# 2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

The 2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons are led by thirty-ninth year head coach Doug Bruno and play their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference.

## Previous season

The Blue Demons finished the season 12–20, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in tenth place. As a No. 10 seed, they lost in the first round to Seton Hall of the Big East women's tournament.

## Offseason
### Departures

DePaul Departures :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Katlyn Gilbert | 0 | G | 5'10" | Graduate student | Indianapolis, IN | Graduated |
| Brynn Masikewich | 5 | F | 6'3" | Graduate student | Calgary, AB | Graduated |
| Jade Edwards | 12 | G | 5'9" | Graduate student | Chicago, IL | Graduated |
| Anaya Peoples | 22 | G | 5'11" | Graduate student | Danville, IL | Graduated |
| Michelle Sidor | 23 | G | 5'9" | Graduate student | Upper Saddle River, NJ | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

DePaul Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Taylor Johnson-Matthews | 0 | G/F | 5'10" | Junior | Cleveland, OH | Pearl River CC |
| Meg Newman | 9 | F | 6'3" | Junior | Indianapolis, IN | Alabama |

#### Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 18, 2024* 8:00 p.m. | | Lewis | W 99–48 | | 19 – Allen | 13 – Allen | 5 – Newman | Wintrust Arena (658) Chicago, IL |
| October 28, 2024* 7:00 p.m. | | Winona State | W 73–58 | | 25 – Allen | 10 – Newman | 7 – Newman | Wintrust Arena (1,032) Chicago, IL |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloSports | | Mercyhurst | W 74–53 | 1–0 | 21 – Allen | 11 – Walker | 3 – Allen | Wintrust Arena (5,057) Chicago, IL |
| November 9, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | Princeton | L 58–79 | 1–1 | 19 – Allen | 9 – Newman | 4 – Tied | Wintrust Arena (1,233) Chicago, IL |
| November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee | | at Loyola Chicago | W 75–60 | 2–1 | 16 – Tied | 8 – Allen | 4 – Tied | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (616) Chicago, IL |
| November 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FS2 | | No. 4 Texas | L 61–91 | 2–2 | 23 – Allen | 5 – Newman | 3 – Allen | Wintrust Arena (1,725) Chicago, IL |
| November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Green Bay | L 57–70 | 2–3 | 21 – Allen | 8 – Newman | 3 – Lee | Kress Events Center (1,869) Green Bay, WI |
| November 25, 2024* 4:30 p.m., FloSports | | vs. No. 8 Oklahoma Ball Dawgs Classic semifinals | L 62–85 | 2–4 | 15 – Tied | 7 – Newman | 6 – Allen | Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV |
| November 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | vs. No. 9 Kansas State Ball Dawgs Classic 3rd place game | L 66–92 | 2–5 | 17 – Tied | 7 – Smith | 4 – Allen | Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV |
| December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., Marquee | | SIU Edwardsville | W 66–42 | 3–5 | 21 – Allen | 9 – Allen | 4 – Lee | Wintrust Arena (1,118) Chicago, IL |
| December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+ | | at Northwestern | L 56–64 | 3–6 | 20 – Johnson-Matthews | 10 – Newman | 4 – Allen | Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,045) Evanston, IL |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+ | | at No. 24 Michigan State | L 61–89 | 3–7 | 15 – Tied | 11 – Allen | 7 – Allen | Breslin Center (3,416) East Lansing, MI |
| December 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee | | UIC | W 73–56 | 4–7 | 27 – Allen | 8 – Tied | 5 – Newman | Wintrust Arena (1,118) Chicago, IL |
| December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., Marquee | | UNLV | L 61–80 | 4–8 | 21 – Allen | 10 – Newman | 4 – Lee | Wintrust Arena (1,547) Chicago, IL |
| December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee | | Southern | W 76–64 | 5–8 | 23 – Allen | 9 – Allen | 8 – Lee | Wintrust Arena (900) Chicago, IL |
| Big East regular season |||||||||
| December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | Butler | W 66–43 | 6–8 (1–0) | 22 – Johnson-Matthews | 10 – Allen | 7 – Allen | Wintrust Arena (1,300) Chicago, IL |
| December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | Marquette | L 59–78 | 6–9 (1–1) | 24 – Allen | 10 – Johnson-Matthews | 6 – Johnson-Matthews | Wintrust Arena (1,798) Chicago, IL |
| January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Xavier | W 65–60 | 7–9 (2–1) | 20 – Kanerva | 9 – Christie | 7 – Kanerva | Cintas Center (1,118) Cincinnati, OH |
| January 7, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | at St. John's | W 67–60 | 8–9 (3–1) | 23 – Johnson-Matthews | 10 – Newman | 6 – Allen | Carnesecca Arena (676) Queens, NY |
| January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | Providence | W 62–56 | 9–9 (4–1) | 21 – Johnson-Matthews | 10 – Newman | 6 – Lee | Wintrust Arena (1,462) Chicago, IL |
| January 15, 2025 10:30 a.m., FloSports | | at Villanova | L 55–66 | 9–10 (4–2) | 20 – Allen | 7 – McCline | 4 – Johnson-Matthews | Finneran Pavilion (1,219) Villanova, PA |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Creighton | L 71–92 | 9–11 (4–3) | 22 – Allen | 5 – Tied | 5 – Allen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,321) Omaha, NE |
| January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports | | Xavier | W 57–50 | 10–11 (5–3) | 15 – Clarke | 8 – Newman | 7 – Allen | Wintrust Arena (898) Chicago, IL |
| January 26, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Butler | W 74–67 $^{OT}$ | 11–11 (6–3) | 34 – Allen | 9 – Newman | 5 – Allen | Hinkle Fieldhouse (2,018) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., SNY | | No. 6 UConn | L 58–84 | 11–12 (6–4) | 19 – Tied | 6 – Newman | 5 – McCline | Wintrust Arena (8,305) Chicago, IL |
| February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | Seton Hall | L 55–72 | 11–13 (6–5) | 26 – Johnson-Matthews | 10 – Newman | 6 – Allen | Wintrust Arena (1,354) Chicago, IL |
| February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Providence | L 63–76 | 11–14 (6–6) | 19 – Tied | 12 – Newman | 3 – Tied | Alumni Hall (795) Providence, RI |
| February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Georgetown | W 80–76 | 12–14 (7–6) | 31 – Allen | 9 – Johnson-Matthews | 4 – Lee | McDonough Arena Washington, D.C. |
| February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports | | Villanova | L 56–62 | 12–15 (7–7) | 23 – Allen | 7 – Tied | 6 – Lee | Wintrust Arena (1,209) Chicago, IL |
| February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Marquette | L 72–82 | 12–16 (7–8) | 22 – Allen | 8 – Walker | 3 – Tied | Al McGuire Center (2,512) Milwaukee, WI |
| February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | No. 23 Creighton | L 74–83 | 12–17 (7–9) | 28 – Jensen | 7 – Maly | 5 – Mogensen | Wintrust Arena (2,559) Chicago, IL |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Seton Hall | L 67–76 | 12–18 (7–10) | 21 – Allen | 13 – Newman | 4 – Lee | Walsh Gymnasium (1,101) South Orange, NJ |
| March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | St. John's | W 65–64 $^{OT}$ | 13–18 (8–10) | 17 – Allen | 9 – Newman | 5 – Clarke | Wintrust Arena (2,985) Chicago, IL |
| Big East Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 7, 2025 3:00 p.m., BEDN | (6) | vs. (11) Xavier First Round | L 73–80 | 13–19 | 28 – Allen | 12 – Allen | 6 – McCline | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.