2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 16
Record10–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Radvile Autukaite
  • Kendall Dillard
  • Ciara Gregory
  • Lindsey Hicks
  • Josh Petersen
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Seasons
2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 LSU 0 0   14 0   1.000
No. 15 Tennessee 0 0   11 0   1.000
No. 20 Alabama 0 0   12 1   .923
Mississippi State 0 0   12 1   .923
No. 5 Texas 0 0   12 1   .923
Vanderbilt 0 0   12 1   .923
No. 9 Oklahoma 0 0   11 1   .917
No. 2 South Carolina 0 0   11 1   .917
No. 16 Kentucky 0 0   10 1   .909
Auburn 0 0   9 3   .750
No. 25 Ole Miss 0 0   8 3   .727
Missouri 0 0   10 4   .714
Florida 0 0   8 5   .615
Texas A&M 0 0   7 5   .583
Georgia 0 0   7 6   .538
Arkansas 0 0   6 8   .429
2025 SEC tournament winner
As of December 22, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the season 12–20 (4–12 SEC) to finish in twelfth in the SEC. Head coach Kyra Elzy was fired following the season and Virginia Tech head coach Kenny Brooks was hired as her successor.

Offseason

Departures

Kentucky Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Ref
Brooklynn Miles 0 G 5'5" Junior Frankfort, Kentucky Transferred to Pittsburgh [1]
Jordy Griggs 3 G 6'2" Freshman Moreno Valley, California Transferred to Clemson [2]
Eniya Russell 4 G 6'0" Senior Baltimore, Maryland Transferred to Mississippi State [3]
Ajae Petty 13 F 6'3" Senior Baltimore, Maryland Transferred to Ohio State [4]
Amiya Jenkins 20 G 5'10" Sophomore Lexington, Kentucky Transferred to Pittsburgh [5]
Nyah Leveretter 21 F 6'2" Senior Blythewood, South Carolina Transferred to Georgia [6]
Maddie Scherr 22 G 5'10" Senior Florence, Kentucky Transferred to TCU [7]
Emma King 34 G 5'10" Graduate Student Stanford, Kentucky Graduated
Janae Walker 44 F 6'3" Freshman Tyrone, Georgia Transferred to Rutgers [8]

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Lexi Blue
G
Orlando, Florida Lake Highland Prep 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Tanah Becker
G
Winnipeg, Manitoba Hamilton Heights Christian Academy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Clara Silva
C
Faro, Portugal Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) N/A  
Star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
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:

Incoming transfers

Kentucky Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Jordan Obi 0 G 6'1" Graduate Student Hartford, Connecticut Penn
Georgia Amoore 3 G 5'6" Graduate Student Ballarat, Australia Virginia Tech
Teonni Key 7 F 6'4" Junior Cary, North Carolina North Carolina
Dazia Lawrence 10 G 5'8" RS Senior Greenville, North Carolina Charlotte
Gabby Brooks 11 G 5'10" Sophomore Harrisonburg, Virginia Virginia Tech
Dominika Paurová 12 G 6'1" Sophomore Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Oregon State
Clara Strack 13 C 6'5" Sophomore Buffalo, New York Virginia Tech
Amelia Hassett 32 F 6'3" Junior Albury, Australia Eastern Florida State College
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Roster

