2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
Record	6–0 (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
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 TCU	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
UCF	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 12 West Virginia	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Kansas State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Arizona	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
BYU	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Colorado	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 15 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Utah	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Kansas	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Baylor	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Houston	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 24, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Previous Season

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

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
Destiny Agubata W	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
Jordan Thomas P	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	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	Towson	W 85–41	1–0	23 – Harrison	9 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (2,079) Morgantown, WV
November 9, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	Niagara	W 110–41	2–0	21 – Harrison	13 – Watson	7 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,166) Morgantown, WV
November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	W 82–54	3–0	17 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,614) Morgantown, WV
November 15, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	Texas A&M	W 83–62	4–0	27 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,714) Morgantown, WV
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	Bowling Green	W 78–47	5–0	20 – Harrison	8 – Watson	6 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (2,772) Morgantown, WV
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	Lafayette	W 98–28	6–0	19 – Quinerly	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (3,042) Morgantown, WV
November 29, 2024* 1:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. High Point Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals						Hertz Arena Estero, FL
November 30, 2024* 11 a.m./5 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	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	No. 12	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 State						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. ^[4]

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	13	12																Not released
Coaches	15	13	12

References

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

[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".

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