2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	21–5 (11–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Kellogg (2nd season);
Associate head coach	JC Carter
Assistant coaches	Jessica Grayson; Erin Grant;
Home arena	WVU Coliseum
	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 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The mountaineers will be led by 2nd year head coach Mark Kellogg and will play their home games at the WVU Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous Season

The Mountaineers finished the 2023-24 season 25–8, 12–6 in Big 12^[1] play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. In the Big 12 Tournament as a No. 6 seed, they beat the No. 11 seed Cincinnati, before losing to the No. 3 seed Kansas State in the quarterfinals.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 8 seed in the Albany regional 2. They won their first round matchup against the 2023-24 Ivy League champions Princeton 63–53. They were then matched up against regional hosts No. 2 Iowa, where they lost 54–64.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

West Virginia Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Messiah Hunter	13	F	6'2"	Jr	Hopewell, VA	Transferred to Seton Hall
Tavy Diggs	21	F	6'1"	GS Senior	Richardson, TX	Graduated
Lauren Fields	23	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Shawnee, OK	Graduated
Jayla Hemmingway	00	G	5'11"	Senior	Collierville, TN	Graduated
Ainhoa Holze	5	G	5'9"	Fr	Martigny, Switzerland	Unknown

Incoming

West Virginia Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sydney Shaw	5	G	5'9"	Junior	Miami, FL	Auburn
Célia Riviére	37	F	6'3"	Junior	Paris, France	Northwest Florida State

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Destiny Agubata W	Corona, CA	Santiago High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Destiny Agubata W	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Jordan Thomas P	Carrollton, TX	Hebron High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Jordan Thomas P	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Sydney Woodley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Paloma Valley High School Long Beach State	Menifee, CA
G	4	Destiny Agubata	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Santiago HS	Moreno Valley, CA
G	5	Sydney Shaw	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	DME Academy Auburn	Miami, FL
F	8	Danelle Arigbabu	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College	Berlin, Germany
G	10	Jordan Harrison	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Classen SAS Stephen F. Austin	Oklahoma Ciry, OK
G	11	JJ Quinerly	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Lake Taylor	Norfolk, VA
F	14	Kylee Blacksten	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Air Academy Colorado	Colorado Springs, CO
F	17	Feryal Defne Atli	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Ari College Cankaya University	Mersin, Turkey
G	22	Zya Nugent	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Denison Stephen F. Austin	Denison, TX
F	23	Jordan Thomas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Hebron HS	Carrollton, TX
G	24	Ashala Moseberry	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Madison East South Plains College	Madison, WI
G	32	Kyah Watson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Stevens South Dakota	Rapid City, SD
F	33	Tirzah Moore	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Jones Oral Roberts	Oklahoma City, OK
F	37	Célia Riviére	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Lattes Montpellier Northwest Florida State	Paris, France

Head coach

Mark Kellogg (Austin College)

Assistant coach(es)

JC Carter (Southwest Baptist)
Jessica Grayson (Austin Peay)
Erin Grant (Texas Tech)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 10/15/2024

