2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

2025–25 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
2025–25 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–14 (6–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Teri Moren (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Rhet Wierzba; Colsten Thompson; Ali Patberg;
Home arena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represents the Indiana University Bloomington during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers will be led by head coach Teri Moren in her 12th season, and play their home games at the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UCLA †	18	–	0	1.000	37	–	1	.974
No. 7 Michigan	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
No. 16 Iowa	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
No. 17 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	27	–	8	.771
No. 15 Minnesota	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
No. 20 Maryland	11	–	7	.611	24	–	9	.727
No. 22 Michigan State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
No. 25 Washington	10	–	8	.556	22	–	11	.667
USC	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Illinois	9	–	9	.500	22	–	12	.647
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	13	.639
Nebraska	7	–	11	.389	19	–	13	.594
Indiana	6	–	12	.333	18	–	14	.563
Purdue	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	16	–	18	.471
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	18	.379
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	8	–	21	.276
Rutgers	1	–	17	.056	9	–	20	.310

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Hoosiers finished the 2024–25 season 20–13, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Oregon in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to USC in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the Birmingham 2 region. They defeated Utah in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Indiana departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Lexus Bargesser	1	G	5'9"	Junior	Grass Lake, MI	Transferred to Colorado State
Karoline Striplin	11	F	6'3"	Senior	Hartford, AL	Graduated
Yarden Garzon	12	G	6'3"	Junior	Ra'anana, Israel	Transferred to Maryland
Julianna LaMendola	20	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Coppell, TX	Transferred to Grand Canyon
Henna Sandvik	21	G	6'0"	Junior	Helsinki, Finland	Transferred to Wyoming
Chloe Moore-McNeil	22	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Greenfield, TN	Graduated
Sharnecce Currie-Jelks	23	F	6'2"	Junior	Jackson, TN	Transferred to Murray State
Sydney Parrish	33	G	6'2"	Graduate Student	Fishers, IN	Graduated
Lilly Meister	52	F	6'3"	Junior	Rochester, MN	Transferred to Kansas

Incoming transfers

Indiana incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Phoenix Stotijn	1	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Arkansas
Jerni Kiaku	7	G	5'7"	Senior	Garner, NC	Duquesne
Edessa Noyan	8	F	6'3"	Junior	Södertälje, Sweden	Virginia
Chloe Spreen	22	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Bedford, IN	Alabama
Zania Socka-Ngumen	23	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Silver Spring, MD	UCLA
Jade Ondineme	45	F	6'3"	Junior	Orléans, France	NW Florida State College

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Maya Makalusky W	Fishers, IN	Hamilton Southeastern High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Maya Makalusky W	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Nevaeh Caffey PG	Saint Louis, MO	Incarnate Word Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Nevaeh Caffey PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
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 July 18, 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ashlinn James PG	Louisville, KY	DuPont Manual High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Ashlinn James PG	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (93)
Gigi Battle SF	Edison, NJ	DME Academy Academy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Gigi Battle SF	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (95)
Addison Nyemchek SF	Red Bank, NJ	Red Bank Catholic High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Addison Nyemchek SF	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (95)
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 July 18, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Phoenix Stotijn	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	BC Triple Threat Arkansas	Amsterdam, Netherlands
G	2	Nevaeh Caffey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Incarnate Word Academy	Warrenton, MO
F	3	Maya Makalusky	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Hamilton Southeastern	Fishers, IN
G	5	Lenée Beaumont	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Benet Academy	Lisle, IL
G	7	Jerni Kiaku	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Garner Magnet Duquesne	Garner, NC
F	8	Edessa Noyan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Täljegymnasiet Virgina	Södertälje, Sweden
G	10	Shay Ciezki	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	St. Mary's Penn State	Buffalo, NY
G	15	Valentyna Kadlecova	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	DSK Levharti Chomutov	Kadaň, Czech Republic
G	22	Chloe Spreen	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Bedford North Lawrence Alabama	Bedford, IN
F	23	Zania Socka-Nguemen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Sidwell Friends UCLA	Silver Spring, MD
F	24	Sydney Fenn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	AZ Compass Prep	Buffalo, NY
F	31	Faith Wiseman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Indian Creek	Martinsville, IN

Head coach

Teri Moren (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Rhet Wierzba (Austin Peay)
Colsten Thompson (Alabama–Huntsville)
Ali Patberg (Indiana)

