2024–25 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team

The 2024–25 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, who were led by 16th-year head coach Kevin McMillan, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

2024–25 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	13–19 (10–10 OVC)
Head coach	Kevin McMillan (16th season)
Associate head coach	Jasmine Newsome
Assistant coaches	Garner Small Maddie Spencer
Home arena	Skyhawk Arena

2024–25 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Tennessee Tech †	18	–	2		.900			26	–	6		.813
Lindenwood*	16	–	4		.800			23	–	11		.676
Eastern Illinois	15	–	5		.750			18	–	12		.600
Little Rock	12	–	8		.600			14	–	16		.467
Southern Indiana*	12	–	8		.600			23	–	13		.639
UT Martin	10	–	10		.500			13	–	19		.406
Western Illinois	8	–	12		.400			17	–	17		.500
Tennessee State	6	–	14		.300			10	–	21		.323
Morehead State	5	–	15		.250			10	–	20		.333
Southeast Missouri State	4	–	16		.200			6	–	23		.207
SIU Edwardsville	4	–	16		.200			6	–	23		.207
† 2025 OVC tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition period

Previous season

The Skyhawks finished the 2023–24 season 16–17, 11–7 in OVC play, to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Tennessee Tech, Little Rock, before falling to Southern Indiana in the OVC tournament championship game. Despite the loss, the Skyhawks earned the OVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, due to Southern Indiana being ineligible due to the mandatory transition period from DII. They received the #16 seed in the Albany Regional 2, where they would fall to fellow #16 seed Holy Cross in the First Four.

Preseason

On October 16, 2024, the OVC released their preseason coaches poll. UT Martin was picked to finish second in the OVC regular season.

Preseason rankings

OVC preseason poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southern Indiana	200 (20)
2	UT Martin	180 (2)
3	Eastern Illinois	145
4	Tennessee Tech	140
5	Little Rock	135
6	Western Illinois	119
7	Lindenwood	81
T-8	SIU Edwardsville	61
	Morehead State
10	Tennessee State	59
11	Southeast Missouri State	29

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Players to Watch

Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team.

Players to Watch

Player	Position	Year
Anaya Brown	Forward	Junior
Kenley McCarn	Guard	Sophomore

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Roster

2024–25 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Daejah Richmond 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Southeast Missouri State Cordova, Tennessee G 2 Kaitlyn McCarn 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Mountain View High School Mountain View, Arkansas F 4 Anaya Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lafayette High School Lexington, Kentucky F 5 Yar Tong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Edge Prep Calgary, Alberta F/C 10 Tia Hymon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Lane College Jackson, Tennessee G 11 Shae Littleford 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Charleston High School Charleston, Illinois F 12 Lexi Rubel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Notre Dame High School Cape Girardeau, Missouri F 14 Abby Stephens 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Southeast Missouri State Uniontown, Ohio G 15 Morgan Borgstadt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Verdigris High School Claremore, Oklahoma G 22 Taylor Scohy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bellbrook High School Bellbrook, Ohio G/F 23 Kayana Armbrister 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Florida Atlantic Boston, Massachusetts F 24 Mikayla Lambert 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Paragould High School Paragould, Arkansas F 25 Norah Clark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Nixa High School Springfield, Missouri F 32 Sophie Singleton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Huntingdon High School Huntingdon, Tennessee G 33 Mauryah Jones 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Fr Rossville Christian Academy Rossville, Tennessee G 44 Kenley McCarn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Melbourne High School Melbourne, Arkansas	Head coach Kevin McMillan (Rhodes) Assistant coach(es) Jasmine Newsome (UT Martin) Garner Small (Olivet) Maddie Spencer (UT Martin) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: April 21, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 6:00 pm		Trevecca	W 71–40	–	Skyhawk Arena  Martin, TN
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		North Alabama	L 63–66	0–1	Skyhawk Arena (1,103) Martin, TN
November 7, 2024* 5:30 pm, SECN+		at Tennessee	L 50–90	0–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,788) Knoxville, TN
November 12, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 18 Louisville	L 64–86	0–3	Skyhawk Arena (1,453) Martin, TN
November 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Arkansas	L 67–87	0–4	Skyhawk Arena (1,103) Martin, TN
November 19, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Missouri State	W 74–66	1–4	Skyhawk Arena (2,483) Martin, TN
November 29, 2024* 4:00 pm		vs. No. 1 UCLA Rainbow Wahine Showdown	L 37–97	1–5	Stan Sheriff Center (1,658) Honolulu, HI
November 30, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Showdown	L 39–47	1–6	Stan Sheriff Center (1,552) Honolulu, HI
December 1, 2024* 4:00 pm		vs. Fresno State Rainbow Wahine Showdown	L 66–75 OT	1–7	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
December 5, 2024* 6:00 pm, FloHoops		at Butler	L 60–70	1–8	Hinkle Fieldhouse (677) Indianapolis, IN
December 15, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 82–71	2–8	Skyhawk Arena (868) Martin, TN
OVC regular season
December 19, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Morehead State	W 102–63	3–8 (1–0)	Ellis Johnson Arena (865) Morehead, KY
December 21, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Indiana	L 59–69	3–9 (1–1)	Liberty Arena (1,082) Evansville, IN
December 29, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Fisk	W 86–38	4–9	Skyhawk Arena (1,009) Martin, TN
January 2, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Little Rock	L 61–66	4–10 (1–2)	Skyhawk Arena (1,021) Martin, TN
January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeast Missouri State	W 85–69	5–10 (2–2)	Skyhawk Arena (1,236) Martin, TN
January 9, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Illinois	W 73–60	6–10 (3–2)	Western Hall (567) Macomb, IL
January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lindenwood	L 73–79	6–11 (3–3)	Robert F. Hyland Arena (698) St. Charles, MO
January 16, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Illinois	L 48–51	6–12 (3–4)	Skyhawk Arena (1,411) Martin, TN
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		SIU Edwardsville	W 72–65	7–12 (4–4)	Skyhawk Arena (1,342) Martin, TN
January 21, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee State	L 61–77	7–13 (4–5)	Gentry Center (427) Nashville, TN
January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee Tech	L 59–70	7–14 (4–6)	Skyhawk Arena (1,297) Martin, TN
January 30, 2025 5:15 pm, ESPN+		at Southeast Missouri State	W 78–54	8–14 (5–6)	Show Me Center (1,098) Cape Girardeau, MO
February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Little Rock	W 64–59	9–14 (6–6)	Jack Stephens Center (600) Little Rock, AR
February 6, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Lindenwood	L 59–62	9–15 (6–7)	Skyhawk Arena (1,274) Martin, TN
February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Illinois	W 75–55	10–15 (7–7)	Skyhawk Arena (1,423) Martin, TN
February 13, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at SIU Edwardsville	W 77–66	11–15 (8–7)	First Community Arena  Edwardsville, IL
February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Illinois	L 62–66	11–16 (8–8)	Groniger Arena (1,034) Charleston, IL
February 18, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee State	W 73–52	12–16 (9–8)	Skyhawk Arena (642) Martin, TN
February 20, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Tennessee Tech	L 55–70	12–17 (9–9)	Hooper Eblen Center (1,012) Cookeville, TN
February 27, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Southern Indiana	W 84–69	13–17 (10–9)	Skyhawk Arena (1,652) Martin, TN
March 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Morehead State	L 77–100	13–18 (10–10)	Skyhawk Arena (1,445) Martin, TN
OVC tournament
March 5, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) Western Illinois First Round	L 72–78	13–19	Ford Center (849) Evansville, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

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