# 2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team will represent Ohio University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth-year head coach Bob Boldon, play their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
They finished 6–23 and 4–14 in MAC play, to finish tied for eleventh in the MAC. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.

## Previous season

They finished the regular season 11–18, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament.

## Offseason
### Coaching staff changes
#### Coaching departures

2024–25 coaching departures :
| Name | Alma mater | Previous position | New position |
| Steph Haas | Florida Gulf Coast | Assistant coach | |

#### Coaching additions

2024–25 coaching additions :
| Name | Alma mater | Previous position | New position |
| Kaylee Gregory Bambule | Ohio University | Video coordinator | Assistant coach |
| Abby Garnett | Ohio University | Player (2023) | Assistant coach |

### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
| Aylasia Fantroy | 2 | G | 5'11" | Freshman | Palestine, TX | Transferred to Texas Southern |
| Bengisu Alper | 33 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility |
| Madi Mace | 3 | G | 5'11" | RS-Junior | Parkersburg, WV | Graduated |
| Peyton Guice | 11 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Westerville, OH | Graduated |
| Kailah Johnson | 10 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Orem, UT | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility |

### Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
| Anyssa Jones | 3 | G | 5'10" | Grad. Student | Westerville, OH | Transferred from Dayton. Will have one year of eligibility remaining. |
| Aliah McWhorter | 4 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Transferred from Wake Forest. Will have two years of eligibility remaining. |
| Kiersten Cashell | 31 | F | 5'11" | Sophomore | Hilliard, Ohio | Transferred from Capital. Will have three years of eligibility remaining. |

### 2024 recruiting class

Recruiting class :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | High school | Hometown |
| Gigi Bower | 20 | G | 5'9" | Olentangy Liberty | Powell, OH |
| Danni Scully | 23 | F | 6'1" | Nazareth Academy | Park Ridge, IL |
| Olivia Rinard | 36 | G | 5'9" | Williamstown | Williamstown, WV |

## Preseason

On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAC regular season. Ohio received no to win the MAC Tournament.

### Preseason rankings

MAC preseason poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Ball State | 120 (10) |
| 2 | Kent State | 104 (2) |
| 3 | Buffalo | 96 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 96 |
| 5 | Toledo | 82 |
| T6 | Northern Illinois | 64 |
| T6 | Ohio | 64 |
| 8 | Miami | 44 |
| 9 | Akron | 43 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 34 |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 23 |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 20 |
MAC tournament champion:): Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)
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### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| 2nd | Jaya McClure | G | Jr. |
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## Roster
### Support staff

