2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
Record	25–5 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (12th season);
Associate head coach	Carla Morrow
Assistant coaches	Ryan Murray; Jalen Powell; Katie Smith;
Home arena	Value City Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 USC	17	–	1	.944	27	–	2	.931
No. 4 UCLA	16	–	2	.889	28	–	2	.933
No. 13 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	25	–	5	.833
No. 15 Maryland	13	–	5	.722	23	–	7	.767
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	9	.710
No. 24 Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	9	.700
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	21	–	9	.700
Oregon	10	–	8	.556	19	–	11	.633
Indiana	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Nebraska	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Iowa	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Washington	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	20	–	11	.645
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	13	–	17	.433
Rutgers	3	–	15	.167	11	–	19	.367
Purdue	3	–	15	.167	10	–	19	.345
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	18	.333
Penn State	1	–	17	.056	10	–	19	.345

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 7, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represents Ohio State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes are led by head coach Kevin McGuff in his 12th season and play their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2023–24 season with a 26–6 record, including 16–2 in Big Ten play to finish in first place. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they would get a double bye to the quarterfinals where they would lose to the No. 8 seed Maryland which would eliminate them from the tournament. They would receive an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they would beat the No. 15 seed Maine in the first round, before losing to the No. 7 seed Duke in the Second round ending their season.

Offseason

Departures

Ohio State Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Rikki Harris	1	G	5'10"	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Transferred to Dayton
Jacy Sheldon	4	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Dublin, OH	Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 5th overall by Dallas Wings
Emma Shumate	5	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Dresden, OH	Transferred to Michigan State
Celeste Taylor	12	G	5'11'	Graduate Student	Valley Stream, NY	Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 15th overall by Indiana Fever
Taiyier Parks	14	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Cleveland, OH	Graduated
Karla Vreš	15	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Zagreb, Croatia	Graduated
Diana Collins	20	G	5'9"	Freshman	Lilburn, GA	Transferred to Alabama
Eboni Walker	22	F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated
Rebeka Mikulášiková	23	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Nitra, Slovakia	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Ohio State Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Ajae Petty	1	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Baltimore, MD	Kentucky
Chance Gray	21	G	5'9"	Junior	Cincinnati, OH	Oregon

2024 Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Jaloni Cambridge PG	Nashville, TN	Montverde Academy	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A
Jaloni Cambridge PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Ava Watson PG	Buford, GA	Buford High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Ava Watson PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Ella Hobbs F	Concord, NC	1 of 1 Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
Ella Hobbs F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
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 21, 2025.

Recruiting class of 2025

College recruiting information (2025)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daria Biriuk G	Bell Buckle, TN	The Webb School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Daria Biriuk G	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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025.

Roster

2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Madison Greene	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, OH
F	1	Ajae Petty	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Kentucky	Baltimore, MD
G/F	2	Taylor Thierry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Laurel	Cleveland, OH
G	3	Kennedy Cambridge	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Ensworth Kentucky	Nashville, TN
G	5	Ava Watson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, GA
G	11	Kaia Henderson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	New Hartford Sr	Utica, NY
C	12	Elsa Lemmilä	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Tapiolan Honka Club	Espoo, Finland
F	14	Ella Hobbs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Jay M. Robinson	Concord, NC
F	15	Seini Henry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Purcell Marian	Charlotte, NC
G	21	Chance Gray	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Winton Woods Oregon	Cincinnati, OH
G	22	Jaloni Cambridge	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Montverde Academy	Nashville, TN
F	32	Cotie McMahon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Centerville	Centerville, OH
C	54	Faith Carson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Buchanan	Buchanan, MI
F	55	Eboni Walker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Centennial Syracuse	Las Vegas, NV

