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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
Record11–2 (1–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Greene
Assistant coaches
  • Tari Cummings
  • Sadie Edwards
Home arenaFoster Pavilion
Seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 TCU 1 0   1.000 12 1   .923
Oklahoma State 1 0   1.000 11 1   .917
Baylor 1 0   1.000 11 2   .846
Colorado 1 0   1.000 10 2   .833
Utah 1 0   1.000 10 2   .833
Arizona 1 0   1.000 10 4   .714
No. 13 Kansas State 0 0   12 1   .923
Texas Tech 0 0   11 2   .846
Cincinnati 0 0   8 2   .800
Houston 0 0   4 7   .364
Kansas 0 1   .000 10 2   .833
No. 14 West Virginia 0 1   .000 10 2   .833
BYU 0 1   .000 9 3   .750
Iowa State 0 1   .000 9 5   .643
UCF 0 1   .000 7 4   .636
Arizona State 0 1   .000 5 7   .417
2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of December 21, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fourth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

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The 2023-24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2023-24 season 26–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play good for 5th place. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would beat 12th seed Texas Tech in the Second Round, but would lose the 4th seed Iowa State in the Quarterfinals. As an At-large bit as the 5th seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, they would beat 12th seed Vanderbilt in the first round, 4th seed Virginia Tech in the second round, but would lose to 1st seed USC in the Regional Semifinals.

Offseason

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Departures

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Baylor Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Denae Fritz 1 G 5'11" Redshirt Sophomore Maryville, TN Transferred to Texas Tech
Lety Vasconcelos 25 C 6'7" Freshman Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil Transferred to Illinois
Catarina Ferreira 30 G 6'0" Senior São Paulo, Brazil Transferred to Oregon State
Aijha Blackwell 33 G/F 6'0" Graduate Berkeley, MO Graduated
Dre'una Edwards 44 F 6'0" Redshirt Graduate Las Vegas, NV Graduated

Incoming

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Baylor Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Waiata Jennings 7 G 5'9" Junior Rotorua, Zealand Collin College
Aaronette Vonleh 21 C 6'3" Senior West Linn, OR Colorado

Recruiting

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kayla Nelms
F
Miami, Florida Miami Country Day School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova
PG
Daytona Beach, Florida DME Academy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93
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 December 5, 2023.

Roster

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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Ines Goryanova 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr DME Academy Sofia, Bulgaria
G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Ohio Hartford, CT
F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Belmont Kettering, OH
G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Stanford Greenwood Village, CO
G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Classen HS Edmond, OK
G 7 Waiata Jennings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Collin College Rotorua, New Zealand
F 8 Kayla Nelms 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Miami Country Day HS Miami, FL
G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Kentucky Richmond, VA
F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA
C 21 Aaronette Vonleh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Colorado West Linn, OR
G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO
G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS MacArthur HS Irving, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Source:[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2024*
2:00 p.m.
No. 12 Langston W 100–39  --
Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 12 Incarnate Word W 85–33  1–0
Foster Pavilion (3,332)
Waco, Texas
November 10, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 12 at Oregon L 74–76  1–1
Matthew Knight Arena (6,372)
Eugene, Oregon
November 14, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 East Texas A&M W 104–55  2–1
Foster Pavilion (3,510)
Waco, Texas
November 17, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 65–42  3–1
Foster Pavilion (3,435)
Waco, Texas
November 23, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 18 vs. Southern Miss
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals
W 101–55  4–1
Imperial Arena (990)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 24, 2024*
12:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 18 vs. Indiana
Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals
L 65–73  4–2
Imperial Arena (179)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 25, 2024*
1:30 p.m., ESPNU
vs. Villanova
Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game
W 73–62  5–2
Imperial Arena (158)
Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
New Orleans W 84–58  6–2
Foster Pavilion (3,406)
Waco, Texas
December 1, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Louisiana Tech W 98–54  7–2
Foster Pavilion (3,621)
Waco, Texas
December 4, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Texas Southern W 101–29  8–2
Foster Pavilion (3,121)
Waco, Texas
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UNLV W 71–64  9–2
Foster Pavilion (3,972)
Waco, Texas
December 18, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
Utah Tech W 97–34  10–2
Foster Pavilion (6,149)
Waco, Texas
Conference regular season
December 21, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Kansas W 86–66  11–2
(1–0)
Allen Fieldhouse (3,935)
Lawrence, Kansas
January 1, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oklahoma State Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Colorado Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
January 11, 2025
4:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 
Tempe, Arizona
January 14th, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Utah Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 17, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Houston Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
January 20, 2025*
2:00 p.m., FOX
vs. UCLA
Coretta Scott King Classic
Prudential Center 
Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
at TCU Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, Texas
January 29, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UCF Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, Florida
February 2, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cincinnati Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Houston Fertitta Center 
Houston, Texas
February 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
BYU Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 11, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
West Virginia Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, Texas
February 19, 2025
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Colorado CU Events Center 
Boulder, Colorado
February 22, 2025
1:30 p.m., FOX
Iowa State Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
February 24, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum 
Manhattan, Kansas
March 2, 2025
5:30 p.m., FS1
TCU
Senior Night
Foster Pavilion 
Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 2025
 TBD
vs. TBD
First Round
T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP121718RVRVRV
Coaches12171722232121

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". baylorbears.com. Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2023.