2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 19
Record	1–1 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Brooke Wyckoff (4th season);
Associate head coach	Bill Ferrara (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Morgan Toles (5th season); Desma Thomas Bateast (2nd season); Adam Surguine (5th season); Abigail Yuan (1st season);
Home arena	Donald L. Tucker Center; (Capacity: 12,100)
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boston College	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
California	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Clemson	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
No. 11 Duke	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
No. 15 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Stanford	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	1.000
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 9 NC State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 6 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
SMU	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 19 Florida State	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
No. 17 Louisville	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500
Virginia	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	.500

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of November 8, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team represents Florida State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Brooke Wyckoff, who previously served as interim head coach for the team during the 2020–21 season. The Seminoles play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the season 23–11 overall and 12–6 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated fourteenth seed Wake Forest in the second round and third seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals before losing to second seed NC State in the semifinals. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament, marking the eleventh consecutive year the team has qualified for the tournament. As the ninth seed in the Portland 4 were defeated by eighth seed Alabama in the first round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Alexis Tucker	2	G	5'11"	Graduate student	Hawthorne, CA	Graduated
Sara Bejedi	4	G	5'7"	Graduate student	Helsinki, Finland	Graduated
Lucia Navarro	11	F	6'0"	Freshman	Valencia, Spain	Transferred to Oregon State^[1]
Sakyia White	22	F	6'1"	Junior	Tuscaloosa, AL	Transferred to Louisiana–Monroe^[2]

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Raiane Dias Dos Santos	4	G	5'9"	Freshman	São Paulo, Brazil	Gulf Coast State^[3]
Morelia Chavez	8	F	6'1"	Junior	Morelia, Mexico	Eastern Arizona^[4]
Sydney Bowles	11	G	6'0"	Junior	Lithonia, GA	Texas A&M^[5]
Malea Williams	22	F	6'4"	Graduate student	Georgetown, KY	Cincinnati^[6]

2024 recruiting class

The Seminoles did not have any incoming freshman in the 2024 class.^[7]

Roster

2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	00	Ta'Niya Latson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	American Heritage	Miami, FL
G	1	Brianna Turnage	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Westlake	Atlanta, GA
G	3	O'Mariah Gordon	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Braden River	Bradenton, FL
G	4	Raiane Dias Dos Santos	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Gulf Coast State	São Paulo, Brazil
F	5	Mariana Valenzuela	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Montverde Academy	Mazatlán, Mexico
F	8	Morelia Chavez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	C.N.A.R. Eastern Arizona	Morelia, Mexico
G	11	Sydney Bowles	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Woodward Academy Texas A&M	Lithonia, GA
G	13	Carla Viegas	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	CAB Estepona	Málaga, Spain
F	21	Makayla Timpson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Early County	Edison, GA
F	22	Malea Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Scott County Cincinnati	Georgetown, KY
G	24	Amaya Bonner	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Santa Cruz California	Fremont, CA
F	32	Avery Treadwell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Bearden	Knoxville, TN

Head coach

Brooke Wyckoff (Florida State)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Ferrara (Florida)
Morgan Toles (Florida State)
Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL))
Adam Surguine (Lancaster Bible College)
Abigail Yuan (Southern Miss)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 21, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 23, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	Tampa	W 91–46	–	26 – Latson	11 – Timpson	4 – Gordon	Donald L. Tucker Center (–) Tallahassee, FL
October 30, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	West Florida	W 93–70	–	28 – Timpson	13 – Timpson	3 – Latson	Donald L. Tucker Center (–) Tallahassee, FL
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX	No. 19	North Florida	W 119–49	1–0	27 – Latson	22 – Timpson	4 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,132) Tallahassee, FL
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 19	at Illinois	L 74–83	1–1	27 – Latson	14 – Timpson	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (3,741) Champaign, IL
November 11, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida A&M						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
November 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Samford						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
November 18, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina Central						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida Rivalry						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
November 28, 2024* 9:00 p.m.		vs. Texas Tech Paradise Jam						Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2024* 6:30 p.m.		vs. Missouri State Paradise Jam						Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 30, 2024* 9:00 p.m.		vs. Gonzaga Paradise Jam						Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
December 4, 2024* 7:15 p.m., SECN		at Tennessee ACC–SEC Challenge						Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
December 8, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN		SMU						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Drexel						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
December 19, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Jacksonville						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech						Casell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 5, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 9, 2025 10:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
January 12, 2025 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL)						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 26, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at North Carolina						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College						Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
February 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
February 9, 2025 12:00 p.m., The CW		NC State						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 16, 2025 TBA, The CW		at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 27, 2025 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Notre Dame						Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Duke						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
ACC women's tournament
TBA TBA, ACCN/ESPN		vs. TBD						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source:^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	19
Coaches	19

Awards

Watchlists

Player	Watchlist	Ref.
Ta'Niya Latson	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award	^[9]^[10]
Makayla Timpson	Naismith Trophy Katrina McClain Award	^[11]^[12]

Honors

Honors
Player	Award	Ref.
Ta'Niya Latson	Pre-season All-ACC Team	^[13]
Makayla Timpson	Pre-season All-ACC Team	^[14]

References

^ Gehrett, Les (April 29, 2024). "OSU women's basketball: Beavers add transfer Lucia Navarro". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Florida State Transfer Sakyia White Joins ULM Women's Basketball". ulmwarhawks.com. University of Louisiana-Monroe Athletics. April 13, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Ferrante, Bob (April 22, 2024). "FSU women's hoops adds transfer Raiane Dias Dos Santos". floridastate.rivals.com. Rivals. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Stone, Stephen (May 23, 2024). "Women's Basketball Adds Third Offseason Transfer". seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ FSU sports information (May 25, 2024). "FSU women's basketball adds Texas A&M transfer Sydney Bowles to 2024-25 roster". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ Stone, Stephen (April 26, 2024). "Women's Hoops Signs Impact Forward". seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Florida State". ESPN. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Florida State Seminoles Women's Basketball Schedule". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Latson, Timpson Named To Naismith Trophy Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Latson Named to Wooden Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
^ "Latson, Timpson Named To Naismith Trophy Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Timpson Named to Katrina McClain Top 20". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
^ "Latson, Timpson Named Preseason All-ACC". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
^ "Latson, Timpson Named Preseason All-ACC". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[1] Gehrett, Les (April 29, 2024). "OSU women's basketball: Beavers add transfer Lucia Navarro". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[2] "Florida State Transfer Sakyia White Joins ULM Women's Basketball". ulmwarhawks.com. University of Louisiana-Monroe Athletics. April 13, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[3] Ferrante, Bob (April 22, 2024). "FSU women's hoops adds transfer Raiane Dias Dos Santos". floridastate.rivals.com. Rivals. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[4] Stone, Stephen (May 23, 2024). "Women's Basketball Adds Third Offseason Transfer". seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[5] FSU sports information (May 25, 2024). "FSU women's basketball adds Texas A&M transfer Sydney Bowles to 2024-25 roster". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[6] Stone, Stephen (April 26, 2024). "Women's Hoops Signs Impact Forward". seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[7] "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Florida State". ESPN. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[8] "2024–25 Florida State Seminoles Women's Basketball Schedule". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[9] "Latson, Timpson Named To Naismith Trophy Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[10] "Latson Named to Wooden Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

[11] "Latson, Timpson Named To Naismith Trophy Watch List". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[12] "Timpson Named to Katrina McClain Top 20". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.

[13] "Latson, Timpson Named Preseason All-ACC". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.

[14] "Latson, Timpson Named Preseason All-ACC". Florida State University Athletic Department. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.

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