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2024–25 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

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2024–25 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record11–7 (7–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUniversity Credit Union Pavilion
Seasons
2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 8 2   .800 13 8   .619
Portland 7 3   .700 18 3   .857
Saint Mary's 7 3   .700 11 8   .579
Washington State 7 4   .636 12 10   .545
Pacific 7 4   .636 11 10   .524
San Francisco 7 4   .636 10 10   .500
Oregon State 5 5   .500 9 12   .429
Santa Clara 5 7   .417 11 11   .500
Pepperdine 2 7   .222 7 11   .389
Loyola Marymount 2 8   .200 8 10   .444
San Diego 0 10   .000 4 15   .211
2024 WCC tournament winner
As of January 25, 2025

The 2024–25 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team represented the Saint Mary's College of California in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gaels, led by second year coach Jeff Cammon. They play their homes games at University Credit Union Pavilion and are members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

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The Gaels finished the 2023–24 season 13–18, 6–10 in WCC play to finish in a sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the WCC tournament, they lost in the second round to Loyola Marymount.

Offseason

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Departures

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Saint Mary's Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Makena Mastora 1 G 5'9" Junior Alameda, CA Transferred to Pepperdine
Leia Hanafin 3 G 5'11" Senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated
Tayla Dalton 10 G 5'9" Senior Auckland, New Zealand Transferred to Gonzaga
Jasmine Farmer 11 G 5'9" Junior Hercules, CA Mid season transferred
Ruby Vlahov 12 F 6'3" Freshman Perth, Australia Transferred to UC Santa Barbara
Hannah Rapp 21 G 5'10" Junior Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Santa Clara
Ellie Croco 22 F 6'1" Senior Lebanon, OR Transferred to Western Washington
Ali Bamberger 33 F 6'3" Redshirt Senior Walnut Creek, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Saint Mary's incoming transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Jada Hunter 0 G 5'10" Sophomore Vallejo, CA Laney College
Sasha Murphy 4 G 5'10" Junior Culver City, CA UC Riverside
Abby Shoff 5 F 6'0" Junior Redding, CA Long Beach State
Kennedy Johnson 21 G 5'11" Senior Hayward, CA Idaho
Melesungu Afeaki 22 F 6'2" Junior San Bruno, CA San Diego
Mali Ennis 32 G 5'10" Junior Burlingame, CA Skyline College
Ella Wedin 33 G 6'1" Sophomore Happy Valley, OR Loyola Marymount

Recruiting

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There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

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2024–25 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jada Hunter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Christian Brothers
Laney College
Vallejo, CA
G 2 Amy Kurkowski 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Emmanuel College Melbourne, Australia
G 3 Mauriana Hashemian-Orr 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Benson Tech Poly Portland, OR
G 4 Sasha Murphy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Rolling Hills Prep
UC Riverside
Culver City, CA
F 5 Abigail Shoff 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Enterprise
Long Beach State
Redding, CA
F 7 Edie Clarke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Geelong Melbourne, Australia
G 8 Emily Foy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So St. Francis Xavier's College Newcastle, Australia
G 9 Maia Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Waimea College Richmond, New Zealand
G 21 Kennedy Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Bishop O'Dowd
Idaho
Hayward, CA
F 22 Melesungu Afeaki 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Capuchino
San Diego
San Bruno, CA
G 23 Addison Wedin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr La Salle Milwaukie, OR
G 24 Zeryhia Aokuso 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Amarillo Amarillo, TX
F 31 Nadia Bernard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So West Ranch Santa Clarita, CA
G 32 Mali Ennis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr St. Ignatius College Prep
Skyline College
Burlingame, CA
G 33 Ella Wedin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So La Salle
Loyola Marymount
Happy Valley, OR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
December 14, 2024*
5:00 p.m.
Sonoma State       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at California L 58–90  0–1
 13  Foy   7  Foy   2  Tied  Haas Pavilion (1,231)
Berkeley, CA
November 9, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Denver W 69–64  1–1
 19  Johnson   6  Tied   8  Jones  University Credit Union Pavilion (425)
Moraga, CA
November 14, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
at UC San Diego W 74–65 2OT 2–1
 28  Jones   11  Shoff   3  Jones  LionTree Arena (2,649)
San Diego, CA
November 16, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Irvine L 61–64  2–2
 17  Johnson   8  Johnson   5  Jones  Bren Events Center (548)
Irvine, CA
November 22, 2024*
3:30 p.m.
vs. Eastern Washington
Bank of Hawai'i Classic
W 59–57  3–2
 9  Tied   4  Tied   3  Jones  Stan Sheriff Center (2,694)
Honolulu, HI
November 24, 2024*
2:00 p.m.
vs. Louisiana–Monroe
Bank of Hawai'i Classic
W 68–61  4–2
 19  Jones   6  Johnson   6  Jones  Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
November 30, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC Riverside L 41–49  4–3
 9  Johnson   5  Johnson   4  Hashemian-Orr  University Credit Union Pavilion (315)
Moraga, CA
December 4, 2024*
6:00 p.m., MW Network
at San Jose State L 46–51  4–4
 14  Johnson   5  Jones   3  Foy  Provident Credit Union Event Center (327)
San Jose, CA
December 7, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
California Baptist L 68–71  4–5
 14  Foy   6  Foy   6  Hashemian-Orr  University Credit Union Pavilion (325)
Moraga, CA
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Santa Clara W 64–56 OT 5–5
(1–0)
 25  Johnson   9  Johnson   8  Aokuso  Leavey Center (243)
Santa Clara, CA
December 21, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Loyola Marymount W 59–54  6–5
(2–0)
 15  Johnson   7  Johnson   12  Aokuso  University Credit Union Pavilion (278)
Moraga, CA
December 28, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Pacific W 80–78 OT 7–5
(3–0)
 23  Jones   5  Tied   3  Tied  Alex G. Spanos Center (1,027)
Stockton, CA
December 30, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
San Diego W 85–75  8–5
(4–0)
 21  Aokuso   5  Hunter   6  Aokuso  University Credit Union Pavilion (326)
Moraga, CA
January 2, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Francisco L 73–87  8–6
(4–1)
 19  Shoff   4  Tied   4  Aokuso  Sobrato Center (294)
San Francisco, CA
January 9, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Washington State L 57–66  8–7
(4–2)
 11  Jones   6  Shoff   5  Hunter  University Credit Union Pavilion (312)
Moraga, CA
January 11, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Pacific W 64–44  9–7
(5–2)
 18  Foy   8  Shoff   6  Aokuso  University Credit Union Pavilion (411)
Moraga, CA
January 16, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Pepperdine W 56–41  10–7
(6–2)
 14  Johnson   9  Jones   5  Aokuso  University Credit Union Pavilion (302)
Moraga, CA
January 23, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at San Diego W 72–63  11–7
(7–2)
 23  Jones   5  Clarke   4  Jones  Jenny Craig Pavilion (158)
San Diego, CA
January 25, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Santa Clara       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
January 30, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Portland       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
February 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oregon State       Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Gonzaga       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
February 8, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
San Francisco       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
February 13, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Portland       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
February 15, 2025
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Pepperdine       Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
February 20, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Gonzaga       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
February 22, 2025
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
at Washington State       Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
February 27, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
Oregon State       University Credit Union Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
March 1, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Loyola Marymount       Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 6–11, 2025
TBA
vs. TBD       Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Saint Mary's College Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". SMCGaels.com.