2024–25 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team
| 2024–25 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (0–1 Southland) |
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| Home arena | Prather Coliseum (Capacity: 3,900) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 18, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Northwestern State Lady Demons basketball team represents Northwestern State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demons, led by fifth year head coach Anna Nimz, play their home games at Prather Coliseum located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and are members of the Southland Conference..
Media
[edit]Home games are broadcast on ESPN+.
Preseason polls
[edit]Southland Conference Poll
[edit]The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17, 2024. Receiving 67 overall votes, the Lady Demons were picked to finish tenth 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 (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
[edit]No Lady Demons were selected as members of 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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| Nov 5, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Champion Christian | W 84–33 | 1–0 |
20 – Z. Thompson | 9 – V. Atamah | 6 – M. Blake | Prather Coliseum (360) Natchitoches, LA | ||||
| Nov 8, 2024* 7:00 pm, SECN+ |
at LSU | L 36–95 | 1–1 |
9 – V. Atamah | 7 – V. Atamah | 4 – M. Blake | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,226) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| Nov 12, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN |
Arkansas Baptist | W 989–27 | 2–1 |
22 – M. Blake | 8 – S. Ayres | 4 – M. Blake | Prather Coliseum (305) Natchitoches, LA | ||||
| Nov 16, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Tarleton State | L 56–73 | 2–2 |
22 – M. Blake | 7 – V. Atamah | 3 – M. Blake | Wisdom Gym (677) Stephenville, TX | ||||
| Nov 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+ |
at Texas A&M | L 54–75 | 2–3 |
14 – V. Atamah | 6 – V. Atamah | 3 – M. Blake | Reed Arena (3,279) College Station, TX | ||||
| Nov 20, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Texas | L 59–62 | 2–4 |
18 – M. Blake | 6 – S. Ayres | 3 – M. Blake | The Super Pit (1,491) Denton, TX | ||||
| Nov 26, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Southern (New Orleans) | W 80–45 | 3–4 |
20 – V. Atamah | 9 – S. Ayres | 8 – M. Blake | Prather Coliseum (194) Natchitoches, LA | ||||
| Dec 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Incarnate Word | W 46–28 | 3–5 (0–1) |
15 – M. Blake | 12 – M. Blake | 2 – J. Dixon | McDermott Center San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Dec 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Central Arkansas | L 52–62 | 3–6 |
14 – M. Blake | 16 – J. Dixon | 5 – M. Blake | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | ||||
| Dec 17, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Florida | L 36–71 | 3–7 |
10 – V. Atamah | 5 – C. Celaya | 2 – C. Celaya | Yuengling Center (1,784) Tampa, FL | ||||
| Dec 29, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Houston Christian | Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 2, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
McNeese | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Nicholls | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
New Orleans | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southeastern Louisiana | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| Jan 23, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Lamar | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stephen F. Austin | William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||||
| Jan 30, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.. | |||||||||||
See also
[edit]2024–25 Northwestern State Demons basketball team
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Northwestern State Lady Demons Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "NW State Lady Demons". CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMONS". FOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED.COM™ & © 2024 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2024.