2024–25 LSU Tigers women's basketball team

2024–25 LSU Tigers women's basketball
Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 7
Record23–1 (8–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bob Starkey
  • Daphne Mitchell
  • Gary Redus II
  • Kaylin Rice
  • Joe Schwartz
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons
2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 South Carolina 9 – 0   1.000 21 – 1   .955
No. 7 LSU 8 – 1   .889 23 – 1   .958
No. 5 Texas 8 – 1   .889 22 – 2   .917
No. 12 Kentucky 8 – 1   .889 19 – 2   .905
Ole Miss 6 – 3   .667 15 – 6   .714
No. 22 Alabama 5 – 4   .556 18 – 5   .783
No. 23 Vanderbilt 5 – 4   .556 18 – 5   .783
No. 18 Tennessee 4 – 5   .444 16 – 5   .762
No. 13 Oklahoma 4 – 5   .444 16 – 6   .727
Mississippi State 3 – 6   .333 16 – 7   .696
Texas A&M 3 – 6   .333 10 – 11   .476
Florida 2 – 6   .250 11 – 11   .500
Arkansas 2 – 6   .250 9 – 14   .391
Auburn 2 – 7   .222 11 – 11   .500
Missouri 1 – 8   .111 12 – 12   .500
Georgia 1 – 8   .111 9 – 14   .391
† 2025 SEC tournament winner
As of February 2, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 LSU Tigers women's basketball team represents Louisiana State University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers are led by fourth-year head coach Kim Mulkey, and play their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center and compete as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previouss season

The Tigers finished the season 31–6 (13–3 SEC) to finish in second place. The Tigers advanced to the 2024 SEC women's basketball tournament championship game but lost to eventual National Champions No. 1 South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Albany 2 region. They defeated (14 A2) Rice in the first round, (11 A2) Middle Tennessee in the Second round, (2 A2) No. 6 UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen, and lost in the Elite Eight to (1 A2) No. 2 Iowa.

Offseason

Departures

LSU Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Ref
Angelica Velez 1 G 5'7" Freshman The Bronx, NY Transferred to Syracuse
Angel Reese 10 F 6'3" Junior Baltimore, MD 2024 WNBA draft; Selected 7th overall by the Chicago Sky
Hailey Van Lith 11 G 5'7" Graduate Student Wenatchee, WA Transferred to TCU

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jada Richard
G 		Lafayette, LA Lafayette Christian Academy 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) N/A  
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:

Incoming transfers

LSU Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Ref
Mjracle Shepparrd 1 G 5'10" Sophomore Kent, WA Mississippi State
Jersey Wolfenbarger 8 G/F 6'5" Junior Fort Smith, AR Arkansas
Kailyn Gilbert 16 G 5'8" Junior Tampa Bay, FL Arizona
Shayeann Day-Wilson 50 G 5'6" Junior Toronto, ON Miami (FL)

