2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
Record	3–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Kellogg (2nd season)
Associate head coach	JC Carter
Assistant coaches	Jessica Grayson Erin Grant
Home arena	WVU Coliseum

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

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.

Previous Season

The Mountaineers finished the 2023-24 season 25–8, 12–6 in Big 12 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. 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.

Offseason

Departures

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

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

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: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/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: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/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

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 Mark Kellogg (Austin College) Assistant coach(es) JC Carter (Southwest Baptist) Jessica Grayson (Austin Peay) Erin Grant (Texas Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 10/15/2024

Schedule and Results

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			WVU Coliseum  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.

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	16	15																		Not released
Coaches	15	13

See also

• 2024-25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team