2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
WNIT, Super 16
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	21–14 (14–6 WCC)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Laurie Koehn; Camille Williams; Matt Smith;
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars were led by seventh-year head coach Kamie Ethridge and they played their home games at Beasley Coliseum as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference.

2024–25 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	17	–	3	.850	24	–	11	.686
Portland	17	–	3	.850	31	–	5	.861
Washington State	14	–	6	.700	21	–	14	.600
Oregon State †	12	–	8	.600	19	–	16	.543
San Francisco	11	–	9	.550	15	–	16	.484
Saint Mary's	10	–	10	.500	14	–	17	.452
Pacific	9	–	11	.450	15	–	19	.441
Santa Clara	8	–	12	.400	14	–	17	.452
Loyola Marymount	7	–	13	.350	14	–	16	.467
Pepperdine	3	–	17	.150	8	–	22	.267
San Diego	2	–	18	.100	7	–	24	.226

† 2025 WCC tournament winner

Previous season

The Cougars 21–15, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As an No. 9 seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to California. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 1 seed in the Washington State bracket, where they defeated Lamar in the first round, Santa Clara in the second round and Toledo in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois in the semifinals.

This would be final season as Pac-12 member as they will join West Coast Conference as affiliate member for the next two years.

Offseason

Departures

Washington State Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Charlisse Leger-Walker	5	G	5'10"	Senior	Waikato, New Zealand	Transferred to UCLA^[1]
Jessica Clarke	14	C	6'3"	Senior	North Vancouver, BC	Transferred to British Columbia
Johanna Teder	21	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Tartu, Estonia	Transferred to Colorado
Beyonce Bea	25	G/F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Washougal, WA	Graduated/signed to play professionally in Belgium with AB Contern
Cia Eklöf	45	G	5'10"	Freshman	Helsinki, Finland	Transferred to Rhode Island
Bella Murekatete	55	C	6'3"	Graduate Student	Ngoma Huye, Nigeria	Graduated/undrafted in 2024 WNBA draft; signed with the Phoenix Mercury

Incoming

Washington State incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jean Chiu	5	G	5'7"	Junior	Taipei, Taiwan	Taipei

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tara Wallack	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Semiahmoo Secondary	South Surrey, BC
C	3	Candace Kpetikou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Saint Joseph HS	Niamey, Niger
G	5	Jean Chiu	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	New Taipei Municipal Tam-Shui Vocational HS Taipei	Taipei, Taiwan
G	7	Alice Dart	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Moreton Bay College	Brisbane, Australia
G	8	Marta Alsina	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Institut Joaquim Blume	Barcelona, Spain
G	10	Eleonora Villa	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Costa Masnaga	Lissone, Italy
G	11	Astera Tuhina	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Deportivo Promete	Pristina, Kosovo
G	12	Kyra Gardner	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Raymond HS	Raymond, WA
F	13	Dayana Mendes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	INSEP	Paris, France
G/F	15	Keandra Koorits	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Audentes Sports Gymnasium	Tallinn, Estonia
G	19	Charlotte Abraham	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lycée Marguerite de Flandre	Cambrai, France
C	33	Alex Covill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Hellgate HS	Missoula, MT
G	34	Jenna Villa	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Arlington HS	Arlington, WA

Head coach

Kamie Ethridge (Texas)

Assistant coach(es)

