# 2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by first-year head coach Kayla Karius, play their home games at the Kress Events Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin as members of the Horizon League. Seniors Natalie McNeal and Maddy Schreiber earned first team All-Conference honors while guard Bailey Butler was named conference defensive player of the year.

## Previous season

The Phoenix finished the 2023–24 season 27–7, 17–3 in Horizon League play, to finish in second place. They defeated Youngstown State, Purdue Fort Wayne, and top-seeded Cleveland State to win the Horizon League tournament championship, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance since 2018. They received the #11 seed in the Portland Regional 4, where they would fall to #6 region seed Tennessee in the first round.
On April 10, 2024, longtime head coach Kevin Borseth announced his retirement, ending his second stint as head coach, and his 21st season overall. On April 23, the school announced that they would be hiring South Dakota head coach and Green Bay alum Kayla Karius as the team's next head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | at No. 13 Kansas State | L 45–92 | 0–1 | 14 – McNeal | 7 – McNeal | 3 – Butler | Bramlage Coliseum (4,408) Manhattan, KS |
| November 9, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+/TV32 | | Northern Iowa | L 56–71 | 0–2 | 13 – McNeal | 6 – Kondrakiewicz | 5 – Schreiber | Kress Events Center (1,884) Green Bay, WI |
| November 13, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UIC | W 74–71 | 1–2 | 25 – Schreiber | 8 – McNeal | 6 – tied | Credit Union 1 Arena (667) Chicago, IL |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, SLN | | at North Dakota | W 66–63 | 2–2 | 13 – Schreiber | 10 – Kondrakiewicz | 5 – Butler | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,599) Grand Forks, ND |
| November 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | DePaul | W 70–57 | 3–2 | 17 – McNeal | 5 – tied | 6 – Schreiber | Kress Events Center (1,869) Green Bay, WI |
| November 28, 2024* 10:00 am, FloHoops | | vs. Virginia Puerto Rico Shootout | L 61–66 | 3–3 | 18 – Genke | 10 – Kondrakiewicz | 5 – Butler | Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR |
| November 29, 2024* 10:00 am, FloHoops | | vs. Drake Puerto Rico Shootout | W 64–59 | 4–3 | 15 – McNeal | 8 – McNeal | 3 – Schreiber | Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR |
| November 30, 2024* 9:00 am, FloHoops | | vs. Norfolk State Puerto Rico Shootout | W 55–54 | 5–3 | 23 – Schreiber | 12 – Kondrakiewicz | 4 – Kondrakiewicz | Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR |
| December 4, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | IU Indy | W 78–56 | 6–3 (1–0) | 16 – Schreiber | 8 – Kondrakiewicz | 6 – Butler | Kress Events Center (1,640) Green Bay, WI |
| December 7, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Purdue Fort Wayne | L 66–67 | 6–4 (1–1) | 20 – Kondrakiewicz | 13 – Kondrakiewicz | 5 – Butler | Gates Sports Center (478) Fort Wayne, IN |
| December 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Milwaukee | W 86–53 | 7–4 (2–1) | 20 – Schreiber | 7 – McNeal | 12 – Butler | Klotsche Center (624) Milwaukee, WI |
| December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Creighton | L 52–74 | 7–5 | 19 – McNeal | 6 – tied | 3 – McNeal | Kress Events Center (1,938) Green Bay, WI |
| December 19, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Ripon | W 75–42 | 8–5 | 15 – McNeal | 13 – Kondrakiewicz | 6 – Meyer | Kress Events Center (1,810) Green Bay, WI |
| December 21, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Parkside | W 72–39 | 9–5 | 18 – Guyer | 9 – McNeal | 6 – Schiltz | Kress Events Center (1,843) Green Bay, WI |
| January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northern Kentucky | W 78–59 | 10–5 (3–1) | 22 – Guyer | 9 – McNeal | 11 – Butler | Kress Events Center (1,750) Green Bay, WI |
