2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball
2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	5–20 (1–13 Big 12)
Head coach	Ronald Hughey (11th season);
Associate head coach	Tai Dillard ; Vonn Read
Assistant coach	Chynna Grimes
Home arena	Fertitta Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Baylor	14	–	2	.875	24	–	5	.828
No. 10 TCU	13	–	2	.867	25	–	3	.893
No. 12 Kansas State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	4	.862
No. 24 Oklahoma State	12	–	4	.750	22	–	5	.815
No. 17 West Virginia	11	–	4	.733	21	–	5	.808
Utah	11	–	4	.733	20	–	6	.769
Iowa State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	10	.655
Colorado	8	–	8	.500	17	–	10	.630
Arizona	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Cincinnati	7	–	8	.467	15	–	10	.600
Kansas	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
BYU	4	–	12	.250	13	–	14	.481
Texas Tech	3	–	13	.188	14	–	15	.483
UCF	3	–	13	.188	10	–	16	.385
Arizona State	3	–	13	.188	9	–	19	.321
Houston	1	–	15	.063	5	–	22	.185

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of February 22, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by eleventh-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 14–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3 way for eleventh place. As a No. 13 seed in the Big 12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

Offseason

Departures

Houston Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Bria Patterson	1	F	5'11"	GS Senior	DeSoto, TX	Graduated
N'Yah Boyd	5	G	5'6"	GS Senior	Mesquite, TX	Graduated
Britney Onyeje	10	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Pflugerville, TX	Graduated
Ash'a Thompson	11	G	5'10"	Senior	DeSoto, TX	Transferred to Prairie View A&M
Djessira Diaware	30	F	6'3"	Senior	Bamako, Mali	Transferred to San Jose State
Amari Conn	32	G	5'7"	Senior	Kansas City, MO	Graduated
Logyn McNeil	33	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Rockwall, TX	TBD
Kamryn Jones	34	F	6'1"	Senior	Magnolia, TX	Transferred to Louisiana
Shalexxus Aaron	35	G	6'1"	Senior	Apple Valley, CA	Graduated

Incoming

Houston Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Leilani Augmon	0	G	5'11"	Senior	San Jose, CA	Troy^[1]
Summer Bostock	8	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Toronto, ON	Maryland
Kateri Poole	15	G	5'8"	Senior	Bronx, NY	LSU^[2]
Kiera Edmonds	21	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Brooklyn, NY	Wagner
Eylia Love	24	G	6'1"	Senior	Kansas City, MO	Louisville
Ashley Chevalier	25	G	5'7"	Senior	Chatsworth, CA	Texas Tech

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Leilani Augmon	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Silver Creek Troy	Orlando, FL
G	2	Kierra Merchant	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Westfield	Spring, TX
G	3	Gia Cooke	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Bishop McNamara Maryland	Clinton, MD
F	5	Maliyah Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Africentric Early College Pittsburgh	Columbus, OH
G	8	Summer Bostock	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	King's Christian Collegiate Maryland	Toronto, ON
G	14	Laila Blair	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Waller	Houston, TX
G	15	Kateri Poole	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	South Shore LSU	Bronx, NY
G	20	Tatiana Arevalo (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Reedy	Frisco, TX
F	21	Kiera Edmonds	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Brooklyn & Law Tech Wagner	Brooklyn, New York
F	22	Avalon Miller	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Riverton Gulf Coast State College	Salt Lake City, UT
G	24	Eylia Love	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Olathe North Louisville	Kansas City, MO
G	25	Ashley Chevalier	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Sierra Canyon Texas Tech	Chatsworth, CA
F	42	Peyton McFarland	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Boise Utah	Boise, ID

Head coach

Ronald Hughey (Limestone College)

Assistant coach(es)

