# 2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons will be led by third-year head coach Megan Gebbia, and will compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and will play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

## Previous season

The Demon Deacons finished the season 7–25 overall and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed with Virginia in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Florida State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT. Their seven overall wins was their lowest win total since the 1999–2000 season.

## Off-season
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Kaia Harrison | 2 | G | 5'7" | Graduate Student | Baldwin, New York | Graduated |
| Aliah McWhorter | 4 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Cincinnati, Ohio | Transferred to Ohio |
| Kate Deeble | 12 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Brisbane, Australia | Left to play for Gold Coast Rollers |
| Alexandra Scruggs | 32 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Emily Johns | 44 | F | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Washington Township, New Jersey | American |

### Recruiting class

Source:
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Kennedy Moore F | Kalispell, Montana | Flathead | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Aurora Sørbye G | Bergen, Norway | Metis Sports Athlete | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Nov 8, 2023 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| 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: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | Queens | W 102–40 | 1–0 | 15 – Cowles | 10 – Andrews | 5 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (916) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 7, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Charlotte | W 60–41 | 2–0 | 12 – Jones | 9 – Cowles | 5 – Jones | Halton Arena (804) Charlotte, NC |
| November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops | at Villanova | L 56–64 | 2–1 | 19 – Jones | 9 – Jones | 4 – Hinds | Finneran Pavilion (1,511) Villanova, PA |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | Winthrop | W 64–50 | 3–1 | 12 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 4 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (897) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | George Mason | L 41–50 | 3–2 | 11 – Theuerkauf | 7 – Cowles | 2 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (744) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 23, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | Davidson | W 60–55 | 4–2 | 14 – Hinds | 8 – Andrews | 6 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (859) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 27, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | Fairfield | L 65–72 | 4–3 | 15 – Tied | 7 – Jones | 5 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (788) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | Gardner–Webb | W 73–52 | 5–3 | 15 – Sørbye | 8 – Cowles | 4 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (843) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 4, 2024* 11:30 a.m., ACCNX | Campbell | W 63–46 | 6–3 | 21 – Cowles | 12 – Hinds | 4 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (4,836) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops | at St. John's | L 45–63 | 6–4 | 17 – Hinds | 8 – Hinds | 3 – Theuerkauf | Carnesecca Arena (705) New York City, NY |
| December 15, 2024 4:00 p.m., ACCN | Clemson | L 59–65 | 6–5 (0–1) | 12 – Sørbye | 8 – Hinds | 3 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (884) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | UNC Greensboro | W 54–50 | 7–5 | 11 – Jones | 11 – Cowles | 6 – Sørbye | LJVM Coliseum (878) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Virginia | L 46–69 | 7–6 (0–2) | 17 – Conley | 9 – Cowles | 8 – Jones | John Paul Jones Arena (4,105) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 5, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN | Louisville | L 76–81 $^{OT}$ | 7–7 (0–3) | 17 – Theuerkauf | 6 – Cowles | 7 – Jones | LJVM Coliseum (1,019) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 3 Notre Dame | L 64–100 | 7–8 (0–4) | 18 – Williams | 10 – Cowles | 5 – Williams | Purcell Pavilion (6,753) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Virginia Tech | L 54–61 | 7–9 (0–5) | 15 – Williams | 4 – Tied | 3 – Williams | Cassell Coliseum (5,502) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | Stanford | L 71–74 | 7–10 (0–6) | 19 – Williams | 5 – Williams | 4 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (926) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 18 California | L 55–67 | 7–11 (0–7) | 15 – Williams | 4 – Tied | 3 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (1,123) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 13 North Carolina | L 51–76 | 7–12 (0–8) | 19 – Theuerkauf | 4 – Tied | 5 – Tied | Carmichael Arena (2,463) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN | Boston College | W 69–59 | 8–12 (1–8) | 21 – Theuerkauf | 5 – Tied | 5 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (1,076) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 17 NC State | L 83–90 | 8–13 (1–9) | 25 – Theuerkauf | 5 – Cowles | 4 – Tied | LJVM Coliseum (1,785) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 25 Florida State | L 68–97 | 8–14 (1–10) | 18 – Hinds | 13 – Hinds | 5 – Sørbye | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,139) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Syracuse | L 50–62 | 8–15 (1–11) | 14 – Hinds | 7 – Cowles | 6 – Sørbye | JMA Wireless Dome (3,735) Syracuse, NY |
| February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 13 Duke | L 47–72 | 8–16 (1–12) | 11 – Theuerkauf | 8 – Williams | 2 – Sørbye | LJVM Coliseum (1,343) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN | at No. 19 Georgia Tech | L 62–73 | 8–17 (1–13) | 20 – Theuerkauf | 8 – Conley | 7 – Jones | McCamish Pavilion (2,568) Atlanta, GA |
| February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | SMU | W 67–64 | 9–17 (2–13) | 20 – Williams | 6 – Tied | 4 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (856) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN | at Miami (FL) | L 60–62 | 9–18 (2–14) | 18 – Theuerkauf | 7 – Hinds | 4 – Sørbye | Watsco Center (2,788) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 9 NC State | L 57–78 | 9–19 (2–15) | 14 – Cowles | 12 – Conley | 6 – Williams | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC |
| March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | Pittsburgh | L 63–79 | 9–20 (2–16) | 23 – Theuerkauf | 10 – Hinds | 6 – Williams | LJVM Coliseum (1,393) Winston-Salem, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||