2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball
2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	15–17 (3–13 SEC)
Head coach	Larry Vickers (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Candice M. Jackson; Caroline McCombs; Rodney Hill; Taja Cole;
Home arena	Neville Arena
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team will represent Auburn University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Larry Vickers, play their home games at Neville Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	36	–	4	.900
No. 10 Vanderbilt	13	–	3	.813	29	–	5	.853
No. 4 Texas †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	4	.897
No. 8 LSU	12	–	4	.750	29	–	6	.829
No. 12 Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	26	–	8	.765
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
No. 21 Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	24	–	12	.667
Georgia	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
No. 14 Kentucky	8	–	8	.500	25	–	11	.694
Texas A&M	7	–	9	.438	14	–	13	.519
No. 24 Alabama	7	–	9	.438	24	–	11	.686
Florida	5	–	11	.313	18	–	15	.545
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	18	–	13	.581
Missouri	4	–	12	.250	17	–	17	.500
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	15	–	17	.469
Arkansas	1	–	15	.063	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2024–25 season 12–18, 3–13 SEC play to finish in a 4 way for last place in the SEC. As an No. 14 seed in the SEC Tournament they lost in the first round to Florida.

Auburn fired Harris on March 6, 2025, after 4 seasons and a 58–63 record.^[1] Norfolk State head coach Vickers was hired by the Tigers on March 23.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Auburn Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Taliah Scott	0	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Orange, FL	Transferred to Baylor
Celia Sumbane	1	F	6'2"	Senior	Maputo, Mozambique	Graduated
Jordan Hunter	2	G	5'8"	Freshman	Trussville, AL	Transferred to Memphis
DeYona Gaston	5	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Pearland, TX	Graduated
Yakiya Milton	7	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Jacksonville, FL	Transferred to USC
Yuting Deng	9	G	6'0"	Freshman	Hunan, China	Transferred to Baylor
Mar'shaun Bostic	12	G	5'8"	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Graduated
Taylen Collins	14	F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Muldrow, OK	Graduated
Oyindamola Akinbolawa	20	C	6'5"	Junior	Lagos, Nigeria	Transferred to Syracuse
Audia Young	21	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Tallahassee, FL	Transferred to Xavier
Savannah Scott	30	C	6'4"	Sophomore	Conway, AR	Transferred to UCF
Timya Thurman	32	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Linden, AL	Transferred to Southern Miss

Incoming transfers

Auburn incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Angena Belloso	0	G	5'11"	Senior	Montgat, Spain	FIU
Mya Petticord	1	G	5'9"	Senior	Detroit, MI	Rutgers
Ja'Mia Harris	2	G	5'11"	Junior	Lancaster, TX	Texas State
Khady Leye	6	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Louga, Senegal	Towson
A'riel Jackson	7	G	5'9"	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Cincinnati
Arek Anguoi	23	C	6'8"	Freshman	Juba, South Sudan	UCF
Clara Koulibaly	30	F	6'3"	Junior	Montreal, QC	Gulf Coast State College
Quanirah Montague	35	F	6'5"	Junior	Atlantic City, NJ	Mississippi State

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Harrissoum Coulibaly G	Petersburg, VA	Shining Stars Sports Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Harrissoum Coulibaly G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Zaniyah Williams PG	Suffolk, VA	Montverde Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Zaniyah Williams PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 2, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Angena Belloso	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Mireia CE St. Francis Brooklyn	Montgat, Spain
G	1	Mya Petticord	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Arbor Prep Rutgers	Detroit, MI
G	2	Ja'Mia Harris	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	DeSoto HS Texas State	Lacaster, TX
G	3	Harissoum Coulibaly	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Shining Stars Sports Academy (VA)	Paris, France
G	4	Kaitlyn Duhon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Summer Creek HS	Houston, TX
F	6	Khady Leye	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	SPIRE Academy Towson	Louga, Senegal
G	7	A'riel Jackson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Bishop Loughlin Memorial HS Cincinnati	Brooklyn, NY
G	10	Sania Richardson	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Ada HS	Ada, OK
G/F	11	Syriah Daniels	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Auburn HS	Auburn, AL
C	23	Arek Angui	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	RS Fr	Greenforest HS UCF	Juba, South Sudan
F	30	Clara Koulibaly	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Gulf Coast State College	Montreal, QC
F	35	Quanirah Montague	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Atlantic City HS Mississippi State	Atlantic City, NJ

Head coach

Larry Vickers (Norfolk State)

Assistant coach(es)

Candice M. Jackson (Michigan State)
Caroline McCombs (Youngstown State)
Rodney Hill (Texas A&M)
Taja Cole (Georgia)

