2024–25 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
2024–25 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	3–1 (0–0 Big East)
Head coach	Denise Dillon (5th season);
Associate head coach	Joe Mullaney
Assistant coaches	Michelle Sword; Tiara Malcom; Jess Genco;
Home arena	Finneran Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. John's	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 2 UConn	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Butler	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Seton Hall	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Villanova	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Xavier	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Georgetown	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
DePaul	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Providence	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Creighton	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Marquette	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333

† 2025 Big East tournament winner As of November 21, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fifth-year head coach Denise Dillon, played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania and were members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season at 22–13 and 11–7 in Big East play, to finish in a tied for third place. As an No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament they lost in the quarterfinals to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT where they defeated VCU and Virginia in the first and second rounds, Saint Joseph's in the quarterfinals and Penn State in the semifinals before losing to Illinois in the championship game.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Zanai Jones	1	G	5'6"	Junior	Jersey City, NJ	Transferred to SMU
Abby Jegede	2	G	5'10"	Freshman	Toronto, ON	Transferred to Northeastern
Lucy Olsen	3	G	5'9"	Junior	Royersford, PA	Transferred to Iowa^[1]
Christina Dalce	10	F	6'2"	Junior	Edison, NJ	Transferred to Maryland
Megan Olbrys	14	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Norwood, MA	Transferred to UMass
Kylie Swider	21	F/C	6'4"	Senior	Portsmouth, RI	Transferred to Stonehill
Bella Runyan	32	G	5'11"	Senior	Moorestown, NJ	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Ryanne Allen	5	G	6'1"	Junior	Warminster, PA	Vanderbilt
Bronagh Power-Cassidy	7	G	5'10"	GS Senior	Dublin, Ireland	Holy Cross
Jaliyah Green	8	G	5'10"	Senior	Wentzville, MO	Southeast Missouri State
Lara Edmanson	14	G/F	6'0"	GS Senior	Melbourne, Australia	Santa Clara

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Jasmine Bascoe PG	Milton, ON	King's Christian Collegiate	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Jasmine Bascoe PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024.

Recruiting class of 2025

US college sports recruiting information for 2025 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kennedy Henry G	Blairstown, NJ	Blair Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Kennedy Henry G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	4	Kaitlyn Orihel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Archbishop Wood	Newtown, PA
G	5	Ryanne Allen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Archbishop Wood Vanderbilt	Warminster, PA
G	7	Bronagh Power-Cassidy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Marianapolis Prep Holy Cross	Dublin, Ireland
G	8	Jaliyah Green	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Holt Southeast Missouri State	St. Louis, MO
G	11	Jasmine Bascoe	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	King's Christian	Milton, ON
F	13	Brynn McCurry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Sparta	Sparta, NJ
G/F	14	Lara Edmanson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	MLC Santa Clara	Melbourne, Australia
G	23	Maddie Burke	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Central Bucks West	Doylestown, PA
G	24	Dani Ceseretti	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Northfield Mount Hermon	Barrington, RI
F	25	Denae Carter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	St. Basil Academy Mississippi State	Philadelphia, PA
G	34	Maddie Webber	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	South Fayette	Sparta, NJ
F	43	Annie Welde	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Cardinal O'Hara	Bridgeville, PA
G	44	Maggie Grant	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Archbishop John Carroll	Downingtown, PA
F	45	Rachel Wirts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Center Grove	Greenwood, IN

Head coach

Denise Dillon (Villanova)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Mullaney (Providence)
Michelle Sword (Saint Joseph's)
Mary Wooley (USC Aiken)
Jess Genco (Northeastern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	Wake Forest	W 64–56	1–0	18 – Bascoe	6 – Power-Cassidy	5 – Bascoe	Finneran Pavilion (1,511) Villanova, PA
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Princeton	L 61–70	1–1	23 – Webber	5 – Carter	3 – Webber	Jadwin Gymnasium (925) Princeton, NJ
November 16, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	Columbia	W 68–67	2–1	17 – Burke	10 – Burke	5 – Bascoe	Finneran Pavilion (1,518) Villanova, PA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	Penn Women's Big 5 Classic Pod 2	W 80–64	3–1	17 – Burke	10 – Burke	5 – Bascoe	Finneran Pavilion (1,121) Villanova, PA
November 23, 2024* 9:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Texas A&M Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals						Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
November 24, 2024* 4:00 p.m./9:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. North Carolina/Ball State Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2024* TBA, FloHoops/ESPN2	vs. Baylor/Southern Miss/Indiana/Columbia Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Joseph's Women's Big 5 Classic Pod 2						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 6, 2024* TBA, FloHoops	vs. TBA Women's Big 5 Classic						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Fairfield						Leo D. Mahoney Arena Fairfield, CT
December 11, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops	at Delaware						Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	James Madison						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
Big East regular season
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	St. John's						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 1, 2025 8:30 p.m., FS1	Seton Hall						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 5, 2025 1:30 p.m., SNY	UConn						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Georgetown						McDonough Arena Washington, D.C.
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Marquette						Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
January 15, 2025 11:30 a.m., FloHoops	DePaul						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	at St. John's						Carnesecca Arena Queen, NY
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., SNY	at UConn						Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	Xavier						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	Marquette						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports	at Butler						Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	Creighton						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
February 12, 2025 8:00 p.m., FloHoops	at DePaul						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Xavier						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	Georgetown						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., FS1	at Providence						Alumni Hall Providence, RI
February 26, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports	Butler						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
March 2, 2025 8:30 p.m., FS1	at Creighton						D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
Big East women's tournament
March 7–10, 2025* TBA	vs.						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source:^[2]

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		*																			Not released
Coaches		*

*The pre-season and week 1 polls were the same.

References

^ Voepel, Michael (April 17, 2024). "Iowa fills Clark's void, lands Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Villanova.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[1] Voepel, Michael (April 17, 2024). "Iowa fills Clark's void, lands Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen". ESPN. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[2] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Villanova.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

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v t e Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Jake Nevin Field House (1969–1986, 2017–18) Finneran Pavilion (1986–2017, 2018–present)
Rivalries	Saint Joseph's
Culture & lore	Will D. Cat City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 "V for Villanova"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 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 2024–25

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2025

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References