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2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

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

ConferenceBig 12 Conference
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record28–8 (15–3 Big 12)
Quick facts Baylor Bears women's basketball, NCAA tournament, Second Round ...
2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record28–8 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Greene
Assistant coaches
  • Tari Cummings
  • Sadie Edwards
Home arenaFoster Pavilion
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2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 TCU †16–2 .88934–4  .895
No. 14 Baylor15–3 .83328–8  .778
No. 17 Oklahoma State14–4 .77825–7  .781
No. 16 West Virginia13–5 .72225–8  .758
No. 19 Kansas State13–5 .72228–8  .778
Utah13–5 .72222–9  .710
Iowa State12–6 .66723–12  .657
Arizona10–8 .55619–14  .576
Colorado9–9 .50021–13  .618
Cincinnati7–11 .38915–14  .517
Kansas6–12 .33316–14  .533
BYU4–14 .22213–17  .433
UCF4–14 .22212–18  .400
Texas Tech4–14 .22219–18  .514
Arizona State3–15 .16710–22  .313
Houston1–17 .0565–25  .167
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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Previous season

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

Departures

More information Name, Number ...
Baylor Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Denae Fritz1G5'11"Redshirt SophomoreMaryville, TNTransferred to Texas Tech
Lety Vasconcelos25C6'7"FreshmanMiguel Calmon, Bahia, BrazilTransferred to Illinois
Catarina Ferreira30G6'0"SeniorSão Paulo, BrazilTransferred to Oregon State
Aijha Blackwell33G/F6'0"GraduateBerkeley, MOGraduated
Dre'una Edwards44F6'0"Redshirt GraduateLas Vegas, NVGraduated
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Incoming

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Baylor incoming transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Waiata Jennings7G5'9"JuniorRotorua, ZealandCollin College
Aaronette Vonleh21C6'3"SeniorWest Linn, ORColorado
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Recruiting

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College recruiting
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Kayla Nelms
F		 Miami, Florida Miami Country Day School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN: 4/5 stars   (94)
Ines Goryanova
PG		 Daytona Beach, Florida DME Academy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN: 4/5 stars   (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.
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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Ines Goryanova 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrDME Academy Sofia, Bulgaria
G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrOhio Hartford, CT
F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GSBelmont Kettering, OH
G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GSStanford Greenwood Village, CO
G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrClassen HS Edmond, OK
G 7 Waiata Jennings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrCollin College Rotorua, New Zealand
F 8 Kayla Nelms 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrMiami Country Day HS Miami, FL
G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrKentucky Richmond, VA
F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrSmithfield HS Carrollton, VA
C 21 Aaronette Vonleh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrColorado West Linn, OR
G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrKickapoo HS Springfield, MO
G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GSMacArthur HS Irving, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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Schedule

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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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
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
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 L 61–84  11–3
(1–1)		 Foster Pavilion (3,546)
Waco, Texas
January 4, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Colorado W 76–62  12–3
(2–1)		 Foster Pavilion (3,764)
Waco, Texas
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Arizona W 81–76 OT 13–3
(3–1)		 McKale Center (6,398)
Tucson, Arizona
January 11, 2025
4:30 p.m., ESPN+		 at Arizona State W 78–59  14–3
(4–1)		 Desert Financial Arena 
Tempe, Arizona
January 14, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 23 Utah W 70–61  15–3
(5–1)		 Foster Pavilion (3,216)
Waco, Texas
January 17, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Houston W 70–51  16–3
(6–1)		 Foster Pavilion (3,321)
Waco, Texas
January 20, 2025*
2:00 p.m., FOX		 No. 25 vs. No. 1 UCLA
Coretta Scott King Classic		 L 57–72  16–4
 Prudential Center (6,147)
Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN2		 No. 25 at No. 9 TCU L 75–80  16–5
(6–2)		 Schollmaier Arena (5,415)
Fort Worth, Texas
January 29, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at UCF W 75–64  17–5
(7–2)		 Addition Financial Arena (1,354)
Orlando, Florida
February 2, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Cincinnati W 98–59  18–5
(8–2)		 Foster Pavilion (3,897)
Waco, Texas
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Houston W 92–47  19–5
(9–2)		 Fertitta Center (1,187)
Houston, Texas
February 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 BYU W 83–71  20–5
(10–2)		 Foster Pavilion (3,960)
Waco, Texas
February 11, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 25 No. 18 West Virginia W 75–65  21–5
(11–2)		 Foster Pavilion (3,441)
Waco, Texas
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 25 at Texas Tech W 66–60  22–5
(12–2)		 United Supermarkets Arena (4,648)
Lubbock, Texas
February 19, 2025
8:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 19 at Colorado W 84–62  23–5
(13–2)		 CU Events Center (3,182)
Boulder, Colorado
February 22, 2025
1:30 p.m., FOX		 No. 19 Iowa State W 67–52  24–5
(14–2)		 Foster Pavilion (4,707)
Waco, Texas
February 24, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN2		 No. 17 at No. 14 Kansas State W 79–62  25–5
(15–2)		 Bramlage Coliseum (5,200)
Manhattan, Kansas
March 2, 2025
5:30 p.m., FS1		 No. 17 No. 10 TCU
Senior Night		 L 48–51  25–6
(15–3)		 Foster Pavilion (7,110)
Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2025
5:30 p.m., ESPN+		 (2) No. 17 vs. (7) Iowa State
Quarterfinals		 W 69–63  26–6
 T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, Missouri
March 8, 2025
5:30 p.m., ESPN+		 (2) No. 17 vs. (3) No. 21 Oklahoma State
Semifinals		 W 84–74  27–6
 T-Mobile Center (5,699)
Kansas City, Missouri
March 9, 2025
5:30 p.m., ESPN		 (2) No. 17 vs. (1) No. 8 TCU
Championship Game		 L 59–64  27–7
 T-Mobile Center (5,084)
Kansas City, Missouri
NCAA Tournament
March 21, 2025
2:30 p.m., ESPNU		 (4 S1) No. 14 (13 S1) Grand Canyon
First Round		 W 73–60  28–7
 Foster Pavilion 
Waco, TX
March 23, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN		 (4 S1) No. 14 (5 S1) No. 25 Ole Miss
Second Round		 L 63–69  28–8
 Foster Pavilion (3,772)
Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S1=Spokane 1.
All times are in Central Time.
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Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
More information Week, Poll ...
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP121718RVRVRV—RVRV—RV25RVRV25191717141418
Coaches121717222321212324RV2423RVRVRV2218181615т18
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