2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 20
Record	3–2 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (12th season);
Associate head coach	Nikki West (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Brittany Morris (4th season); Ashley Williams (3rd season); Houston Fancher (7th season); Kevin Leatherwood (2nd season);
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
California	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
No. 6 Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Boston College	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 14 Duke	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Florida State	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Stanford	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Virginia	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Clemson	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 16 North Carolina	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 25 Louisville	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
No. 20 NC State	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
SMU	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of November 22, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team will represent North Carolina State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack will be led by twelfth-year head coach Wes Moore and will play their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the season 31–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the second seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated seventh seed Duke. They defeated sixth seed Florida State to reach the Finals. They could not prevail in a low-scoring game, and lost 51–55. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, marking the sixth straight time the Wolfpack qualified for the tournament. As the third seed in the Portland 4 region they defeated fourteenth seed Chattanooga in the First Round, sixth seed Tennessee in the Second Round, second seed Stanford in the Sweet 16, and regional first seed Texas in the Elite Eight to qualify for the second Final Four in program history. In the Final Four, they could not overcome overall first seed South Carolina and lost 59–78 to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
River Baldwin	1	C	6'5"	Graduate Student	Andalusia, Alabama	Graduated
Mimi Collins	2	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Slidell, Louisiana	Graduated
Alyssa Lewis	4	G	5'7"	Freshman	Harrisburg, North Carolina	Transferred to Queens^[1]
Katie Peneueta	20	F	6'2"	Junior	Vancouver, Washington	Entered Transfer Portal^[2]
Jannah Eissa	30	G	5'8"	Freshman	Cairo, Egypt	Transferred to Cleveland State^[3]

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Caitlin Weimar	12	G	6'4"	Graduate Student	Cortlandt Manor, New York	Boston University^[4]

Recruiting Class

Source:^[5]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lorena Awou C	East Moline, Illinois	United Township	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A	Oct 11, 2023
Lorena Awou C	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Zamareya Jones PG	Bethel, North Carolina	North Pitt	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A	Nov 1, 2023
Zamareya Jones PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Devyn Quigley G	Manchester, New Jersey	Manchester Township	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Oct 10, 2023
Devyn Quigley G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Tilda Trygger F	Stockholm, Sweden	NB Paterna	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Jan 12, 2024
Tilda Trygger F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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:

Roster

2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Devyn Quigley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Manchester Township	Manchester, NJ
C	1	Lorena Awou	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	United Township	East Moline, IL
G	3	Zamareya Jones	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	North Pitt	Bethel, NC
G	10	Aziaha James	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Princess Anne	Virginia Beach, VA
F	11	Maddie Cox	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, TX
F	12	Caitlin Weimar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Hendrick Hudson Boston University	Cortlandt Manor, NY
C	15	Lizzy Williamson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	GS	Westminster Southern Utah	Adelaide, Australia
F	18	Tilda Trygger	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	NB Paterna	Stockholm, Sweden
G	21	Madison Hayes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	East Hamilton Mississippi State	Chattanooga, TN
G	22	Saniya Rivers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Eugene Ashley South Carolina	Wilmington, NC
G	24	Laci Steele	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Edmond North	Edmond, OK
G	35	Zoe Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	St. John Vianney	Plainfield, NJ
C	42	Mallory Collier	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Bartlett	Millington, TN

Head coach

Wes Moore (Johnson)

Assistant coach(es)

Kikki West (Clemson)
Brittany Moris (Seton Hall)
Ashley Williams (NC State)
Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee)
Kevin Leatherwood (Carson–Newman)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 26, 2024

Schedule and results

Source^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Anderson	W 91–54	–	19 – Jones	10 – Rivers	5 – Rivers	Reynolds Coliseum (1,225) Raleigh, NC
Regular season
November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 9	East Tennessee State	W 80–55	1–0	21 – Brooks	9 – James	4 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (4,291) Raleigh, NC
November 10, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	vs. No. 1 South Carolina Ally Tipoff	L 57–71	1–1	16 – Jones	7 – Rivers	3 – James	Spectrum Center (15,424) Charlotte, NC
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	Kent State	W 79–51	2–1	20 – James	9 – James	4 – James	Reynolds Coliseum (4,368) Raleigh, NC
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 13	at TCU	L 73–76	2–2	27 – James	6 – Brooks	3 – Brooks	Schollmaier Arena (3,220) Fort Worth, TX
November 21, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Coastal Carolina	W 89–68	3–2	21 – James	9 – Awou	5 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,206) Raleigh, NC
November 25, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops		vs. Southern Pink Flamingo Championship semifinals						Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau
November 27, 2024* 11:00 a.m./1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. LSU/Washington Pink Flamingo Championship						Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau
December 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Ole Miss ACC–SEC Challenge						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Old Dominion						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Davidson						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 15, 2024 1:00 p.m., ABC		at Louisville Jimmy V Classic						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Clemson						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 5, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 9, 2025 10:00 p.m., ACCNX		at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
January 12, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN		at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW		Virginia						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
January 26, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 3, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Duke						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW		at Florida State						Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Miami (FL)						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at North Carolina						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN		Notre Dame						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
ACC tournament
		vs.						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	9	13	20
Coaches	8	10	18

References

^ "Royals Snag NC State Transfer Alyssa Lewis". queensatheltics.com. Queens University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Pyrtle, Bryan (April 17, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State SF Katie Peneueta enters transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Rossi, Kyle (June 27, 2024). "Final Four vet Eissa returns to Cleveland, this time as a Viking". HoriZoneRoundtable. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Pyrtle, Bryan (April 26, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State lands 6-foot-4 transfer center Caitlin Weimar". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ "2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[1] "Royals Snag NC State Transfer Alyssa Lewis". queensatheltics.com. Queens University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[2] Pyrtle, Bryan (April 17, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State SF Katie Peneueta enters transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[3] Rossi, Kyle (June 27, 2024). "Final Four vet Eissa returns to Cleveland, this time as a Viking". HoriZoneRoundtable. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[4] Pyrtle, Bryan (April 26, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State lands 6-foot-4 transfer center Caitlin Weimar". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[5] "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[6] "2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

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v t e NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Venues	Reynolds Coliseum (1974–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics