# 2024–25 UC Irvine Anteaters women's basketball team

The 2024–25 UC Irvine Anteaters women's basketball team represents the University of California, Irvine during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Anteaters, led by ninth-year head coach Tamara Inoue, play their home games at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California as members of the Big West Conference.

## Previous season

The Anteaters finished the 2023–24 season 23–9, 16–4 in Big West play, to finish in second place. They defeated Long Beach State, and UC Davis to win the Big West tournament championship, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and just their second ever trip to the tournament, and their first since 1995. They received the #13 seed in the Portland Regional 4, where they would fall to #4 region seed Gonzaga in the first round.

## 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* 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | New Mexico State | L 49–57 | 0–1 | 16 – Hanson | 7 – Hernandez | 7 – Tom | Bren Events Center (511) Irvine, CA |
| November 7, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Pepperdine | W 65–56 | 1–1 | 14 – Hanson | 9 – Hanson | 6 – Lee | Bren Events Center (1,867) Irvine, CA |
| November 11, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | William & Mary | W 72–55 | 2–1 | 29 – Hernandez | 7 – Williams | 6 – Lee | Bren Events Center (583) Irvine, CA |
| November 16, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Saint Mary's | W 64–61 | 3–1 | 15 – Hernandez | 6 – Dean | 4 – Hernandez | Bren Events Center (548) Irvine, CA |
| November 20, 2024* 3:00 pm, FloHoops | | at Drexel | W 57–47 | 4–1 | 15 – Lee | 9 – Hanson | 4 – Lee | Daskalakis Athletic Center (430) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 21, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 72–68 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | 20 – tied | 10 – Hanson | 4 – Lee | The Palestra (203) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 27, 2024* 6:00 pm, MWN | | at New Mexico | L 62–65 | 5–2 | 20 – Lee | 8 – Scharpf | 6 – Tom | The Pit (4,669) Albuquerque, NM |
| November 30, 2024* 12:00 pm, SLN | | at Denver | L 50–60 | 5–3 | 19 – Hanson | 9 – Hanson | 3 – Dean | Hamilton Gymnasium (339) Denver, CO |
| December 5, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 65–40 | 6–3 (1–0) | 12 – tied | 9 – Lee | 3 – Brooks | Icardo Center (320) Bakersfield, CA |
| December 15, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Oregon State | W 60–48 | 7–3 | 11 – tied | 7 – Williams | 4 – Lee | Gill Coliseum (3,451) Corvallis, OR |
| December 19, 2024* 6:00 pm, B1G+ | | at Oregon | L 43–71 | 7–4 | 9 – Hernandez | 6 – tied | 2 – tied | Matthew Knight Arena (4,508) Eugene, OR |
| January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cal Poly | W 60–38 | 8–4 (2–0) | 18 – Hernandez | 7 – Hernandez | 4 – tied | Bren Events Center (792) Irvine, CA |
| January 4, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UC Riverside | L 54–59 | 8–5 (2–1) | 15 – Lee | 9 – Hernandez | 4 – Lee | SRC Arena (178) Riverside, CA |
| January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cal State Northridge | W 68–39 | 9–5 (3–1) | 15 – Lee | 5 – tied | 4 – tied | Bren Events Center (632) Irvine, CA |
| January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UC San Diego | W 73–66 | 10–5 (4–1) | 15 – Hanson | 7 – Dean | 4 – tied | Bren Events Center (877) Irvine, CA |
| January 16, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cal State Fullerton | W 79–63 | 11–5 (5–1) | 16 – Hernandez | 6 – tied | 3 – Tom | Titan Gym (123) Fullerton, CA |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cal Poly | W 59–57 | 12–5 (6–1) | 18 – Hernandez | 10 – Hernandez | 2 – tied | Mott Athletics Center (531) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| January 23, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UC Riverside | W 56-53 | 13-5 (7-1) | 12 – Williams | 8 – Hanson | 5 – Lee | Bren Events Center (460) Irvine, CA |
| January 25, 2025 9:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hawai'i | L 42-46 | 13-6 (7-2) | 13 – Lee | 7 – Hanson | 4 – Tom | Stan Sheriff Center (3,695) Honolulu, HI |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Long Beach State Black and Blue Rivalry | W 61-47 | 14-6 (8-2) | 16 – Hernandez | 11 – Hernandez | 3 – Scharpf | Bren Events Center (672) Irvine, CA |
| February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UC Davis | W 52-49 | 15-6 (9-2) | 13 – Hernandez | 9 – Hanson | 2 – Lee | University Credit Union Center (867) Davis, CA |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UC San Diego | W 56-49 | 16-6 (10-2) | 15 – Hernandez | 10 – Dean | 4 – Scharpf | LionTree Arena (853) La Jolla, CA |
| February 13, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UC Santa Barbara | L 52-62 | 16-7 (10-3) | 16 – Lee | 8 – Lee | 4 – Tom | The Thunderdome (533) Santa Barbara, CA |
| February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hawai'i | L 44-49 | 16-8 (10-4) | 8 – Hernandez | 6 – Tom | 3 – Lee | Bren Events Center (949) Irvine, CA |
| February 20, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cal State Northridge | W 100-56 | 17-8 (11-4) | 18 – Nahum | 7 – Hanson | 7 – Lee | Premier America Credit Union Arena (270) Northridge, CA |
| February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cal State Bakersfield | W 60-49 | 18-8 (12-4) | 15 – Lee | 7 – Hernandez | 3 – Tom | Bren Events Center (617) Irvine, CA |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cal State Fullerton | W 62-34 | 19-8 (13-4) | 13 – Hanson | 10 – Hanson | 5 – Scharpf | Bren Events Center (945) Irvine, CA |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, SSN/ESPN+ | | at Long Beach State | L 52-73 | 19-9 (13-5) | 14 – Hernandez | 6 – Tom | 4 – Lee | Walter Pyramid (958) Long Beach, CA |
| March 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UC Davis | W 55-53 | 20-9 (14-5) | 12 – Hernandez | 8 – Hanson | 6 – Lee | Bren Events Center (679) Irvine, CA |
| March 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UC Santa Barbara Senior Night | W 62-49 | 21-9 (15-5) | 13 – Lee | 8 – Hernandez | 5 – Lee | Bren Events Center (730) Irvine, CA |
| Big West tournament |||||||||
| March 14, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (3) UC Davis Semifinals | L 56-63 | 21-10 | 15 – Hernandez | 8 – Dean | 5 – Tom | Lee's Family Forum (1,627) Henderson, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. |||||||||
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