2024–25 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team

2024–25 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball
2024–25 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball
WAC regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	32–3 (16–0 WAC)
Head coach	Molly Miller (5th season);
Associate head coach	Jason Glover; Laura Dinkins
Assistant coaches	Bryan Camacho; Daejah Bernard; Ashleigh Lopez;
Home arena	Global Credit Union Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Antelopes, who were led by fifth-year head coach Molly Miller, played their home games at Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

2024–25 WAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Grand Canyon †	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	3	.914
Tarleton	10	–	6	.625	20	–	14	.588
UT Arlington	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
Abilene Christian	9	–	7	.563	22	–	13	.629
Utah Valley	9	–	7	.563	19	–	13	.594
California Baptist	9	–	7	.563	12	–	19	.387
Southern Utah	7	–	9	.438	9	–	21	.300
Utah Tech	1	–	15	.063	6	–	25	.194
Seattle	1	–	15	.063	4	–	26	.133

† 2025 WAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Antelopes finished the 2023–24 season 24–8, 16–4 in WAC play, to finish in second place.^[1] They were defeated by Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals of the WAC tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 16, 2024, the WAC released their preseason coaches poll. Grand Canyon was picked to finish first in the WAC regular season.^[3]

Preseason rankings

WAC preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Grand Canyon	59 (4)
2	California Baptist	58 (4)
3	UT Arlington	53 (1)
4	Abilene Christian	37
5	Southern Utah	33
6	Tarleton State	28
7	Utah Tech	24
8	Utah Valley	17
9	Seattle	15

Source:^[3]

WAC Preseason Player of the Year

WAC Preseason Player of the Year
Player	Position	Year
Trinity San Antonio	Guard	Senior

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-WAC Team

Preseason All-WAC Team
Player	Position	Year
Tiarra Brown	Guard/Forward	Graduate student
Trinity San Antonio	Guard	Senior

Source:^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Callie Cooper	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	UC Santa Barbara	Richardson, Texas
G	1	Kristyna Jeskeova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Long Beach State	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
G	2	Asha Sra	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Clovis North High School	Fresno, California
G	3	Ale'jah Douglas	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Oklahoma State	North Omaha, Nebraska
F	4	Nneka Obiazor	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	UNLV	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
F	10	Bridget Mullings	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Utah State	Phoenix, Arizona
G	11	Sydney Erikstrup	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Arizona State	Portland, Oregon
G	12	Alyssa Durazo-Frescas	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	UNLV	Newport Beach, California
G	14	Anna Ostlie	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Boise State	Scottsdale, Arizona
G	20	Laura Erikstrup	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	San Diego	Portland, Oregon
G	22	Kaitlyn Elsholz	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Cal State Northridge	Peoria, Arizona
G	23	Trinity San Antonio	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	California Baptist	Moreno Valley, California
G/F	24	Tiarra Brown	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Bethel High School	Spanaway, Washington
G	25	Naomi White	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Bellevue West High School	Omaha, Nebraska
F	42	Lucy Ghaifan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Omaha	Grand Island, Nebraska

Head coach

Molly Miller (Drury)

Assistant coach(es)

