgers						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Maryland						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Washington						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at Northwestern						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+		at Penn State						State Farm Center  Champaign, IL
February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., B1G+		Wisconsin						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
February 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN		at Michigan						Crisler Center  Ann Arbor, MI
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN		Purdue						Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at Rutgers						Jersey Mike's Arena  Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten women's tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA		vs. TBA						Gainbridge Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source:

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP																					Not released
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked and did not receive votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.

See Also

• 2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team