The 2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons will be led by third-year head coach Megan Gebbia, and will compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and will play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 3–2 (0–0 ACC) |
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Home arena | LJVM Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of November 20, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
editThe Demon Deacons finished the season 7–25 overall and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed with Virginia in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Florida State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT. Their seven overall wins was their lowest win total since the 1999–2000 season.
Off-season
editDepartures
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Kaia Harrison | 2 | G | 5'7" | Graduate Student | Baldwin, New York | Graduated |
Aliah McWhorter | 4 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Cincinnati, Ohio | Transferred to Ohio[1] |
Kate Deeble | 12 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Brisbane, Australia | Left to play for Gold Coast Rollers |
Alexandra Scruggs | 32 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Emily Johns | 44 | F | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Washington Township, New Jersey | American[2] |
Recruiting class
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Kennedy Moore F |
Kalispell, Montana | Flathead | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | Apr 17, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Aurora Sørbye G |
Bergen, Norway | Metis Sports Athlete | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Nov 8, 2023 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Queens | W 102–40 | 1–0 |
15 – Cowles | 10 – Andrews | 5 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (916) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||
November 7, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Charlotte | W 60–41 | 2–0 |
12 – Jones | 9 – Cowles | 5 – Jones | Halton Arena (804) Charlotte, NC | ||||
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops |
at Villanova | L 56–64 | 2–1 |
19 – Jones | 9 – Jones | 4 – Hinds | Finneran Pavilion (1,511) Villanova, PA | ||||
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Winthrop | W 64–50 | 3–1 |
12 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 4 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (897) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
George Mason | L 41–50 | 3–2 |
11 – Theuerkauf | 7 – Cowles | 2 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (744) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||
November 23, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Davidson | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Fairfield | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Gardner–Webb | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
December 4, 2024* 11:30 p.m., ACCNX |
Campbell | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
December 8, 2024* 8:00 p.m. |
at St. John's | Carnesecca Arena New York City, NY | |||||||||
December 15, 2024 4:00 p.m., ACCN |
Clemson | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
December 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
UNC Greensboro | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Virginia | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
January 5, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN |
Louisville | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Notre Dame | Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||
January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Virginia Tech | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Stanford | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
California | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at North Carolina | Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN |
Boston College | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
NC State | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
February 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Florida State | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Syracuse | JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY | |||||||||
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Duke | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Georgia Tech | McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA | |||||||||
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
SMU | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Miami (FL) | Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL | |||||||||
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at NC State | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Pittsburgh | LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
ACC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
vs. | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||||||
Rankings
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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
edit- ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". ohiobobcats.com. University of Ohio Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Deacs Add Graduate Transfer Forward for 2024-25". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. April 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2024.