2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team represented Houston Christian University in the 2024–25 college basketball season. The Huskies, led by twelfth-year head coach Donna Finnie, played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium as members of the Southland Conference. The Huskies compiled a 6–23 overall record and a 3–17 record, a twelfth place finish in conference play, failing to qualify for the SLC tournament. Their season ended on March 1, 2025 with a 53–71 loss to Northwestern State.

2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	6–23 (3–17 Southland)
Head coach	Donna Finnie (12th season)
Associate head coach	Taylor Reed
Assistant coaches	Dianna Wilson-Jones Myles Sherman Owen Adams
Home arena	Sharp Gymnasium (Capacity: 1,000)

2024–25 Southland Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Southeastern Louisiana	19	–	1		.950			26	–	6		.813
Lamar	17	–	3		.850			22	–	8		.733
Stephen F. Austin †	16	–	4		.800			29	–	6		.829
Incarnate Word	12	–	8		.600			18	–	14		.563
Northwestern State	12	–	8		.600			16	–	16		.500
UT Rio Grande Valley	11	–	9		.550			16	–	16		.500
Nicholls	9	–	11		.450			17	–	14		.548
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	7	–	13		.350			15	–	17		.469
New Orleans	5	–	15		.250			5	–	24		.172
McNeese	5	–	15		.250			10	–	21		.323
East Texas A&M*	4	–	16		.200			7	–	22		.241
Houston Christian	3	–	17		.150			6	–	23		.207
† 2025 Southland tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

Media

Home games were broadcast on ESPN+.

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 17, 2024. Receiving 51 overall votes, the Huskies were picked to finish twelfth in the conference.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Lamar	236 (19)
2	Southeastern Louisiana	213 (5)
3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	200
4	Stephen F. Austin	193
5	Incarnate Word	149
6	Texas A&M–Commerce (renamed)	112
7	Nicholls	108
8	New Orleans	109
9	UT Rio Grande Valley	92
10	Northwestern State	67
11	McNeese	61
12	Houston Christian	51

Preseason All Conference

No Huskies were selected to a Preseason All-Conference team.

Roster

2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Madelyne Davis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Ursuline Academy of Dallas Plano, Texas F 1 Tiffany Tullis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Texas State San Antonio, Texas G 2 Victoria Dixon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Alabama A&M Grand Prairie, Texas G 3 Erin Maguire 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Hun School of Princeton Belfast, Northern Ireland G 7 Makolla Bagayegou 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Högsbo Basket Gothenburg, Sweden F 8 Amy Cotton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Immanuel College North Adelaide, Australia G 10 Hannah Fields 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Norman North High School Norman, Oklahoma F 11 Jo Oly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sportlycee Luxembourg Ettelbruck, Luxembourg G 13 Tove Caesar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Luleå Gymnasieskola BC Stockholm, Sweden F 20 Mariyah Brown 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Summer Creek High School Houston, Texas F 24 Kierra Prim 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Central Arkansas Overland Park, Kansas G 30 Lyric Barr 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Katy High School Houston, Texas F 45 Kendall Beck 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr San Marcos Panthers San Antonio, Texas	Head coach Donna Finnie (Heriot–Watt) Assistant coach(es) Taylor Reed (Louisiana Tech) Dianna Wilson-Jones (Midwestern State) Myles Sherman (TCU) Owen Adams (Denver) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 4, 2025

