2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were led by second year head coach Mark Kellogg and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 21
Record	25–8 (13–5 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 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 TCU †	16	–	2		.889			34	–	4		.895
No. 14 Baylor	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
No. 17 Oklahoma State	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
No. 16 West Virginia	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Kansas State	13	–	5		.722			28	–	8		.778
Utah	13	–	5		.722			22	–	9		.710
Iowa State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Colorado	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Cincinnati	7	–	11		.389			15	–	14		.517
Kansas	6	–	12		.333			16	–	14		.533
BYU	4	–	14		.222			13	–	17		.433
UCF	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Texas Tech	4	–	14		.222			19	–	18		.514
Arizona State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
Houston	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner 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 64–54.^[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

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Destiny Agubata W	Corona, CA	Santiago High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (92)
Jordan Thomas P	Carrollton, TX	Hebron High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (92)
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 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	W 89–54	7–0	22 – Quinerly	10 – Thomas	4 – Quinerly	Hertz Arena (277) Estero, FL
November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. Boise State Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	W 82–47	8–0	20 – Shaw	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	Hertz Arena (314) Estero, FL
December 1, 2024* 7:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. No. 5 Texas Gulf Coast Showcase championship game	L 73–78	8–1	29 – Quinnerly	5 – Watson	6 – Harrison	Hertz Arena (457) Estero, FL
December 6, 2024* 10:30 a.m., ESPN+	No. 15	East Tennessee State	W 85–40	9–1	17 – Harrison	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (8,489) Morgantown, WV
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 15	at Temple	W 68–46	10–1	15 – Watson	10 – Watson	7 – Harrison	Liacouras Center (1,672) Philadelphia, PA
Big 12 Conference Regular Season
December 21, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	at Colorado	L 60–65	10–2 (0–1)	18 – Harrison	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	CU Events Center (3,209) Boulder, CO
January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	UCF	W 80–58	11–2 (1–1)	31 – Quinerly	7 – Blacksten	6 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (5,232) Morgantown, WV
January 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	BYU	W 66–53	12–2 (2–1)	19 – Quinerly	9 – Watson	5 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (4,066) Morgantown, WV
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Texas Tech	W 89–53	13–2 (3–1)	21 – Quinerly	5 – Harrison	4 – Quinerly	United Supermarkets Arena (4,222) Lubbock, TX
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Oklahoma State	L 57–64	13–3 (3–2)	16 – Blacksten	7 – Tied	5 – Harrison	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,992) Stillwater, OK
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	Colorado	W 73–46	14–3 (4–2)	19 – Tied	7 – Harrison	4 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,153) Morgantown, WV
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., FOX	No. 20	Iowa State	W 82–68	15–3 (5–2)	20 – Tied	11 – Watson	6 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (4,444) Morgantown, WV
January 22, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	at Arizona State	W 89–59	16–3 (6–2)	29 – Quinerly	11 – Watson	8 – Harrison	Desert Financial Arena (1,571) Tempe, AZ
January 25, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	at Arizona	L 62–77	16–4 (6–3)	26 – Quinerly	6 – Watson	2 – Quinerly	McKale Center (7,773) Tucson, AZ
February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 21	No. 24 Oklahoma State	W 54–37	17–4 (7–3)	18 – Shaw	9 – Watson	4 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (5,247) Morgantown, WV
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Kansas	W 76–43	18–4 (8–3)	22 – Shaw	7 – Blacksten	3 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (3,258) Morgantown, WV
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at Houston	W 79–51	19–4 (9–3)	20 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	6 – Quinerly	Fertitta Center (901) Houston, TX
February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at No. 25 Baylor	L 65–75	19–5 (9–4)	20 – Harrison	9 – Watson	4 – Tied	Foster Pavilion (3,441) Waco, TX
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Cincinnati	W 69–50	20–5 (10–4)	29 – Quinerly	9 – Watson	4 – Watson	WVU Coliseum (5,164) Morgantown, WV
February 17, 2025 2:00 p.m., FOX	No. 17	No. 12 Kansas State	W 70–57	21–5 (11–4)	26 – Quinerly	15 – Watson	4 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (4,122) Morgantown, WV
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 10 TCU	L 50–71	21–6 (11–5)	13 – Quinerly	5 – Tied	5 – Harrison	Schollmaier Arena (5,897) Fort Worth, TX
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Utah	W 75–46	22–6 (12–5)	38 – Quinerly	8 – Tied	7 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (4,471) Morgantown, WV
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at Cincinnati	W 85–69	23–6 (13–5)	31 – Quinnerly	8 – Thomas	7 – Quinnerly	Fifth Third Arena (1,957) Cincinnati, OH
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	(4) No. 16	vs. (5) No. 20 Kansas State Quarterfinals	W 73–69	24–6	24 – Quinnerly	7 – Watson	2 – Quinnerly	T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, MO
March 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	(4) No. 16	vs. (1) No. 8 TCU Semifinals	L 65–71	24–7	20 – Quinerly	7 – Shaw	4 – Harrison	T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, MO
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 22, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPNews	(6 B3) No. 16	vs. (11 B3) Columbia First Round	W 78–59	25–7	27 – Quinerly	9 – Thomas	7 – Quinerly	Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
March 24, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	(2 B3) No. 16	at (7 B3) No. 12 North Carolina Second Round	L 47–58	25–8	10 – Harrison	15 – Watson	3 – Quinerly	Carmichael Arena (4,271) Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B2=Birmingham 2. All times are in Eastern Time. [4]

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	16	15	13	12	15	15	14	18	18	17	20	16	21	18	18	17	18	16	16	16	Not released
Coaches	15	13	12	10	14	13	14	18	18	17	20	16	20	18	18	17	19	16	15	15т

See also

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