# 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fourth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

## Previous season

The 2023-24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2023-24 season 26–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play good for 5th place. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would beat 12th seed Texas Tech in the Second Round, but would lose the 4th seed Iowa State in the Quarterfinals. As an At-large bit as the 5th seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, they would beat 12th seed Vanderbilt in the first round, 4th seed Virginia Tech in the second round, but would lose to 1st seed USC in the Regional Semifinals.

## Offseason
### Departures

Baylor Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Denae Fritz | 1 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | Maryville, TN | Transferred to Texas Tech |
| Lety Vasconcelos | 25 | C | 6'7" | Freshman | Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil | Transferred to Illinois |
| Catarina Ferreira | 30 | G | 6'0" | Senior | São Paulo, Brazil | Transferred to Oregon State |
| Aijha Blackwell | 33 | G/F | 6'0" | Graduate | Berkeley, MO | Graduated |
| Dre'una Edwards | 44 | F | 6'0" | Graduate | Las Vegas, NV | Graduated |

### Incoming

Baylor Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Waiata Jennings | 7 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Rotorua, Zealand | Collin College |
| Aaronette Vonleh | 21 | C | 6'3" | Senior | West Linn, OR | Colorado |

### Recruiting

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Kayla Nelms F | Miami, Florida | Miami Country Day School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94 ||||||
| Ines Goryanova PG | Daytona Beach, Florida | DME Academy | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| 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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 3, 2024* 2:00 p.m. | No. 12 | Langston | W 100–39 | -- | Foster Pavilion Waco, Texas |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 12 | Incarnate Word | W 85–33 | 1–0 | Foster Pavilion (3,332) Waco, Texas |
| November 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 12 | at Oregon | L 74–76 | 1–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,372) Eugene, Oregon |
| November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 17 | East Texas A&M | W 104–55 | 2–1 | Foster Pavilion (3,510) Waco, Texas |
| November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 17 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 65–42 | 3–1 | Foster Pavilion (3,435) Waco, Texas |
| November 23, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops | No. 18 | vs. Southern Miss Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals | W 101–55 | 4–1 | Imperial Arena (990) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 24, 2024* 12:30 p.m., FloHoops | No. 18 | vs. Indiana Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals | L 65–73 | 4–2 | Imperial Arena (179) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 25, 2024* 1:30 p.m., ESPNU | | vs. Villanova Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game | W 73–62 | 5–2 | Imperial Arena (158) Paradise Island, Bahamas |
| November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | New Orleans | W 84–58 | 6–2 | Foster Pavilion (3,406) Waco, Texas |
| December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Louisiana Tech | W 98–54 | 7–2 | Foster Pavilion (3,621) Waco, Texas |
| December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Texas Southern | W 101–29 | 8–2 | Foster Pavilion (3,121) Waco, Texas |
| December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UNLV | W 71–64 | 9–2 | Foster Pavilion (3,972) Waco, Texas |
| December 18, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | Utah Tech | W 97–34 | 10–2 | Foster Pavilion (6,149) Waco, Texas |
| December 21, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Kansas | W 86–66 | 11–2 (1–0) | Allen Fieldhouse (3,935) Lawrence, Kansas |
| January 1, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Oklahoma State | L 61–84 | 11–3 (1–1) | Foster Pavilion (3,546) Waco, Texas |
| January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Colorado | W 76–62 | 12–3 (2–1) | Foster Pavilion (3,764) Waco, Texas |
| January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Arizona | W 81–76 $^{OT}$ | 13–3 (3–1) | McKale Center (6,398) Tucson, Arizona |
| January 11, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Arizona State | W 78–59 | 14–3 (4–1) | Desert Financial Arena Tempe, Arizona |
| January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 23 Utah | W 70–61 | 15–3 (5–1) | Foster Pavilion (3,216) Waco, Texas |
| January 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Houston | W 70–51 | 16–3 (6–1) | Foster Pavilion (3,321) Waco, Texas |
| January 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., FOX | No. 25 | vs. No. 1 UCLA Coretta Scott King Classic | L 57–72 | 16–4 | Prudential Center (6,147) Newark, New Jersey |
| January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 25 | at No. 9 TCU | L 75–80 | 16–5 (6–2) | Schollmaier Arena (5,415) Fort Worth, Texas |
| January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UCF | W 75–64 | 17–5 (7–2) | Addition Financial Arena (1,354) Orlando, Florida |
| February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cincinnati | W 98–59 | 18–5 (8–2) | Foster Pavilion (3,897) Waco, Texas |
| February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Houston | W 92–47 | 19–5 (9–2) | Fertitta Center (1,187) Houston, Texas |
| February 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | BYU | W 83–71 | 20–5 (10–2) | Foster Pavilion (3,960) Waco, Texas |
| February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 25 | No. 18 West Virginia | W 75–65 | 21–5 (11–2) | Foster Pavilion (3,441) Waco, Texas |
| February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 25 | at Texas Tech | W 66–60 | 22–5 (12–2) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,648) Lubbock, Texas |
| February 19, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 19 | at Colorado | W 84–62 | 23–5 (13–2) | CU Events Center (3,182) Boulder, Colorado |
| February 22, 2025 1:30 p.m., FOX | No. 19 | Iowa State | W 67–52 | 24–5 (14–2) | Foster Pavilion (4,707) Waco, Texas |
| February 24, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 17 | at No. 14 Kansas State | W 79–62 | 25–5 (15–2) | Bramlage Coliseum (5,200) Manhattan, Kansas |
| March 2, 2025 5:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 17 | No. 10 TCU Senior Night | L 48–51 | 25–6 (15–3) | Foster Pavilion (7,110) Waco, Texas |
| Big 12 Conference Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) No. 17 | vs. (7) Iowa State Quarterfinals | W 69–63 | 26–6 | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri |
| March 8, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) No. 17 | vs. (3) No. 21 Oklahoma State Semifinals | W 84–74 | 27–6 | T-Mobile Center (5,699) Kansas City, Missouri |
| March 9, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) No. 17 | vs. (1) No. 8 TCU Championship Game | L 59–64 | 27–7 | T-Mobile Center (5,084) Kansas City, Missouri |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 21, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPNU | (4 S1) No. 14 | (13 S1) Grand Canyon First Round | | | Foster Pavilion Waco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 12 | 17 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | — | RV | 25 | RV | RV | 25 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | |
| Coaches | 12 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 24 | RV | 24 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15т | |