# 2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by eleventh-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.

## Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 14–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3 way for eleventh place. As a No. 13 seed in the Big 12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

## Offseason
### Departures

Houston Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Bria Patterson | 1 | F | 5'11" | GS Senior | DeSoto, TX | Graduated |
| N'Yah Boyd | 5 | G | 5'6" | GS Senior | Mesquite, TX | Graduated |
| Britney Onyeje | 10 | G | 5'9" | GS Senior | Pflugerville, TX | Graduated |
| Ash'a Thompson | 11 | G | 5'10" | Senior | DeSoto, TX | Transferred to Prairie View A&M |
| Djessira Diaware | 30 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Bamako, Mali | Transferred to San Jose State |
| Amari Conn | 32 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Kansas City, MO | Graduated |
| Logyn McNeil | 33 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Rockwall, TX | TBD |
| Kamryn Jones | 34 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Magnolia, TX | Transferred to Louisiana |
| Shalexxus Aaron | 35 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Apple Valley, CA | Graduated |

### Incoming

Houston Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Leilani Augmon | 0 | G | 5'11" | Senior | San Jose, CA | Troy |
| Summer Bostock | 8 | G | 6'1" | Sophomore | Toronto, ON | Maryland |
| Kateri Poole | 15 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Bronx, NY | LSU |
| Kiera Edmonds | 21 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Brooklyn, NY | Wagner |
| Eylia Love | 24 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Kansas City, MO | Louisville |
| Ashley Chevalier | 25 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Chatsworth, CA | Texas Tech |

#### Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Rio Grande Valley | L 68–70 | 0–1 | 18 – Tied | 8 – Augmon | 6 – Chevalier | Fertitta Center (759) Houston, TX |
| November 8, 2024* 5:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Georgia | L 47–61 | 0–2 | 17 – Love | 9 – Love | 3 – Chevalier | Stegeman Coliseum (1,739) Athens, GA |
| November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Rice Rivalry | L 48–60 | 0–3 | 21 – Cooke | 7 – Augmon | 2 – Love | Tudor Fieldhouse (869) Houston, TX |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Houston Christian | W 54–52 | 1–3 | 14 – Love | 5 – Tied | 5 – Cooke | Fertitta Center (751) Houston, TX |
| November 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Alcorn State | W 73–48 | 2–3 | 13 – Merchant | 10 – Love | 5 – Chevalier | Fertitta Center (608) Houston, TX |
| November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Texas | L 53–69 | 2–4 | 19 – Love | 8 – Love | 2 – Love | Fertitta Center (864) Houston, TX |
| November 29, 2024* 1:15 p.m., YouTube | | vs. Minnesota Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament | L 44–61 | 2–5 | 10 – Tied | 6 – Tied | 3 – Chevalier | Alario Center (214) Westwego, LA |
| November 30, 2024* 3:30 p.m., YouTube | | vs. Pacific Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament | L 60–64 | 2–6 | 15 – Cooke | 5 – Augmon | 2 – Tied | Alario Center (178) Westwego, LA |
| December 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 57–61 | 2–7 | 18 – Blair | 13 – Love | 6 – Blair | College Park Center (901) Arlington, TX |
| December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 70–65 | 3–7 | 19 – Blair | 10 – Augmon | 2 – Tied | Fertitta Center (846) Houston, TX |
| December 17, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | Mississippi Valley State | W 98–40 | 4–7 | 30 – Merchant | 17 – Love | 6 – Blair | Fertitta Center (1,229) Houston, TX |
| Big 12 regular season |||||||||
| December 22, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Texas Tech | L 59–74 | 4–8 (0–1) | 12 – Cooke | 5 – McFarland | 2 – Augmon | United Supermarkets Arena (4,227) Lubbock, TX |
| January 1, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 12 Kansas State | L 55–74 | 4–9 (0–2) | 16 – Love | 6 – Love | 3 – Blair | Fertitta Center (739) Houston, TX |
| January 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arizona State | L 60–69 | 4–10 (0–3) | 18 – McFarland | 13 – McFarland | 10 – Chevalier | Fertitta Center (904) Houston, TX |
| January 8, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at BYU | L 75–89 | 4–11 (0–4) | 23 – Merchant | 5 – Tied | 5 – Blair | Marriott Center (1,492) Provo, UT |
| January 11, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 22 Utah | L 42–69 | 4–12 (0–5) | 16 – Blair | 5 – Merchant | 3 – Blair | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,326) Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 24 Oklahoma State | W 79–76 | 5–12 (1–5) | 20 – Merchant | 11 – Augmon | 7 – Blair | Fertitta Center (613) Houston, TX |
| January 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Baylor | L 51–70 | 5–13 (1–6) | 17 – Cooke | 7 – Love | 2 – Tied | Foster Pavilion (3,321) Waco, TX |
| January 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Texas Tech | L 44–62 | 5–14 (1–7) | 15 – Blair | 7 – Love | 3 – Blair | Fertitta Center (611) Houston, TX |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kansas | L 43–57 | 5–15 (1–8) | 16 – Blair | 7 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Fertitta Center (1,405) Houston, TX |
| January 29, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cincinnati | L 65–73 | 5–16 (1–9) | 21 – Hayes | 18 – Hayes | 2 – Tied | Fifth Third Arena (1,495) Cincinnati, OH |
| February 1, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at UCF | L 56–70 | 5–17 (1–10) | 19 – Blair | 9 – McFarland | 6 – Cooke | Addition Financial Arena (1,327) Orlando, FL |
| February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Baylor | L 47–92 | 5–18 (1–11) | 13 – Tied | 7 – McFarland | 3 – Blair | Fertitta Center (1,187) Houston, TX |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 18 West Virginia | L 51–79 | 5–19 (1–12) | 16 – Cooke | 10 – Merchant | 5 – Blair | Fertitta Center (901) Houston, TX |
| February 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Colorado | L 60–83 | 5–20 (1–13) | 18 – Blair | 6 – Merchant | 3 – Tied | CU Events Center (4,494) Boulder, CO |
| February 19, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Iowa State | L 53–64 | 5–21 (1–14) | 13 – Tied | 8 – Tied | 7 – Love | Hilton Coliseum (9,047) Ames, IA |
| February 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arizona | L 72–74 $^{OT}$ | 5–22 (1–15) | 21 – Blair | 14 – Love | 5 – Blair | Fertitta Center (1,198) Houston, TX |
| February 26, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 10 TCU | L 56–91 | 5–23 (1–16) | 25 – Cooke | 5 – Tied | 3 – Blair | Schollmaier Arena (3,126) Fort Worth, TX |
| March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UCF | L 61–73 | 5–24 (1–17) | 20 – Love | 6 – Augmon | 3 – Cooke | Fertitta Center (759) Houston, TX |
| Big 12 Conference Tournament |||||||||
| March 5, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (16) | vs. (9) Colorado First round | L 58–66 | 5–25 | 15 – Blair | 6 – Merchant | 6 – Blair | T-Mobile Center (4,617) Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||||||