2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	6–6 (1–0 WCC)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Laurie Koehn Camille Williams Matt Smith
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Portland	2	–	0		1.000			13	–	0		1.000
Saint Mary's	2	–	0		1.000			6	–	5		.545
Washington State	1	–	0		1.000			6	–	6		.500
San Francisco	1	–	0		1.000			4	–	6		.400
Santa Clara	1	–	1		.500			7	–	5		.583
Gonzaga	1	–	1		.500			6	–	7		.462
Pacific	1	–	1		.500			5	–	7		.417
Pepperdine	0	–	1		.000			5	–	5		.500
Oregon State	0	–	1		.000			4	–	8		.333
Loyola Marymount	0	–	2		.000			6	–	4		.600
San Diego	0	–	2		.000			4	–	7		.364
† 2024 WCC tournament winner As of December 21, 2024

The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars are led by seventh-year head coach Kamie Ethridge and they play their home games at Beasley Coliseum as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars 21–15, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As an No. 9 seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to California. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 1 seed in the Washington State bracket, where they defeated Lamar in the first round, Santa Clara in the second round and Toledo in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois in the semifinals.

This would be final season as Pac-12 member as they will join West Coast Conference as affiliate member for the next two years.

Offseason

Departures

Washington State Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Charlisse Leger-Walker	5	G	5'10"	Senior	Waikato, New Zeland	Transferred to UCLA[1]
Jessica Clarke	14	C	6'3"	Senior	North Vancouver, BC	Transferred to British Columbia
Johanna Teder	21	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Tartu, Estonia	Transferred to Colorado
Beyonce Bea	25	G/F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Washougal, WA	Graduated/signed to play professional in Belgium with AB Contern
Cia Eklöf	45	G	5'10"	Freshman	Helsinki, Finland	Transferred to Rhode Island
Bella Murekatete	55	C	6'3"	Graduate Student	Ngoma Huye, Nigeria	Graduated/undrafted in 2024 WNBA draft; signed with the Phoenix Mercury

Incoming

Washington State Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jean Chiu	5	G	5'7"	Junior	Taipei, Taiwan	Taipei

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tara Wallack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Semiahmoo Secondary South Surrey, BC C 3 Candace Kpetikou 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr Saint Joseph HS Niamey, Niger G 5 Jean Chiu 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr New Taipei Municipal Tam-Shui Vocational HS Taipei Taipei, Taiwan G 7 Alice Dart 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Moreton Bay College Brisbane, Australia G 8 Marta Alsina 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Institut Joaquim Blume Barcelona, Spain G 10 Eleonora Villa 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Costa Masnaga Lissone, Italy G 11 Astera Tuhina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Deportivo Promete Pristina, Kosovo G 12 Kyra Gardner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Raymond HS Raymond, WA F 13 Dayana Mendes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr INSEP Paris, France G/F 15 Keandra Koorits 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Audentes Sports Gymnasium Tallinn, Estonia G 19 Charlotte Abraham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lycée Marguerite de Flandre Cambrai, France C 33 Alex Covill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Hellgate HS Missoula, MT G 34 Jenna Villa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Arlington HS Arlington, WA	Head coach Kamie Ethridge (Texas) Assistant coach(es) Laurie Koehn (Kansas State) Camille Williams (Wisconsin) Matt Smith Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 20, 2024* 12:00 p.m.		Lewis–Clark State College	W 99–54		–	–	–	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular Season
November 4, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Eastern Washington	W 83–82 ^OT	1–0	21 – Wallack	7 – Tuhina	5 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Stanford	L 65–94	1–1	19 – E. Villa	4 – Tied	4 – E. Villa	Maples Pavilion (2,428) Stanford, CA
November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 71–60	2–1	14 – Wallack	8 – Wallack	5 – E. Villa	Beasley Coliseum (1,114) Pullman, WA
November 16, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech	L 52–56	2–2	12 – E. Villa	8 – Wallack	3 – E. Villa	United Supermarkets Arena (4,467) Lubbock, TX
November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa	L 43–72	2–3	11 – Tied	7 – Tied	3 – Tuhina	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
November 28, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Norfolk State Puerto Rico Shootout	W 68–60	3–3	22 – Wallack	10 – Mendes	5 – J. Villa	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Virginia Puerto Rico Shootout	W 75–74	4–3	17 – E. Villa	7 – Tied	5 – E. Villa	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 30, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Drake Puerto Rico Shootout	L 68–79	4–4	21 – Wallack	7 – Covill	5 – Tied	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		at Oregon	L 70–85	4–5	18 – E. Villa	7 – Tied	5 – E. Villa	Matthew Knight Arena (4,756) Eugene, OR
December 13, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		BYU	L 57–72	4–6	16 – Wallack	8 – Tied	4 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (901) Pullman, WA
December 15, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Martin's	W 76–48	5–6	20 – E. Villa	10 – Kpetikou	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (839) Pullman, WA
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego	W 65–42	6–6 (1–0)	13 – Wallack	5 – Tied	4 – Wallack	Jenny Craig Pavilion (203) San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pepperdine						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
December 30, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center  Stockton, CA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Santa Clara						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oregon State						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
January 9, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's						University Credit Union Pavilion  Moraga, CA
January 11, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gonzaga						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco						Sobrato Center  San Francisco, CA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara						Leavey Center  Santa Clara, CA
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount						Gersten Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Gonzaga						McCarthey Athletic Center  Spokane, WA
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 15, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland						Chiles Center  Portland, OR
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 22, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Saint Mary's						Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 27, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse  Malibu, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
March 6–11, 2025 TBA		vs. TBA						Orleans Arena  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:[2]

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP																					Not released
Coaches

See also

• 2024–25 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

References

1. Lee, Greg (April 25, 2024). "Former WSU All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker commits to UCLA". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
2. "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.