2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 1–3 (0–0 MAC) |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 MAC tournament winner As of November 20, 2024 |
The 2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team will represent Ohio University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth-year head coach Bob Boldon, play their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2][3][4]
Previous season
[edit]They finished the regular season 11–18, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament.[5]
Offseason
[edit]Coaching staff changes
[edit]Coaching departures
[edit]Name | Alma mater | Previous position | New position |
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Steph Haas | Florida Gulf Coast | Assistant coach |
Coaching additions
[edit]Name | Alma mater | Previous position | New position |
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Kaylee Gregory Bambule | Ohio University | Video coordinator | Assistant coach[6] |
Abby Garnett | Ohio University | Player (2023) | Assistant coach[6] |
Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
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Aylasia Fantroy | 2 | G | 5'11" | Freshman | Palestine, TX | Transferred to Texas Southern |
Bengisu Alper | 33 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility |
Madi Mace | 3 | G | 5'11" | RS-Junior | Parkersburg, WV | Graduated |
Peyton Guice | 11 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Westerville, OH | Graduated |
Kailah Johnson | 10 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Orem, UT | Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
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Anyssa Jones | 3 | G | 5'10" | Grad. Student | Westerville, OH | Transferred from Dayton. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[9] |
Aliah McWhorter | 4 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Transferred from Wake Forest. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.[10] |
Kiersten Cashell | F | 5'11" | Sophomore | Hilliard, Ohio | Transferred from Capital. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.[11] |
2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | High school | Hometown |
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Gigi Bower[12] | 20 | G | 5'9" | Olentangy Liberty | Powell, OH |
Danni Scully[12] | 23 | F | 6'1" | Nazareth Academy | Park Ridge, IL |
Olivia Rinard | G | Williamstown | Williamstown, WV |
Preseason
[edit]On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAC regular season. Ohio received no to win the MAC Tournament.[13]
Preseason rankings
[edit]Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Ball State | 120 (10) |
2 | Kent State | 104 (2) |
3 | Buffalo | 96 |
4 | Bowling Green | 96 |
5 | Toledo | 82 |
T6 | Northern Illinois | 64 |
T6 | Ohio | 64 |
8 | Miami | 44 |
9 | Akron | 43 |
10 | Western Michigan | 34 |
11 | Eastern Michigan | 23 |
12 | Central Michigan | 20 |
MAC tournament champion:): Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)
Source[13]
Preseason All-MAC
[edit]Team | Player | Position | Year |
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2nd | Jaya McClure | G | Jr. |
Source[13]
Roster
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Support staff
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Georgia Southern MAC-SBC Challenge |
L 70–82 | 0–1 |
26 – Watkins | 8 – Tabeling | 4 – Williams | Convocation Center (679) Athens, OH | ||||
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Bellarmine | L 50–82 | 0–2 |
17 – Tabeling | 9 – Williams | 3 – McWorter | Convocation Center (287) Athens, OH | ||||
November 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
George Washington | W 52–40 | 1–2 |
15 – Dennis | 9 – Tabeling | 4 – Williams | Convocation Center (564) Athens, OH | ||||
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 12 Ohio State | L 42–106 | 1–3 |
9 – Tied | 6 – Tabeling | 2 – McWhorter | Convocation Center (4,820) Athens, OH | ||||
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Wright State | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||||
December 3, 2024* 11:00 a.m, ESPN+ |
Ohio Christian | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Butler | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Saint Louis | Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO | |||||||||
December 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UIC | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
December 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., SECN |
at Georgia | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA | |||||||||
MAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., TBA |
Akron | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA |
at Northern Illinois | Convocation Center DeKalb, IL | |||||||||
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
at Western Michigan | University Arena Kalamazoo, MI | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., TBA |
Kent State | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
Bowling Green | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA |
at Toledo | Savage Arena Toledo, OH | |||||||||
January 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., TBA |
at Buffalo | Alumni Arena Amherst, NY | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA |
Eastern Michigan | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
Ball State | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA |
at Miami (OH) | Millett Hall Oxford, OH | |||||||||
February 5, 2025 6:30 p.m., TBA |
at Central Michigan | McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||||
Februry 8, 2025* 1:00 p.m., TBA |
at TBA MAC-SBC Challenge |
TBA TBA | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA |
Buffalo | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
Northern Illinois | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA |
at Akron | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||||
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
at Bowling Green | Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 3:30 p.m., TBA |
Miami (OH) | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA |
Western Michigan | Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||||
March 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA |
at Ball State | Worthen Arena Muncie, IN | |||||||||
MAC tournament | |||||||||||
March 12, 2024† TBA, TBA |
vs. TBA Quarterfinals |
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
† If a top eight finisher in MAC
References
[edit]- ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Arkley, Jason (March 28, 2013). "Boldon named Bobcats' new coach". Athens Messenger. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ "MAC Women's College Basketball Standings - 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Ball State 77, Ohio 53". ESPN. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
- ^ a b "Ohio Women's Basketball Announces Coaching Staff Changes". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ a b c "2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Dayton Transfer, Anyssa Jones, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Kiersten Cashell". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ohio Women's Basketball Welcomes Two Signees". Ohio University Athletics. November 12, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ a b c "MAC Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats Schedule 2024-25". ESPN.