2024–25 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represents the University of Maine during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine as members of the America East Conference.

2024–25 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	15–16 (9–7 America East)
Head coach	Amy Vachon (8th season)
Associate head coach	Courtney England
Assistant coaches	Tom Biskup Tanesha Sutton
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 America East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany	14	–	2		.875			26	–	7		.788
Vermont †	13	–	3		.813			21	–	13		.618
Bryant	9	–	7		.563			17	–	15		.531
Maine	9	–	7		.563			15	–	16		.484
NJIT	8	–	8		.500			11	–	19		.367
Binghamton	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
UMBC	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
New Hampshire	4	–	12		.250			10	–	20		.333
UMass Lowell	1	–	15		.063			3	–	25		.107
† 2025 AmEast tournament winner

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2023–24 season 24–10, 14–2 in America East play, to finish as America East regular-season champions.^[1] They defeated UMass Lowell,^[2] Binghamton^[3] and Vermont to win the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[4] They would receive the #15 seed in the Portland Regional 3,^[5] where they fell to #2 region seed Ohio State in the first round.^[6]

Roster

2024–25 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sera Hodgson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr New Hampton School Rindge, NH G 1 Olivia Rockwood 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Windsor High School Windsor, VT G 2 Emmie Streams 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Bangor High School Veazie, ME G 3 Izzy Allen 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Central High School Corinth, ME G 4 Jaycie Christopher 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Skowhegan High School Skowhegan, ME G 5 Amiyah Donaldson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Western Nebraska Community College Cleveland, OH G 6 Asta Blauenfeldt 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Seattle Kongens Lyngby, Denmark F 9 Ona Alarcón 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Club Basket Almeda Barcelona, Spain G 12 Sarah Talon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Windham High School Windham, ME G/F 13 Caroline Bornemann 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Rungsted Gymnasium Hørsholm, Denmark G 15 Paula Gallego 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Col·legi Pineda Barcelona, Spain G 23 Maddie Fitzpatrick 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Cheverus High School Cumberland, ME F 25 Caroline Dotsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Haverford High School Havertown, PA F 33 Adrianna Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Bishop O'Connell High School Reston, VA G 45 Idan Shlush 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr St. John's Gedera, Israel	Head coach Amy Vachon (Maine) Assistant coach(es) Courtney England (Maine) Tom Biskup (Maine) Tanesha Sutton (Maine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 17, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		La Salle	W 65–51	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium (1,507) Orono, ME
November 10, 2024* 11:30 a.m., AmericaEast.TV		Penn	L 52–56	1–1	Memorial Gymnasium (1,088) Orono, ME
November 13, 2024* 6:35 p.m., ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 57–53	2–1	Ryan Center (962) Kingston, RI
November 17, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Harvard	L 41–83	2–2	Memorial Gymnasium (1,144) Orono, ME
November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Boston University	L 57–67	2–3	Case Gym (459) Boston, MA
November 24, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+		Quinnipiac	L 53–61	2–4	Memorial Gymnasium (1,268) Orono, ME
November 26, 2024* 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row		at Stonehill	W 87–75	3–4	Merkert Gymnasium (273) Easton, MA
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at Indiana	L 53–78	3–5	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (10,477) Bloomington, IN
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		at Purdue	L 51–60	3–6	Mackey Arena (3,413) West Lafayette, IN
December 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 48–74	3–7	Hagan Arena (884) Philadelphia, PA
December 21, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bates	W 96–39	4–7	Memorial Gymnasium (1,099) Orono, ME
December 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., NEC Front Row		at Fairleigh Dickinson FDU Christmas Classic	L 48–66	4–8	Bogota Savings Bank Center (377) Hackensack, NJ
December 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m.		vs. Coppin State FDU Christmas Classic	W 66–55	5–8	Bogota Savings Bank Center (185) Hackensack, NJ
America East regular season
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 54–39	6–8 (1–0)	Costello Athletic Center (188) Lowell, MA
January 4, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bryant	W 87–64	7–8 (2–0)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,196) Orono, ME
January 9, 2025 6:07 p.m., ESPN+		at Binghamton	L 59–69	7–9 (2–1)	Dr. Bai Lee Court (1,011) Vestal, NY
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Albany	L 55–60	7–10 (2–2)	Broadview Center (1,282) Albany, NY
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		NJIT	W 71–58	8–10 (3–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (880) Orono, ME
January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMBC	W 61–47	9–10 (4–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,214) Orono, ME
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 74–44	10–10 (5–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (978) Orono, ME
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at New Hampshire	W 65–54	11–10 (6–2)	Lundholm Gym (482) Durham, NH
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Vermont	W 45–39	12–10 (7–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,181) Orono, ME
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at NJIT	L 56–61	12–11 (7–3)	Wellness and Events Center (177) Newark, NJ
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMBC	L 53–71	12–12 (7–4)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (476) Catonsville, MD
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Vermont	L 34–65	12–13 (7–5)	Patrick Gym (1,349) Burlington, VT
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Albany	L 40–56	12–14 (7–6)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,123) Orono, ME
February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Binghamton	W 54–53	13–14 (8–6)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,095) Orono, ME
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Hampshire	W 62–48	14–14 (9–6)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,275) Orono, ME
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bryant	L 57–68	14–15 (9–7)	Chace Athletic Center (375) Smithfield, RI
America East tournament
March 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	(5) NJIT Quarterfinals	W 65–51	15–15	Memorial Gymnasium (837) Orono, ME
March 10, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+	(4)	(1) Albany Semifinals	L 41–49	15–16	Broadview Center (1,156) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[7][8]