| Sport: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2024-25 |
| Team: | USC Trojans |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Coachrank: | 6 |
| Aprank: | 6 |
| Record: | 7–1 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Beth Burns (3rd season) |
| Asst Coach3: | Wendale Farrow (4th season) |
| Asst Coach4: | Willnett Crockett (2nd season) |
| Asst Coach5: | Courtney Jaco (2nd season) |
The 2024–25 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans are led by fourth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, and play their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. This marks the program's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
USC enters their first season in the Big Ten ranked No. 1 in the preseason coaches poll.
The Women of Troy finished the Pac-12 regular season tied for second with UCLA. USC held the tiebreaker over UCLA, earning then the 2-seed in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, where they won.
The squad earned their second straight bid for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, earning a No. 1 seed in the Portland region. They went on to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Round, Kansas in the Second Round, and Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen, but lost to Connecticut in the Elite Eight.
They started the season ranked No. 21 and finished the season with a No. 5 AP ranking and a No. 6 ranking in the Coaches' poll.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Bigby | 1 | G | 6'1" | Jr | Las Vegas, NV | Transferred to TCU. | |
| India Otto | 2 | G | 5'9" | GS | Los Angeles, CA | Joined staff as Coordinator of Player Engagement. Graduated. | |
| Kayla Williams | 4 | G | 5'7" | Sr | Los Angeles, CA | Transferred to UC Berkeley. Graduated. | |
| Kaitlyn Davis | 24 | G/F | 6'0" | GS | Norwalk, CT | Drafted in the 3rd Round (35th Overall) in the 2024 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty. Graduated. | |
| McKenzie Forbes | 25 | G | 6'0" | GS | Folsom, CA | Drafted in the 3rd Round (28th Overall) in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. Graduated. | |
| Roxane Makolo | 30 | G | 5'10" | GS | Quebec, CA | Transferred to Georgia. | |
| Kayla Padilla | 45 | G | 5'9" | GS | Torrance, CA | Graduated |
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiki Iriafen | 44 | F | 6'3" | GS | Los Angeles, CA | Stanford | |
| Talia von Oelhoffen | 55 | G | 5'11" | GS | Tri-Cities, WA | Oregon State |
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| Name | Overall Rank | Position | Hometown | High School | Height | ESPN Stars | ESPN Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Iwuchukwu | 47 | F | Imo State, Nigeria | Montverde Academy | 6'3" | 4 | 94 | |
| Rian Forester | 53 | G | Helotes, TX | Brandeis | 5'11" | 4 | 94 | |
| Laura Williams | 89 | F | Tampa, FL | St. Paul VI Catholic | 6'1" | 4 | 91 | |
| Kayleigh Heckel | 28 | G | Port Chester, NY | Long Island Lutheran | 5'9" | 5 | 97 | |
| Kennedy Smith | 6 | G | Chino, CA | Etiwanda | 6'1" | 5 | 98 | |
| Avery Howell | 23 | G | Boise, ID | Boise | 6'0" | 5 | 97 | |
| Brooklyn Shamblin | G | Carpinteria, CA | Oaks Christian | 5'9" | 3 |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Women's TournamentSource: USCTrojans.com[2]
This section will be filled in as the season progresses.
Source:
See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.