2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball
2024–25 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	4–7 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Ronald Hughey (11th season);
Associate head coach	Tai Dillard ; Vonn Read
Assistant coach	Chynna Grimes
Home arena	Fertitta Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Kansas State	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 12 TCU	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
Kansas	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 14 West Virginia	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Baylor	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
BYU	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Colorado	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Utah	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
UCF	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
Arizona	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Iowa State	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Houston	0	–	0	–	4	–	7	.364

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 17, 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"	Sophomore	Rockwall, TX	TBD
Kamryn Jones	34	F	6'1"	Senior	Magnolia, TX	Transferred to Louisiana
Shalexxus Aaron	35	G	6'1"	Senior	Apple Valley, CA	Graduated

Incoming

Houston Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Leilani Augmon	0	G	5'11"	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

Ronald Hughey (Limestone College)

Assistant coach(es)

Tai Dillard (Texas)
Vonn Read (Clark Atlanta)
Chynna Grimes (Wichita State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	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	W 98–40	4–7	30 – Merchant	17 – Love	6 – Blair	Fertitta Center (1,229) 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.

References

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

[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.

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v t e Houston Cougars women's basketball
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Rivalries	Rice
Culture & lore	History Shasta "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References