2024–25 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team
| 2024–25 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (1–0 Southland) |
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| Home arena | McDermott Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas A&M* | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 Southland tournament winner As of December 17, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team represents the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals are led by sixth-year coach Jeff Dow, and are members of the Southland Conference (SLC).
Media
[edit]Home games were broadcast on ESPN+.
Preseason polls
[edit]Southland Conference Poll
[edit]The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17, 2024. Receiving 149 overall votes, the Cardinals were picked to finish fifth in the conference.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 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 | 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
[edit]No Cardinals were selected to a Preseason All-Conference team.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Regular season games | |||||||||||
| Nov 4, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Texas Tech | L 48–78 | 0–1 |
10 – J. Elliott | 5 – R. McCrary | 1 – J. Elliott | United Supermarkets Arena (3,584) Lubbock, TX | ||||
| Nov 7, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 12 Baylor | L 33–85 | 0–2 |
10 – B. Lusby | 4 – D. Norris | 2 – M. Cockrell | Foster Pavilion (3,332) Waco, TX | ||||
| Nov 11, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Nelson | W 85–54 | 1–2 |
15 – J. Elliott | 8 – M. McQuietor | 8 – J. Elliott | McDermott Center (208) San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Nov 14, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
Texas Lutheran | W 57–51 | 2–2 |
11 – B. Lusby | 8 – B. Lusby | 2 – M. Cockrell | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Nov 18, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Prairie View A&M | W 68–49 | 3–2 |
18 – M. Bell | 8 – M. Bell | 5 – M. Cockrell | McDermott Center (94) San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Nov 21, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 19 TCU | L 43–81 | 3–3 |
8 – R. McCrary | 5 – R. McCrary | 2 – J. Elliott | Schollmaier Arena (5,379) Fort Worth, TX | ||||
| Nov 24, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | L 53–61 | 3–4 |
17 – R. McCrary | 13 – R. McCrary | 4 – S. Isono | McDermott Center (123) San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Dec 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northwestern State | W 48–46 | 4–4 (1–0) |
22 – J. Elliott | 10 – R. McCrary | 3 – M. Bell | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Dec 14, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Schreiner College | W 93–36 | 5–4 |
23 – B. Lusby | 7 – R. McCrary | 4 – D. Whitaker | McDermott Center (100) San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Dec 20, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
East Texas A&M | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Dec 29, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Our Lady of the Lake | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 2, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Lamar | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 4, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stephen F. Austin | William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 9, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Nicholls | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Houston Christian | Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 23, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at New Orleans | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southeastern Louisiana | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at McNeese | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ "Incarnate Word Cardinals Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ "Incarnate Word Cardinals". CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS". FOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED.COM™ & © 2024 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2024.