| 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| No Of Teams: | 9 |
| Tv: | Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Regular season champion |
| Mvp Link: | Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | Summit League tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Most Outstanding Player |
| Finals Mvp Name: | Tournament MVP |
| Seasonslistnames: | Summit League women's basketball |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2025–26 Summit League women's basketball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 4, 2024. Conference play will begin on January 2, 2025 and will end on March 1, 2025 to setup the 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament. This will be the eighteenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and forty-third overall for the conference.
The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 8, 2024.[1]
First place votes in parenthesis
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Preseason Player of the Year | Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State |
| Preseason All-Summit League First Team | Jordan Jones, Denver |
| Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts | |
| Grace Larkins, South Dakota | |
| Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State | |
| Paige Meyer, South Dakota State | |
| Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts | |
| Preseason All-Summit League Second Team | Grace Cave, Omaha |
| Jade Hill, St. Thomas | |
| Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts | |
| Amber Scalia, St. Thomas | |
| Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State |
2024–25 records against non-conference foes as of December 2, 2024:
| Major 6 Conferences | Record | Major 6 Conferences | Record | |
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| ACC | 0–2 | American | 1–2 | |
| Big East | 1–1 | Big Ten | 2–4 | |
| Big 12 | 0–3 | SEC | 1–0 | |
| Major 6 Total | 5–12 | |||
| Other Division I Conferences | Record | Other Division I Conferences | Record | |
| Atlantic 10 | 1–1 | ASUN | None | |
| America East | 1–0 | Big Sky | 0–1 | |
| Big South | 0–2 | Big West | 2–0 | |
| CAA | 1–0 | Conference USA | 0–1 | |
| Horizon League | 2–1 | Ivy League | None | |
| Independents | None | MAAC | 0–1 | |
| MAC | 2–0 | MEAC | 1–0 | |
| MVC | 1–2 | MWC | 2–1 | |
| NEC | None | OVC | 3–3 | |
| Patriot League | None | SoCon | None | |
| Southland | 1–0 | SWAC | 0–1 | |
| Sun Belt | 0–1 | WAC | 1–1 | |
| WCC | 1–2 | |||
| Other Division I Total | 19–18 | |||
| NCAA Division I Total | 24–30 | |||
| NCAA Division II Total | 3–1 | |||
| NCAA Division III Total | 3–0 | |||
| NAIA Total | 4–0 | |||
| NCCAA Total | 0–0 | |||
| Total Non-Conference Record | 34–29 | |||
This will be a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Summit League teams in bold
| Date | Visitor | Home | Site | Score | Conference record | Ref | |
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| November 4, 2024 | Omaha | L 48–88 | 0–1 | [2] | |||
| November 8, 2024 | South Dakota State | W 76–71 | 1–1 | [3] | |||
| November 14, 2024 | St. Thomas | L 47–80 | 1–2 | [4] | |||
| November 16, 2024 | No. 21 Nebraska | South Dakota† | L 70–113 | 1–3 | [5] | ||
| November 17, 2024 | South Dakota State | First Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SD | L 71–75 | 1–4 | [6] | ||
| November 26, 2024 | South Dakota State† | W 75–70 | 2–4 | [7] | |||
| November 26, 2024 | Kansas City | No. 25 Nebraska | Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE | L 38–84 | 2–5 | [8] |
† denotes game was played at neutral site
^ denotes NCAA tournament game
| Denver | Kansas City | North Dakota | North Dakota State | Omaha | Oral Roberts | St. Thomas | South Dakota | South Dakota State | |||||||||
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| KC | UND | NDS | OMA | ORU | UST | USD | SDS --> | vs. Denver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| vs. Kansas City | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. North Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. North Dakota State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. Omaha | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. Oral Roberts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. St. Thomas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. South Dakota | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| vs. South Dakota State | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| KC | UND | NDS | OMA | ORU | UST | USD | SDS --> | ||||||||||
