# 2024–25 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 20th-year head coach Rick Insell, play their home games at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as members of Conference USA.

## Previous season

The Blue Raiders finished the 2023–24 season 30–5, 16–0 in C-USA play, to finish as C-USA regular season champions. They defeated UTEP, Louisiana Tech, and Liberty to win their second straight C-USA tournament championship, and in turn, their second straight NCAA tournament appearance, claiming the conference's automatic bid to the tournament. They received the #11 seed in the Albany Regional 2, where they would upset #6 region seed Louisville in the first round, before falling to #3 region seed LSU in the second round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 25, 2024* 6:30 pm | UT Southern | W 104–66 | – | 24 – Scott | 11 – Boldyreva | 8 – Blakely | Murphy Center (2,121) Murfreesboro, TN |
| October 30, 2024* 6:30 pm | Lindsey Wilson | W 71–32 | – | 20 – Scott | 19 – Boldyreva | 6 – Blakely | Murphy Center (2,015) Murfreesboro, TN |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Northern Kentucky | W 79–58 | 1–0 | 24 – Scott | 9 – tied | 3 – Blakely | Truist Arena (1,264) Highland Heights, KY |
| November 8, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | Grand Canyon C-USA/WAC Alliance | W 57–47 | 2–0 | 17 – Scott | 7 – Scott | 6 – Scott | Murphy Center (3,712) Murfreesboro, TN |
| November 12, 2024* 5:30 pm, SECN+ | at Tennessee | L 75–89 | 2–1 | 25 – Blakely | 7 – Boldyreva | 5 – Arike | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,697) Knoxville, TN |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Alcorn State | W 80–48 | 3–1 | 19 – tied | 9 – tied | 3 – Scott | Murphy Center (3,602) Murfreesboro, TN |
| November 19, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | Tennessee Tech | W 69–52 | 4–1 | 23 – Scott | 9 – tied | 8 – Blakely | Murphy Center (3,902) Murfreesboro, TN |
| November 26, 2024* 11:00 am | at Florida A&M | W 80–54 | 5–1 | 19 – Boldyreva | 7 – Boldyreva | 5 – Blakely | Al Lawson Center (173) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 28, 2024* 3:30 pm | vs. Purdue Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division | W 54–49 | 6–1 | 19 – Boldyreva | 10 – Boldyreva | 5 – Blakely | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (1,896) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 30, 2024* 12:30 pm | vs. No. 15 Iowa State Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division | L 59–75 | 6–2 | 24 – Scott | 6 – Boldyreva | 2 – Scott | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (1,913) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 4, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | SIU Edwardsville | W 85–41 | 7–2 | 20 – Gregory | 14 – Boldyreva | 7 – Blakely | Murphy Center (5,682) Murfreesboro, TN |
| December 7, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Belmont | L 52–65 | 7–3 | 15 – tied | 12 – Boldyreva | 5 – Boldyreva | Curb Event Center (1,219) Nashville, TN |
| December 14, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | vs. No. 13 Kansas State Bill Snyder Basketball Classic | L 48–74 | 7–4 | 18 – Gregory | 9 – Boldyreva | 2 – tied | St. Joseph Civic Arena (2,115) St. Joseph, MO |
| December 17, 2024* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | at California Baptist C-USA/WAC Alliance | W 74–54 | 8–4 | 20 – Gregory | 16 – Boldyreva | 6 – Blakely | Fowler Events Center (395) Riverside, CA |
| December 29, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 51–64 | 8–5 | 21 – Scott | 10 – Scott | 2 – Blakely | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,079) Princeton, NJ |
| C-USA regular season |||||||||
| January 2, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | FIU | W 69–38 | 9–5 (1–0) | 17 – Gregory | 10 – Boldyreva | 10 – Blakely | Murphy Center (3,209) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 4, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN+ | Liberty | W 69–41 | 10–5 (2–0) | 26 – Gregory | 9 – tied | 3 – Gregory | Murphy Center (4,107) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Kennesaw State | W 59–47 | 11–5 (3–0) | 26 – Boldyreva | 12 – Scott | 7 – Blakely | KSU Convocation Center (534) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 11, 2025 1:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Jacksonville State | W 69–35 | 12–5 (4–0) | 21 – Boldyreva | 13 – Boldyreva | 7 – Blakely | Pete Mathews Coliseum (511) Jacksonville, AL |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Western Kentucky | L 58–63 | 12–6 (4–1) | 25 – Scott | 16 – Boldyreva | 3 – tied | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,499) Bowling Green, KY |
| January 23, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | Sam Houston | W 66–38 | 13–6 (5–1) | 18 – Blakely | 15 – Boldyreva | 4 – Blakely | Murphy Center (2,806) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 25, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | Louisiana Tech | W 61–43 | 14–6 (6–1) | 22 – Boldyreva | 15 – Boldyreva | 2 – tied | Murphy Center (3,212) Murfreesboro, TN |
| January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at New Mexico State | W 66–59 $^{OT}$ | 15–6 (7–1) | 27 – Boldyreva | 9 – Scott | 6 – Blakely | Pan American Center (366) Las Cruces, NM |
| February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at UTEP | | | | | | Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX |
| February 6, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | Jacksonville State | | | | | | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN |
| February 8, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | Kennesaw State | | | | | | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN |
| February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Western Kentucky | | | | | | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN |
| February 20, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Louisiana Tech | | | | | | Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA |
| February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Sam Houston | | | | | | Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX |
| February 27, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | New Mexico State | | | | | | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | UTEP | | | | | | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN |
| March 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Liberty | | | | | | Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA |
| March 8, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | at FIU | | | | | | Ocean Bank Convocation Center Miami, FL |
| C-USA tournament |||||||||
| March 11–15, 2025 ESPN+/CBSSN | vs. | | | | | | Propst Arena Huntsville, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||||||
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