2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
Record	11–2 (1–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (4th season)
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings Sadie Edwards
Home arena	Foster Pavilion

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Kansas State	1	–	0		1.000			13	–	1		.929
No. 11 TCU	1	–	0		1.000			12	–	1		.923
Oklahoma State	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	1		.917
Texas Tech	1	–	0		1.000			12	–	2		.857
Baylor	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	2		.846
Colorado	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	2		.833
Utah	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	2		.833
Arizona	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	4		.714
Kansas	0	–	1		.000			10	–	2		.833
No. 18 West Virginia	0	–	1		.000			10	–	2		.833
BYU	0	–	1		.000			9	–	3		.750
Cincinnati	0	–	1		.000			8	–	3		.727
Iowa State	0	–	1		.000			9	–	5		.643
UCF	0	–	1		.000			7	–	4		.636
Arizona State	0	–	1		.000			5	–	7		.417
Houston	0	–	1		.000			4	–	8		.333
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

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

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

Baylor Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Denae Fritz	1	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Maryville, TN	Transferred to Texas Tech
Lety Vasconcelos	25	C	6'7"	Freshman	Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil	Transferred to Illinois
Catarina Ferreira	30	G	6'0"	Senior	São Paulo, Brazil	Transferred to Oregon State
Aijha Blackwell	33	G/F	6'0"	Graduate	Berkeley, MO	Graduated
Dre'una Edwards	44	F	6'0"	Graduate	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated

Incoming

Baylor Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Waiata Jennings	7	G	5'9"	Junior	Rotorua, Zealand	Collin College
Aaronette Vonleh	21	C	6'3"	Senior	West Linn, OR	Colorado

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kayla Nelms F	Miami, Florida	Miami Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, Florida	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 93
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 December 5, 2023.

Roster

2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Ines Goryanova 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr DME Academy Sofia, Bulgaria G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Ohio Hartford, CT F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Belmont Kettering, OH G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Stanford Greenwood Village, CO G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Classen HS Edmond, OK G 7 Waiata Jennings 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Collin College Rotorua, New Zealand F 8 Kayla Nelms 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Miami Country Day HS Miami, FL G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Kentucky Richmond, VA F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA C 21 Aaronette Vonleh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Colorado West Linn, OR G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS MacArthur HS Irving, TX	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Tony Greene (Langston) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Sadie Edwards (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:^[1]

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
Non-conference 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
Conference regular season
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			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona			McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
January 11, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona State			Desert Financial Arena  Tempe, Arizona
January 14th, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Utah			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
January 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., FOX		vs. UCLA Coretta Scott King Classic			Prudential Center  Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN2		at TCU			Schollmaier Arena  Fort Worth, Texas
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UCF			Addition Financial Arena  Orlando, Florida
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cincinnati			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston			Fertitta Center  Houston, Texas
February 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		BYU			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		West Virginia			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech			United Supermarkets Arena  Lubbock, Texas
February 19, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Colorado			CU Events Center  Boulder, Colorado
February 22, 2025 1:30 p.m., FOX		Iowa State			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
February 24, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Kansas State			Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, Kansas
March 2, 2025 5:30 p.m., FS1		TCU Senior Night			Foster Pavilion  Waco, Texas
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 2025  TBD		vs. TBD First Round			T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	12	17	18	RV	RV	RV	—	RV
Coaches	12	17	17	22	23	21	21	23

See also

• 2024–25 Baylor Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". baylorbears.com. Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2023.