Roster

2024–25 LSU Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Mjracle Sheppard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Montverde Academy
Mississippi State 		Kent, WA
F 2 Amani Bartlett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Houston Christian HS Cleveland, TX
G 4 Flau'jae Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Sprayberry HS Savannah, GA
F 5 Sa'Myah Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So DeSoto HS DeSoto, TX
G/F 8 Jersey Wolfenbarger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Northside HS
Arkansas 		Fort Smith, AR
G 12 Mikaylah Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Parkway HS Bossier City, LA
G 13 Last-Tear Poa 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra
Northwest Florida State College 		Melbourne, Australia
G 14 Izzy Besselman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Episcopal School Baton Rouge, LA
G 16 Kailyn Gilbert 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr IMG Academy
Arizona 		Tampa Bay, FL
C 23 Aalyah Del Rosario 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So The Webb School The Bronx, NY
G 24 Aneesah Morrow 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Simeon Career Academy
DePaul 		Chicago, IL
G 30 Jada Richard 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Lafayette Christian Academy Lafayette, LA
G 50 Shayeann Day-Wilson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Royal Crown
Miami 		Toronto, ON
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Xavier New Orleans W 114–53 
 30 – Johnson   10 – Tied   4 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,964)
Baton Rouge, LA
October 30, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 LSU–Alexandria W 117–37 
 29 – Johnson   12 – Morrow   5 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (2,184)
Baton Rouge, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Eastern Kentucky W 95–44  1–0
  25 – Johnson   11 – Smith   3 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,822)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 8, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Northwestern State W 95–36  2–0
  24 – Johnson   7 – Johnson   4 – Williams  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,226)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 12, 2024*
11:00 a.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Charleston Southern W 117–44  3–0
  25 – Williams   20 – Morrow   9 – Gilbert  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,095)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 15, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Murray State W 74–60  4–0
  25 – Johnson   14 – Morrow   8 – Day-Wilson  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,181)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 18, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Troy W 98–59  5–0
  27 – Johnson   13 – Morrow   5 – Johnson  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,735)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 20, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 Tulane W 85–74  6–0
  25 – Johnson   16 – Morrow   5 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,005)
Baton Rouge, LA
November 25, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops 		No. 7 vs. Washington
Pink Flamingo Championship semifinals 		W 68–67  7–0
  19 – Tied   15 – Smith   7 – Day-Wilson  Baha Mar Convention Center (297)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops 		No. 7 vs. No. 20 NC State
Pink Flamingo Championship finals 		W 82–65  8–0
  24 – Williams   15 – Morrow   9 – Day-Wilson  Baha Mar Convention Center (327)
Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2024*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 7 North Carolina Central W 131–44  9–0
  22 – Johnson   11 – Morrow   4 – Day-Wilson  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,245)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 5, 2024*
8:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 5 Stanford
ACC–SEC Challenge 		W 94–88 OT 10–0
  32 – Williams   16 – Morrow   6 – Johnson  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,317)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 5 vs. Grambling State W 100–54  11–0
  26 – Morrow   16 – Morrow   5 – Williams  Brookshire Grocery Arena (8,299)
Bossier City, LA
December 15, 2024*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 4 Louisiana W 85–57  12–0
  18 – Wolfenbarger   15 – Tied   4 – Poa  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,328)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 17, 2024*
5:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 5 vs. Seton Hall
Basketball HOF Women's Showcase 		W 91–64  13–0
  24 – Morrow   19 – Morrow   5 – Williams  Mohegan Sun Arena (7,650)
Uncasville, CT
December 19, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 5 at UIC W 91–73  14–0
  23 – Johnson   13 – Morrow   7 – Williams  Credit Union 1 Arena (4,322)
Chicago, IL
December 29, 2024*
1:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 6 Albany W 83–61  15–0
  20 – Morrow   18 – Morrow   2 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,171)
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC regular season
January 2, 2025
8:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 6 at Arkansas W 98–64  16–0
(1–0) 		 16 – Gilbert   10 – Tied   8 – Day-Wilson  Bud Walton Arena (3,985)
Fayetteville, AR
January 5, 2025
3:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 6 Auburn W 73–63  17–0
(2–0) 		 21 – Morrow   14 – Morrow   4 – Williams  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,302)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 9, 2025
5:30 p.m., SECN+ 		No. 6 at No. 16 Tennessee W 89–87  18–0
(3–0) 		 23 – Morrow   21 – Morrow   3 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,220)
Knoxville, TN
January 13, 2025
6:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 Vanderbilt W 83–77  19–0
(4–0) 		 25 – Johnson   15 – Morrow   5 – Williams  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,201)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 19, 2025
12:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 at Florida W 80–63  20–0
(5–0) 		 22 – Williams   10 – Morrow   2 – Tied  Stephen C. O'Connell Center (6,568)
Gainesville, FL
January 24, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 5 at No. 2 South Carolina L 56–66  20–1
(5–1) 		 15 – Morrow   16 – Morrow   5 – Day-Wilson  Colonial Life Arena (18,000)
Columbia, SC
January 26, 2025
3:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 5 Texas A&M W 64–51  21–1
(6–1) 		 22 – Johnson   9 – Morrow   2 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,061)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 7 No. 13 Oklahoma W 107–100  22–1
(7–1) 		 37 – Williams   12 – Morrow   9 – Day-Wilson  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,637)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 2, 2025
1:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 7 Mississippi State W 81–67  23–1
(8–1) 		 22 – Williams   20 – Morrow   4 – Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,275)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 6, 2025
6:30 p.m., SECN+ 		at Missouri       Mizzou Arena 
Columbia, MO
February 9, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN 		Tennessee       Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
February 16, 2025
2:00 p.m., ABC 		at Texas       Moody Center 
Austin, TX
February 20, 2025
8:00 p.m., SECN 		Georgia       Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
February 23, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN 		at Kentucky       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
February 27, 2025
8:00 p.m., SECN 		at Alabama       Coleman Coliseum 
Tuscaloosa, AL
March 2, 2025
3:00 p.m., SECN 		Ole Miss       Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Tournament
March 5–9, 2025
 SECN 		vs.        Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
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See also

References

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  2. ^ "Ex-LSU star Hailey Van Lith transfers to TCU, source confirms". ESPN. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Brune, Matthew (April 24, 2024). "LSU lands transfer point guard Mjracle Sheppard". on3.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  4. ^ "LSU Women's Basketball Signs Transfer Jersey Wolfenbarger". lsusports.net. March 26, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  5. ^ Brune, Matthew (April 24, 2024). "Transfer guard Kailyn Gilbert commits to LSU, Kim Mulkey". on3.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Brune, Matthew (April 24, 2024). "Transfer point guard Shayeann Day-Wilson signs with LSU". on3.com. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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