2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	19–5 (12–1 Horizon)
Head coach	Kayla Karius (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Sarah Bronk; Kate Peterson Abiad; Liz Oswald; Shay Frederick;
Home arena	Kress Events Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Horizon League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue Fort Wayne	15	–	0	1.000	20	–	5	.800
Green Bay	14	–	1	.933	21	–	5	.808
Cleveland State	11	–	3	.786	20	–	5	.800
Oakland	6	–	8	.429	8	–	15	.348
Northern Kentucky	6	–	8	.429	9	–	16	.360
Detroit Mercy	6	–	8	.429	12	–	10	.545
Robert Morris	6	–	9	.400	10	–	14	.417
IU Indy	5	–	10	.333	6	–	18	.250
Youngstown State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Wright State	4	–	11	.267	6	–	19	.240
Milwaukee	3	–	12	.200	6	–	20	.231

† 2025 Horizon League tournament winner As of February 8, 2025

The 2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by first-year head coach Kayla Karius, play their home games at the Kress Events Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin as members of the Horizon League.

Previous season

The Phoenix finished the 2023–24 season 27–7, 17–3 in Horizon League play, to finish in second place.^[1] They defeated Youngstown State,^[2] Purdue Fort Wayne,^[3] and top-seeded Cleveland State to win the Horizon League tournament championship, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance since 2018.^[4] They received the #11 seed in the Portland Regional 4,^[5] where they would fall to #6 region seed Tennessee in the first round.^[6]

On April 10, 2024, longtime head coach Kevin Borseth announced his retirement, ending his second stint as head coach, and his 21st season overall.^[7] On April 23, the school announced that they would be hiring South Dakota head coach and Green Bay alum Kayla Karius as the team's next head coach.^[8]

Roster

2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Cassie Schiltz	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Luxemburg-Casco High School	Luxemburg, Wisconsin
G	3	Miah Meyer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Eastern Illinois	Silver Lake, Minnesota
G	4	Maren Westin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Becker High School	Becker, Minnesota
F	5	Sophie Lahti	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Pine City High School	Pine City, Minnesota
G	10	Julianna Ouimette	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Lehigh	Minocqua, Wisconsin
G	11	Natalie McNeal	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Saint Louis	Germantown, Wisconsin
G	12	Callie Genke	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Freedom High School	Wrightstown, Wisconsin
F	21	Jasmine Kondrakiewicz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Pius XI High School	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	22	Bailey Butler	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Black Hawk High School	South Wayne, Wisconsin
G	24	Ellie Buzzelle	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Eastern Illinois	Rogers, Minnesota
F/C	30	Jenna Guyer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Centennial High School	Circle Pines, Minnesota
G/F	34	Maddy Schreiber	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Kimberly High School	Appleton, Wisconsin
F/C	55	Meghan Schultz	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Fr	New Berlin West High School	Waukesha, Wisconsin

Head coach

Kayla Karius (Green Bay)

Assistant coach(es)

