# 2024–25 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents Florida Gulf Coast University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles play their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
After coaching the first two games of the season, on November 13, 2024, longtime head coach Karl Smesko announced that he would be stepping down from his position after 22+ seasons in order to take the head coaching position of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, with assistant coach Chelsea Lyles being named his successor the following day, becoming just the second head coach in program history.

## Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2023–24 season 29–5, 16–0 in ASUN play, to finish as ASUN regular season champions for the seventh consecutive season. They defeated Jacksonville, Austin Peay, and Central Arkansas to win their eighth consecutive ASUN tournament title and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They received the #12 seed in the Albany Regional 1, where they would fall to #5 region seed Oklahoma in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Davidson | L 56–57 | 0–1 | John M. Belk Arena (811) Davidson, NC |
| November 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | L 51–62 | 0–2 | Levien Gymnasium (762) New York, NY |
| November 17, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | NJIT | W 73–53 | 1–2 | Alico Arena (1,732) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 23, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Georgetown Atlantic Slam | W 66–57 | 2–2 | Eastlink Centre (1,026) Charlottetown, PE |
| November 24, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Cincinnati Atlantic Slam | W 59–52 | 3–2 | Eastlink Centre (804) Charlottetown, PE |
| November 29, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | California Baptist Homewood Suites Classic | W 66–56 | 4–2 | Alico Arena (1,466) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 30, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Chattanooga Homewood Suites Classic | W 61–53 | 5–2 | Alico Arena (1,505) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 4, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | New College | W 91–32 | 6–2 | Alico Arena (1,334) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Ave Maria | W 82–43 | 7–2 | Alico Arena (1,345) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 16, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Montana State | L 49–58 | 7–3 | Alico Arena (1,429) Fort Myers, FL |
| December 20, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Carolina A&T FGCU Holiday Classic | W 79–48 | 8–3 | Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL |
| December 21, 2024* 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | East Tennessee State FGCU Holiday Classic | W 67–54 | 9–3 | Alico Arena (1,444) Fort Myers, FL |
| ASUN regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Queens | W 81–58 | 10–3 (1–0) | Alico Arena (1,540) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 4, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | West Georgia | W 63–49 | 11–3 (2–0) | Alico Arena (1,632) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Florida | W 89–54 | 12–3 (3–0) | UNF Arena (359) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 11, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville | W 92–50 | 13–3 (4–0) | Swisher Gymnasium (450) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 16, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Queens | W 69–47 | 14–3 (5–0) | Curry Arena (184) Charlotte, NC |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at West Georgia | W 95–62 | 15–3 (6–0) | The Coliseum (287) Carrollton, GA |
| January 23, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Bellarmine | W 80–63 | 16–3 (7–0) | Alico Arena (1,854) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Eastern Kentucky | W 85–56 | 17–3 (8–0) | Alico Arena (2,017) Fort Myers, FL |
| January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 63–50 | 18–3 (9–0) | Alico Arena (1,789) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 1, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Austin Peay | W 45–35 | 19–3 (10–0) | Alico Arena (2,399) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 6, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bellarmine | W 74–57 | 20–3 (11–0) | Knights Hall (345) Louisville, KY |
| February 8, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Eastern Kentucky | W 68–65 | 21–3 (12–0) | Baptist Health Arena (386) Richmond, KY |
| February 12, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | North Florida | W 78–49 | 22–3 (13–0) | Alico Arena (1,694) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 15, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stetson | W 65–43 | 23–3 (14–0) | Alico Arena (2,339) Fort Myers, FL |
| February 20, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Central Arkansas | W 95–71 | 24–3 (15–0) | Farris Center (1,458) Conway, AR |
| February 22, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at North Alabama | W 60–50 | 25–3 (16–0) | CB&S Bank Arena (1,618) Florence, AL |
| February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Jacksonville | W 78-64 | 26–3 (17–0) | Alico Arena (1,710) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson | W 86–60 | 27–3 (18–0) | Insight Credit Union Arena (356) DeLand, FL |
| ASUN tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | (10) Austin Peay Quarterfinals | W 82–48 | 28–3 | Alico Arena (1,556) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 11, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | (4) Eastern Kentucky Semifinals | W 63–47 | 29–3 | Alico Arena (1,534) Fort Myers, FL |
| March 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (1) | (2) Central Arkansas Championship | W 68–51 | 30–3 | Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPNU | (14 S4) | at (3 S4) No. 11 Oklahoma First Round | | | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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