2024–25 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2024–25 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
2024–25 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
AAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	23–11 (13–4 AAC)
Head coach	Jose Fernandez (25th season);
Associate head coach	Michele Woods-Baxter
Assistant coaches	Bojan Jankovic; Sheila Boykin; Gina Cerezuela Robuste; Justin Keller;
Home arena	Yuengling Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by 25th-year head coach Jose Fernandez, played their home games at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida as members of the American Athletic Conference.

2024–25 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTSA	17	–	1	.944	26	–	5	.839
North Texas	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
South Florida †	13	–	4	.765	23	–	11	.676
Temple	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Tulsa	11	–	7	.611	17	–	15	.531
Tulane	9	–	8	.529	17	–	13	.567
East Carolina	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
UAB	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
Rice	7	–	11	.389	17	–	17	.500
Memphis	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Wichita State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Charlotte	4	–	14	.222	11	–	21	.344
Florida Atlantic	3	–	15	.167	11	–	21	.344

† 2025 AAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2023–24 season 19–14, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] They defeated 2023–24 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team,^[2] before falling to UTSA in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

South Florida Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Caitlin McGee	0	F	6'1"	Junior	Jacksonville, FL	TBD
Maria Alvarez	1	G	5'7"	Senior	Bal Harbour, FL	Graduated
Judit Valero Rodriguez	11	G	5'11"	Freshman	Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain	Transferred to FIU
Marina Asensio	12	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Sabadell, Spain	Transferred to Western Michigan
Emma Johansson	14	F/C	6'3"	Sophomore	Jönköping, Sweden	Transferred to California Baptist
Judit Oliva Fernandez	15	F	6'2"	Freshman	El Prat de Llobregat, Spain	Transferred to Long Beach State
Daniela Gonzalez	20	F	6'0"	Sophomore	Jamundí, Colombia	Transferred to South Alabama
Aerial Wilson	22	G	5'10"	Senior	Dundas, ON	Graduated
Evelien Lutje Schipholt	24	F	6'2"	Senior	The Hague, Netherlands	Graduated

Incoming

South Florida Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mama Dembele	4	G	5'6"	Graduate student	Manlleu, Spain	Missouri
Fatou Diakite	8	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Abiden, Ivory Coast	Charlotte
Ines Piper	14	F	6'0"	Graduate student	Paris, France	Temple
Jennifer Silva	15	C	6'3"	Junior	São Paulo, Brazil	South Plains College

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	2	Yana Karamfilova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Todor Kableshkov High School	Sofia, Bulgaria
G	3	Sammie Puisis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Florida State	Mason, Ohio
G	4	Mama Dembele	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Missouri	Manlleu, Spain
G	5	Vittoria Blasigh	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	SPAR Gran Canaria	Udine, Italy
F	8	Fatou Diakite	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Charlotte	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
G	10	Janette Aarnio	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Helsinki Basketball Academy	Vantaa, Finland
G	12	Amy Thompson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Stillwater Area High School	Stillwater, Minnesota
F	14	Ines Piper	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Temple	Paris, France
C	15	Jeniffer Silva	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	South Plains College	Recife, Brazil
F	21	L'or Mputu	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Eastern Florida State College	Kinshasa, DR Congo
G	23	Romi Levy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Auburn	Herzliya, Israel
G	24	Raina Tomasicka	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Tarbes GB	Jēkabpils, Latvia
F	55	Carla Brito	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	SPAR Gran Canaria	Puerto del Rosario, Spain

Head coach

Jose Fernandez (FIU)

Assistant coach(es)

Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher)
Bojan Jankovic (Ozarks)
Sheila Boykin (LSU)
Gina Cerezuela Robuste (Coker)
Justin Keller (South Florida)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 24, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Bethune–Cookman	W 87–44	1–0	16 – Mputu	8 – Levy	8 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,466) Tampa, FL
November 7, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Mount St. Mary's	W 68–51	2–0	25 – Puisis	12 – Mputu	6 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,171) Tampa, FL
November 10, 2024* 4:30 pm, SNY		at No. 2 UConn	L 49–86	2–1	12 – Dembele	6 – Tied	5 – Dembele	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,299) Storrs, CT
November 14, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Vanderbilt	L 49–62	2–2	15 – Blasigh	9 – Brito	5 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,606) Tampa, FL
November 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Rio Grande Valley	W 57–45	3–2	17 – Puisis	7 – Tied	4 – Aarnio	Yuengling Center (2,460) Tampa, FL
November 20, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville	W 75–57	4–2	24 – Blasigh	11 – Brito	7 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,407) Tampa, FL
November 24, 2024* 1:00 pm, Peacock		vs. No. 25 Louisville WBCA State Farm Showcase	L 60–64	4–3	19 – Blasigh	10 – Brito	6 – Dembele	State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
November 29, 2024* 7:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Mississippi State Cayman Islands Classic	L 52–59	4–4	22 – Puisis	12 – Mputu	7 – Dembele	John Gray Gymnasium (1,034) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 30, 2024* 7:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. No. 17 TCU Cayman Islands Classic	L 46–87	4–5	16 – Blasigh	8 – Brito	3 – Dembele	John Gray Gymnasium (895) George Town, Cayman Islands
December 5, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Merrimack	W 62–43	5–5	13 – Blasigh	6 – Levy	2 – Tied	Yuengling Center (9,821) Tampa, FL
December 15, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN		at No. 3 South Carolina	L 62–78	5–6	19 – Puisis	10 – Mputu	7 – Dembele	Colonial Life Arena (16,501) Columbia, SC
December 17, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northwestern State	W 71–36	6–6	18 – Blasigh	11 – Brito	6 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (1,784) Tampa, FL
December 21, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 9 Duke	W 65–56	7–6	23 – Puisis	11 – Mputu	4 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (5,735) Tampa, FL
AAC regular season
December 30, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at Rice	W 74–64	8–6 (1–0)	23 – Puisis	6 – Tied	4 – Dembele	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,051) Houston, TX
January 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Charlotte	W 69–68 ^OT	9–6 (2–0)	17 – Mputu	7 – Mputu	9 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (1,987) Tampa, FL
January 4, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Temple	W 65–56	10–6 (3–0)	26 – Puisis	10 – Brito	7 – Aarnio	Yuengling Center (2,370) Tampa, FL
January 8, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wichita State	W 72–46	11–6 (4–0)	16 – Puisis	10 – Mputu	6 – Dembele	Charles Koch Arena (809) Wichita, KS
January 11, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Texas	L 65–72	11–7 (4–1)	16 – Puisis	10 – Mputu	3 – Dembele	The Super Pit (1,602) Denton, TX
January 14, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UAB	L 61–62	11–8 (4–2)	21 – Brito	12 – Brito	3 – Tied	Yuengling Center (2,066) Tampa, FL
January 18, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Florida Atlantic	W 85–59	12–8 (5–2)	15 – Puisis	15 – Brito	6 – Brito	Yuengling Center (8,636) Tampa, FL
January 22, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Tulane	Cancelled (severe winter weather)					Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
January 25, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at East Carolina	W 63–60	13–8 (6–2)	19 – Blasigh	9 – Mputu	5 – Brito	Williams Arena (1,116) Greenville, NC
January 29, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 75–63	14–8 (7–2)	21 – Levy	10 – Mputu	11 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,754) Tampa, FL
February 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	W 65–58	15–8 (8–2)	15 – Blasigh	10 – Mputu	5 – Tied	Yuengling Center (2,572) Tampa, FL
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Temple	W 64–57	16–8 (9–2)	15 – Puisis	9 – Brito	8 – Dembele	Liacouras Center (1,505) Philadelphia, PA
February 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Rice	W 82–77 ^3OT	17–8 (10–2)	17 – Puisis	10 – Brito	11 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,225) Tampa, FL
February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Florida Atlantic	W 74–62	18–8 (11–2)	23 – Puisis	9 – Tied	7 – Dembele	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (1,215) Boca Raton, FL
February 18, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 70–52	19–8 (12–2)	19 – Blasigh	12 – Brito	6 – Dembele	Dale F. Halton Arena (478) Charlotte, NC
February 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Memphis	W 80–70	20–8 (13–2)	34 – Puisis	11 – Brito	6 – Tied	Yuengling Center (2,928) Tampa, FL
February 26, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Tulsa	L 58–66	20–9 (13–3)	17 – Blasigh	12 – Mputu	3 – Blasigh	Reynolds Center (1,588) Tulsa, OK
March 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		East Carolina	L 57–66	20–10 (13–4)	15 – Puisis	5 – Tied	6 – Dembele	Yuengling Center (2,664) Tampa, FL
AAC tournament
March 10, 2025 9:00 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) Tulane Quarterfinals	W 69–59	21–10	16 – Blasigh	17 – Brito	7 – Dembele	Dickies Arena (1,909) Fort Worth, TX
March 11, 2025 9:00 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (2) North Texas Semifinals	W 58–48	22–10	13 – Blasigh	21 – Mputu	5 – Dembele	Dickies Arena (2,227) Fort Worth, TX
March 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPNU	(3)	vs. (9) Rice Championship	W 69–62	23–10	20 – Blasigh	9 – Tied	8 – Dembele	Dickies Arena (3,795) Fort Worth, TX
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN	(12 B3)	vs. (5 B3) No. 20 Tennessee First Round	L 66–101	23–11	28 – Puisis	8 – Brito	4 – Blasigh	Value City Arena (6,584) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B3=Birmingham. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
↑ "Wichita State vs. South Florida Box Score (Women), March 10, 2024". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
↑ "South Florida Bulls vs. UTSA Roadrunners - Final Score - March 11, 2024". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
↑ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". USF Athletics. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
↑ "South Florida Bulls 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[2] "Wichita State vs. South Florida Box Score (Women), March 10, 2024". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[3] "South Florida Bulls vs. UTSA Roadrunners - Final Score - March 11, 2024". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". USF Athletics. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

[5] "South Florida Bulls 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 24, 2024.

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