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
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 71–58	1–0	19 – Tied	8 – Harris	4 – Duhon	Dale F. Halton Arena (1,226) Charlotte, NC
November 8, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Alabama State	W 82–41	2–0	21 – Petticord	8 – Angui	4 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,770) Auburn, AL
November 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		UNC Greensboro	W 64–57	3–0	18 – Petticord	7 – Harris	4 – Jackson	Neville Arena (2,832) Auburn, AL
November 13, 2025* 11:00 a.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Mississippi Valley State	W 110–50	4–0	20 – Leye	11 – Angui	4 – Coulibaly	Neville Arena (5,769) Auburn, AL
November 17, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Georgia State	W 69–65	5–0	19 – Coulibaly	10 – Leye	3 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,765) Auburn, AL
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Rutgers	W 51–46	6–0	14 – Leye	6 – Tied	1 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,706) Auburn, AL
November 24, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. UTSA Hoopfest Basketball Women’s Challenge	W 59–42	7–0	14 – Petticord	6 – Duhon	3 – Coulibaly	Comerica Center (259) Frisco, TX
November 26, 2025* 8:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. California Hoopfest Basketball Women’s Challenge	W 58–50	8–0	17 – Jackson	5 – Tied	3 – Leye	Comerica Center (162) Frisco, TX
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Oregon	L 53–58	8–1	13 – Petticord	6 – Jackson	4 – Harris	Neville Arena (3,115) Auburn, AL
December 3, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse ACC–SEC Challenge	L 60–66 ^OT	8–2	20 – Darius	13 – Izoje	3 – Darius	JMA Wireless Dome (2,166) Syracuse, NY
December 13, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Seton Hall	L 63–69	8–3	20 – Duhon	8 – Duhon	4 – Jackson	Walsh Gymnasium (838) South Orange, NJ
December 16, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Middle Tennessee	W 68–52	9–3	16 – Coulibaly	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Murphy Center (3,012) Murfreesboro, TN
December 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Alcorn State	W 62–50	10–3	15 – Leye	5 – Leye	3 – Petticord	Neville Arena (2,670) Auburn, AL
December 29, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Jackson State	W 64–48	11–3	21 – Petticord	6 – Leye	4 – Coulibaly	Neville Arena (3,177) Auburn, AL
SEC regular season
January 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Mississippi State	L 53–75	11–4 (0–1)	14 – Coulibaly	7 – Montague	2 – Tied	Humphrey Coliseum (3,710) Starkville, MS
January 4, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN		No. 23 Tennessee	L 56–73	11–5 (0–2)	14 – Leye	6 – Leye	3 – Jackson	Neville Arena (3,669) Auburn, AL
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at No. 2 Texas	L 36–97	11–6 (0–3)	11 – Coulibaly	3 – Tied	2 – Richardson	Moody Center (8,929) Austin, TX
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Florida We Back Pat	W 60–50	12–6 (1–3)	14 – Tied	9 – Harris	4 – Tied	Neville Arena (4,095) Auburn, AL
January 15, 2026 8:00 p.m., SECN		No. 21 Alabama We Back Pat	W 58–54	13–6 (2–3)	16 – Leye	9 – Leye	3 – Richardson	Neville Arena (3,464) Auburn, AL
January 22, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at No. 5 Vanderbilt	L 53–81	13–7 (2–4)	13 – Coulibaly	5 – Angui	4 – Richardson	Memorial Gymnasium (3,241) Nashville, TN
January 25, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN		No. 16 Oklahoma	L 65–72	13–8 (2–5)	19 – Jackson	8 – Duhon	5 – Jackson	Neville Arena (3,049) Auburn, AL
January 29, 2026 8:00 p.m., SECN		No. 3 South Carolina	L 51–81	13–9 (2–6)	11 – Daniels	7 – Leye	2 – Harris	Neville Arena (4,099) Auburn, AL
February 2, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		vs. No. 13 Ole Miss	L 45–71	13–10 (2–7)	11 – Coulibaly	4 – Duhon	2 – Tied	Legacy Arena^[a] (3,787) Birmingham, AL
February 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Florida	L 53–61	13–11 (2–8)	18 – Harris	7 – Harris	6 – Richardson	O'Connell Center (1,752) Gainesville, FL
February 8, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN		No. 5 LSU Play4Kay	L 44–77	13–12 (2–9)	13 – Coulibaly	10 – Koulibaly	4 – Coulibaly	Neville Arena (5,810) Auburn, AL
February 15, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN		at Texas A&M	L 63–81	13–13 (2–10)	23 – Duhon	6 – Duhon	3 – Petticord	Reed Arena (2,913) College Station, TX
February 19, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Missouri Play4Kay	W 71–58	14–13 (3–10)	19 – Duhon	7 – Duhon	4 – Belloso	Mizzou Arena (2,804) Columbia, MO
February 23, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN		No. 23 Georgia	L 52–74	14–14 (3–11)	16 – Leye	5 – Tied	4 – Coulibaly	Neville Arena (3,680) Auburn, AL
February 26, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		No. 16 Kentucky	L 56–63	14–15 (3–12)	20 – Leye	8 – Leye	2 – Tied	Neville Arena (3,341) Auburn, AL
March 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN		at Arkansas	L 41–70	14–16 (3–13)	15 – Coulibaly	7 – Duhon	3 – Harris	Bud Walton Arena (3,670) Fayetteville, AR
SEC Tournament
March 4, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN	(15)	vs. (10) Texas A&M First Round	W 50–49	15–16	14 – Duhon	15 – Leye	4 – Leye	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
March 5, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN	(15)	vs. (7) No. 24 Ole Miss Second Round	L 57–73	15–17	17 – Leye	8 – Leye	3 – Tied	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ^[3]

Notes

↑ The game against Ole Miss was moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	RV

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

↑ "Auburn announces change in women's basketball leadership" (Press release). Auburn Tigers. March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
↑ "Larry Vickers named Auburn women's basketball head coach" (Press release). Auburn Tigers. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
↑ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved October 2, 2025.

[winterstorm-3] The game against Ole Miss was moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

[1] "Auburn announces change in women's basketball leadership" (Press release). Auburn Tigers. March 6, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.

[Vickers-2] "Larry Vickers named Auburn women's basketball head coach" (Press release). Auburn Tigers. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved October 2, 2025.

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2025–26 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Notes

Rankings

See also

References