Tai Dillard (Texas)
Vonn Read (Clark Atlanta)
Chynna Grimes (Wichita State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UT Rio Grande Valley	L 68–70	0–1	18 – Tied	8 – Augmon	6 – Chevalier	Fertitta Center (759) Houston, TX
November 8, 2024* 5:00 p.m., SECN+	at Georgia	L 47–61	0–2	17 – Love	9 – Love	3 – Chevalier	Stegeman Coliseum (1,739) Athens, GA
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice Rivalry	L 48–60	0–3	21 – Cooke	7 – Augmon	2 – Love	Tudor Fieldhouse (869) Houston, TX
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian	W 54–52	1–3	14 – Love	5 – Tied	5 – Cooke	Fertitta Center (751) Houston, TX
November 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Alcorn State	W 73–48	2–3	13 – Merchant	10 – Love	5 – Chevalier	Fertitta Center (608) Houston, TX
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Texas	L 53–69	2–4	19 – Love	8 – Love	2 – Love	Fertitta Center (864) Houston, TX
November 29, 2024* 1:15 p.m., YouTube	vs. Minnesota Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament	L 44–61	2–5	10 – Tied	6 – Tied	3 – Chevalier	Alario Center (214) Westwego, LA
November 30, 2024* 3:30 p.m., YouTube	vs. Pacific Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament	L 60–64	2–6	15 – Cooke	5 – Augmon	2 – Tied	Alario Center (178) Westwego, LA
December 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at UT Arlington	L 57–61	2–7	18 – Blair	13 – Love	6 – Blair	College Park Center (901) Arlington, TX
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southeastern Louisiana	W 70–65	3–7	19 – Blair	10 – Augmon	2 – Tied	Fertitta Center (846) Houston, TX
December 17, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Mississippi Valley State	W 98–40	4–7	30 – Merchant	17 – Love	6 – Blair	Fertitta Center (1,229) Houston, TX
Big 12 regular season
December 22, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas Tech	L 59–74	4–8 (0–1)	12 – Cooke	5 – McFarland	2 – Augmon	United Supermarkets Arena (4,227) Lubbock, TX
January 1, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12 Kansas State	L 55–74	4–9 (0–2)	16 – Love	6 – Love	3 – Blair	Fertitta Center (739) Houston, TX
January 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona State	L 60–69	4–10 (0–3)	18 – McFarland	13 – McFarland	10 – Chevalier	Fertitta Center (904) Houston, TX
January 8, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU	L 75–89	4–11 (0–4)	23 – Merchant	5 – Tied	5 – Blair	Marriott Center (1,492) Provo, UT
January 11, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 22 Utah	L 42–69	4–12 (0–5)	16 – Blair	5 – Merchant	3 – Blair	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,326) Salt Lake City, UT
January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24 Oklahoma State	W 79–76	5–12 (1–5)	20 – Merchant	11 – Augmon	7 – Blair	Fertitta Center (613) Houston, TX
January 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Baylor	L 51–70	5–13 (1–6)	17 – Cooke	7 – Love	2 – Tied	Foster Pavilion (3,321) Waco, TX
January 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Texas Tech	L 44–62	5–14 (1–7)	15 – Blair	7 – Love	3 – Blair	Fertitta Center (611) Houston, TX
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas	L 43–57	5–15 (1–8)	16 – Blair	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Fertitta Center (1,405) Houston, TX
January 29, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Cincinnati	L 65–73	5–16 (1–9)	21 – Hayes	18 – Hayes	2 – Tied	Fifth Third Arena (1,495) Cincinnati, OH
February 1, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at UCF	L 56–70	5–17 (1–10)	19 – Blair	9 – McFarland	6 – Cooke	Addition Financial Arena (1,327) Orlando, FL
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Baylor	L 47–92	5–18 (1–11)	13 – Tied	7 – McFarland	3 – Blair	Fertitta Center (1,187) Houston, TX
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18 West Virginia	L 51–79	5–19 (1–12)	16 – Cooke	10 – Merchant	5 – Blair	Fertitta Center (901) Houston, TX
February 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Colorado	L 60–83	5–20 (1–13)	18 – Blair	6 – Merchant	3 – Tied	CU Events Center (4,494) Boulder, CO
February 19, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Iowa State	L 53-64	5-21 (1-14)	13 – Tied	8 – Tied	7 – Love	Hilton Coliseum (9,047) Ames, IA
February 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona	L 72-74 ^OT	5-22 (1-15)	21 – Blair	14 – Love	5 – Blair	Fertitta Center (1,198) Houston, TX
February 26, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UCF						Fertitta Center Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "Leilani Augmon will continue her college career at Houston". USBasket.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
^ Darcey, Reed (May 5, 2024). "Two former LSU women's basketball guards have announced their transfer destinations". NOLA.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
^ "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.

[1] "Leilani Augmon will continue her college career at Houston". USBasket.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

[2] Darcey, Reed (May 5, 2024). "Two former LSU women's basketball guards have announced their transfer destinations". NOLA.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

[3] "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References