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	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+	No. 16	Towson	W 85–41	1–0	23 – Harrison	9 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (2,079) Morgantown, WV
November 9, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	Niagara	W 110–41	2–0	21 – Harrison	13 – Watson	7 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,166) Morgantown, WV
November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	W 82–54	3–0	17 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,614) Morgantown, WV
November 15, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	Texas A&M	W 83–62	4–0	27 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	8 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,714) Morgantown, WV
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	Bowling Green	W 78–47	5–0	20 – Harrison	8 – Watson	6 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (2,772) Morgantown, WV
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	Lafayette	W 98–28	6–0	19 – Quinerly	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (3,042) Morgantown, WV
November 29, 2024* 1:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. High Point Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 89–54	7–0	22 – Quinerly	10 – Thomas	4 – Quinerly	Hertz Arena (277) Estero, FL
November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. Boise State Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	W 82–47	8–0	20 – Shaw	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	Hertz Arena (314) Estero, FL
December 1, 2024* 7:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 12	vs. No. 5 Texas Gulf Coast Showcase championship game	L 73–78	8–1	29 – Quinnerly	5 – Watson	6 – Harrison	Hertz Arena (457) Estero, FL
December 6, 2024* 10:30 a.m., ESPN+	No. 15	East Tennessee State	W 85–40	9–1	17 – Harrison	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (8,489) Morgantown, WV
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 15	at Temple	W 68–46	10–1	15 – Watson	10 – Watson	7 – Harrison	Liacouras Center (1,672) Philadelphia, PA
Big 12 Conference Regular Season
December 21, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	at Colorado	L 60–65	10–2 (0–1)	18 – Harrison	8 – Watson	5 – Harrison	CU Events Center (3,209) Boulder, CO
January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	UCF	W 80–58	11–2 (1–1)	31 – Quinerly	7 – Blacksten	6 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (5,232) Morgantown, WV
January 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	BYU	W 66–53	12–2 (2–1)	19 – Quinerly	9 – Watson	5 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (4,066) Morgantown, WV
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Texas Tech	W 89–53	13–2 (3–1)	21 – Quinerly	5 – Harrison	4 – Quinerly	United Supermarkets Arena (4,222) Lubbock, TX
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Oklahoma State	L 57–64	13–3 (3–2)	16 – Blacksten	7 – Tied	5 – Harrison	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,992) Stillwater, OK
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	Colorado	W 73–46	14–3 (4–2)	19 – Tied	7 – Harrison	4 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (3,153) Morgantown, WV
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., FOX	No. 20	Iowa State	W 82–68	15–3 (5–2)	20 – Tied	11 – Watson	6 – Harrison	WVU Coliseum (4,444) Morgantown, WV
January 22, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	at Arizona State	W 89–59	16–3 (6–2)	29 – Quinerly	11 – Watson	8 – Harrison	Desert Financial Arena (1,571) Tempe, AZ
January 25, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 16	at Arizona	L 62–77	16–4 (6–3)	26 – Quinerly	6 – Watson	2 – Quinerly	McKale Center (7,773) Tucson, AZ
February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 21	No. 24 Oklahoma State	W 54–37	17–4 (7–3)	18 – Shaw	9 – Watson	4 – Quinerly	WVU Coliseum (5,247) Morgantown, WV
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Kansas	W 76–43	18–4 (8–3)	22 – Shaw	7 – Blacksten	3 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (3,258) Morgantown, WV
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at Houston	W 79–51	19–4 (9–3)	20 – Quinerly	8 – Watson	6 – Quinerly	Fertitta Center (901) Houston, TX
February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at No. 25 Baylor	L 65–75	19–5 (9–4)	20 – Harrison	9 – Watson	4 – Tied	Foster Pavilion (3,441) Waco, TX
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Cincinnati	W 69–50	20–5 (10–4)	29 – Quinerly	9 – Watson	4 – Watson	WVU Coliseum (5,164) Morgantown, WV
February 17, 2025 2:00 p.m., FOX	No. 17	No. 12 Kansas State	W 70–57	21–5 (11–4)	26 – Quinerly	15 – Watson	4 – Tied	WVU Coliseum (4,122) Morgantown, WV
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 10 TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Utah						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cincinnati						Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
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 Eastern Time. ^[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	16	15	13	12	15	15	14	18	18	17	20	16	21	18	18	17				Not released
Coaches	15	13	12	10	14	13	14	18	18	17	20	16	20	18	18	17

References

^ "2023-24 WVU Women's Basketball schedule". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "2024 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament". big12sports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "2024 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament". ncaa.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball Schedule 2024-25".

[1] "2023-24 WVU Women's Basketball schedule". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[2] "2024 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament". big12sports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[3] "2024 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament". ncaa.com. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[4] "Women's Basketball Schedule 2024-25".

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