2024–25 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Austin Parkinson, play their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse and are members of the Big East Conference.

2024–25 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball
WNIT, Super 16
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	16–18 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach	Austin Parkinson (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Latrell Flemming Kristin Wodrich Holly Hoopingarner Nevena Markovic
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			37	–	3		.925
No. 23 Creighton	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Seton Hall	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Marquette	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Villanova	11	–	7		.611			21	–	15		.583
DePaul	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Providence	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
St. John's	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Butler	5	–	13		.278			16	–	18		.471
Georgetown	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Xavier	1	–	17		.056			7	–	24		.226
† 2025 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2023–24 season 15–17, 6–12 in Big East play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the first round to Georgetown. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they defeated Bowling Green in the first round before losing to Purdue in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Rachel Kent	10	G/F	5'11"	GS Senior	Des Plaines, IL	Graduated
Chloe Jeffers	12	G	5'10'	Sophomore	Delaware, OH	Not team roster
Rosemarie Dumont	22	F	6'3"	Senior	Quebec City, QC	Transferred to Laval
Abby Stoddard	30	G/F	6'1"	Senior	Crown Point, IN	Graduated
Anna Mortag	34	G/F	6'0"	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Kendall Wingler	55	G	5'10"	Senior	Ekron, KY	Transferred to IU Indy

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Kilyn McGuff	11	G	6'0"	Senior	Columbus, OH	Belmont

