# 2024–25 California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team

The 2024–25 California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team represents California Baptist University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lancers, led by 13th-year head coach Jarrod Olson, play their home games at the Fowler Events Center in Riverside, California as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

## Previous season

The Lancers finished the 2023–24 season 28–4, 18–2 in WAC play, to finish as WAC regular season champions. They defeated UT Arlington and Stephen F. Austin to win the WAC tournament championship, sending the Lancers to their first ever NCAA tournament. In the NCAA tournament, they received the #15 seed in the Albany Regional 2, where they would fall to #2 region seed UCLA in the first round.

## Preseason

On October 16, 2024, the WAC released their preseason coaches poll. California Baptist was picked to finish second in the WAC regular season.

### Preseason rankings

WAC preseason poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Grand Canyon | 59 (4) |
| 2 | California Baptist | 58 (4) |
| 3 | UT Arlington | 53 (1) |
| 4 | Abilene Christian | 37 |
| 5 | Southern Utah | 33 |
| 6 | Tarleton State | 28 |
| 7 | Utah Tech | 24 |
| 8 | Utah Valley | 17 |
| 9 | Seattle | 15 |
Source:

### Preseason All-WAC Team

No Lancers were named to the Preseason All-WAC team.

## 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 4, 2024* 4:00 pm, B1G+ | | at Oregon | L 63–93 | 0–1 | 16 – Schmidt | 10 – Johansson | 5 – Fiel | Matthew Knight Arena (4,141) Eugene, OR |
| November 9, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty WAC/C-USA Challenge | L 44–72 | 0–2 | 13 – Bosch Duran | 6 – Schmidt | 3 – Tu'ua | Liberty Arena (1,316) Lynchburg, VA |
| November 16, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Pepperdine | L 64–75 | 0–3 | 34 – Schmidt | 8 – Schmidt | 9 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (740) Riverside, CA |
| November 20, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | San Diego State | L 66–78 | 0–4 | 26 – Tu'ua | 16 – Schmidt | 6 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (758) Riverside, CA |
| November 23, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Portland | L 66–85 | 0–5 | 14 – Schmidt | 7 – Schmidt | 6 – Tu'ua | Chiles Center (667) Portland, OR |
| November 26, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Saint Louis | L 70–82 | 0–6 | 18 – Fiel | 13 – Johansson | 9 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (461) Riverside, CA |
| November 29, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Florida Gulf Coast Homewood Suites Classic | L 56–66 | 0–7 | 14 – Johansson | 7 – Johansson | 4 – Tied | Alico Arena (1,466) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 30, 2024* 11:00 am | | vs. Penn Homewood Suites Classic | L 51–64 | 0–8 | 20 – Schmidt | 12 – Johansson | 7 – Tu'ua | Alico Arena (47) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 3, 2024* 6:30 pm, BTN | | at No. 6 USC | L 52–94 | 0–9 | 12 – Schmidt | 7 – Schmidt | 3 – Fiel | Galen Center (2,489) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 7, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Mary's | W 71–68 | 1–9 | 20 – Tu'ua | 8 – Schmidt | 8 – Tu'ua | University Credit Union Pavilion (322) Moraga, CA |
| December 11, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cal State Northridge | W 73–71 | 2–9 | 20 – Bosch Duran | 7 – Johansson | 7 – Tu'ua | Premier America Credit Union Arena (250) Northridge, CA |
| December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UC San Diego | L 58–81 | 2–10 | 12 – Tied | 8 – Tu'ua | 5 – Tied | Fowler Events Center (427) Riverside, CA |
| December 17, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Middle Tennessee WAC/C-USA Challenge | L 54–74 | 2–11 | 21 – Schmidt | 7 – Schmidt | 7 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (395) Riverside, CA |
| December 19, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas Southern | W 72–58 | 3–11 | 22 – Schmidt | 17 – Schmidt | 6 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (181) Riverside, CA |
| WAC regular season |||||||||
| January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Seattle | W 70–64 | 4–11 (1–0) | 18 – Lemon | 7 – Schmidt | 10 – Tu'ua | Redhawk Center (243) Seattle, WA |
| January 11, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Utah Valley | W 77–50 | 5–11 (2–0) | 39 – Lemon | 9 – Bosch Duran | 6 – Fiel | Fowler Events Center (486) Riverside, CA |
| January 16, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Tarleton State | W 73–72 | 6–11 (3–0) | 18 – Johansson | 8 – Legaspi | 9 – Fiel | Fowler Events Center (4,362) Riverside, CA |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Abilene Christian | L 55–71 | 6–12 (3–1) | 20 – Lemon | 7 – Legaspi | 3 – Bosch Duran | Fowler Events Center (413) Riverside, CA |
| January 23, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Utah Valley | L 50–59 | 6–13 (3–2) | 11 – Tied | 9 – Legaspi | 4 – Tied | UCCU Center (509) Orem, UT |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Utah | L 63–64 | 6–14 (3–3) | 18 – Fiel | 9 – Lemon | 3 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (426) Riverside, CA |
| January 30, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Abilene Christian | W 87–84 | 7–14 (4–3) | 29 – Lemon | 6 – Tu'ua | 7 – Tu'ua | Moody Coliseum (673) Abilene, TX |
| February 6, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southern Utah | W 69–66 | 8–14 (5–3) | 20 – Bosch Duran | 8 – Tied | 6 – Tu'ua | America First Event Center (455) Cedar City, UT |
| February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Grand Canyon | L 55–84 | 8–15 (5–4) | 10 – Nordstrom | 8 – Legaspi | 4 – Tu'ua | Global Credit Union Arena (923) Phoenix, AZ |
| February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Arlington | W 90–79 | 9–15 (6–4) | 25 – Lemon | 8 – Schmidt | 13 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (398) Riverside, CA |
| February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Utah Tech | W 81–75 | 10–15 (7–4) | 24 – Lemon | 14 – Legaspi | 7 – Tu'ua | Burns Arena (437) St. George, UT |
| February 22, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Grand Canyon | L 56–74 | 10–16 (7–5) | 14 – Tied | 7 – Tied | 7 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (720) Riverside, CA |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Seattle | W 81–68 | 11–16 (8–5) | 22 – Lemon | 9 – Legaspi | 5 – Tied | Fowler Events Center (472) Riverside, CA |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Utah Tech | W 94–74 | 12–16 (9–5) | 21 – Tu'ua | 9 – Tu'ua | 10 – Tu'ua | Fowler Events Center (589) Riverside, CA |
| March 6, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tarleton State | L 44–75 | 12–17 (9–6) | 15 – Lemon | 6 – Schmidt | 2 – Tied | Wisdom Gym (2,750) Stephenville, TX |
| March 8, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 73–87 | 12–18 (9–7) | 24 – Lemon | 8 – Legaspi | 5 – Bosch Duran | College Park Center (1,177) Arlington, TX |
| WAC tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) UT Arlington Quarterfinals | | | | | | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. |||||||||
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