Schedule and results

Sources:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 5, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at TCU	L 41–78	0–1	8 – E. Maguire	10 – J. Oly	3 – M. Davis	Schollmaier Arena (1,946) Fort Worth, TX
Nov 7, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas Tech	L 40–63	0–2	10 – K. Prim	9 – T. Tullis	1 – K. Prim	United Supermarkets Arena (4,609) Lubbock, TX
Nov 17, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Houston	L 52–54	0–3	12 – J. Oly	9 – T. Tullis	4 – A. Cotton	Fertitta Center (751) Houston, TX
Nov 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Tech	W 57–51	1–3	17 – E. Maguire	11 – H. Fields	4 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (409) Houston, TX
Nov 26, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Tarleton State	L 42–48	1–4	11 – J. Oly	20 – T. Tullis	3 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (523) Houston, TX
Dec 1, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Southwestern	W 62–49	2–4	23 – K. Beck	14 – K. Beck	6 – M. Davis	Sharp Gymnasium (326) Houston, TX
Dec 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Oklahoma State	L 39–93	2–5	8 – E. Maguire	8 – T. Tullis	2 – K. Prim	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,777) Stillwater, OK
Dec 14, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		East Texas A&M	W 62–56	3–5 (1–0)	17 – E. Maguire	14 – T. Tullis	6 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (248) Houston, TX
Dec 17, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		St. Thomas (TX)	W 46–44	4–5	19 – M. Brown	19 – M. Brown	1 – A. Cotton	Sharp Gymnasium (201) Houston, TX
Dec 20, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Sam Houston	L 68–79	4–6	21 – K. Prim	9 – T. Tullis	5 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (204) Houston, TX
Dec 29, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northwestern State	L 51–57	4–7 (1–1)	11 – E. Maguire	7 – H. Fields	2 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (311) Houston, TX
Jan 2, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Stephen F. Austin	L 35–82	4–8 (1–2)	9 – E. Maguire	6 – A. Cotton	2 – V. Dixon	William R. Johnson Coliseum (857) Nacogdoches, TX
Jan 4, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lamar	L 29–69	4–9 (1–3)	8 – E. Maguire	9 – T. Tullis	2 – E. Maguire	Neches Arena (1,054) Beaumont, TX
Jan 9, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		McNeese	L 51–61	4–10 (1–4)	22 – E. Maguire	8 – E. Maguire	3 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (222) Houston, TX
Jan 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Incarnate Word	L 45–76	4–11 (1–5)	10 – K. Beck	5 – J. Oly	2 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (208) Houston, TX
Jan 16, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 55–62	4–12 (1–6)	18 – V. Dixon	9 – T. Tullis	5 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (331) Houston, TX
Jan 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Rio Grande Valley	W 67–64	5–12 (2–6)	16 – T. Tullis	10 – T. Tullis	5 – E. Maguire	Sharp Gymnasium (348) Houston, TX
Jan 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Orleans	L 55–62	5–13 (2–7)	12 – T. Tullis	10 – T. Tullis	3 – A. Cotton	Lakefront Arena (288) New Orleans, LA
Jan 27, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Southeastern Louisiana	L 41–65	5–14 (2–8)	11 – K. Beck	6 – L. Barr	2 – J. Oly	Pride Roofing University Center (444) Hammond, LA
Jan 30, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Nicholls	L 51–76	5–15 (2–9)	12 – K. Prim	6 – K. Prim	3 – E. Maguire	Stopher Gymnasium (362) Thibodaux, LA
Feb 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Incarnate Word	L 55–68	5–16 (2–10)	14 – T. Tullis	9 – T. Tullis	3 – E. Maguire	McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
Feb 6, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	L 38–51	5–17 (2–11)	7 – A. Cotton	5 – T. Tullis	2 – A. Cotton	Sharp Gymnasium (389) Houston, TX
Feb 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		New Orleans	W 54–49	6–17 (3–11)	15 – T. Tullis	10 – A. Cotton	7 – A. Cotton	Sharp Gymnasium (324) Houston, TX
Feb 13, 2025 10:30 pm, ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 54–74	6–18 (3–12)	15 – T. Tullis	10 – T. Tullis	2 – E. Maguire	American Bank Center (2,142) Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UT Rio Grande Valley	L 55–58 OT	6–9 (3–13)	21 – E. Maguire	7 – T. Tullis	4 – A. Cotton	UTRGV Fieldhouse (933) Edinburg, TX
Feb 20, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	L 59–66	6–20 (3–14)	14 – T. Tullis	11 – T. Tullis	4 – A. Cotton	Sharp Gymnasium (349) Houston, TX
Feb 22, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Lamar	L 30–62	6–21 (3–15)	11 – T. Tullis	9 – T. Tullis	1 – M. Brown	Sharp Gymnasium (567) Houston, TX
Feb 27, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at East Texas A&M	L 45–53	6–22 (3–16)	14 – E. Maguire	9 – T. Tullis	2 – V. Dixon	The Field House (686) Commerce, TX
Mar 1, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Northwestern State	L 53–71	6–23 (3–17)	12 – V. Dixon	13 – T. Tullis	4 – E. Maguire	Prather Coliseum (385) Natchitoches, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

• 2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team