2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–25 (3–17 MVC)
Head coach	Robyn Scherr (4th season);
Associate head coach	Dodie Dunson
Assistant coaches	Zhaque Gray; Anna Newman; Tyler McCormick;
Home arena	Meeks Family Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Aces, who were led by fourth-year head coach Robyn Scherr, played their home games at Meeks Family Fieldhouse in Evansville, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

2024–25 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Murray State †	16	–	4	.800	25	–	8	.758
Missouri State	16	–	4	.800	26	–	9	.743
Belmont	15	–	5	.750	26	–	13	.667
Drake	15	–	5	.750	22	–	12	.647
Illinois State	14	–	6	.700	24	–	13	.649
Northern Iowa	11	–	9	.550	17	–	17	.500
UIC	10	–	10	.500	15	–	18	.455
Valparaiso	9	–	11	.450	13	–	19	.406
Bradley	7	–	13	.350	14	–	19	.424
Evansville	3	–	17	.150	7	–	25	.219
Southern Illinois	2	–	18	.100	4	–	26	.133
Indiana State	2	–	18	.100	4	–	28	.125

† 2025 MVC tournament winner

Previous season

The Purple Aces finished the 2023–24 season 4–27, 2–18 in MVC play, to finish in a tie for last place.^[1] They were defeated by Illinois State in the opening round of the MVC tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 1, 2024, the MVC released their preseason coaches poll. Evansville was picked to finish last in the MVC regular season.^[3]

Preseason rankings

MVC preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Drake	566 (39)
2	Northern Iowa	504 (6)
3	Belmont	475 (3)
4	Murray State	391
5	Missouri State	380
6	UIC	347
7	Illinois State	341
8	Valparaiso	193
9	Indiana State	189
10	Southern Illinois	167
11	Bradley	97
12	Evansville	96

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-MVC Teams

No Purple Aces were named to the Preseason All-MVC First or Second teams.^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Mira Hanna	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Little Rock	Palm Harbor, Florida
PG	1	Avery Kelley	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Reitz Memorial High School	Evansville, Indiana
G	2	Alana Striverson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Lindenwood	Sellersburg, Indiana
F	4	Tamesha "Mae" Dozier	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Wabash Valley College	Louisville, Kentucky
G	5	Júlia Palomo	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Casper College	La Seu d'Urgell, Spain
G	10	Camryn Runner	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hamilton Heights High School	Cicero, Indiana
G	11	Kaiden Kreinhagen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	North Central High School	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	12	Tené Smith	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	King's Christian Collegiate	Brampton, Ontario
G	13	Madlena Gerke	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Eastern Florida State College	Riga, Latvia
G/F	15	Elle Snyder	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Greater Latrobe High School	Latrobe, Pennsylvania
G	20	Kylee Norkus	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Neuqua Valley High School	Naperville, Illinois
F	21	Anica Skrivan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College	Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
F	24	Maggie Hartwig	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Sauk Prairie High School	Sauk City, Wisconsin
F	25	Claudia Clement	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Winthrop	Barcelona, Spain
G	33	Logan Luebbers Palmer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Randall K. Cooper High School	Union, Kentucky

Head coach

Robyn Scherr (Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Dodie Dunson (Bradley)
Zhaque Gray (Penn State)
Anna Newman (Evansville)
Tyler McCormick (Missouri Southern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 4, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 6:00 pm		Franklin	W 86–60	–	Meeks Family Fieldhouse Evansville, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2024* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at IU Indy	L 76–101	0–1	The Jungle (706) Indianapolis, IN
November 10, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Wright State	W 65–63	1–1	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (392) Evansville, IN
November 14, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeast Missouri State	W 70–55	2–1	Meeks Family Fieldhouse Evansville, IN
November 18, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lindenwood	L 69–71 ^OT	2–2	Hyland Performance Arena (472) St. Charles, MO
November 23, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lipscomb	L 79–86	2–3	Allen Arena (327) Nashville, TN
November 29, 2024* 8:00 pm, YouTube		vs. Nicholls Big Easy New Orleans Classic	L 50–63	2–4	Alario Center (204) Westwego, LA
November 30, 2024* 5:45 pm, YouTube		vs. Delaware Big Easy New Orleans Classic	L 54–65	2–5	Alario Center (108) Westwego, LA
December 8, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		SIU Edwardsville	W 87–74	3–5	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (412) Evansville, IN
December 14, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+		at Vanderbilt	L 40–106	3–6	Memorial Gymnasium (2,599) Nashville, TN
December 17, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		IU Columbus	W 84–52	4–6	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (2,120) Evansville, IN
December 21, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola Chicago	L 57–70	4–7	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (447) Chicago, IL
MVC regular season
December 29, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Drake	L 54–76	4–8 (0–1)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (807) Evansville, IN
January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bradley	L 42–45	4–9 (0–2)	Renaissance Coliseum (453) Peoria, IL
January 4, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Illinois State	L 55–79	4–10 (0–3)	CEFCU Arena (1,483) Normal, IL
January 12, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Indiana State	L 74–90	4–11 (0–4)	Hulman Center (1,472) Terre Haute, IN
January 17, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Missouri State	L 57–84	4–12 (0–5)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (352) Evansville, IN
January 19, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Illinois	W 85–70	5–12 (1–5)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (410) Evansville, IN
January 24, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Belmont	L 65–90	5–13 (1–6)	Curb Event Center (933) Nashville, TN
January 26, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Murray State	L 66–104	5–14 (1–7)	CFSB Center (1,527) Murray, KY
January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UIC	L 43–74	5–15 (1–8)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (315) Evansville, IN
February 1, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Valparaiso	L 54–66	5–16 (1–9)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (618) Evansville, IN
February 7, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Illinois	L 69–72	5–17 (1–10)	Banterra Center (343) Carbondale, IL
February 9, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Missouri State	L 57–86	5–18 (1–11)	Great Southern Bank Arena (1,465) Springfield, MO
February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Bradley	W 55–45	6–18 (2–11)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (748) Evansville, IN
February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Illinois State	L 53–73	6–19 (2–12)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (318) Evansville, IN
February 21, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	L 55–76	6–20 (2–13)	Athletics–Recreation Center (539) Valparaiso, IN
February 23, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UIC	L 54–71	6–21 (2–14)	Credit Union 1 Arena (805) Chicago, IL
February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 54–71	6–22 (2–15)	McLeod Center (2,796) Cedar Falls, IA
March 1, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Indiana State	W 79–68	7–22 (3–15)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (526) Evansville, IN
March 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Murray State	L 60–88	7–23 (3–16)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (250) Evansville, IN
March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Belmont	L 48–75	7–24 (3–17)	Meeks Family Fieldhouse (315) Evansville, IN
MVC tournament
March 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(10)	vs. (7) UIC Opening round	L 62–72	7–25	Ford Center Evansville, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
↑ "ISU women's basketball rolls to first-round win over No. 12 Evansville". The Vidette. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
1 2 3 "Drake Selected as the Favorite in MVC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
↑ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Evansville Athletics. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
↑ "Evansville Purple Aces 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[2] "ISU women's basketball rolls to first-round win over No. 12 Evansville". The Vidette. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[poll-3] 1 2 3 "Drake Selected as the Favorite in MVC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Evansville Athletics. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

[5] "Evansville Purple Aces 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2025.

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