Head coach

Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Carla Morrow (Tulsa)
Ryan Murray (Ohio State)
Jalen Powell (Mississippi)
Katie Smith (Ohio State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 14	Cleveland State	W 104–69	1–0	31 – J. Cambridge	6 – Tied	6 – J. Cambridge	Value City Arena (4,828) Columbus, Ohio
November 12, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	Charlotte	W 94–53	2–0	31 – Gray	7 – Lemmilä	4 – McMahon	Value City Arena (4,531) Columbus, Ohio
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Belmont	W 67–63	3–0	21 – McMahon	10 – Petty	6 – J. Cambridge	Curb Event Center (1,814) Nashville, Tennessee
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Ohio	W 106–42	4–0	21 – Lemmilä	14 – Lemmilä	6 – Walker	Convocation Center (4,820) Athens, Ohio
November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	Bowling Green	W 96–53	5–0	20 – Watson	6 – Tied	7 – Greene	Value City Arena (6,660) Columbus, Ohio
November 28, 2024* 11:00 p.m., Baller TV	No. 11	vs. Old Dominion Daytona Beach Classic	W 70–47	6–0	24 – Petty	11 – Petty	6 – J. Cambridge	Ocean Center (60) Daytona Beach, Florida
November 29, 2024* 3:30 p.m., Baller TV	No. 11	vs. Utah State Daytona Beach Classic	W 87–51	7–0	17 – Tied	9 – Petty	5 – K. Cambridge	Ocean Center (135) Daytona Beach, Florida
December 8, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 12	No. 21 Illinois	W 83–74	8–0 (1–0)	25 – McMahon	8 – Lemmila	5 – Petty	Value City Arena (6,668) Columbus, Ohio
December 10, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 11	Ball State	W 80–48	9–0	21 – Grey	8 – Tied	4 – Gray	Value City Arena (4,977) Columbus, Ohio
December 14, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+	No. 11	Youngstown State	W 87–39	10–0	29 – McMahon	12 – Petty	4 – Greene	Value City Arena (5,659) Columbus, Ohio
December 17, 2024* 12:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 11	Grand Valley State	W 82–57	11–0	23 – Gray	8 – Petty	3 – Tied	Value City Arena (4,710) Columbus, Ohio
December 20, 2024* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 11	vs. Stanford Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic	W 84–59	12–0	16 – McMahon	9 – Petty	3 – McMahon	Chase Center (3,766) San Francisco, California
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	at Rutgers	W 77–63	13–0 (2–0)	16 – Tied	11 – McMahon	7 – J. Cambridge	Jersey Mike's Arena (2,929) Piscataway, New Jersey
January 5, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	Northwestern	W 92–62	14–0 (3–0)	20 – J. Cambridge	6 – J. Cambridge	3 – J. Cambridge	Value City Arena (7,190) Columbus, Ohio
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	at No. 25 Michigan Rivalry	W 84–77	15–0 (4–0)	29 – J. Cambridge	7 – 2 tied	4 – J. Cambridge	Crisler Center (5,112) Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 12, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	Oregon	W 69–60	16–0 (5–0)	20 – Thierry	14 – Petty	4 – Petty	Value City Arena (8,664) Columbus, Ohio
January 16, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 9	at Wisconsin	W 80–69	17–0 (6–0)	27 – J. Cambridge	8 – Tied	4 – J. Cambridge	Kohl Center (2,820) Madison, Wisconsin
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 9	at Penn State	L 59–62	17–1 (6–1)	19 – McMahon	7 – Petty	6 – McMahon	Bryce Jordan Center (2,817) University Park, Pennsylvania
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 12	No. 8 Maryland	W 74–66	18–1 (7–1)	20 – J. Cambridge	8 – J. Cambridge	3 – K. Cambridge	Value City Arena (7,082) Columbus, Ohio
January 26, 2025 3:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	at Nebraska	W 72–66	19–1 (8–1)	23 – Thierry	10 – McMahon	3 – Tied	Pinnacle Bank Arena (9,772) Lincoln, Nebraska
February 2, 2025 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 8	Washington	W 66–56	20–1 (9–1)	19 – McMahon	6 – Thierry	3 – Thierry	Value City Arena (8,602) Columbus, Ohio
February 5, 2025 9:30 p.m., Peacock	No. 8	at No. 1 UCLA	L 52–65	20–2 (9–2)	21 – J. Cambridge	8 – J. Cambridge	6 – J. Cambridge	Pauley Pavilion (6,822) Los Angeles, California
February 8, 2025 9:00 p.m., FOX	No. 8	at No. 7 USC	L 63–84	20–3 (9–3)	14 – Thierry	5 – Tied	4 – Petty	Galen Center (8,892) Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 2025 7:30 p.m., Peacock	No. 9	Minnesota	W 87–84 ^OT	21–3 (10–3)	25 – McMahon	7 – Thierry	6 – McMahon	Value City Arena (6,417) Columbus, Ohio
February 17, 2025 12:00 p.m., FOX	No. 8	Iowa	W 86–78 ^OT	22–3 (11–3)	29 – J. Cambridge	9 – Lemmila	4 – J. Cambridge	Value City Arena (8,810) Columbus, Ohio
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 8	at Indiana	L 61–71	22–4 (11–4)	18 – J. Cambridge	4 – Tied	2 – J. Cambridge	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (10,772) Bloomington, Indiana
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 8	Purdue	W 98–46	23–4 (12–4)	21 – Gray	11 – Petty	5 – K. Cambridge	Value City Arena (8,567) Columbus, Ohio
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	No. 23 Michigan State	W 89–78	24–4 (13–4)	33 – J. Cambridge	15 – Petty	6 – Petty	Value City Arena (7,207) Columbus, Ohio
March 2, 2025 4:30 p.m., FS1	No. 12	at No. 19 Maryland	L 90–93 ^OT	24–5 (13–5)	21 – Thierry	10 – Petty	3 – Petty	Xfinity Center (9,335) College Park, Maryland
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 7, 2025 9:00 p.m., BTN	(3) No. 13	vs. (11) Iowa Quarterfinals	W 60–59	25–5	18 – McMahon	12 – Petty	5 – J. Cambridge	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (7,500) Indianapolis, Indiana
March 8, 2025 5:30 p.m., BTN	(3) No. 13	vs. (2) No. 4 UCLA Semifinals						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. Source:^[1]^[2]

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	19	Final
AP	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	8	8	9	8	12	13
Coaches	14	12	11	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	12	8	8	8	8	12	12

References

^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

[1] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[2] "Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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