Laurie Koehn (Kansas State)
Camille Williams (Wisconsin)
Matt Smith

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 20, 2024* 12:00 p.m.		Lewis–Clark State College	W 99–54		–	–	–	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular Season
November 4, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Eastern Washington	W 83–82 ^OT	1–0	21 – Wallack	7 – Tuhina	5 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA
November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Stanford	L 65–94	1–1	19 – E. Villa	4 – Tied	4 – E. Villa	Maples Pavilion (2,428) Stanford, CA
November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 71–60	2–1	14 – Wallack	8 – Wallack	5 – E. Villa	Beasley Coliseum (1,114) Pullman, WA
November 16, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech	L 52–56	2–2	12 – E. Villa	8 – Wallack	3 – E. Villa	United Supermarkets Arena (4,467) Lubbock, TX
November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa	L 43–72	2–3	11 – Tied	7 – Tied	3 – Tuhina	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
November 28, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Norfolk State Puerto Rico Shootout	W 68–60	3–3	22 – Wallack	10 – Mendes	5 – J. Villa	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Virginia Puerto Rico Shootout	W 75–74	4–3	17 – E. Villa	7 – Tied	5 – E. Villa	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 30, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Drake Puerto Rico Shootout	L 68–79	4–4	21 – Wallack	7 – Covill	5 – Tied	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		at Oregon	L 70–85	4–5	18 – E. Villa	7 – Tied	5 – E. Villa	Matthew Knight Arena (4,756) Eugene, OR
December 13, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		BYU	L 57–72	4–6	16 – Wallack	8 – Tied	4 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (901) Pullman, WA
December 15, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Martin's	W 76–48	5–6	20 – E. Villa	10 – Kpetikou	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (839) Pullman, WA
WCC regular season
December 19, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego	W 65–42	6–6 (1–0)	13 – Wallack	5 – Tied	4 – Wallack	Jenny Craig Pavilion (203) San Diego, CA
December 28, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pepperdine	W 67–46	7–6 (2–0)	12 – Tied	6 – Tied	5 – Alsina	Beasley Coliseum (924) Pullman, WA
December 30, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	W 74–66	8–6 (3–0)	20 – E. Villa	9 – Wallack	5 – Wallack	Alex G. Spanos Center (540) Stockton, CA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Santa Clara	L 62–68	8–7 (3–1)	15 – Covill	10 – Wallack	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (865) Pullman, WA
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oregon State	W 66–52	9–7 (4–1)	19 – E. Villa	14 – Wallack	7 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (997) Pullman, WA
January 9, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	W 66–57	10–7 (5–1)	16 – E. Villa	8 – Mendes	3 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (312) Moraga, CA
January 11, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gonzaga	L 61–69	10–8 (5–2)	24 – E. Villa	4 – Tied	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,639) Pullman, WA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	W 74–58	11–8 (6–2)	16 – Wallack	9 – Wallack	7 – Tuhina	Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara	W 74–47	12–8 (7–2)	21 – Covill	8 – Tied	5 – Tuhina	Leavey Center (299) Santa Clara, CA
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland	L 65–83	12–9 (7–3)	13 – E. Villa	6 – Tied	4 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,015) Pullman, WA
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 76–79	12–10 (7–4)	13 – Tied	8 – Covill	4 – Covill	Gersten Pavilion (313) Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oregon State	W 65–57	13–10 (8–4)	12 – Wallack	8 – Kpetikou	4 – E. Villa	Gill Coliseum (3,844) Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	W 82–70	14–10 (9–4)	23 – E. Villa	9 – Wallack	4 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,034) Pullman, WA
February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego	W 67–60	15–10 (10–4)	22 – Wallack	10 – Mendes	3 – J. Villa	Beasley Coliseum (1,203) Pullman, WA
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Gonzaga	L 69–73 ^OT	15–11 (10–5)	18 – Wallack	7 – Tuhina	6 – Tuhina	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount	W 63–51	16–11 (11–5)	15 – Tuhina	11 – Mendes	3 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (890) Pullman, WA
February 15, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland	L 79–84	16–12 (11–6)	16 – E. Villa	8 – Mendes	8 – Wallack	Chiles Center (1,518) Portland, OR
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	W 67–59	17–12 (12–6)	20 – Wallack	12 – Wallack	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,072) Pullman, WA
February 22, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Saint Mary's	W 72–62	18–12 (13–6)	16 – Mendes	6 – Mendes	5 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (1,467) Pullman, WA
February 27, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pepperdine	W 57–49	19–12 (14–6)	14 – Mendes	10 – Wallack	6 – E. Villa	Firestone Fieldhouse (163) Malibu, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
March 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	vs. (7) Pacific Quarterfinals	W 73–62	20–12	18 – Tuhina	7 – Covill	6 – Tuhina	Orleans Arena (1,505) Paradise, NV
March 10, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	vs. (2) Portland Semifinals	L 57–72	20–13	11 – Tied	13 – Mendes	5 – Tuhina	Orleans Arena (2,936) Paradise, NV
WNIT
March 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Utah Valley 2nd Round	W 57–54	21–13	15 – E. Villa	11 – Mendes	3 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,853) Pullman, WA
March 27, 2025* 5:00 p.m., WDAY+		at North Dakota State Super 16	L 51–59	21–14	14 – Tied	10 – Tuhina	3 – Tied	Scheels Center (1,239) Fargo, ND
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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

References

↑ Lee, Greg (April 25, 2024). "Former WSU All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker commits to UCLA". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
↑ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.

[1] Lee, Greg (April 25, 2024). "Former WSU All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker commits to UCLA". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 27, 2024.

[2] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.

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2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References