2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	1–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	JR Payne (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Toriano Towns; Alex Earl; Tim Hays;
Home arena	CU Events Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 8 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 13 Kansas State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Utah	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 12 Baylor	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Colorado	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
TCU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 16 West Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represents the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes are by ninth year head coach JR Payne and play their home games at the CU Events Center. This season is Colorado's first season as members of the Big 12 Conference since 2011 after they rejoined the conference in August 2024.^[1]

Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the season 25–10, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Oregon in the First Round of the Pac-12 women's tournament before losing to Oregon State in the quarterfinals.^[2]^[3] Colorado received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Drake in the First Round and Kansas State in the Second Round before losing to Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen.^[4]^[5]

Offseason

Departures

Colorado Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Jaylyn Sherrod	0	G	5'7"	GS Senior	Birmingham, AL	Graduated/signed to the New York Liberty.
Jadyn Atchison	1	G	6'1"	Freshman	Cedar Hill, TX	Transferred to Old Dominion.
Tameiya Sadler	2	G	5'8"	Senior	Vallejo, CA	Transferred to Ole Miss.^[6]
Quay Miller	11	F	6'3"	GS Senior	Renton, WA	Graduated/signed to the Seattle Storm.
Lele Tanuvasa	13	G	6'0"	Freshman	Eureka, CA	Transferred to USC Upstate.^[7]
Aaronette Vonleh	21	C	6'3"	Junior	West Linn, OR	Transferred to Baylor.^[8]
Shelomi Sanders	22	G	6'1"	Freshman	Rockwall, TX	Transferred to Alabama A&M.^[9]
Mikayla Johnson	23	G	6'1"	Freshman	Anchorage, AK	Transferred to Pittsburgh.^[10]
Maddie Nolan	24	G	5'11"	GS Senior	Zionsville, IN	Graduated.
Brianna McLeod	25	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Brampton, ON	Transferred to SMU.
Sophie Gerber	31	G	6'0"	Junior	Scottsdale, AZ	Graduated.
Ruthie Loomis-Goltl	32	F	6'3"	Freshman	Bridgeport, NE	Transferred to South Dakota.^[11]
Charlotte Whittaker	45	F	6'3"	GS Senior	Cust, New Zealand	Graduated/signed to the South West Metro Pirates.^[12]

Incoming

Colorado Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Ayianna Johnson	1	F	6'3	Sophomore	Jefferson, WI	Minnesota
JoJo Nworie	4	C	6'5	Sophomore	Lagos, Nigeria	Texas Tech
Nyamer Diew	11	F	6'2	GS Senior	Marshall, MN	Iowa State
Lior Garzon	12	F	6'1	GS Senior	Ra'anana, Israel	Oklahoma State
Jade Masogayo	14	F	6'3	Junior	Fort Worth, TX	Missouri State
Johanna Teder	21	G	5'8	GS Senior	Tartu, Estonia	Washington State

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tabitha Betson F	Melbourne, Australia	DME Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Tabitha Betson F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Grace Oliver F	Norwell, MA	Noble and Greenough School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Grace Oliver F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Lova Lagerlid G	Stockholm, Sweden	Riksbasketgymnasiet Luleå	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Lova Lagerlid G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Erin Powell F	Hampshire, England	Charnwood College	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Erin Powell F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
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 September 29, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Ayianna Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Jefferson Minnesota	Jefferson, WI
G	2	Kennedy Sanders	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Chaska HS	Chaska, MN
G	3	Frida Formann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Falkonergårdens Gymnasium [da]	Bagsværd, Denmark
C	4	JoJo Nworie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Texas Tech	Lagos, Nigeria
F	8	Erin Powell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Charnwood College	Hampshire, England
G	9	Sara-Rose Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)		Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence Missouri	Victoria, Australia
G	10	Lova Lagerlid	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Riksbasketgymnasiet Luleå	Stockholm, Sweden
F	11	Nyamer Diew	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	East HS Iowa State	Marshall, MN
F	12	Lior Garzon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Hof HaSharon Oklahoma State	Ra'anana, Israel
F	14	Jade Masogayo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Fossil Ridge HS Missouri State	Fort Worth, TX
G	15	Kindyll Wetta	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Valor Christian HS	Castle Rock, CO
F	17	Tabitha Betson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	DME Academy	Melbourne, Australia
G	21	Johanna Teder	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Audentese spordigümnaasium Washington State	Tartu, Estonia
F	24	Grace Oliver	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Noble and Greenough School	Norwell, MA

Head coach

JR Payne (Saint Mary's)

Assistant coach(es)

Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's)
Alex Earl (Arizona State)
Taelor Karr (Gonzaga)
Matt Hower (Colorado State)
Shelley Sheetz (Colorado)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m.	Colorado Mines	W 91–46	0–0	–	–	–	CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:30 p.m., MW Network	at Wyoming	W 56–50	1–0	20 – Garzon	11 – Smith	5 – Wetta	Arena-Auditorium (3,866) Laramie, WY
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m.	at Boise State						ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID
November 12, 2024* 8:00 p.m.	at Nevada						Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV
November 17, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah State						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
November 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m.	at Utah Tech						Burns Arena St. George, UT
November 30, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisville						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 3, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Tennessee Tech						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 7, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Utah						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Denver						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Big 12 regular season
December 21, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	West Virginia						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 1, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
January 4, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Baylor						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UCF						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 11, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 15, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 18, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cincinnati						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas State						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU						Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	Texas Tech						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Iowa State						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
February 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Baylor						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona State						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
March 5–10, 2025	vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:^[13]

Game summaries

at Wyoming

MW Network

November 4, 2024
5:30 p.m. MST

Colorado Buffaloes 56, Wyoming Cowgirls 50
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 8–9, 20–10, 18–16
Pts: Lior Garzon, 20 Rebs: Sara-Rose Smith, 11 Asts: Kindyll Wetta, 5		Pts: Allyson Fertig, 18 Rebs: Tess Barnes, 7 Asts: Malene Pedersen, 4

Arena-Auditorium • Laramie, WY
Attendance: 3,866
Referees: Denise Lopez, Joseph Barcellos, Brad Schmidt

References

^ Woelk, Neill (August 2, 2024). "It's Official: Buffs Complete Switch To Big 12". University of Colorado Athletics.
^ Wagner, Colin (March 6, 2024). "Buffs' Defense Shuts Down Oregon to Advance to Quarterfinals". University of Colorado Athletics.
^ Wagner, Colin (March 7, 2024). "Colorado Falls to Oregon State in Double Overtime Thriller". University of Colorado Athletics.
^ Kelly, Michael (March 24, 2024). "What to know about No. 5 Colorado ahead of Albany Regional 2". Times Union. Hearst Communications.
^ Snyder, Curtis (March 30, 2024). "Colorado's Sweet 16 Run Ends With Loss To Iowa". University of Colorado Athletics.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Tameiya Sadler from Colorado". olemisssports.com. May 19, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "Lele Tanuvasa commits to USC Upstate". usbasket.com. April 28, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "WBB Inks Aaronette Vonleh - Baylor Athletics". baylorbears.com. April 30, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ Tolle, Josh (April 26, 2024). "Shelomi Sanders lands at HBCU after leaving Colorado". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "Pitt Signs Transfer Guard Mikayla Johnson - Pitt Panthers #H2P". pittsburghpanthers.com. April 25, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "Loomis-Goltl transfers to South Dakota". goyotes.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ Hayes, Oliver (June 1, 2024). "Former Buff Charlotte Whittaker joins Australian semi-pro team". coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". CUBuffs.com. University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[1] Woelk, Neill (August 2, 2024). "It's Official: Buffs Complete Switch To Big 12". University of Colorado Athletics.

[2] Wagner, Colin (March 6, 2024). "Buffs' Defense Shuts Down Oregon to Advance to Quarterfinals". University of Colorado Athletics.

[3] Wagner, Colin (March 7, 2024). "Colorado Falls to Oregon State in Double Overtime Thriller". University of Colorado Athletics.

[4] Kelly, Michael (March 24, 2024). "What to know about No. 5 Colorado ahead of Albany Regional 2". Times Union. Hearst Communications.

[5] Snyder, Curtis (March 30, 2024). "Colorado's Sweet 16 Run Ends With Loss To Iowa". University of Colorado Athletics.

[6] "Women's Basketball Adds Tameiya Sadler from Colorado". olemisssports.com. May 19, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[7] "Lele Tanuvasa commits to USC Upstate". usbasket.com. April 28, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[8] "WBB Inks Aaronette Vonleh - Baylor Athletics". baylorbears.com. April 30, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[9] Tolle, Josh (April 26, 2024). "Shelomi Sanders lands at HBCU after leaving Colorado". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[10] "Pitt Signs Transfer Guard Mikayla Johnson - Pitt Panthers #H2P". pittsburghpanthers.com. April 25, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[11] "Loomis-Goltl transfers to South Dakota". goyotes.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[12] Hayes, Oliver (June 1, 2024). "Former Buff Charlotte Whittaker joins Australian semi-pro team". coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

[13] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". CUBuffs.com. University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

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