Laura Dinkins (Northern Arizona)
Bryan Camacho (UCLA)
Daejah Bernard (Drury)
Ashleigh Lopez (UT Rio Grande Valley)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 8, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 6:00 pm		Benedictine Mesa	W 94–40	–	16 – Tied	5 – Tied	5 – Brown	Global Credit Union Arena (419) Phoenix, AZ
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	W 93–52	1–0	19 – Obiazor	7 – Obiazor	5 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (552) Phoenix, AZ
November 8, 2024* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Middle Tennessee WAC/C-USA Challenge	L 47–57	1–1	20 – L. Erikstrup	7 – L. Erikstrup	4 – Tied	Murphy Center (3,712) Murfreesboro, TN
November 14, 2024* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		vs. Arizona State Hall of Fame Series	W 70–59	2–1	22 – Durazo-Frescas	9 – San Antonio	4 – Tied	Footprint Center Phoenix, AZ
November 18, 2024* 7:00 pm, B1G+		at No. 23 Oregon	L 54–70	2–2	18 – San Antonio	6 – San Antonio	5 – San Antonio	Matthew Knight Arena (4,518) Eugene, OR
November 27, 2024* 11:30 am, ESPN+		Liberty WAC/C-USA Challenge	W 79–50	3–2	21 – San Antonio	7 – L. Erikstrup	17 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (534) Phoenix, AZ
November 29, 2024* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara Talking Stick Resort Thanksgiving Classic	W 69–58	4–2	18 – L. Erikstrup	8 – L. Erikstrup	6 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (482) Phoenix, AZ
November 30, 2024* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		East Texas A&M Talking Stick Resort Thanksgiving Classic	W 110–71	5–2	20 – Durazo-Frescas	8 – Ghaifan	11 – Cooper	Global Credit Union Arena (398) Phoenix, AZ
December 5, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Arizona	W 69–66	6–2	26 – San Antonio	12 – San Antonio	4 – Tied	McKale Center (6,292) Tucson, AZ
December 8, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah State	W 76–62	7–2	18 – Brown	6 – L. Erikstrup	8 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (511) Phoenix, AZ
December 14, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Westcliff	W 90–31	8–2	23 – Durazo-Frescas	9 – Obiazor	5 – L. Erikstrup	Global Credit Union Arena (407) Phoenix, AZ
December 18, 2024* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Wright State Have Fayth Christmas Classic	W 82–69	9–2	20 – L. Erikstrup	14 – L. Erikstrup	10 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (298) Phoenix, AZ
December 19, 2024* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Florida Atlantic Have Fayth Christmas Classic	W 81–60	10–2	22 – Durazo-Frescas	10 – L. Erikstrup	5 – Cooper	Global Credit Union Arena (134) Phoenix, AZ
December 21, 2024* 12:30 pm, ESPN+		Georgia Southern Have Fayth Christmas Classic	W 79–52	11–2	20 – Obiazor	5 – Durazo-Frescas	6 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (512) Phoenix, AZ
December 27, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Park–Gilbert	W 108–44	12–2	27 – Durazo-Frescas	12 – L. Erikstrup	9 – Cooper	Global Credit Union Arena (325) Phoenix, AZ
December 29, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Arizona	W 79–70	13–2	19 – Brown	7 – Tied	7 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (1,689) Phoenix, AZ
WAC regular season
January 4, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Utah	W 75–57	14–2 (1–0)	21 – Durazo-Frescas	9 – Brown	5 – Tied	America First Event Center (346) Cedar City, UT
January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, Fox 10 Xtra/ESPN+		Utah Valley	W 71–59	15–2 (2–0)	22 – L. Erikstrup	10 – L. Erikstrup	3 – Ostlie	Global Credit Union Arena (1,160) Phoenix, AZ
January 16, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Abilene Christian	W 81–67	16–2 (3–0)	25 – San Antonio	13 – L. Erikstrup	5 – San Antonio	Moody Coliseum (504) Abilene, TX
January 18, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tarleton State	W 57–53	17–2 (4–0)	20 – L. Erikstrup	9 – Jeskeova	3 – San Antonio	Wisdom Gym (1,009) Stephenville, TX
January 23, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Utah	W 79–51	18–2 (5–0)	21 – San Antonio	5 – Tied	6 – Cooper	Global Credit Union Arena (698) Phoenix, AZ
January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, Fox 10 Xtra/ESPN+		Utah Tech	W 78–43	19–2 (6–0)	18 – Ostlie	11 – L. Erikstrup	8 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (1,584) Phoenix, AZ
January 30, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Seattle	W 88–50	20–2 (7–0)	17 – San Antonio	6 – Tied	7 – Brown	Redhawk Center (396) Seattle, WA
February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley	W 76–64	21–2 (8–0)	21 – San Antonio	5 – L. Erikstrup	9 – San Antonio	Lockhart Arena (1,313) Orem, UT
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at California Baptist	W 84–55	22–2 (9–0)	22 – Brown	13 – L. Erikstrup	5 – Tied	Global Credit Union Arena (923) Phoenix, AZ
February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Tarleton State	W 76–60	23–2 (10–0)	27 – San Antonio	6 – Tied	6 – Cooper	Global Credit Union Arena (604) Phoenix, AZ
February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 82–69	24–2 (11–0)	26 – Brown	6 – Tied	8 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (874) Phoenix, AZ
February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at California Baptist	W 74–56	25–2 (12–0)	21 – Durazo-Frescas	5 – Tied	6 – San Antonio	Fowler Events Center (720) Riverside, CA
February 27, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	W 72–59	26–2 (13–0)	19 – Durazo-Frescas	12 – L. Erikstrup	6 – San Antonio	College Park Center (1,247) Arlington, TX
March 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Seattle	W 82–52	27–2 (14–0)	21 – San Antonio	5 – Tied	4 – Brown	Global Credit Union Arena (1,156) Phoenix, AZ
March 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Tech	W 74–42	28–2 (15–0)	14 – Tied	11 – Brown	4 – San Antonio	Burns Arena (700) St. George, UT
March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Abilene Christian	W 70–57	29–2 (16–0)	16 – L. Erikstrup	8 – L. Erikstrup	10 – San Antonio	Global Credit Union Arena (1,447) Phoenix, AZ
WAC tournament
March 12, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (8) Utah Tech Quarterfinals	W 71–47	30–2	28 – Durazo-Frescas	6 – L. Erikstrup	4 – San Antonio	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
March 14, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(1)	vs. (5) Utah Valley Semifinals	W 84–55	31–2	28 – Durazo-Frescas	6 – L. Erikstrup	4 – San Antonio	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
March 15, 2025 12:30 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (3) UT Arlington Championship	W 65–62	32–2	19 – San Antonio	8 – Brown	9 – San Antonio	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2025* 12:30 p.m., ESPNU	(13 S1)	at (4 S2) No. 14 Baylor First Round	L 60–73	32–3	27 – San Antonio	8 – Brown	2 – Tied	Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S1=Spokane 1. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
↑ "GCU women's basketball upset in the WAC semifinals after Stephen F. Austin comeback in Las Vegas". Cronkite News. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
1 2 3 4 "Grand Canyon Tabbed as 2024-25 WAC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
↑ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Grand Canyon University Athletics. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
↑ "Grand Canyon Lopes 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[2] "GCU women's basketball upset in the WAC semifinals after Stephen F. Austin comeback in Las Vegas". Cronkite News. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[poll-3] 1 2 3 4 "Grand Canyon Tabbed as 2024-25 WAC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Grand Canyon University Athletics. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[5] "Grand Canyon Lopes 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

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