2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 22
Record	1–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Radvile Autukaite; Kendall Dillard; Ciara Gregory; Lindsey Hicks; Josh Petersen;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 24 Alabama	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Auburn	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Florida	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Georgia	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 22 Kentucky	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 7 LSU	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
No. 1 South Carolina	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	1.000
Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 4 Texas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arkansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
Missouri	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
No. 20 Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000
Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	.000

† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the season 12–20 (4–12 SEC) to finish in twelfth in the SEC. Head coach Kyra Elzy was fired following the season and Virginia Tech head coach Kenny Brooks was hired as her successor.

Offseason

Departures

Kentucky Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Ref
Brooklynn Miles	0	G	5'5"	Junior	Frankfort, Kentucky	Transferred to Pittsburgh	^[1]
Jordy Griggs	3	G	6'2"	Freshman	Moreno Valley, California	Transferred to Clemson	^[2]
Eniya Russell	4	G	6'0"	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Mississippi State	^[3]
Ajae Petty	13	F	6'3"	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Ohio State	^[4]
Amiya Jenkins	20	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Lexington, Kentucky	Transferred to Pittsburgh	^[5]
Nyah Leveretter	21	F	6'2"	Senior	Blythewood, South Carolina	Transferred to Georgia	^[6]
Maddie Scherr	22	G	5'10"	Senior	Florence, Kentucky	Transferred to TCU	^[7]
Emma King	34	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Stanford, Kentucky	Graduated
Janae Walker	44	F	6'3"	Freshman	Tyrone, Georgia	Transferred to Rutgers	^[8]

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Lexi Blue G	Orlando, Florida	Lake Highland Prep	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Lexi Blue G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Tanah Becker G	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Tanah Becker G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Clara Silva C	Faro, Portugal	Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
Clara Silva C	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
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:

Incoming transfers

Florida Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Jordan Obi	0	G	6'1"	Graduate Student	Hartford, Connecticut	Penn
Georgia Amoore	3	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Ballarat, Australia	Virginia Tech
Teonni Key	7	F	6'4"	Junior	Cary, North Carolina	North Carolina
Dazia Lawrence	10	G	5'8"	RS Senior	Greenville, North Carolina	Charlotte
Gabby Brooks	11	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Harrisonburg, Virginia	Virginia Tech
Dominika Paurová	12	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic	Oregon State
Clara Strack	13	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Buffalo, New York	Virginia Tech
Amelia Hassett	32	F	6'3"	Junior	Albury, Australia	Eastern Florida State College
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Roster

2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jordan Obi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Choate Rosemary Hall Penn	Hartford, CT
G	2	Saniah Tyler	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Incarnate Word Academy	Florissant, MO
G	3	Georgia Amoore	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Loreto College, Victoria Virginia Tech	Ballarat, Australia
G	4	Lexi Blue	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, FL
G	5	Cassidy Rowe	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Shelby Valley HS	Virgie, KY
F	7	Teonni Key	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Cary HS North Carolina	Cary, NC
G	8	Tanah Becker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Hamilton Heights Christian Academy	Winnipeg, MB
G	10	Dazia Lawrence	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Sr	Mallard Creek HS Charlotte	Greenville, NC
G	11	Gabby Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Blacksburg HS Virginia Tech	Harrisonburg, VA
G	12	Dominika Paurová	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	DME Academy Oregon State	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
C	13	Clara Strack	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Hamburg HS Virginia Tech	Buffalo, NY
C	17	Clara Silva	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Fr	Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides	Faro, Portugal
F	32	Amelia Hassett	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Tumut HS Eastern Florida State College	Albury, Australia

Head coach

Kenny Brooks (James Madison)

Assistant coach(es)