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 27, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Missouri S&T	W 100–32		21 – Ciezki	9 – Tied	5 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,413) Bloomington, IN
Regular Season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Lipscomb	W 80–46	1–0	22 – Ciezki	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,503) Bloomington, IN
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		UIC	W 72–56	2–0	35 – Ciezki	13 – Socka-Ngueman	5 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,413) Bloomington, IN
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Marshall	W 57–51	3–0	13 – Tied	10 – Tied	4 – Beaumont	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,518) Bloomington, IN
November 16, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ACCN		at Florida State	W 76–72	4–0	23 – Beaumont	13 – Socka-Ngueman	3 – Ciezki	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,104) Tallahassee, FL
November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Butler	W 72–53	5–0	21 – Beaumont	8 – Ciezki	3 – Caffey	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,716) Bloomington, IN
November 25, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida Gulf Coast	W 82–64	6–0	26 – Ciezki	7 – Socka-Ngueman	4 – Ciezki	Alico Arena (1,632) Fort Myers, FL
November 28, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Gonzaga Coconut Hoops Blue Heron Division semifinals	W 76–72	7–0	24 – Ciezki	8 – Socka-Ngueman	4 – Beaumont	Alico Arena (761) Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. No. 10 Iowa State Coconut Hoops Blue Heron Division Championship Game	L 95–106	7–1	38 – Ciezki	8 – Noyan	4 – Beaumont	Alico Arena (744) Fort Myers, FL
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Western Michigan	W 71–53	8–1	26 – Ciezki	11 – Noyan	4 – Ciezki	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,409) Bloomington, IN
December 6, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN		at Illinois	L 57–78	8–2 (0–1)	23 – Ciezki	6 – Tied	5 – Ciezki	State Farm Center (4,712) Champaign, IL
December 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Louisiana–Monroe	W 98–54	9–2	31 – Ciezki	9 – Noyan	5 – Beaumont	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,380) Bloomington, IN
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Eastern Michigan	W 74–67	10–2	25 – Ciezki	6 – Makalusky	4 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,635) Bloomington, IN
December 21, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Western Carolina	W 71–44	11–2	17 – Ciezki	5 – Noyan	3 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,875) Bloomington, IN
December 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Minnesota	L 48–71	11–3 (0–2)	17 – Beaumont	7 – Noyan	9 – Ciezki	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,134) Bloomington, IN
January 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		No. 24 Michigan State	L 60–80	11–4 (0–3)	16 – Ciezki	8 – Noyan	4 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,892) Bloomington, IN
January 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 7 Maryland	L 67–82	11–5 (0–4)	20 – Makalusky	15 – Ozzy-Momodu	6 – Poffenbarger	Xfinity Center (6,600) College Park, MD
January 8, 2026 8:00 p.m., B1G+		at No. 25 Nebraska	L 73–78	11–6 (0–5)	31 – Ciezki	11 – Socka-Ngueman	4 – Ciezki	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,480) Lincoln, NE
January 11, 2026 5:00 p.m., BTN		No. 14 Iowa	L 53–56	11–7 (0–6)	21 – Ciezki	12 – Socka-Ngueman	4 – Beaumont	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,073) Bloomington, IN
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Washington	L 63–82	11–8 (0–7)	23 – Ciezki	5 – Socka-Ngueman	3 – Caffey	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,352) Bloomington, IN
January 22, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock		at No. 12 Ohio State	L 67–81	11–9 (0–8)	20 – Beaumont	10 – Socka-Ngueman	4 – Caffey	Value City Arena (5,242) Columbus, OH
January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., B1G+		at Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup	L 69–80	11–10 (0–9)	37 – Ciezki	6 – Beaumont	4 – Caffey	Mackey Arena (7,917) West Lafayette, IN
January 29, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock		No. 9 Michigan	L 67–95	11–11 (0–10)	17 – Makalusky	7 – Beaumont	4 – Tied	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,619) Bloomington, IN
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Northwestern	W 89–75	12–11 (1–10)	33 – Ciezki	8 – Ciezki	5 – Ciezki	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,515) Bloomington, IN
February 4, 2026 7:30 p.m., B1G+		at Wisconsin	W 77–74	13–11 (2–10)	31 – Ciezki	9 – Ciezki	5 – Caffey	Kohl Center (2,837) Madison, WI
February 8, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup	W 74–59	14–11 (3–10)	29 – Ciezki	12 – Ciezki	8 – Ciezki	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (9,110) Bloomington, IN
February 12, 2026 10:00 p.m., BTN		at USC	L 73–79	14–12 (3–11)	29 – Makalusky	8 – Noyan	6 – Noyan	Galen Center (4,124) Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 2026 3:00 p.m., Peacock		at No. 2 UCLA	L 48–92	14–13 (3–12)	13 – Makalusky	5 – Tied	2 – Beaumont	Pauley Pavilion (5,468) Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2026 1:00 p.m., BTN		Oregon	W 72–65	15–13 (4–12)	20 – Ciezki	8 – Noyan	6 – Ciezki	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,136) Bloomington, IN
February 25, 2026 7:00 p.m., B1G+		at Rutgers	W 79–69	16–13 (5–12)	21 – Ciezki	15 – Noyan	4 – Beaumont	Jersey Mike's Arena (2,739) Piscataway, NJ
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Penn State	W 93–59	17–13 (6–12)	29 – Ciezki	8 – Ondineme	5 – Caffey	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,447) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten tournament
March 4, 2026 3:30 p.m., Peacock	(13)	vs. (12) Nebraska First Round	W 72–69	18–13	22 – Ciezki	10 – Noyan	7 – Ciezki	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (6,587) Indianapolis, IN
March 5, 2026 2:30 p.m., BTN	(13)	vs. (5) No. 11 Ohio State Second Round	L 59–83	18–14	21 – Makalusky	11 – Noyan	5 – Ciezki	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (5,962) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[1]

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

References

↑ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

[1] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

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