# 2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jayhawks are led by tenth-year head coach Brandon Schneider and play their home games at the Allen Fieldhouse as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

## Previous season

The Jayhawks finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in 7th place. As the 7th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated 10th seed BYU in the second round, but would lose to 2nd seed Texas in the Quarterfinals. As an at-large bid and the 8th seed in the NCAA Women's Tournament, they would beat 9th seed Michigan in Overtime in the first round, but would lose to 1st seed USC ending their season.

## Offseason
### Departures

Kansas departures :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Taiyanna Jackson | 1 | C | 6'6" | Graduate student | East Chicago, IN | Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 19th overall by Connecticut Sun |
| Ryan Cobbins | 5 | G/F | 6'0" | Graduate student | Kansas City, KS | Graduated |
| Paris Gaines | 7 | G | 6'3" | Freshman | Orlando, FL | Transferred to Georgia Southern |
| Holly Kersgieter | 13 | G | 5'10" | Graduate student | Sand Springs, OK | Graduated |
| Zakiyah Franklin | 15 | G | 5'8" | Graduate student | Lakeland, FL | Graduated |
| Zsófia Telegdy | 23 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Budapest, Hungary | Transferred to Western Kentucky |
| Skyler Gill | 32 | G/F | 5'10" | Junior | Wichita, KS | Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast |

### Incoming transfers

Kansas incoming transfers :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Freddie Wallace | 10 | F | 6'2" | Junior | Lincoln, NE | Butler CC |
| Elle Evans | 21 | G | 6'3" | Junior | Edwardsville, IL | North Dakota State |
| Sania Copeland | 22 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Kansas City, KS | Wisconsin |
| Brittany Harshaw | 23 | G | 6'1" | Sophomore | Andover, KS | Creighton |
| Jordan Webster | 32 | G | 5'10" | Graduate student | Dallas, TX | UC Riverside |

### 2024 recruiting class

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

### 2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2025) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Libby Fandel G | Cedar Rapids, IA | Xavier High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 |||||||
| 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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024. |||||||

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| November 1, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Washburn | W 81–54 | | 20 – Harshaw | 10 – Williams | 4 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (1,036) Lawrence, KS |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Lindenwood | W 56–43 | 1–0 | 20 – Nichols | 9 – Harshaw | 5 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,588) Lawrence, KS |
| November 11, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Sam Houston | W 66–51 | 2–0 | 16 – Nichols | 9 – Harshaw | 5 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (2,907) Lawrence, KS |
| November 14, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Omaha | W 75–56 | 3–0 | 16 – Nichols | 8 – Eltayeb | 9 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (2,794) Lawrence, KS |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Alabama | W 81–64 | 4–0 | 21 – Evans | 7 – Evans | 3 – Tied | Allen Fieldhouse (3,229) Lawrence, KS |
| November 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN | | vs. Iowa | L 58–71 | 4–1 | 26 – Nichols | 6 – Eltayeb | 4 – Nichols | Sanford Pentagon (3,347) Sioux Falls, SD |
| November 28, 2024* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam Island Division | W 59–53 | 5–1 | 28 – Nichols | 8 – Omsa | 3 – Evans | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI |
| November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Northern Iowa Paradise Jam Island Division | W 76–73 | 6–1 | 25 – Nichols | 7 – Williams | 7 – Nichols | Sports and Fitness Center (625) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| November 30, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Auburn Paradise Jam Island Division | W 61–60 | 7–1 | 28 – Nichols | 9 – Williams | 4 – Nichols | Sports and Fitness Center (1,368) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| December 5, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Wichita State | W 70–60 | 8–1 | 19 – Nichols | 11 – Williams | 4 – Mayberry | Allen Fieldhouse (3,201) Lawrence, KS |
| December 11, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kansas City | W 79–49 | 9–1 | 17 – Copeland | 16 – Williams | 9 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,004) Lawrence, KS |
| December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Penn State | W 68–65 | 10–1 | 26 – Nichols | 7 – Papadopoulou | 5 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,527) Lawrence, KS |
| Big 12 Conference regular season |||||||||
| December 21, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Baylor | L 66–86 | 10–2 (0–1) | 25 – Nichols | 7 – Tied | 5 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,935) Lawrence, KS |
| January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Iowa State | L 64–78 | 10–3 (0–2) | 22 – Nichols | 5 – Eltayeb | 5 – Nichols | Hilton Coliseum (10,807) Ames, IA |
| January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Oklahoma State | W 75–66 | 11–3 (1–2) | 27 – Nichols | 6 – Evans | 7 – Nichols | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,390) Stillwater, OK |
| January 7, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 11 TCU | L 73–80 | 11–4 (1–3) | 24 – Nichols | 7 – Eltayeb | 4 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,014) Lawrence, KS |
| January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Colorado | L 76–84 | 11–5 (1–4) | 28 – Evans | 4 – Osma | 6 – Nichols | CU Events Center (4,562) Boulder, CO |
| January 16, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arizona State | W 75–52 | 12–5 (2–4) | 22 – Evans | 8 – Williams | 4 – Tied | Allen Fieldhouse (3,020) Lawrence, KS |
| January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arizona | L 59–74 | 12–6 (2–5) | 21 – Nichols | 7 – Evans | 2 – Conesa | Allen Fieldhouse (4,049) Lawrence, KS |
| January 22, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Utah | L 61–79 | 12–7 (2–6) | 26 – Nichols | 8 – Conesa | 4 – Copeland | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,531) Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Houston | W 57–43 | 13–7 (3–6) | 16 – Nichols | 10 – Tied | 6 – Nichols | Fertitta Center (1,405) Houston, TX |
| January 29, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Texas Tech | W 57–50 | 14–7 (4–6) | 20 – Nichols | 7 – Evans | 6 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (3,076) Lawrence, KS |
| February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 11 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown | L 64–91 | 14–8 (4–7) | 17 – Copeland | 6 – Copeland | 7 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (8,180) Lawrence, KS |
| February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 18 West Virginia | L 43–76 | 14–9 (4–8) | 12 – Nichols | 4 – Tied | 3 – Nichols | WVU Coliseum (3,258) Morgantown, WV |
| February 8, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at Cincinnati | L 74–78 $^{OT}$ | 14–10 (4–9) | 30 – Evans | 6 – Conesa | 4 – Nichols | Fifth Third Arena (1,980) Cincinnati, OH |
| February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Iowa State | L 80–93 | 14–11 (4–10) | 26 – Harshaw | 6 – Tied | 12 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (4,613) Lawrence, KS |
| February 18, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | UCF | W 63–58 | 15–11 (5–10) | 20 – Nichols | 7 – Eltayeb | 3 – Nichols | Allen Fieldhouse (1,937) Lawrence, KS |
| February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 12 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown | L 60–90 | 15–12 (5–11) | 15 – Evans | 5 – Tied | 5 – Copeland | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) Manhattan, KS |
| February 25, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at BYU | W 71–66 | 16–12 (6–11) | 24 – Evans | 8 – Nichols | 7 – Nichols | Marriott Center (2,149) Provo, UT |
| March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 21 Oklahoma State | L 51–57 | 16–13 (6–12) | 16 – Nichols | 8 – Conesa | 6 – Conesa | Allen Fieldhouse (4,838) Lawrence, KS |
| Big 12 Conference Tournament |||||||||
| March 5, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (11) | vs. (14) Texas Tech First Round | L 53–57 | 16–14 | 15 – Harshaw | 4 – Tied | 3 – Tied | T-Mobile Center (4,374) Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||||||