Sarah Bronk (St. Thomas (MN))
Kate Peterson Abiad (UW–Stevens Point)
Liz Oswald (UW–Stout)
Shay Frederick (Butler)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 4, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+	at No. 13 Kansas State	L 45–92	0–1	14 – McNeal	7 – McNeal	3 – Butler	Bramlage Coliseum (4,408) Manhattan, KS
November 9, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+/TV32	Northern Iowa	L 56–71	0–2	13 – McNeal	6 – Kondrakiewicz	5 – Schreiber	Kress Events Center (1,884) Green Bay, WI
November 13, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at UIC	W 74–71	1–2	25 – Schreiber	8 – McNeal	6 – tied	Credit Union 1 Arena (667) Chicago, IL
November 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, SLN	at North Dakota	W 66–63	2–2	13 – Schreiber	10 – Kondrakiewicz	5 – Butler	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,599) Grand Forks, ND
November 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	DePaul	W 70–57	3–2	17 – McNeal	5 – tied	6 – Schreiber	Kress Events Center (1,869) Green Bay, WI
November 28, 2024* 10:00 am, FloHoops	vs. Virginia Puerto Rico Shootout	L 61–66	3–3	18 – Genke	10 – Kondrakiewicz	5 – Butler	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
November 29, 2024* 10:00 am, FloHoops	vs. Drake Puerto Rico Shootout	W 64–59	4–3	15 – McNeal	8 – McNeal	3 – Schreiber	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
November 30, 2024* 9:00 am, FloHoops	vs. Norfolk State Puerto Rico Shootout	W 55–54	5–3	23 – Schreiber	12 – Kondrakiewicz	4 – Kondrakiewicz	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
December 4, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+	IU Indy	W 78–56	6–3 (1–0)	16 – Schreiber	8 – Kondrakiewicz	6 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,640) Green Bay, WI
December 7, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Purdue Fort Wayne	L 66–67	6–4 (1–1)	20 – Kondrakiewicz	13 – Kondrakiewicz	5 – Butler	Gates Sports Center (478) Fort Wayne, IN
December 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Milwaukee	W 86–53	7–4 (2–1)	20 – Schreiber	7 – McNeal	12 – Butler	Klotsche Center (624) Milwaukee, WI
December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Creighton	L 52–74	7–5	19 – McNeal	6 – tied	3 – McNeal	Kress Events Center (1,938) Green Bay, WI
December 19, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Ripon	W 75–42	8–5	15 – McNeal	13 – Kondrakiewicz	6 – Meyer	Kress Events Center (1,810) Green Bay, WI
December 21, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Parkside	W 72–39	9–5	18 – Guyer	9 – McNeal	6 – Schiltz	Kress Events Center (1,843) Green Bay, WI
January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Kentucky	W 78–59	10–5 (3–1)	22 – Guyer	9 – McNeal	11 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,750) Green Bay, WI
January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Wright State	W 69–51	11–5 (4–1)	14 – Genke	10 – Guyer	8 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,904) Green Bay, WI
January 9, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at Youngstown State	W 58–50	12–5 (5–1)	17 – McNeal	5 – tied	5 – Butler	Beeghly Center (1,328) Youngstown, OH
January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Robert Morris	W 78–48	13–5 (6–1)	22 – McNeal	18 – McNeal	5 – tied	UPMC Events Center (207) Moon Township, PA
January 16, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Detroit Mercy	W 70–47	14–5 (7–1)	17 – Kondrakiewicz	9 – Kondrakiewicz	6 – tied	Kress Events Center (1,619) Green Bay, WI
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Oakland	W 69–39	15–5 (8–1)	22 – Genke	8 – McNeal	6 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,969) Green Bay, WI
January 23, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Wright State	W 75–62	16–5 (9–1)	31 – Kondrakiewicz	12 – McNeal	5 – McNeal	Nutter Center (1,038) Fairborn, OH
January 25, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Kentucky	W 64–56	17–5 (10–1)	14 – Schiltz	9 – Kondrakiewicz	8 – Butler	Truist Arena (1,380) Highland Heights, KY
January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+/TV32	Cleveland State	W 66–52	18–5 (11–1)	24 – McNeal	7 – tied	6 – Meyer	Kress Events Center (2,177) Green Bay, WI
February 2, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at IU Indy	W 76–54	19–5 (12–1)	15 – tied	6 – tied	4 – tied	The Jungle (595) Indianapolis, IN
February 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Youngstown State						Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Robert Morris						Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Oakland						OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI
February 15, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Detroit Mercy						Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
February 19, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cleveland State						Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
February 22, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Milwaukee						Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Purdue Fort Wayne						Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
Horizon League tournament
March 4–11, 2025 ESPN+/ESPN2	vs.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[9]^[10]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "UWGB women's basketball is headed to Indianapolis for the Horizon League semifinals, shot at NCAA bid". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Phoenix WBB beats PFW, advances to Horizon League championship". WBAY-TV. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Green Bay women take down top-seeded Cleveland State 64-40 to claim Horizon League Tournament title". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Lady Vols basketball cruises to March Madness second round with blowout win vs Green Bay". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Green Bay women's basketball coach Kevin Borseth announces retirement". Fox 11. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach". AP News. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Wisconsin Green Bay Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
^ "Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[2] "UWGB women's basketball is headed to Indianapolis for the Horizon League semifinals, shot at NCAA bid". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[3] "Phoenix WBB beats PFW, advances to Horizon League championship". WBAY-TV. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[4] "Green Bay women take down top-seeded Cleveland State 64-40 to claim Horizon League Tournament title". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[5] "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[6] "Lady Vols basketball cruises to March Madness second round with blowout win vs Green Bay". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[7] "Green Bay women's basketball coach Kevin Borseth announces retirement". Fox 11. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[8] "Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach". AP News. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[9] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Wisconsin Green Bay Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

[10] "Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 4, 2025.

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