2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–3 (0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (6th season);
Associate head coach	Terri Williams
Assistant coaches	Daniel Barber; Pam Brown; Sean Bair; Adrienne Motley;
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center
	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. 11 Ohio State	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	0	1.000
No. 1 UCLA	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	0	1.000
No. 8 Maryland	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	0	1.000
No. 15 Michigan State	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	0	1.000
No. 23 Nebraska	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
No. 7 USC	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
No. 20 Michigan	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	2	.818
Wisconsin	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	2	.818
Indiana	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	3	.727
Minnesota	0	–	1	.000	11	–	1	.917
Illinois	0	–	1	.000	9	–	2	.818
No. 22 Iowa	0	–	1	.000	9	–	2	.818
Penn State	0	–	1	.000	9	–	3	.750
Oregon	0	–	1	.000	8	–	3	.727
Washington	0	–	1	.000	8	–	4	.667
Rutgers	0	–	1	.000	7	–	4	.636
Northwestern	0	–	1	.000	6	–	4	.600
Purdue	0	–	1	.000	6	–	5	.545

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 18, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represents Pennsylvania State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions are led by sixth-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and play their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Lady Lions finished the 2023–24 season 22–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 3 way tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Wisconsin in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT where they defeated George Mason in the first round, Belmont in the second round and Mississippi State in the quarterfinals before losing losing to Villanova in the semifinals.

Offseason

Departures

Penn State Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ali Brigham	1	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Franklin, PA	Transferred to Bryant
Niya Beverly	4	G	5'7"	Graduate student	Laurel, MD	Graduated
Leilani Kapinus	5	G	5'10"	Freshman	Madison, WI	Transferred to Vanderbilt
Tova Sabel	10	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Stockholm, Sweden	Transferred to UC Davis
Anna Camden	11	F	6'3"	Junior	Downingtown, PA	Transferred to Richmond
Maddie Burke	15	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Doylestown, PA	Transferred to Villanova
Makenna Marisa	20	G	5'11"	Junior	McMurray, PA	Signed to play professional in Hungary
Nan Garcia	24	G	6'0"	Freshman	Jeffersonville, IN	Transferred to Toledo
Kelly Jekot	25	G	6'0"	Graduate student	Enola, PA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Penn State Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Gabby Elliott	0	G	5'10"	Graduate student	Detroit, MI	Michigan State
Tamera Johnson	5	F	5'11"	Senior	Lafayette, LA	Louisiana
Vitoria Santana	10	G	5'9"	Junior	Santo André, Brazil	Eastern Arizona College
Gracie Merkle	44	C	6'6"	Sophomore	Mount Washington, KY	Bellarmine

Recruiting

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Gabby Elliott	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Michigan State	Detroit, MI
F	1	Cam Rust	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Worcester Academy	Wakefield, RI
G	2	Shaelyn Steele	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Russell	Ashland, KY
G	3	Moriah Murray	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Drexel	Dunmore, PA
F	5	Tamera Johnson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Louisiana	Lafayette, LA
F	7	Grace Hall	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	LSU	Homewood, IL
G	10	Vitoria Santana	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Eastern Arizona College	São Paulo, Brazil
F	11	Ariana Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Example Academy	Chicago, IL
G	12	Jayla Oden	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Illinois	Baltimore, MD
G	20	Talayah Walker	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Odenton, MD
G	22	Alli Campbell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Notre Dame	Altoona, PA
G	24	Jill Jekot	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Cumberland Valley	Enola, PA
C	44	Gracie Merkle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	RS So	Bellarmine	Mount Washington, KY

Head coach

Carolyn Kieger (Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Terri Williams (Penn State)
Daniel Barber (Florida)
Pam Brown (Charlotte)
Sean Bair (Dickinson College)
Adrienne Motley (Miami (FL))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+	Bucknell	W 90–68	1–0	28 – Murray	13 – Merkle	6 – Campbell	Bryce Jordan Center (1,575) State College, PA
November 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	Canisius	W 89–57	2–0	20 – Merkle	10 – Rust	4 – Tied	Bryce Jordan Center (1,741) State College, PA
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Duquesne	W 92–83	3–0	26 – Murray	7 – Johnson	8 – Campbell	Bryce Jordan Center (2,152) State College, PA
November 14, 2024* 11:30 a.m., B1G+	Niagara	W 101–45	4–0	24 – Merkle	7 – Merkle	9 – Oden	Bryce Jordan Center (2,311) State College, PA
November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Monmouth	W 100–55	5–0	23 – Murray	12 – Merkle	5 – Oden	Bryce Jordan Center (1,751) State College, PA
November 21, 2024* 7:30 p.m., Peacock	vs. Marshall WBCA Showcase	W 74–59	6–0	28 – Merkle	11 – Merkle	4 – Johnson	State Farm Field House (657) Bay Lake, FL
November 23, 2024* 2:30 p.m., Peacock	vs. Georgia WBCA Showcase	W 67–47	7–0	24 – Murray	11 – Merkle	7 – Campbell	State Farm Field House (735) Bay Lake, FL
November 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Drexel	W 86–78 ^OT	8–0	31 – Merkle	11 – Merkle	8 – Tied	Bryce Jordan Center (1,888) State College, PA
December 2, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN	St. John's	L 67–72	8–1	24 – Oden	7 – Elliott	5 – Murray	Bryce Jordan Center (1,759) State College, PA
December 7, 2024 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Indiana	L 60–75	8–2 (0–1)	19 – Oden	6 – Campbell	4 – Campbell	Bryce Jordan Center (2,055) State College, PA
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	at Providence	W 68–51	9–2	24 – Merkle	18 – Merkle	5 – Campbell	Alumni Hall (1,145) Providence, RI
December 15, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Kansas	L 65–68	9–3	22 – Merkle	12 – Merkle	6 – Campbell	Allen Fieldhouse (3,527) Lawrence, KS
December 28, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN	at Minnesota						Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Iowa						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 5, 2025 3:00 p.m., B1G+	at Nebraska						Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	Oregon						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 12, 2025 8:00 p.m., BTN	at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2025 9:30 p.m., Peacock	at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Ohio State						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 22, 2025 6:30 p.m., B1G+	at Michigan State						Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 26, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Rutgers						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	Maryland						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	Washington						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	at Northwestern						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Penn State						State Farm Center Champaign, IL
February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., B1G+	Wisconsin						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN	at Michigan						Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN	Purdue						Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	at Rutgers						Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten women's tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP																					Not released
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked and did not receive votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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v t e Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Venues	Rec Hall (1964–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See Also

References