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## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Georgia Southern MAC-SBC Challenge | L 70–82 | 0–1 | 26 – Watkins | 8 – Tabeling | 4 – Williams | Convocation Center (679) Athens, OH |
| November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bellarmine | L 50–82 | 0–2 | 17 – Tabeling | 9 – Williams | 3 – McWorter | Convocation Center (287) Athens, OH |
| November 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | George Washington | W 52–40 | 1–2 | 15 – Dennis | 9 – Tabeling | 4 – Williams | Convocation Center (564) Athens, OH |
| November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 12 Ohio State | L 42–106 | 1–3 | 9 – Tied | 6 – Tabeling | 2 – McWhorter | Convocation Center (4,820) Athens, OH |
| November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Wright State | L 57–68 | 1–4 | 20 – Watkins | 10 – Watkins | 4 – Tabeling | Nutter Center (1,216) Fairborn, OH |
| December 3, 2024* 11:00 a.m, ESPN+ | Ohio Christian | W 97–37 | 2–4 | 21 – Bower | 7 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Convocation Center (2,250) Athens, OH |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Butler | L 60–69 | 2–5 | 23 – Watkins | 6 – Watkins | 4 – Tabeling | Convocation Center (702) Athens, OH |
| December 15, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Saint Louis | L 52–96 | 2–6 | 15 – Tabeling | 9 – Watkins | 2 – Watkins | Chaifetz Arena (625) St. Louis, MO |
| December 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at UIC | L 45–91 | 2–7 | 9 – McWhorter | 5 – Baxter | 3 – Tabeling | Credit Union 1 Arena (535) Chicago, IL |
| December 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., SEC+ | at Georgia | L 50–83 | 2–8 | 15 – Watkins | 5 – Baxter | 3 – Tied | Stegeman Coliseum (2,525) Athens, GA |
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| January 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Akron | L 61–74 | 2–9 (0–1) | 19 – Tabeling | 5 – Watkins | 6 – Tabeling | Convocation Center (558) Athens, OH |
| January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Northern Illinois | W 71–55 | 3–9 (1–1) | 28 – Tabeling | 8 – Tabeling | 4 – McWhorter | Convocation Center (775) DeKalb, IL |
| January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA | at Western Michigan | L 49–66 | 3–10 (1–2) | 24 – Watkins | 5 – Watkins | 3 – Tied | University Arena (647) Kalamazoo, MI |
| January 11, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Kent State | L 64–79 | 3–11 (1–3) | 21 – Watkins | 8 – Watkins | 4 – Tied | Convocation Center (4011) Athens, OH |
| January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bowling Green | L 53–74 | 3–12 (1–4) | 26 – Tabeling | 3 – Tied | 3 – Watkins | Convocation Center (786) Athens, OH |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Toledo | L 65–80 | 3–13 (1–5) | 25 – Watkins | 5 – Baxter | 3 – Tabeling | Savage Arena (4337) Toledo, OH |
| January 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Buffalo | L 55–72 | 3–14 (1–6) | 15 – Watkins | 8 – Tabeling | 4 – Tied | Alumni Arena (1047) Amherst, NY |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Eastern Michigan | W 69–59 | 4–14 (2–6) | 21 – Tabeling | 4 – Watkins | 3 – Tabeling | Convocation Center (630) Athens, OH |
| January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Ball State | L 61–83 | 4–15 (2–7) | 25 – Jones | 9 – Jones | 4 – McWhorter | Convocation Center (980) Athens, OH |
| February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Miami (OH) | L 34–72 | 4–16 (2–8) | 10 – Jones | 6 – Jones | 2 – Baxter | Millett Hall (2011) Oxford, OH |
| February 5, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Central Michigan | L 48–75 | 4–17 (2–9) | 17 – Watkins | 7 – Jones | 3 – Jones | McGuirk Arena (1061) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 8, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Southern Miss MAC-SBC Challenge | L 46–58 | 4–18 | 14 – Jones | 6 – Tied | 2 – Tied | Reed Green Coliseum (1160) Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Buffalo | L 67–79 | 4–19 (2–10) | 19 – Tabeling | 6 – McWhorter | 3 – Tied | Convocation Center (886) Athens, OH |
| February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Northern Illinois | W 70–62 | 5–19 (3–10) | 23 – Watkins | 6 – Watkins | 2 – Tied | Convocation Center (670) Athens, OH |
| February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Akron | W 74–70 | 6–19 (4–10) | 18 – McWhorter | 6 – Jones | 5 – Tabeling | James A. Rhodes Arena (336) Akron, OH |
| February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Bowling Green | L 61–91 | 6–20 (4–11) | 16 – Watkins | 5 – Dennis | 3 – Bower | Stroh Center (1840) Bowling Green, OH |
| March 1, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Miami (OH) | L 53–62 | 6–21 (4–12) | 17 – Tabeling | 8 – Sculli | 2 – Bower | Convocation Center (7891) Athens, OH |
| March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Western Michigan | L 56–75 | 6–22 (4–13) | 15 – Watkins | 5 – Jones | 2 – Tied | Convocation Center (765) Athens, OH |
| March 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Ball State | L 57–82 | 6–23 (4–14) | 25 – Watkins | 4 – Tied | 2 – Tied | Worthen Arena (1810) Muncie, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||
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