# 2024–25 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team represents Central Michigan University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by second-year head coach Kristin Haynie, play their home games at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant, Michigan as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

## Previous season

The Chippewas finished the 2023–24 season 6–22, 4–14 in MAC play, to finish in 11th place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify.

## Preseason

On October 22, 2024, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Central Michigan was picked to finish last in the MAC regular season.

### Preseason rankings

MAC preseason poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Ball State | 120 (10) |
| 2 | Kent State | 104 (2) |
| 3 | Buffalo | 98 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 96 |
| 5 | Toledo | 82 |
| T-6 | Northern Illinois | 64 |
| T-6 | Ohio | 64 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 44 |
| 9 | Akron | 43 |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 34 |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 23 |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 20 |
MAC tournament champions: Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)
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### Preseason All-MAC

No Chippewas were named to the first or second Preseason All-MAC teams.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 30, 2024* 6:30 p.m. | Saginaw Valley | W 71–64 | – | – | – | – | McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Coastal Carolina MAC–SBC Challenge | L 62–65 | 0–1 | 13 – Morson | 10 – 2 tied | 3 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,080) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+ | at Michigan | L 62–99 | 0–2 | 13 – R. Smith | 6 – Lawson | 4 – 2 tied | Crisler Center (2,423) Ann Arbor, MI |
| November 17, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bradley | L 57–66 | 0–3 | 9 – 2 tied | 8 – Lawson | 4 – Tesson | McGuirk Arena (1,019) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Oakland | L 65–76 | 0–4 | 14 – Lawson | 8 – 2 tied | 4 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,042) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., MWN | at Nevada Nugget Classic | W 60–57 | 1–4 | 19 – Lawson | 14 – Lawson | 3 – Lawson | Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV |
| November 30, 2024* 6:00 p.m., MWN | vs. Portland Nugget Classic | L 58–68 | 1–5 | 18 – Morson | 7 – Lawson | 3 – Prewitt | Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV |
| December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., MWN | vs. Southern Utah Nugget Classic | W 70–61 | 2–5 | 20 – Morson | 9 – Darrington | 2 – 2 tied | Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV |
| December 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Concordia–Ann Arbor | W 68–57 | 3–5 | 17 – Morson | 14 – Darrington | 6 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,071) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at No. 20 Iowa State | L 56–82 | 3–6 | 11 – Mosley | 6 – Lawson | 7 – Lawson | Hilton Coliseum (10,103) Ames, IA |
| December 15, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Dayton | L 68–72 | 3–7 | 32 – Morson | 7 – R. Smith | 5 – Tesson | UD Arena (1,616) Dayton, OH |
| December 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Milwaukee | W 54–50 | 4–7 | 12 – Morson | 7 – Lawson | 3 – Tesson | McGuirk Arena (990) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| MAC regular season |||||||||
| Janaury 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Buffalo | L 55–81 | 4–8 (0–1) | 15 – Prewitt | 9 – Prewitt | 3 – Anderson | Alumni Arena (2,001) Amherst, NY |
| January 4, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Ball State | L 61–72 | 4–9 (0–2) | 18 – Morson | 8 – Lawson | 2 – 3 tied | Worthen Arena (1,704) Muncie, IN |
| January 8, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Miami (OH) | W 47–46 | 5–9 (1–2) | 11 – Morson | 9 – Lawson | 2 – 2 tied | McGuirk Arena (971) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 11, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Toledo | L 66–71 | 5–10 (1–3) | 19 – 2 tied | 8 – Lawson | 4 – Tesson | McGuirk Arena (1,162) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Akron | W 75–55 | 6–10 (2–3) | 18 – Lawson | 11 – Lawson | 2 – 2 tied | James A. Rhodes Arena (312) Akron, OH |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Eastern Michigan | W 73–64 | 7–10 (3–3) | 16 – Morson | 8 – Lawson | 8 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,124) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 22, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | Kent State | L 56–77 | 7–11 (3–4) | 14 – Lawson | 5 – Anderson | 2 – 2 tied | McGuirk Arena (1,510) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Western Michigan | W 81–70 | 8–11 (4–4) | 25 – Morson | 10 – Darrington | 8 – Tesson | University Arena (1,257) Kalamazoo, MI |
| January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Northern Illinois | L 75–80 | 8–12 (4–5) | 26 – Morson | 18 – Lawson | 5 – Lawson | Convocation Center (707) DeKalb, IL |
| February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bowling Green | L 69–76 | 8–13 (4–6) | 23 – Morson | 11 – Lawson | 4 – Anderson | McGuirk Arena (1,232) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 5, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Ohio | W 75–48 | 9–13 (5–6) | 24 – Morson | 12 – Darrington | 10 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,061) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 8, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Marshall MAC–SBC Challenge | W 73–68 | 10–13 | 22 – 2 tied | 14 – Lawson | 4 – Lawson | Cam Henderson Center (1,449) Huntington, WV |
| February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Bowling Green | L 55–70 | 10–14 (5–7) | 13 – Lawson | 10 – Darrington | 3 – 2 tied | Stroh Center (2,225) Bowling Green, OH |
| February 19, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Eastern Michigan | W 74–62 | 11–14 (6–7) | 20 – Darrington | 8 – 2 tied | 4 – Anderson | George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,183) Ypsilanti, MI |
| February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Western Michigan | W 56–43 | 12–14 (7–7) | 26 – Morson | 10 – Prewitt | 4 – Lawson | McGuirk Arena (1,226) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 26, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Ball State | L 58–60 $^{OT}$ | 12–15 (7–8) | 26 – Morson | 21 – Darrington | 4 – 2 tied | McGuirk Arena (1,050) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Toledo | L 70–80 | 12–16 (7–9) | 23 – Darrington | 13 – Darrington | 5 – Anderson | Savage Arena (4,532) Toledo, OH |
| March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Miami (OH) | | | | | | Millett Hall Oxford, OH |
| March 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Akron | | | | | | McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI |
| MAC tournament |||||||||
| March 12–15, 2025 ESPN+/CBSSN | vs. TBD | | | | | | Rocket Arena Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
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