2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 25
Record10–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachBlanche Alverson (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • LaSondra Barrett (3rd season)
  • Michael Scruggs (2nd season)
  • Caleb Currier (2nd season)
  • Greg Callan (1st season)
Home arenaMcCamish Pavilion
Seasons
2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
California 1 – 0   1.000 10 – 1   .909
No. 9 Duke 1 – 0   1.000 9 – 2   .818
Florida State 1 – 0   1.000 9 – 2   .818
No. 8 Notre Dame 1 – 0   1.000 8 – 2   .800
Boston College 1 – 0   1.000 8 – 4   .667
No. 25 Georgia Tech 0 – 0   – 10 – 0   1.000
No. 14 North Carolina 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
Miami (FL) 0 – 0   – 8 – 1   .889
No. 22т NC State 0 – 0   – 7 – 3   .700
Clemson 0 – 0   – 6 – 3   .667
Louisville 0 – 0   – 6 – 4   .600
Wake Forest 0 – 0   – 6 – 4   .600
Pittsburgh 0 – 0   – 6 – 5   .545
Stanford 0 – 1   .000 7 – 3   .700
Virginia Tech 0 – 1   .000 7 – 3   .700
SMU 0 – 1   .000 6 – 5   .545
Virginia 0 – 1   .000 6 – 5   .545
Syracuse 0 – 1   .000 4 – 6   .400
† 2025 ACC tournament winner
As of December 13, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team will represent the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They will be led by sixth-year head coach Nell Fortner and will play their home games at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2023–24 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–16 overall and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated fifteenth seed Pittsburgh in the First Round before losing to seventh seed Duke in the Second Round. They received an at-large invitation to the WBIT. They were defeated by second seed Mississippi State in the First Round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Caitlyn Wilson 1 G 5'10" Graduate Student Cordova, Tennessee Graduated
Anisa Clark 4 G 5'7" Senior McDonough, Georgia Graduated
Aixa Wone Aranaz 11 F 6'3" Graduate Student Pamplona, Spain Graduate
Jade Bediako 12 F/C 6'3" Freshman Brampton, Ontario Transferred to Marquette[1]
Avyonce Carter 15 G 5'10" Senior Norcross, Georgia Transferred to Western Carolina[2]
Sydney Johnson 21 G 5'9" Graduate Student Powder Springs, Georgia Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Zoesha Smith 0 G/F 6'1" Graduate Student Brunswick, Georgia Georgia[3]

Recruiting class

Source:[4]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Dani Carnegie
G 		Mount Vernon, New York Grayson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Gabbie Grooms
G 		Sharpsburg, Georgia Trinity Christian 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Tianna Thompson
G 		Mableton, Georgia The Galloway School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 92
Chazadi Wright
G 		Atlanta, Georgia Wesleyan School 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
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:

Roster

2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 0 Zoesha Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Glynn Academy
Georgia 		Brunswick, GA
G 1 Chazadi Wright 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Wesleyan School Atlanta, GA
G 3 Dani Carnegie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Grayson Mount Vernon, NY
G 5 Tonie Morgan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Florida High Tallahassee, FL
F 13 Kayla Blackshear 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lake Highland Preparatory School
Alabama 		Orlando, FL
C 20 Ariadna Termis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So IES Joaquín Blume Zaragoza, Spain
G 22 Inés Noguero Outeiral 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr IES Joaquín Blume Gijón, Spain
G 23 Rusne Augustinaite 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Montverde Academy Šiauliai, Lithuania
G 25 Kara Dunn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Mount Paran Christian Dallas, GA
G 27 Gabbie Grooms 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Trinity Christian Sharpsburg, GA
G/F 32 D'Asia Thomas-Harris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Houston Christian Katy, TX
G 35 Tianna Thompson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr The Galloway School Mableton, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 21, 2024

Schedule

Source:[5]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2024*
7:00 p.m. 		Anderson W 109–53  –
  18 – Tied   7 – Termis   8 – Morgan  McCamish Pavilion (300)
Atlanta, GA
Regular Season
November 4, 2024*
10:30 a.m., ACCNX 		Winthrop W 85–39  1–0
  17 – Carnegie   8 – Dunn   6 – Tied  McCamish Pavilion (3,611)
Atlanta, GA
November 8, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Georgia State W 67–47  2–0
  14 – Carnegie   13 – Dunn   4 – Wright  McCamish Pavilion (1,437)
Atlanta, GA
November 14, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		West Georgia W 88–53  3–0
  15 – Carnegie   9 – Blackshear   5 – Wright  McCamish Pavilion (1,147)
Atlanta, GA
November 17, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Georgia
Rivalry 		W 83–67  4–0
  25 – Dunn   9 – Dunn   5 – Morgan  McCamish Pavilion (2,551)
Atlanta, GA
November 23, 2024*
9:00 p.m., BallerTV 		vs. South Dakota State
Hawaii North Shore Showcase 		W 71–57  5–0
  21 – Morgan   10 – Smith   2 – Carnegie  George Q. Cannon Activities Center (425)
Lāʻie, HI
November 25, 2024*
7:00 p.m., BallerTV 		vs. No. 21 Oregon
Hawaii North Shore Showcase 		W 74–58  6–0
  13 – Termis   12 – Dunn   7 – Noguero  George Q. Cannon Activities Center (1,800)
Lāʻie, HI
December 1, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Florida A&M W 98–56  7–0
  19 – Dunn   10 – Blackshear   7 – Morgan  McCamish Pavilion (1,468)
Atlanta, GA
December 4, 2024*
7:15 p.m., ACCN 		Mississippi State W 78–75  8–0
  23 – Dunn   8 – Termis   8 – Morgan  McCamish Pavilion (1,514)
Atlanta, GA
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Mercer W 78–42  9–0
  14 – Dunn   9 – Tied   4 – Tied  Hawkins Arena (519)
Macon, GA
December 11, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 25 Louisiana-Monroe W 97–37  10–0
  17 – Augustinaite   9 – Smith   8 – Morgan  McCamish Pavilion (1,075)
Atlanta, GA
December 15, 2024
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 25 at No. 14 North Carolina       Carmichael Arena 
Chapel Hill, NC
December 18, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Rice       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
December 21, 2024*
5:30 p.m., ACCNX 		Nebraska       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
December 29, 2024
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Pittsburgh       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
January 2, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Syracuse       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
January 9, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Virginia Tech       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
January 12, 2025
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Louisville       KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
January 16, 2025
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Notre Dame       Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
January 19, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Clemson       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
January 23, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia       John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 26, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Duke       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 2, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Miami (FL)       Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 6, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		SMU       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 9, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Boston College       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 13, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Clemson       Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
February 16, 2025
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		Wake Forest       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		NC State       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 23, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Florida State       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 27, 2025
10:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at California       Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
March 2, 2025
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Stanford       Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
ACC Women's Tournament

vs.        Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
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APRV———RV25
Coaches———RVRVRV

References

  1. ^ Steele, Ben (June 13, 2024). "What is the scouting report on six newcomers to the Marquette women's basketball team?". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Four Newcomers Joining WCU Women's Basketball". catamountsports.com. Western Carolina University Athletics. June 4, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Zoesha Smith". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. April 30, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Georgia Tech". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024-25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball Schedule". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2024.