2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The mountaineers will be led by 2nd year head coach Mark Kellogg and will play their home games at the WVU Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 15
Record4–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachJC Carter
Assistant coaches
  • Jessica Grayson
  • Erin Grant
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
Seasons
2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah 0 0   2 0   1.000
Oklahoma State 0 0   3 0   1.000
No. 10 Kansas State 0 0   2 0   1.000
No. 8 Iowa State 0 0   3 0   1.000
Texas Tech 0 0   3 0   1.000
Colorado 0 0   3 1   .750
Arizona 0 0   4 0   1.000
UCF 0 0   2 0   1.000
No. 17 Baylor 0 0   1 1   .500
No. 15 West Virginia 0 0   3 0   1.000
TCU 0 0   2 0   1.000
Arizona State 0 0   1 1   .500
BYU 0 0   2 0   1.000
Cincinnati 0 0   2 0   1.000
Kansas 0 0   2 0   1.000
Houston 0 0   0 2   .000
2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous Season

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The Mountaineers finished the 2023-24 season 25–8, 12–6 in Big 12[1] play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. In the Big 12 Tournament as a No. 6 seed, they beat the No. 11 seed Cincinnati, before losing to the No. 3 seed Kansas State in the quarterfinals.[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed in the Albany regional 2. They won their first round matchup against the 2023-24 Ivy League champions Princeton 63–53. They were then matched up against regional hosts No. 2 Iowa, where they lost 54–64.[3]

Offseason

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Departures

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West Virginia Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Messiah Hunter 13 F 6'2"   Jr Hopewell, VA Transferred to Seton Hall
Tavy Diggs 21 F 6'1" GS Senior Richardson, TX Graduated
Lauren Fields 23 G 5'9" GS Senior Shawnee, OK Graduated
Jayla Hemmingway 00 G 5'11" Senior Collierville, TN Graduated
Ainhoa Holze 5 G 5'9"   Fr Martigny, Switzerland Unknown

Incoming

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West Virginia Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Sydney Shaw 5 G 5'9" Junior Miami, FL Auburn
Célia Riviére 37 F 6'3" Junior Paris, France Northwest Florida State

Recruiting

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US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Destiny Agubata
W
Corona, CA Santiago High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 92
Jordan Thomas
P
Carrollton, TX Hebron High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 92
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:

  • "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023.

Roster

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2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Sydney Woodley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Paloma Valley High School
Long Beach State
Menifee, CA
G 4 Destiny Agubata 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Santiago HS Moreno Valley, CA
G 5 Sydney Shaw 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr DME Academy
Auburn
Miami, FL
F 8 Danelle Arigbabu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Berlin, Germany
G 10 Jordan Harrison 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Classen SAS
Stephen F. Austin
Oklahoma Ciry, OK
G 11 JJ Quinerly 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Lake Taylor Norfolk, VA
F 14 Kylee Blacksten 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Air Academy
Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
F 17 Feryal Defne Atli 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Ari College
Cankaya University
Mersin, Turkey
G 22 Zya Nugent 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Denison
Stephen F. Austin
Denison, TX
F 23 Jordan Thomas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Hebron HS Carrollton, TX
G 24 Ashala Moseberry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Madison East
South Plains College
Madison, WI
G 32 Kyah Watson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Stevens
South Dakota
Rapid City, SD
F 33 Tirzah Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Jones
Oral Roberts
Oklahoma City, OK
F 37 Célia Riviére 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Lattes Montpellier
Northwest Florida State
Paris, France
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 10/15/2024

Schedule and Results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 16 Towson W 85–41  1–0
WVU Coliseum (2,079)
Morgantown, WV
November 9, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 16 Niagara W 110–41  2–0
WVU Coliseum (3,166)
Morgantown, WV
November 12, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 15 Pittsburgh
Backyard Brawl
W 82–54  3–0
WVU Coliseum (3,614)
Morgantown, WV
November 15, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 15 Texas A&M W 83-62  4-0
WVU Coliseum (3,714)
Morgantown, WV
November 19, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Bowling Green WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
November 22, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Lafayette WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
November 29, 2024*
1:30 p.m., FloSports
vs. High Point
Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals
Hertz Arena 
Estero, FL
November 30, 2024*
11 a.m./5 p.m., FloSports
vs. Boise State/Southern Illinois
Gulf Coast Showcase
Hertz Arena 
Estero, FL
December 1, 2024*
11 a.m./1:30 p.m./5 p.m./7:30 p.m., FloSports
vs. Butler/New Mexico State/Santa Clara/Texas
Gulf Coast Showcase
Hertz Arena 
Estero, FL
December 6, 2024*
10:30 a.m., ESPN+
East Tennessee State WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
December 15, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Temple Liacouras Center 
Philadelphia, PN
Big 12 Conference Regular Season
December 21, 2024
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Colorado CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
January 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UCF WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 4, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
BYU WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, TX
January 11, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena 
Stillwater, OK
January 15, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Colorado WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 19, 2025
1:00 p.m., FOX
Iowa State WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
January 22, 2025
8:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 
Tempe, AZ
January 25, 2025
8:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona McKale Center 
Tucson, AZ
February 1, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
Oklahoma State WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Kansas WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
February 8, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Houston Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
February 11, 2025
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Baylor Foster Pavilion 
Waco, TX
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cincinnati WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
February 17, 2025
2:00 p.m., FOX
Kansas WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
February 23, 2025
12:00 p.m., ESPN2
at TCU Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
February 26, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Utah WVU Coliseum 
Morgantown, WV
March 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena 
Cincinnati, OH
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5/9, 2025
TBA
vs. TBA T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP1615Not released
Coaches1513


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2023-24 WVU Women's Basketball schedule". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament". big12sports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament". ncaa.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Basketball Schedule 2024-25".