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2024

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
McKenzie Swanson F	Rochester, Michigan	Marian High School (Michigan)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Lily Zeinstra G	Byron Center, Michigan	Byron Center High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Lily Carmody G	Melbourne, Australia		5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Jocelyn Land F	Chanhassen, Minnesota	Holy Family Catholic High School (Minnesota)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Archived from the original on December 5, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Karsyn Norman 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Bedford North Lawrence Bedford, IN G/F 2 Riley Makalusky 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN G 3 Ari Wiggins 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Heritage Christian Michigan Indianapolis, IN F 5 McKenzie Swanson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Birmingham Marian Rochester, MI G 10 Lily Zeinstra 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Byron Center Byron Center, MI G 11 Kilyn McGuff 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bishop Watterson Belmont Columbus, OH G 12 Lily Carmody 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr   Melbourne, Australia F 14 Jocelyn Land 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Holy Family Catholic Chanhassen, MN G 21 Caroline Strande 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Racine Lutheran Minnesota Racine, WI G 23 Jordan Meulemans 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr De Pere De Pere, WI F 24 Cristen Carter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Ben Davis Indianapolis, IN F 31 Lilly Stoddard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Crown Point Purdue Crown Point, IN F 32 Sydney James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Trinity Lutheran Brownstown, IN	Head coach Austin Parkinson (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Latrell Fleming (Wisconsin) Kristin Wodrich (Texas Tech) Holly Hoopingarner (IUPUI) Nevena Markovic (IUPUI) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024* 7:00 p.m.		Taylor	W 99–48		–	–	–	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2024* 11:00 a.m., YouTube		Chicago State	W 87–45	1–0	17 – McGuff	10 – Tied	6 – Norman	Hinkle Fieldhouse (2,941) Indianapolis, IN
November 9, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Milwaukee	W 79–70 OT	2–0	20 – Carmody	9 – Carter	4 – Carmody	Klotsche Center (454) Milwaukee, WI
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Indiana	W 56–46	3–0	14 – Strande	8 – Strande	4 – Norman	Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,135) Indianapolis, IN
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Vanderbilt	L 52–81	3–1	22 – Strande	4 – McGuff	4 – Wiggins	Memorial Gymnasium (2,615) Nashville, TN
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Indiana State	W 80–55	4–1	15 – Strande	6 – McGuff	6 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (877) Indianapolis, IN
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		UMass Lowell	W 69–44	5–1	26 – Strande	10 – McGuff	5 – Makalusky	Hinkle Fieldhouse (940) Indianapolis, IN
November 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Santa Clara Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 79–50	6–1	16 – Jaynes	5 – Tied	4 – Strande	Hertz Arena (213) Estero, FL
November 30, 2024* 7:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. No. 5 Texas Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	L 59–94	6–2	14 – Strande	6 – McGuff	3 – Wiggins	Hertz Arena (412) Estero, FL
December 1, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Boise State Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game	W 70–54	7–2	23 – Strande	10 – McGuff	6 – Norman	Hertz Arena (274) Estero, FL
December 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		UT Martin	W 70–60	8–2	13 – Zeinstra	10 – McGuff	4 – Norman	Hinkle Fieldhouse (677) Indianapolis, IN
December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ohio	W 69–60	9–2	18 – McGuff	15 – McGuff	3 – Norman	Convocation Center (702) Athens, OH
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Wisconsin	L 64–71 2OT	9–3	13 – Tied	9 – McGuff	5 – Wiggins	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,030) Indianapolis, IN
December 15, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		Saint Francis (PA)	W 95–38	10–3	18 – Carmody	7 – Tied	6 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (943) Indianapolis, IN
Big East regular season
December 21, 2024 3:00 p.m., FloSports		at DePaul	L 43–66	10–4 (0–1)	12 – Carmody	6 – Carmody	3 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (1,300) Chicago, IL
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Seton Hall	L 49–69	10–5 (0–2)	11 – Makalusky	6 – McGuff	3 – Jaynes	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,776) Indianapolis, IN
January 1, 2025 3:00 p.m., FloSports		at Creighton	L 64–68	10–6 (0–3)	16 – Carmody	10 – McGuff	4 – Zeinstra	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,196) Omaha, NE
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., FS1		at Marquette	L 54–57	10–7 (0–4)	18 – McGuff	17 – McGuff	4 – Carmody	Al McGuire Center (3,109) Milwaukee, WI
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Providence	W 57–47	11–7 (1–4)	14 – McGuff	7 – McGuff	6 – Norman	Hinkle Fieldhouse (787) Indianapolis, IN
January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Georgetown	W 63–53	12–7 (2–4)	18 – McGuff	7 – Carmody	4 – McGuff	Hinkle Fieldhouse (742) Indianapolis, IN
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Xavier	L 49–50	12–8 (2–5)	9 – Tied	9 – McGuff	4 – Carmody	Cintas Center (1,293) Cincinnati, OH
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Creighton	L 52–63	12–9 (2–6)	16 – Jaynes	13 – McGuff	3 – Wiggins	Hinkle Fieldhouse (864) Indianapolis, IN
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		DePaul	L 67–74 OT	12–10 (2–7)	19 – McGuff	10 – McGuff	3 – Norman	Hinkle Fieldhouse (2,018) Indianapolis, IN
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at Seton Hall	L 48–71	12–11 (2–8)	14 – Land	11 – Zeinstra	3 – Tied	Walsh Gymnasium (900) South Orange, NJ
February 2, 2025 1:00 p.m., SNY		at No. 6 UConn	L 59–101	12–12 (2–9)	17 – McGuff	7 – McGuff	4 – Norman	XL Center (15,684) Hartford, CT
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Villanova	L 59–63	12–13 (2–10)	19 – McGuff	15 – McGuff	6 – Wiggins	Hinkle Fieldhouse (987) Indianapolis, IN
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Marquette	W 67–65	13–13 (3–10)	21 – McGuff	6 – Jaynes	4 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,812) Indianapolis, IN
February 12, 2025 11:00 a.m., FloSports		at Georgetown	W 76–70	14–13 (4–10)	18 – Jaynes	6 – McGuff	4 – Carmody	McDonough Arena (119) Washington, D.C.
February 16, 2025 5:30 p.m., FloSports		at St. John's	L 43–65	14–14 (4–11)	12 – McGuff	7 – Zeinstra	3 – Tied	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Xavier	W 58–54	15–14 (5–11)	18 – Zeinstra	7 – McGuff	4 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (923) Indianapolis, IN
February 22, 2024 4:30 p.m., SNY		No. 5 UConn	L 47–86	15–15 (5–12)	13 – Tied	7 – McGuff	5 – Carmody	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Indianapolis, IN
February 26, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports		at Villanova	L 54–56	15–16 (5–13)	21 – McGuff	9 – Jaynes	3 – Zeinstra	Finneran Pavilion (1,509) Villanova, PA
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7, 2025 11:00 a.m., BEDN	(9)	vs. (8) St. John's First Round	L 50–66	15–17	14 – Jaynes	7 – McGuff	3 – McGuff	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
WNIT
March 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., YouTube		UIC Round 2	W 61–54	16–17	16 – Zeinstra	7 – McGuff	4 – Wiggins	Hinkle Fieldhouse (445) Indianapolis, IN
March 28, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne Super 16	L 61–87	16–18	18 – McGuff	6 – Zeinstra	3 – Tied	Gates Sports Center (1,015) Fort Wayne, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

See also

• 2024–25 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team