| Total | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Team | For | Against | Difference |
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| Denver | 390 | 362 | +28 |
| Kansas City | 491 | 511 | –20 |
| North Dakota | 447 | 468 | –21 |
| North Dakota State | 490 | 452 | +38 |
| Omaha | 562 | 555 | +7 |
| Oral Roberts | 492 | 429 | +63 |
| St. Thomas | 601 | 507 | +94 |
| South Dakota | 588 | 610 | –22 |
| South Dakota State | 486 | 462 | +24 |
Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.[10] [11]
Summit League members in bold
| Date Time (CT) | Road Team | Home Team | Final Score | Network | |
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| November 17, 2024 2:30 PM | Duke | South Dakota State | L 71–75 | CBSSN | |
| February 8, 2025 11 AM | Oral Roberts | South Dakota State | CBSSN |
| Team | Arena | Capacity | Total Games | Average Attendance | Attendance High | Total Attendance | % of Capacity | |
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| Denver | Hamilton Gymnasium | 2,500 | 4 | 345 | 413 Nov 24 vs. UC San Diego | 1,381 | 13.8% | |
| Kansas City | Swinney Recreation Center | 1,500 | 3 | 379 | 998 Nov 22 vs. Lindenwood | 1,139 | 25.3% | |
| North Dakota | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center | 3,300 | 3 | 1,619 | 1,712 Nov 8 vs. Eastern Illinois | 4,859 | 49.1% | |
| North Dakota State | Scheels Center | 5,460 | 3 | 870 | 1,073 Nov 4 vs. Drake | 2,610 | 15.9% | |
| Omaha | Baxter Arena | 7,898 | 3 | 1,870 | 4,866 Nov 7 vs. College of Saint Mary | 5,612 | 23.7% | |
| Oral Roberts | Mabee Center | 10,154 | 2 | 3,326 | 4,836 Nov 4 vs. Northeastern State | 6,653 | 32.8% | |
| St. Thomas | Schoenecker Arena | 1,800 | 4 | 394 | 538 Nov 4 vs. Milwaukee | 1,579 | 21.9% | |
| South Dakota | Sanford Coyote Sports Center | 6,000 | 4 | 1,544 | 1,953 Nov 4 vs. Saint Louis | 6,177 | 25.7% | |
| South Dakota State | First Bank and Trust Arena | 6,500 | 3 | 3,652 | 4,582 Nov 17 vs. No. 16 Duke | 10,957 | 56.2% |
On April 23, 2024, Kayla Karius left South Dakota after two seasons to return to Green Bay as head coach.[12] Soon after, on April 30, 2024, former Idaho head coach Carrie Eighmey was named as the Coyotes' new head coach.[13]
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Seasons at school | Overall record | Summit record | Summit titles | NCAA tournaments | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | NCAA Championships | |
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| Denver | Doshia Woods | Tulane (recruiting coordinator) | 5th | 37–76 | 23–43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kansas City | Dionnah Jackson-Durrett | Texas (Associate head coach) | 3rd | 21–53 | 6–28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Dakota | Mallory Bernhard | North Dakota (assistant) | 5th | 45–68 | 27–40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Dakota State | Jory Collins | Kansas (assistant) | 6th | 77–70 | 48-36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Omaha | Carrie Banks | Ohio State (assistant) | 5th | 37–72 | 18–45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oral Roberts | Kelsi Musick | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 3rd | 33–30 | 19–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Thomas | Ruth Sinn | Apple Valley HS | 20th | 391–142 | 18–34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Dakota | Idaho | 1st | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| South Dakota State | Aaron Johnston | South Dakota State (assistant) | 25th | 598–191 | 244–34 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Throughout the regular season, the Summit League offices will name one or two players of the week each Monday.[14]
| Week | Player(s) of the Week | School | |||
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| Nov. 11 | style= | Jade Hill | style= | St. Thomas | |
| Nov. 18 | style= | Ruthie Udoumoh | style= | Oral Roberts | |
| Nov. 25 | style= | Jalei Oglesby | style= | Oral Roberts (2) | |
| Dec. 2 | style= | Grace Larkins | style= | South Dakota |
All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. It is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The tournament will be held from March 5 to March 9, 2025.