2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	1–3 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Juli Fulks (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Gehlhausen; Sacha Santimano; Mykasa Robinson;
Home arena	Cam Henderson Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
James Madison	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Coastal Carolina	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Georgia Southern	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Louisiana	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
Georgia State	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Troy	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Appalachian State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Arkansas State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
South Alabama	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Texas State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Marshall	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286

† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner As of November 25, 2024

The 2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team will represent Marshall University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by first-year head coach Juli Fulks, will play their home games at Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Thundering Herd finished the season 26–7, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Appalachian State, Old Dominion, and James Madison to become champions. They received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 13 seed, they lost to No. 4 seed Virginia Tech in the first round.

After the season, head coach Kim Caldwell left to become the head coach at Tennessee. Marshall hired Transylvania University head coach, Juli Fulks, as her replacement.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Abby Beeman	5	G	5'4"	GS Senior	Ridgeley, West Virginia	Graduated
Breanna Campbell	1	G	5'5"	Senior	Largo, Florida	Graduated
Terah Harness	21	G	5'9"	Junior	New Carlisle, Ohio	Transferred to Buffalo
Tamia Lawhorne	87	F	6'0"	GS Senior	Amityville, New York	Graduated
Mahogany Matthews	25	F	6'1"	RS Senior	York, Pennsylvania	Graduate transferred to James Madison
Sydni Scott	15	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Prospect Park, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Fairfield

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Maddie Kellione	6	G	5'6"	GS Senior	Cynthiana, Kentucky	Tennessee Tech
Blessing King	2	G	5'10"	Junior	Columbus, Ohio	Morehead State
Leyocha Marigney	13	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Fresno, California	Reedley
Adiana Pachecho	4	F	6'1"	Junior	Harrison, New Jersey	CCBC Essex
TreShonda Williams	1	F	6'2"	Junior	Flint, Michigan	Columbia State

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kassie Ingram PG	Cincinnati, Ohio	Kings High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	May 1, 2024
Kassie Ingram PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
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 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	0	Timberlynn Yeast	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Mercer County	Harrodsburg, Kentucky
F	1	TreShondra Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Columbia State	Flint, Michigan
G	2	Blessing King	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Morehead State	Columbus, Ohio
G	3	CC Mays	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Seffner Christian	Tampa, Florida
F	4	Adiana Pachecho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	CCBC Essex	Harrison, New Jersey
G	5	Alasia Hayes	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Mississippi State	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
G	6	Maddie Kellione	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Tennessee Tech	Cynthiana, Kentucky
G	10	Aislynn Hayes	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Mississippi State	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
G/F	11	Jayda Allie	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Cabell Midland	Huntington, West Virginia
F	13	Leyocha Marigney	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Reedley	Fresno, California
F	14	Olivia Ziolkowski	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Woodrow Wilson	Beckley, West Virginia
G	20	Peyton Ilderton	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Logan	Logan, West Virginia
G	22	Ashley Tudor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Radford	Cincinnati, Ohio
F	23	Meredith Maier	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Fairmont Senior	Fairmont, West Virginia
G	24	Kassie Ingram	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Kings	Cincinnati, Ohio
G/F	30	Aarionna Redman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, Ohio

Head coach

Juli Fulks (Capital)

Assistant coach(es)

Stephanie Gehlhausen (Southern Indiana)
Sacha Santimano (Dakota State)
Mykasa Robinson (Louisville)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 7/27/2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2024* 6:30 pm	Pikeville	W 87–77	–	21 – Ai. Hayes	13 – Maier	4 – Kellione	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Toledo MAC-SBC Challenge	L 68–71	0–1	20 – Mays	9 – Mays	4 – Kellione	Savage Arena (3,754) Toledo, OH
November 10, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Kentucky	L 78–80	0–2	25 – Maier	8 – King	6 – Kellione	Cam Henderson Center (1,245) Huntington, WV
November 13, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Elon	W 65–56	1–2	27 – Ai. Hayes	8 – Maier	4 – Kellione	Cam Henderson Center (966) Huntington, WV
November 17, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	George Mason	L 56–69	1–3	16 – Ai. Hayes	6 – King	4 – Ai. Hayes	Cam Henderson Center (1,037) Huntington, WV
November 21, 2024* 7:30 pm, NBC Sports	vs. Penn State WBCA Showcase						State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
November 23, 2024* 12:00 pm, NBC Sports	vs. Tulsa WBCA Showcase						State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
December 1, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Salem						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
December 8, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	at Florida						O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
December 13, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+	Jacksonville						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
December 18, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Cincinnati						Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
December 21, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Davis & Elkins						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Sun Belt regular season
December 29, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Texas State						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 2, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Arkansas State						First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR
January 4, 2025 ESPN+	at Troy						Trojan Arena Troy, AL
January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at James Madison						Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA
January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Old Dominion						Chartway Arena Norfolk, VA
January 15, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	James Madison						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Appalachian State						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 22, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Georgia Southern						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Southern Miss						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 29, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Coastal Carolina						HTC Center Conway, SC
February 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Georgia Southern						Hill Convocation Center Statesboro, GA
February 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Louisiana						Cajundome Lafayette, LA
February 8, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	TBD MAC-SBC Challenge						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Old Dominion						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Coastal Carolina						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 19, 2025 6:30 pm	at Appalachian State						Holmes Center Boone, NC
February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Georgia State						GSU Convocation Center Atlanta, GA
February 26, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana–Monroe						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 28, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Georgia State						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Sun Belt tournament
March 4–10, 2025 TBA, ESPN+	vs. TBD						Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ Carey, Greg (April 12, 2024). "Marshall selects Juli Fulks as women's basketball coach". WV Metro News. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
^ "Marshall Women's Basketball Announces 2024-25 Conference Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[1] Carey, Greg (April 12, 2024). "Marshall selects Juli Fulks as women's basketball coach". WV Metro News. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

[2] "Marshall Women's Basketball Announces 2024-25 Conference Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[3] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

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