2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team
| 2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–1 SLC) |
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| Associate head coach | Kevin Hackerott |
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| Home arena | UTRGV Fieldhouse |
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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 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vaqueros, led by seventh-year head coach Lane Lord, play their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas, as members of the Southland Conference.
The 2024–25 is the Vaqueros' first season as members of the Southland Conference, as on March 25, 2024, it was announced that the school had accepted an invitation to join the Southland Conference, with the move from the Western Athletic Conference becoming official on July 1, 2024.[1]
Preseason polls
[edit]Southland Conference Poll
[edit]The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17, 2024. Receiving 92 overall votes, the Vaqueros were picked to finish ninth in the conference.[2]
| 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 Vaqueros were selected to a Preseason All-Conference team.[2]
Schedule and results
[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* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Houston | W 70–68 | 1–0 |
20 – K. Hackerott | 6 – K. Hackerott | 6 – G. Angiolet | Fertitta Center (759) Houston, TX | ||||
| Nov 9, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UTSA | L 69–70 | 1–1 |
24 – K. Hackerott | 6 – K. Hackerott | 3 – K. Hackerott | Convocation Center (739) San Antonio, TX | ||||
| Nov 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Oral Roberts | L 58–65 | 1–2 |
15 – K. Hackerott | 17 – C. O'Keefe | 4 – K. Hackerott | Mabee Center (1,817) Tulsa, OK | ||||
| Nov 17, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Florida | L 45–57 | 1–3 |
11 – C. O'Keefe | 18 – C. O'Keefe | 3 – T. Trotter | Yuengling Center (2,460) Tampa, FL | ||||
| Nov 23, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Arlington Baptist | W 110–37 | 2–3 |
17 – C. Mitchell | 13 – C. O'Keefe | 6 – T. Trotter | UTRGV Fieldhouse (633) Edinburg, TX | ||||
| Nov 25, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
St. Mary's (Texas) | W 73–42 | 3–3 |
18 – K. Hackerott | 9 – C. Mitchell | 2 – S. Zufelt | [UTRGV Fieldhouse (807) Edinburg, TX | ||||
| Nov 30, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Texas State | L 59–68 | 3–4 |
10 – C. O'Keefe | 7 – C. O'Keefe | 3 – C. O'Keefe | UTRGV Fieldhouse (515) Edingburg, TX | ||||
| Dec 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | L 45–59 | 3–5 |
17 – G. Angiolet | 12 – K. Hackerott | 2 – G. Angiolet | UTRGV Fieldhouse (488) Edingburg, TX | ||||
| Dec 7, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Stephen F. Austin | W 78–72 | 4–5 (1–0) |
17 – K. Lorenz | 15 – C. O'Keefe | 8 – J. Johnson | UTRGV Fieldhouse (418) Edingburg, TX | ||||
| Dec 14, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lamar | L 44–69 | 4–5 (1–1) |
10 – K. Hackerott | 5 – K. Hackerott | 4 – K. Hackerott | UTRGV Fieldhouse (410) Edingburg, TX | ||||
| Dec 19, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Eastern Michigan UTRGV Holiday Classic |
UTRGV Fieldhouse Edingburg, TX | |||||||||
| Dec 20, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Kansas City UTRGV Holiday Classic |
UTRGV Fieldhouse Edingburg, TX | |||||||||
| Dec 29, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at No. 6 Texas | Moody Center Austin, TX
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References
[edit]- ^ "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25". Southland Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ "UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "UTRGV Vaqueros". CBS Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY VAQUEROS". FOX SPORTS™, SPEED™, SPEED.COM™ & © 2024 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2024.