2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record3–7 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTai Dillard
Vonn Read
Assistant coachChynna Grimes
Home arenaFertitta Center
Seasons
2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Kansas State 0 – 0   – 11 – 1   .917
Kansas 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
Oklahoma State 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
No. 12 TCU 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
No. 15 West Virginia 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
Baylor 0 – 0   – 9 – 2   .818
BYU 0 – 0   – 9 – 2   .818
Colorado 0 – 0   – 9 – 2   .818
Texas Tech 0 – 0   – 9 – 2   .818
Utah 0 – 0   – 9 – 2   .818
UCF 0 – 0   – 7 – 2   .778
Cincinnati 0 – 0   – 6 – 2   .750
No. 18 Iowa State 0 – 0   – 8 – 3   .727
Arizona 0 – 0   – 8 – 4   .667
Arizona State 0 – 0   – 5 – 4   .556
Houston 0 – 0   – 3 – 7   .300
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of December 14, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by eleventh-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 14–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3 way for eleventh place. As a No. 13 seed in the Big 12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

Offseason

Departures

Houston Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Bria Patterson 1 F 5'11" GS Senior DeSoto, TX Graduated
N'Yah Boyd 5 G 5'6" GS Senior Mesquite, TX Graduated
Britney Onyeje 10 G 5'9" GS Senior Pflugerville, TX Graduated
Ash'a Thompson 11 G 5'10" Senior DeSoto, TX Transferred to Prairie View A&M
Djessira Diaware 30 F 6'3" Senior Bamako, Mali Transferred to San Jose State
Amari Conn 32 G 5'7" Senior Kansas City, MO Graduated
Logyn McNeil 33 F 6'3" Redshirt Sophomore Rockwall, TX TBD
Kamryn Jones 34 F 6'1" Senior Magnolia, TX Transferred to Louisiana
Shalexxus Aaron 35 G 6'1" Redshirt Senior Apple Valley, CA Graduated

Incoming

Houston Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Leilani Augmon 0 G 5'11" Redshirt Senior San Jose, CA Troy[1]
Summer Bostock 8 G 6'1" Sophomore Toronto, ON Maryland
Kateri Poole 15 G 5'8" Senior Bronx, NY LSU[2]
Kiera Edmonds 21 F 6'2" Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Wagner
Eylia Love 24 G 6'1" Senior Kansas City, MO Louisville
Ashley Chevalier 25 G 5'7" Senior Chatsworth, CA Texas Tech

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Leilani Augmon 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Silver Creek
Troy 		Orlando, FL
G 2 Kierra Merchant 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Westfield Spring, TX
G 3 Gia Cooke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Bishop McNamara
Maryland 		Clinton, MD
F 5 Maliyah Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Africentric Early College
Pittsburgh 		Columbus, OH
G 8 Summer Bostock 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So King's Christian Collegiate
Maryland 		Toronto, ON
G 14 Laila Blair 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Waller Houston, TX
G 15 Kateri Poole 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr South Shore
LSU 		Bronx, NY
G 20 Tatiana Arevalo (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Reedy Frisco, TX
F 21 Kiera Edmonds 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Brooklyn & Law Tech
Wagner 		Brooklyn, New York
F 22 Avalon Miller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Riverton
Gulf Coast State College 		Salt Lake City, UT
G 24 Eylia Love 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Olathe North
Louisville 		Kansas City, MO
G 25 Ashley Chevalier 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Sierra Canyon
Texas Tech 		Chatsworth, CA
F 42 Peyton McFarland 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Boise
Utah 		Boise, ID
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UT Rio Grande Valley L 68–70  0–1
  18 – Tied   8 – Augmon   6 – Chevalier  Fertitta Center (759)
Houston, TX
November 8, 2024*
5:00 p.m., SECN+ 		at Georgia L 47–61  0–2
  17 – Love   9 – Love   3 – Chevalier  Stegeman Coliseum (1,739)
Athens, GA
November 14, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Rice
Rivalry 		L 48–60  0–3
  21 – Cooke   7 – Augmon   2 – Love  Tudor Fieldhouse (869)
Houston, TX
November 17, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Houston Christian W 54–52  1–3
  14 – Love   5 – Tied   5 – Cooke  Fertitta Center (751)
Houston, TX
November 21, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Alcorn State W 73–48  2–3
  13 – Merchant   10 – Love   5 – Chevalier  Fertitta Center (608)
Houston, TX
November 24, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		North Texas L 53–69  2–4
  19 – Love   8 – Love   2 – Love  Fertitta Center (864)
Houston, TX
November 29, 2024*
1:15 p.m., YouTube 		vs. Minnesota
Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament 		L 44–61  2–5
  10 – Tied   6 – Tied   3 – Chevalier  Alario Center (214)
Westwego, LA
November 30, 2024*
3:30 p.m., YouTube 		vs. Pacific
Big Easy Classic Bayou Tournament 		L 60–64  2–6
  15 – Cooke   5 – Augmon   2 – Tied  Alario Center (178)
Westwego, LA
December 4, 2024*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UT Arlington L 57–61  2–7
  18 – Blair   13 – Love   6 – Blair  College Park Center (901)
Arlington, TX
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Southeastern Louisiana W 70–65  3–7
  19 – Blair   10 – Augmon   2 – Tied  Fertitta Center (846)
Houston, TX
December 17, 2024*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		Mississippi Valley State       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
Big 12 regular season
December 22, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Texas Tech       United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, TX
January 1, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Kansas State       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
January 4, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Arizona State       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
January 8, 2025
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at BYU       Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
January 11, 2025
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Utah       Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
January 14, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Oklahoma State       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
January 17, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Baylor       Foster Pavilion 
Waco, TX
January 22, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Texas Tech       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
January 25, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Kansas       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
January 29, 2025
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cincinnati       Fifth Third Arena 
Cincinnati, OH
February 1, 2025
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		at UCF       Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Baylor       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
February 8, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		West Virginia       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
February 15, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Colorado       CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
February 19, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Iowa State       Hilton Coliseum 
Ames, IA
February 22, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Arizona       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
February 26, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at TCU       Schollmaier Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
March 2, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UCF       Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5–9, 2025
TBA 		vs. TBA       T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Leilani Augmon will continue her college career at Houston". USBasket.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Darcey, Reed (May 5, 2024). "Two former LSU women's basketball guards have announced their transfer destinations". NOLA.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.