2024–25 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team

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2024–25 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record12–4 (7–0 SLC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Charinee Mitchell (1st season)
  • Raymond Patche (3rd season)
  • Omar Sneed (3rd season)
Home arenaMontagne Center
(Capacity: 10,080)
Seasons
2024–25 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southeastern Louisiana 8 – 0   1.000 14 – 3   .824
Lamar 7 – 0   1.000 12 – 4   .750
Northwestern State 5 – 2   .714 8 – 8   .500
Incarnate Word 5 – 3   .625 10 – 7   .588
Stephen F. Austin 4 – 4   .500 14 – 5   .737
Nicholls 4 – 4   .500 11 – 6   .647
UT Rio Grande Valley 4 – 4   .500 9 – 10   .474
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2 – 5   .286 10 – 8   .556
McNeese 2 – 5   .286 7 – 11   .389
Houston Christian 2 – 6   .250 5 – 12   .294
East Texas A&M* 1 – 6   .143 4 – 12   .250
New Orleans 1 – 6   .143 1 – 15   .063
* ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2025 Southland tournament winner
As of January 18, 2025

The 2024–25 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Cardinals, led by sixth year head coach Aqua Franklin, play their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.

Media

Home games are broadcast on ESPN+.

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17, 2024. Receiving 236 overall votes and 19 first-place votes, the Lady Cardinals were picked to finish first in the conference.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Lamar 236 (19)
2 Southeastern Louisiana 213 (5)
3 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 200
4 Stephen F. Austin 193
5 Incarnate Word 149
6 Texas A&M–Commerce
(renamed)		 112
7 Nicholls 108
8 New Orleans 109
9 UT Rio Grande Valley 92
10 Northwestern State 67
11 McNeese 61
12 Houston Christian 51

Preseason All Conference

Akasha Davis and Sabria Dean were selected to the Preseason All-Conference first team.[1]

Roster

2024–25 Lamar Lady Cardinals women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G/F 0 T'Aaliyah Miner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr New Orleans, Louisiana
G 1 Jacei Denley 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Beaumont, Texas
G 3 Sabria Dean 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Mineola, Texas
G 4 Kamryn Wilson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Grand Prairie, Texas
G 5 Cameron Dill 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Beaumont, Texas
G 8 KJ Walker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Fort Worth, Texas
F 13 Taliah Hill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Arlington, Texas
G/F 20 Justice Rossl 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Des Moines, Iowa
F 22 NJ Weems 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Minneapolis, Minnesota
C 25 Bebe Galloway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Galveston, Texas
G 30 R'Mani Taylor 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Houston, Texas
F/C 41 Akasha Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Dallas, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 22, 2024

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 26, 2024
2:00 pm 		East Texas Baptist W 70–39   
    –       –       –    Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Regular season
Nov 4, 2024*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		Texas A&M–San Antonio W 98–62  1–0
  21 – A. Davis   8 – S. Dean   8 – S. Dean  Neches Arena (2,000)
Beaumont, Texas
Nov 13, 2024*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at No. 4 Texas L 58–95  1–1
  14 – A. Davis   3 – A. Davis   4 – R. Taylor  Moody Center (6,243)
Austin, Texas
Nov 22, 2024*
4:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at SMU L 54–56 OT 1–2
  21 – S. Dean   10 – A. Davis   4 – S. Dean  Moody Coliseum (802)
Dallas, Texas
Nov 29, 2024*
3:30 pm 		vs. Pacific
New Orleans Big Easy Classic 		W 69–54  2–2
  19 – J. Denley   16 – A. Davis   7 – J. Denley  Alario Center (176)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 30, 2024*
1:00 pm 		vs. Cleveland State
New Orleans Big Easy Classic 		L 52–79  2–3
  15 – A. Davis   6 – T. Miner   4 – R. Taylor  Alario Center (127)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 4, 2024*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		University of St. Thomas (Texas) W 94–32  3–3
  13 – T. Miner   8 – T. Miner   6 – R. Taylor  Neches Arena (657)
Beaumont, Texas
Dec 7, 2024*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Louisiana–Monroe W 71–60  4–3
  15 – S. Dean   11 – A. Davis   5 – J. Denley  Neches Arena (599)
Beaumont, Texas
Dec 14, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UT Rio Grande Valley W 69–44  5–3
(1–0) 		 20 – J. Denley   6 – S. Dean   4 – N. Weems  UTRGV Fieldhouse (410)
Edinburg, Texas
Dec 17, 2024*
11:30 am, ESPN+ 		at Texas Tech L 67–73  5–4
  21 – N. Weems   8 – Tied (2)   3 – S. Dean  United Supermarkets Arena (13,106)
Lubbock, Texas
Dec 21, 2024*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northern Colorado W 60–43  6–4
  18 – J. Denley   5 – T. Miner   5 – R. Taylor  Neches Arena (750)
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 2, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Incarnate Word W 69–47  7–4
(2–0) 		 18 – S. Dean   9 – T. Miner   3 – S. Dean  Neches Arena (463)
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 4, 2025
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Houston Christian W 69–29  8–4
(3–0) 		 13 – A. Davis   9 – A. Davis   5 – R. Taylor  Neches Arena (1,054)
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 9, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		New Orleans W 94–52  9–4
(4–0) 		 24 – S. Dean   5 – N. Weems   5 – J. Denley  Neches Arena (852)
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 11, 2025
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Stephen F. Austin W 77–74  10–4
(5–0) 		 26 – N. Weems   10 – A. Davis   5 – J. Denley  Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 16, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Nicholls W 67–53  11–4
(6–0) 		 19 – S. Dean   6 – S. Dean   4 – K. Wilson  Stopher Gymnasium (345)
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Jan 18, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at McNeese
Battle of the Border (Rivalry) 		W 68–52  12–4
(7–0) 		 20 – A. Davis   9 – A. Davis   8 – R. Taylor  The Legacy Center (2,123)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Jan 23, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northwestern State       Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 25, 2025
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		East Texas A&M       Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Jan 30, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Southeastern Louisiana       Pride Roofing University Center 
Hammond, Louisiana
Feb 1, 2025
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Stephen F. Austin       William R. Johnson Coliseum 
Nacogdoches, Texas
Feb 6, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi       Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Feb 8, 2025
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UT Rio Grande Valley       Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Feb 13, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Northwestern State       Prather Coliseum 
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Feb 15, 2025
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at East Texas A&M       The Field House 
Commerce, Texas
Feb 20, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Incarnate Word       McDermott Center 
San Antonio, Texas
Feb 21, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Houston Christian       Sharp Gymnasium 
Houston, Texas
Feb 27, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Nicholls       Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Mar 1, 2025
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		McNeese
Battle of the Border (Rivalry) 		      Neches Arena 
Beaumont, Texas
Mar 5, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi       American Bank Center 
Corpus Christi, Texas
2025 Jersey Mike's Subs Southland Conference Tournament
Mar 10–13, 2025
TBD, ESPN+ 		vs. TBD       The Legacy Center 
Lake Charles, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

2024–25 Lamar Cardinals basketball team

References

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