2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (3rd season);
Associate head coach	CJ Jones (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tori Jankoska (3rd season); Alysiah Bond (3rd season); Janko Popovic (2nd season);
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team will represent the University of Virginia during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers will be led by third-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and will play their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boston College	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
California	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 11 Duke	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 19 Florida State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 17 Louisville	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 9 NC State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 15 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 6 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Stanford	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Cavaliers finished the season 16–16 overall and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to fourteenth seed Wake Forest in the first round. They received an at-large invitation to the inaugural WBIT.^[1] As a fourth seed they defeated High Point in the first round before losing to first seed Villanova to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Mir McLean	10	G/F	5'11"	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Maryland^[2]
Kaydan Lawson	14	G	6'0"	Senior	Cleveland, Ohio	Transferred to Seton Hall^[3]
Camryn Taylor	20	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Peoria, Illinois	Graduated
Alexia Smith	23	G	5'8"	Senior	Columbus, Ohio	Transferred to Oklahoma State^[4]
Cady Pauley	32	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Milan, Missouri	Transferred to Missouri State^[5]
Sam Brunelle	33	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Ruckersville, Virginia	Graduated
London Clarkson	34	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Pflugerville, Texas	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Rylee Grays	2	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Pearland, Texas	North Carolina^[6]
Hawa Doumbouya	7	C	6'7"	Sophomore	Bronx, New York	Maryland^[7]
Casey Valenti-Paea	10	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Melbourne, Australia	Long Beach State^[8]
Latasha Lattimore	35	F	6'4"	Senior	Toronto, Canada	Miami (FL)^[9]

Recruiting class

Source:^[10]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Payton Dunbar G	Narrows, Virginia	Jefferson Christian	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Jul 18, 2024
Payton Dunbar G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Breona Hurd F	Waynesville, Missouri	Waynesville	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Jul 4, 2022
Breona Hurd F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
Kamryn Kitchen G	Charlotte, North Carolina	Independence	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Jun 5, 2024
Kamryn Kitchen G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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:

Roster

2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Olivia McGhee	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	IMG Academy	Louisa, VA
G	1	Paris Clark	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Long Island Lutheran Arizona	New York, NY
F	2	Rylee Grays	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Pearland North Carolina	Pearland, TX
G	4	Jillian Brown	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	East Grand Rapids Northwestern	Grand Rapids, MI
G	5	Yonta Vaughn	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Bishop McNamara	District Heights, MD
C	7	Hawa Doumbouya	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	So	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Maryland	Bronx, NY
F	8	Edessa Noyan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Täljegymnasiet	Södertälje, Sweden
G	10	Casey Valenti-Paea	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Maribryon College Long Beach State	Melbourne, Australia
G	12	Kamryn Kitchen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Independence	Charlotte, NC
G	21	Kymora Johnson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	St. Anne's-Belfield	Charlottesville, VA
G	23	Payton Dunbar	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Jefferson Christian	Narrows, VA
F	32	Breona Hurd	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Waynesville	Waynesville, MO
F	35	Latasha Lattimore	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Royal Crown Academic School Miami (FL)	Toronto, Canada
C	41	Taylor Lauterbach	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	GS	Appleton West Kansas State	Appleton, WI

Head coach

Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

CJ Jones (Francis Marion)
Tori Jankoska (Michigan State)
Alysiah Bond (Ohio State)
Janko Popovic (Winthrop)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source:^[11]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	Barton	W 104–46	–	–	–	–	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	American						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
November 8, 2024* 9:00 p.m., SECN	at No. 10 Oklahoma						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Radford						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	La Salle						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Alabama State						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
November 24, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX	Bethune–Cookman						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
November 28, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops	vs. Green Bay Puerto Rico Shootout						Coliseo Guillermo Angulo San Juan, PR
November 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Washington State Puerto Rico Shootout						Coliseo Guillermo Angulo San Juan, PR
November 30, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Wyoming Puerto Rico Shootout						Coliseo Guillermo Angulo San Juan, PR
December 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCN	Auburn ACC–SEC Challenge						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
December 8, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Boston College						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Maryland-Eastern Shore						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
December 21, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Coppin State						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
December 29, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN	at Notre Dame						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Wake Forest						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 12, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN	Duke						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia Tech Rivalry						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW	at NC State						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Georgia Tech						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW	Louisville						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN	at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
February 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Florida State						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 9, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN	Virginia Tech Rivalry						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at Pittsburgh						Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	California						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Stanford						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 27, 2025 8:00 p.m., ACCNX	at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW	at North Carolina						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
	vs.						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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	20	Final
AP
Coaches

References

^ "Virginia women's basketball team earns bid in inaugural WBIT". March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
^ Janik, Olivia (May 3, 2024). "Virginia transfer Mir McLean commits to Maryland women's basketball". The Diamondback. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ "Virginia's Kaydan Lawson Joins Pirates". shupirates.com. Seton Hall University Athletics. May 22, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ "Cowgirl Basketball Bolsters Backcourt With Transfer Alexia Smith". okstate.com. Oklahoma State University Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ Wheeler, Wyatt (April 10, 2024). "Missouri State women's basketball starts roster rebuild with familiar names". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ "Virginia Signs UNC Transfer RyLee Grays". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
^ Newton, Matt (April 16, 2024). "Virginia Women's Basketball Adds Adds Maryland Transfer Center Hawa Doumbouya". si.com. OnSI. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ Okon, Aniekan (May 4, 2024). "Cavaliers add Long Beach State transfer Casey Valenti-Paea". WCAV. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ "In the region: UVa women's basketball adds Miami transfer". The Roanoke Times. April 25, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[1] "Virginia women's basketball team earns bid in inaugural WBIT". March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

[2] Janik, Olivia (May 3, 2024). "Virginia transfer Mir McLean commits to Maryland women's basketball". The Diamondback. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[3] "Virginia's Kaydan Lawson Joins Pirates". shupirates.com. Seton Hall University Athletics. May 22, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[4] "Cowgirl Basketball Bolsters Backcourt With Transfer Alexia Smith". okstate.com. Oklahoma State University Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[5] Wheeler, Wyatt (April 10, 2024). "Missouri State women's basketball starts roster rebuild with familiar names". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[6] "Virginia Signs UNC Transfer RyLee Grays". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

[7] Newton, Matt (April 16, 2024). "Virginia Women's Basketball Adds Adds Maryland Transfer Center Hawa Doumbouya". si.com. OnSI. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[8] Okon, Aniekan (May 4, 2024). "Cavaliers add Long Beach State transfer Casey Valenti-Paea". WCAV. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[9] "In the region: UVa women's basketball adds Miami transfer". The Roanoke Times. April 25, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[10] "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[11] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

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