| January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Wright State | W 69–51 | 11–5 (4–1) | 14 – Genke | 10 – Guyer | 8 – Butler | Kress Events Center (1,904) Green Bay, WI |
| January 9, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Youngstown State | W 58–50 | 12–5 (5–1) | 17 – McNeal | 5 – tied | 5 – Butler | Beeghly Center (1,328) Youngstown, OH |
| January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Robert Morris | W 78–48 | 13–5 (6–1) | 22 – McNeal | 18 – McNeal | 5 – tied | UPMC Events Center (207) Moon Township, PA |
| January 16, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Detroit Mercy | W 70–47 | 14–5 (7–1) | 17 – Kondrakiewicz | 9 – Kondrakiewicz | 6 – tied | Kress Events Center (1,619) Green Bay, WI |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Oakland | W 69–39 | 15–5 (8–1) | 22 – Genke | 8 – McNeal | 6 – Butler | Kress Events Center (1,969) Green Bay, WI |
| January 23, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Wright State | W 75–62 | 16–5 (9–1) | 31 – Kondrakiewicz | 12 – McNeal | 5 – McNeal | Nutter Center (1,038) Fairborn, OH |
| January 25, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Northern Kentucky | W 64–56 | 17–5 (10–1) | 14 – Schiltz | 9 – Kondrakiewicz | 8 – Butler | Truist Arena (1,380) Highland Heights, KY |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+/TV32 | | Cleveland State | W 66–52 | 18–5 (11–1) | 24 – McNeal | 7 – tied | 6 – Meyer | Kress Events Center (2,177) Green Bay, WI |
| February 2, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at IU Indy | W 76–54 | 19–5 (12–1) | 15 – tied | 6 – tied | 4 – tied | The Jungle (595) Indianapolis, IN |
| February 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Youngstown State | W 58–47 | 20–5 (13–1) | 13 – tied | 9 – Kondrakiewicz | 4 – Butler | Kress Events Center (1,902) Green Bay, WI |
| February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Robert Morris | W 71–39 | 21–5 (14–1) | 18 – Schreiber | 6 – Schreiber | 5 – Meyer | Kress Events Center (1,952) Green Bay, WI |
| February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Oakland | W 75–39 | 22–5 (15–1) | 15 – Schlitz | 8 – McNeal | 8 – Butler | OU Credit Union O'rena (273) Auburn Hills, MI |
| February 15, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Detroit Mercy | W 76–60 | 23–5 (16–1) | 23 – McNeal | 11 – McNeal | 5 – tied | Calihan Hall (303) Detroit, MI |
| February 19, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cleveland State | W 59–50 | 24–5 (17–1) | 16 – Schreiber | 12 – McNeal | 3 – tied | Wolstein Center (508) Cleveland, OH |
| February 22, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Milwaukee | W 68–45 | 25–5 (18–1) | 18 – Schreiber | 6 – tied | 9 – Butler | Kress Events Center (2,332) Green Bay, WI |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Purdue Fort Wayne | W 68–63 | 26–5 (19–1) | 27 – McNeal | 13 – McNeal | 5 – Butler | Kress Events Center (3,561) Green Bay, WI |
| Horizon League tournament |||||||||
| March 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (10) Oakland Quarterfinal | W 84–55 | 27–5 | 21 – Schreiber | 10 – Kondrakiewicz | 4 – tied | Kress Events Center (2,273) Green Bay, WI |
| March 10, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (4) Robert Morris Semifinal | W 67–53 | 28–5 | 20 – McNeal | 12 – McNeal | 4 – Schiltz | Corteva Coliseum Indianapolis, IN |
| March 11, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (1) | vs. (2) Purdue Fort Wayne Championship | W 76–63 | 29–5 | 26 – McNeal | 8 – tied | 7 – Butler | Corteva Coliseum (3,900) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Tournament |||||||||
| March 22, 2025* 12:30 pm, ESPN2 | (12 B2) | vs. (5 B2) No. 21 Alabama First round | | | | | | Xfinity Center College Park, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||||||
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