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2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

The 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season will begin non-conference play on November 4, 2024. Conference play will begin on January 2, 2025 and will end on March 1, 2025 to setup the 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament. This will be the eighteenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and forty-third overall for the conference.

2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Summit League tournament
Summit League women's basketball seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Denver 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Kansas City 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
North Dakota 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
North Dakota State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Omaha 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Oral Roberts 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
St. Thomas* 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
South Dakota 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
South Dakota State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner

Preseason

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The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 8, 2024.[1]

Preseason poll

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First place votes in parenthesis

  1. South Dakota State (34) – 562
  2. Oral Roberts (1) – 479
  3. North Dakota State (1) – 427
  4. South Dakota – 363
  5. St. Thomas – 336
  6. Denver – 220
  7. North Dakota – 188
  8. Kansas City – 144
  9. Omaha – 116

Preseason awards

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Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League First Team Jordan Jones, Denver
Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts
Grace Larkins, South Dakota
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team Grace Cave, Omaha
Jade Hill, St. Thomas
Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts
Amber Scalia, St. Thomas
Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State

Regular season

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Records against other conferences

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2024–25 records against non-conference foes as of October 8, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences Record Major 6 Conferences Record
ACC None American None
Big East None Big Ten None
Big 12 None SEC None
Major 6 Total 0–0
Other Division I Conferences Record Other Division I Conferences Record
Atlantic 10 None ASUN None
America East None Big Sky None
Big South None Big West None
CAA None Conference USA None
Horizon League None Ivy League None
Independents None MAAC None
MAC None MEAC None
MVC None MWC None
NEC None OVC None
Patriot League None SoCon None
Southland None SWAC None
Sun Belt None WAC None
WCC None
Other Division I Total 0–0
NCAA Division I Total 0–0
NCAA Division II Total 0–0
NCAA Division III Total 0–0
NAIA Total 0–0
NCCAA Total 0–0
Total Non-Conference Record 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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This will be a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Summit League teams in bold

Date Visitor Home Site Score Conference record Ref

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll

† denotes game was played at neutral site ^ denotes NCAA tournament game

Conference matrix

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  Denver Kansas City North Dakota North Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State
vs. Denver – – – – – – – – –
vs. Kansas City – – – – – – – – –
vs. North Dakota – – – – – – – – –
vs. North Dakota State – – – – – – – – –
vs. Omaha – – – – – – – – –
vs. Oral Roberts – – – – – – – – –
vs. St. Thomas – – – – – – – – –
vs. South Dakota – – – – – – – – –
vs. South Dakota State – – – – – – – – –
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Through October 8, 2024

Points scored

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Team For Against Difference
Denver 0 0 +
Kansas City 0 0 +
North Dakota 0 0 +
North Dakota State 0 0 +
Omaha 0 0 +
Oral Roberts 0 0 +
St. Thomas 0 0 +
South Dakota 0 0 +
South Dakota State 0 0 +

Through October 8, 2024[2]

National Television Games

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Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Date
Time (CT) 		Road Team Home Team Final Score Network

Home attendance

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Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average Attendance Attendance High Total Attendance % of Capacity
Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 2,500 0 0 %
Kansas City Swinney Recreation Center 1,500 0 0 %
North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 3,300 0 0 %
North Dakota State Scheels Center 5,460 0 0 %
Omaha Baxter Arena 7,898 0 0 %
Oral Roberts Mabee Center 10,154 0 0 %
St. Thomas Schoenecker Arena 1,800 0 0 %
South Dakota Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 0 0 %
South Dakota State First Bank and Trust Arena 6,500 0 0 %

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of October 8, 2024
Does not include exhibition games

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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South Dakota

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On April 23, 2024, Kayla Karius left South Dakota after two seasons to return to Green Bay as head coach.[3] Soon after, on April 30, 2024, former Idaho head coach Carrie Eighmey was named as the Coyotes' new head coach.[4]

Coaches

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Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Summit record Summit titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Sweet Sixteen NCAA Championships
Denver Doshia Woods Tulane (recruiting coordinator) 5th 37–76 (.327) 23–43 (.348) 0 0 0 0
Kansas City Dionnah Jackson-Durrett Texas (Associate head coach) 3rd 21–53 (.284) 6–28 (.176) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota Mallory Bernhard North Dakota (assistant) 5th 45–68 (.398) 27–40 (.403) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota State Jory Collins Kansas (assistant) 6th 77–70 (.524) 48-36 (.571) 0 0 0 0
Omaha Carrie Banks Ohio State (assistant) 5th 37–72 (.339) 18–45 (.286) 0 0 0 0
Oral Roberts Kelsi Musick Southwestern Oklahoma State 3rd 33–30 (.524) 19–15 (.559) 0 0 0 0
St. Thomas Ruth Sinn Apple Valley HS 20th 391–142 (.734) 18–34 (.346) † 0 0 0 0
South Dakota Carrie Eighmey Idaho 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0
South Dakota State Aaron Johnston South Dakota State (assistant) 25th 598–191 (.758) 244–34 (.878) 11 12 1 0

Notes:

  • † St. Thomas joined the Summit League in the summer of 2021.
  • Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Awards and honors

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Players of the week

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Throughout the regular season, the Summit League offices will name one or two players of the week each Monday.[5]

Week Player(s) of the Week School

Postseason

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Summit League tournament

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Main article: 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. It is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The tournament will be held from March 5 to March 9, 2025.

First Round
March 5
Summit League Network 		Quarterfinals
March 6 & 7
Summit League Network 		Semifinals
March 8
Summit League Network 		Championship
March 9
CBS Sports Network
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References

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  1. ^ "Jackrabbits tabbed to win fifth straight #SummitWBB crown". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Karius to return to Green Bay". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 23, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "South Dakota tabs Eighmey as Women's Basketball Coach". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 30, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
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