Mode: | Women's basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2025–26 |
Team: | Penn State Lady Lions |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Record: | 8–1 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Head Coach: | Carolyn Kieger |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Assoc Coach: | Terri Williams |
Asst Coach1: | Daniel Barber |
Asst Coach2: | Pam Brown |
Asst Coach3: | Sean Bair |
Asst Coach4: | Adrienne Motley |
Stadium: | Bryce Jordan Center |
The 2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions are led by sixth-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and play their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Lady Lions finished the 2023–24 season 22–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Wisconsin in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT where they defeated George Mason in the first round, Belmont in the second round and Mississippi State in the quarterfinals before losing losing to Villanova in the semifinals.
style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= class=unsortable | Reason for Departure |
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Ali Brigham | 1 | F | 6'4" | Sophomore | Transferred to Bryant | ||||||||
Niya Beverly | 4 | G | 5'7" | Graduate student | Graduated | ||||||||
Leilani Kapinus | 5 | G | 5'10" | Freshman | Transferred to Vanderbilt | ||||||||
Tova Sabel | 10 | G | 5'10" | Sophomore | Transferred to UC Davis | ||||||||
Anna Camden | 11 | F | 6'3" | Junior | Transferred to Richmond | ||||||||
Maddie Burke | 15 | G | 6'0" | Sophomore | Transferred to Villanova | ||||||||
Makenna Marisa | 20 | G | 5'11" | Junior | Signed to play professional in Hungary | ||||||||
Nan Garcia | 24 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Transferred to Toledo | ||||||||
Kelly Jekot | 25 | G | 6'0" | Graduate student | Graduated |
style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Previous School |
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Gabby Elliott | 0 | G | 5'10" | Graduate student | Michigan State | ||||||||
Tamera Johnson | 5 | F | 5'11" | Senior | Louisiana | ||||||||
Vitoria Santana | 10 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Eastern Arizona College | ||||||||
Gracie Merkle | 44 | C | 6'6" | Sophomore | Bellarmine |
There were no recruiting class of 2024.
|-!colspan=10 style=""| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=""| Big Ten women's tournamentSource:[1]
See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
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The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.