Sport: | women's basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | North Alabama Lions |
Conference: | ASUN Conference |
Short Conf: | ASUN |
Record: | 4–3 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Head Coach: | Candi Whitaker |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Sandra Abston |
Asst Coach2: | Ty Margenthaler |
Asst Coach3: | Haley Troup |
Arena: | CB&S Bank Arena |
The 2024–25 North Alabama Lions women's basketball team represent the University of North Alabama during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by first-year head coach Candi Whitaker, play their home games at the CB&S Bank Arena located in Florence, Alabama, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).
The Lions finished the 2023–24 season 12–18, 8–8 in ASUN play, to finish in a tie for sixth place.[1] As the number 6 seed in the ASUN tournament, they were defeated by number 3 seed Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals.[2]
On March 11, following the tournament loss, the university announced that head coach Missy Tiber would not return as coach. Tiber had been the head coach for eleven seasons and compiled a 172–146 record.[3]
On March 25, it was announced that Candi Whitaker would become the head coach. Whitaker had previously coached the Texas Tech Lady Raiders and the Missouri Western Griffons. In her five seasons at Missouri Western, she led the Griffons to a record of 100–47 and led the team to the Elite Eight in the 2022 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. Whitaker signed a four-year deal with the Lions that lasts through April 30, 2028.[4] [5]
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