2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jordan Obi 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Choate Rosemary Hall
Penn
Hartford, CT
G 2 Saniah Tyler 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Incarnate Word Academy Florissant, MO
G 3 Georgia Amoore 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS Loreto College, Victoria
Virginia Tech
Ballarat, Australia
G 4 Lexi Blue 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Highland Prep Orlando, FL
G 5 Cassidy Rowe 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Shelby Valley HS Virgie, KY
F 7 Teonni Key 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Cary HS
North Carolina
Cary, NC
G 8 Tanah Becker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Hamilton Heights Christian Academy Winnipeg, MB
G 10 Dazia Lawrence 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Mallard Creek HS
Charlotte
Greenville, NC
G 11 Gabby Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Blacksburg HS
Virginia Tech
Harrisonburg, VA
G 12 Dominika Paurová 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So DME Academy
Oregon State
Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
C 13 Clara Strack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Hamburg HS
Virginia Tech
Buffalo, NY
C 17 Clara Silva 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides Faro, Portugal
F 32 Amelia Hassett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Tumut HS
Eastern Florida State College
Albury, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
5:00 pm, SECN+
No. 22 USC Upstate W 98–43  1–0
 22  Strack   9  Tied   10  Amoore  Memorial Coliseum (4,007)
Lexington, KY
November 7, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 22 Northern Kentucky W 70–41  2–0
 18  Silva   16  Hassett   8  Amoore  Memorial Coliseum (4,188)
Lexington, KY
November 12, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 20 Wofford W 76–42  3–0
 19  Lawrence   15  Strack   7  Amoore  Memorial Coliseum (3,844)
Lexington, KY
November 16, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 20 No. 18 Louisville
Rivalry
W 71–61 OT 4–0
 19  Amoore   13  Hassett   9  Amoore  Memorial Coliseum (6,117)
Lexington, KY
November 18, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne W 79–67  5–0
 23  Amoore   10  Key   7  Amoore  Memorial Coliseum (4,156)
Lexington, KY
November 26, 2024*
4:30 pm, BallerTV
No. 14 vs. Arizona State
Music City Classic
W 77–61  6–0
 24  Strack   13  Key   9  Amoore  Trojan Fieldhouse (611)
Nashville, TN
November 27, 2024*
8:30 pm, BallerTV
No. 14 vs. No. 19 Illinois
Music City Classic
W 76–53  7–0
 25  Strack   15  Strack   8  Amoore  Trojan Fieldhouse (368)
Nashville, TN
December 5, 2024*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 at No. 16 North Carolina
ACC–SEC Challenge
L 53–72  7–1
 17  Lawrence   13  Hassett   8  Amoore  Carmichael Arena (2,816)
Chapel Hill, NC
December 9, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 16 Queens W 87–45  8–1
 20  Amoore   13  Key   5  Lawrence  Memorial Coliseum (4,193)
Lexington, KY
December 14, 2024*
5:00 pm, BTN
No. 16 at Purdue W 82–52  9–1
 22  Hassett   12  Strack   6  Lawrence  Mackey Arena (5,108)
West Lafayette, IN
December 20, 2024*
6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 16 Belmont W 84–78  10–1
 23  Amoore   11  Hassett   5  Tied  Memorial Coliseum (3,887)
Lexington, KY
December 28, 2024*
4:00 pm, SECN+
No. 16 Western Kentucky       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
January 2, 2025
7:00 pm, SECN+
Mississippi State       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
January 5, 2025
3:00 pm, SECN+
at Vanderbilt       Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
January 9, 2025
5:00 pm, SECN
at Florida       O'Connell Center 
Gainesville, FL
January 12, 2025
3:00 pm, SECN
Auburn       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
January 19, 2025
2:00 pm, SECN+
at Georgia       Stegeman Coliseum 
Athens, GA
January 23, 2025
7:00 pm, SECN
at Texas A&M       Reed Arena 
College Station, TX
January 26, 2025
12:00 pm, SECN
Arkansas       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
January 30, 2025
7:00 pm, SECN
Alabama       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
February 2, 2025
4:00 pm, SECN
at Oklahoma       Lloyd Noble Center 
Norman, OK
February 10, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN2
at Ole Miss       SJB Pavilion 
Oxford, MS
February 13, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN2
Texas       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
February 16, 2025
2:00 pm, SECN+
Georgia       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
February 20, 2025
7:30 pm, SECN+
at Missouri       Mizzou Arena 
Columbia, MO
February 23, 2025
4:00 pm, ESPN
LSU       Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
February 27, 2025
7:00 pm, SECN
Tennessee
Rivalry
      Memorial Coliseum 
Lexington, KY
March 2, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN
at South Carolina       Colonial Life Arena 
Columbia, SC
SEC Tournament
March 5–9, 2025
vs.        Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.
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Rankings

Ranking movements
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Panthers Add Transfer Guard Brooklynn Miles". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Former Kentucky women's basketball freshman off to the ACC". kentucky.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Eniya Russell transferring to Mississippi State after Kentucky, South Carolina stints". clarionledger.com. April 15, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Ajae Petty commits to Ohio State". thelantern.com. April 17, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "Amiya Jenkins Joins Pitt Transfer Class". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Georgia Inks Nyah Leveretter". pittsburghpanthers.com. April 26, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "Women's Basketball: Kentucky transfer Maddie Scherr commits to TCU". frogsowar.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Transfer Janae Walker". scarletknights.com. May 2, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "Kentucky Women's Basketball Signs 6-1 Guard Dominika Paurová". floridagators.com. June 7, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "Kentucky Reveals 2024-25 Nonconference & Southeastern Conference Schedule". ukathletics.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.