Radvile Autukaite (Reinhardt)
Kendall Dillard (Virginia Tech)
Ciara Gregory (Charlotte)
Lindsey Hicks (Purdue)
Josh Petersen (Florida State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 pm, SECN+	No. 22	USC Upstate	W 98–43	1–0	22 – Strack	9 – Tied	10 – Amoore	Memorial Coliseum (4,007) Lexington, KY
November 7, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+	No. 22	Northern Kentucky						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
November 12, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+		Wofford						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
November 16, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+		Louisville						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
November 18, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+		Purdue Fort Wayne						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
November 26, 2024* 4:30 pm		vs. Arizona State Music City Classic						Trojan Fieldhouse Nashville, TN
November 27, 2024* 8:30 pm		vs. Illinois Music City Classic						Trojan Fieldhouse Nashville, TN
December 5, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN2		at North Carolina ACC–SEC Challenge						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
December 9, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+		Queens						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 14, 2024* 5:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue						Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 20, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+		Belmont						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 28, 2024* 4:00 pm, SECN+		Western Kentucky						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
January 2, 2025 7:00 pm, SECN+		Mississippi State						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 5, 2025 3:00 pm, SECN+		at Vanderbilt						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
January 9, 2025 5:00 pm, SECN		at Florida						O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
January 12, 2025 3:00 pm, SECN		Auburn						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 19, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+		at Georgia						Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
January 23, 2025 7:00 pm, SECN		at Texas A&M						Reed Arena College Station, TX
January 26, 2025 12:00 pm, SECN		Arkansas						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, SECN		Alabama						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 2, 2025 4:00 pm, SECN		at Oklahoma						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 10, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Ole Miss						SJB Pavilion Oxford, MS
February 13, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN2		Texas						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 16, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+		Georgia						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 20, 2025 7:30 pm, SECN+		at Missouri						Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
February 23, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN		LSU						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 27, 2025 7:00 pm, SECN		Tennessee						Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
March 2, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN		at South Carolina						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
SEC Tournament
March 5–9, 2025		vs.						Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[10]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	22
Coaches	22

References

^ "Panthers Add Transfer Guard Brooklynn Miles". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Former Kentucky women's basketball freshman off to the ACC". kentucky.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Eniya Russell transferring to Mississippi State after Kentucky, South Carolina stints". clarionledger.com. April 15, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Ajae Petty commits to Ohio State". thelantern.com. April 17, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Amiya Jenkins Joins Pitt Transfer Class". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Georgia Inks Nyah Leveretter". pittsburghpanthers.com. April 26, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball: Kentucky transfer Maddie Scherr commits to TCU". frogsowar.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Transfer Janae Walker". scarletknights.com. May 2, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Kentucky Women's Basketball Signs 6-1 Guard Dominika Paurová". floridagators.com. June 7, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
^ "Kentucky Reveals 2024-25 Nonconference & Southeastern Conference Schedule". ukathletics.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[1] "Panthers Add Transfer Guard Brooklynn Miles". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[2] "Former Kentucky women's basketball freshman off to the ACC". kentucky.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[3] "Eniya Russell transferring to Mississippi State after Kentucky, South Carolina stints". clarionledger.com. April 15, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[4] "Ajae Petty commits to Ohio State". thelantern.com. April 17, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[5] "Amiya Jenkins Joins Pitt Transfer Class". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[6] "Georgia Inks Nyah Leveretter". pittsburghpanthers.com. April 26, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[7] "Women's Basketball: Kentucky transfer Maddie Scherr commits to TCU". frogsowar.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[8] "Women's Basketball Adds Transfer Janae Walker". scarletknights.com. May 2, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[9] "Kentucky Women's Basketball Signs 6-1 Guard Dominika Paurová". floridagators.com. June 7, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[10] "Kentucky Reveals 2024-25 Nonconference & Southeastern Conference Schedule". ukathletics.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

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v t e Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Coliseum (1971–2023) (2024 - ) Rupp Arena (select games 2006–present) (temporary 2023-2024) Clive M. Beck Center (temporary 2023-2024) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Indiana Louisville Tennessee
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2024 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References