# 2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team

The 2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represents the University of Central Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears, led by second-year head coach Tony Kemper, play their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

## Previous season

The Sugar Bears finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 11–5 in ASUN play, to finish in third place. They defeated North Alabama, and Eastern Kentucky, before falling to Florida Gulf Coast in the ASUN tournament championship game. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they would fall to eventual tournament champions Saint Louis in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Hendrix | W 104–30 | 1–0 | Farris Center (376) Conway, AR |
| November 8, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Samford | W 63–44 | 2–0 | Farris Center (1,036) Conway, AR |
| November 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | W 87–67 | 3–0 | Skyhawk Arena (1,103) Martin, TN |
| November 20, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | at Oklahoma State | L 58–89 | 3–1 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,714) Stillwater, OK |
| November 25, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Central Baptist | W 120–47 | 4–1 | Farris Center (837) Conway, AR |
| December 1, 2024* 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at No. 9 Kansas State | L 39–86 | 4–2 | Bramlage Coliseum (4,057) Manhattan, KS |
| December 7, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | W 55–42 | 5–2 | Farris Center (865) Conway, AR |
| December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Northwestern State | W 62–52 | 6–2 | Prather Coliseum (343) Natchitoches, LA |
| December 20, 2024* 12:00 pm | | vs. Louisiana–Monroe Tulane Holiday Tournament | L 49–65 | 6–3 | Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA |
| December 21, 2024* 12:00 pm | | vs. Alabama A&M Tulane Holiday Tournament | L 53–55 | 6–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (535) New Orleans, LA |
| December 29, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas | L 70–87 | 6–5 | Bud Walton Arena (2,976) Fayetteville, AR |
| ASUN regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Jacksonville | W 74–63 | 7–5 (1–0) | Farris Center (673) Conway, AR |
| January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bellarmine | L 60–68 | 7–6 (1–1) | Knights Hall (372) Louisville, KY |
| January 8, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 86–75 | 8–6 (2–1) | Farris Center (337) Conway, AR |
| January 12, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Queens | W 66-57 | 9-6 (3-1) | Curry Arena (282) Charlotte, NC |
| January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | North Florida | W 67-53 | 10-6 (4-1) | Farris Center Conway, AR |
| January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stetson | W 85-64 | 11-6 (5-1) | Farris Center (574) Conway, AR |
| January 23, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lipscomb | W 71-69 | 12-6 (6-1) | Allen Arena (195) Nashville, TN |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | W 51-50 | 13-6 (7-1) | F&M Bank Arena (423) Clarksville, TN |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at West Georgia | W 67-64 | 14-6 (8-1) | The Coliseum (472) Carrollton, GA |
| February 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Queens | W 68-50 | 15-6 (9-1) | Farris Center (567) Conway, AR |
| February 6, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville | W 76-65 | 16-6 (10-1) | Swisher Gymnasium (250) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Florida | W 72-59 | 17-6 (11-1) | UNF Arena (276) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 12, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | North Alabama | W 73-52 | 18-6 (12-1) | Farris Center (647) Conway, AR |
| February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Austin Peay | W 77-67 | 19-6 (13-1) | Farris Center (738) Conway, AR |
| February 20, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Florida Gulf Coast | L 71-95 | 19-7 (13-2) | Farris Center (1,458) Conway, AR |
| February 22, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | West Georgia | W 72-62 | 20-7 (14-2) | Farris Center (687) Conway, AR |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Eastern Kentucky | W 63-59 | 21-7 (15-2) | Baptist Health Arena (397) Richmond, KY |
| March 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Alabama | L 56-66 | 21-8 (15-3) | CB&S Bank Arena (1,507) Florence, AL |
| ASUN tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | (8) Bellarmine Quarterfinals | W 77–57 | 22–8 | Farris Center (1,258) Conway, AR |
| March 11, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | (3) Lipscomb Semifinals | W 70–65 | 23–8 | Farris Center (1,369) Conway, AR |
| March 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | at (1) Florida Gulf Coast Championship | | | Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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