2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team

2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball
2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	4-27 (3-15 MW)
Head coach	Wesley Brooks (1st season);
Associate head coach	Velaida Harris (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Joe Haigh (1st season); Alexis Hyder (1st season); CJ Vaifanua-Pace (2nd season);
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represent Utah State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, who were led by first-year head coach Wesley Brooks, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah, as members of the Mountain West Conference.

2024–25 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNLV	16	–	2	.889	26	–	8	.765
Wyoming	14	–	4	.778	22	–	12	.647
Colorado State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
San Diego State †	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
New Mexico	11	–	7	.611	18	–	14	.563
Fresno State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Air Force	7	–	11	.389	18	–	15	.545
Boise State	7	–	11	.389	18	–	15	.545
Nevada	6	–	12	.333	11	–	21	.344
Utah State	3	–	15	.167	4	–	27	.129
San Jose State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	22	.313

† 2025 Mountain West tournament winner

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2023–24 season 5–25, 2–16 in Mountain West Play to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place.^[1] They were defeated by Boise State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament.^[2] Following the loss, the school announced that head coach Kayla Ard would be relieved of her duties.^[3]

On April 1, 2024, former Ohio State assistant coach, Wesley Brooks, was hired as the 11th head coach in program history.^[4]

Roster

2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ivory Finley	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	UMass Lowell	Minneapolis, MN
G/F	1	Samiana Suguturaga	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Snow College	Orem, UT
G	2	Isabella Tañedo	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	St. John's College High School	Laurel, MD
G	3	Ava Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Union High School	Camas, WA
G	4	Denae Skelton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	West Kelowna, Canada
G	5	Riley Ward	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Preston High School	Preston, ID
G	10	Carlie Latta	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Minico High School	Paul, ID
G/F	11	Karlie Banks	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Sandpoint High School	Laclede, ID
G	12	Elise Livingston	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Ridgeline High School	Millville, UT
F	15	Gracie Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Nyssa High School	Nyssa, OR
G/F	22	Taliyah Logwood	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Oakland Technical High School	Richmond, CA
G	23	Mia Tarver	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Salt Lake Community College	Salt Lake City, UT
G	24	Cheyenne Stubbs	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Canisius	Bradenton, FL
F	31	Allyzee Verdan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Salt Lake Community College	Cayenne, French Guiana
G	32	Jamisyn Heaton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	College of Southern Idaho	Lehi, UT
F/C	55	Sophie Sene	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Rhode Island	Nice, France

Head coach

Wesley Brooks (West Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Velaida Harris (Portland State)
Joe Haigh (Notre Dame)
Alexis Hyder (LSU)
CJ Vaifanua-Pace (South Carolina)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 5, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		Westminster	W 94–70	–	Smith Spectrum (362) Logan, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		Kansas City	L 77–80	0–1	Smith Spectrum (502) Logan, UT
November 8, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		Cal State Northridge	L 65–69	0–2	Smith Spectrum (670) Logan, UT
November 14, 2024* 11:00 a.m.		Cal State Bakersfield	W 67–51	1–2	Smith Spectrum (3,450) Logan, UT
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m.		at Northern Colorado	L 57–85	1–3	Bank of Colorado Arena (581) Greeley, CO
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Colorado	L 65–95	1–4	CU Events Center (2,573) Boulder, CO
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		at Omaha	L 77–79 ^OT	1–5	Baxter Arena (440) Omaha, NE
November 29, 2024* 1:30 p.m., Baller TV		vs. No. 11 Ohio State Daytona Beach Classic	L 51–87	1–6	Ocean Center (135) Daytona, FL
November 30, 2024* 9:00 a.m., Baller TV		vs. Stetson Daytona Beach Classic	L 76–84	1–7	Ocean Center (75) Daytona, FL
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Utah	L 34–87	1–8	Delta Center (3,949) Salt Lake City, UT
December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m.		at Grand Canyon	L 62–76	1–9	Global Credit Union Arena (511) Phoenix, AZ
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Idaho	L 56–71	1–10	Idaho Central Credit Union Arena Moscow, ID
December 18, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		UC Riverside	L 59–74	1–11	Smith Spectrum (394) Logan, UT
Mountain West regular season
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., MW Network		Colorado State	L 74–83	1–12 (0–1)	Smith Spectrum (444) Logan, UT
January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., MW Network		at Wyoming	L 53–73	1–13 (0–2)	Arena-Auditorium (2,463) Laramie, WY
January 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., MW Network		Boise State	L 77–82	1–14 (0–3)	Smith Spectrum (609) Logan, UT
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		at Nevada	L 69–78	1–15 (0–4)	Lawlor Events Center (1,474) Reno, NV
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m, MW Network		at Fresno State	L 54–74	1–16 (0–5)	Save Mart Center (937) Fresno, CA
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		San Diego State	L 66–85	1–17 (0–6)	Smith Spectrum (519) Logan, UT
January 21, 2025 6:00 p.m, MW Network		New Mexico	L 79–101	1–18 (0–7)	Smith Spectrum (491) Logan, UT
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		at San Jose State	W 70–64	2–18 (1–7)	Provident Credit Union Event Center (1,439) San Jose, CA
January 29, 2025 6:30 p.m, MW Network		at Air Force	L 66–78	2–19 (1–8)	Clune Arena (635) Colorado Springs, CO
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m, MW Network		UNLV	L 51–89	2–20 (1–9)	Smith Spectrum (544) Logan, UT
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		Fresno State	L 73–81 ^OT	2–21 (1–10)	Smith Spectrum (533) Logan, UT
February 12, 2025 11:00 a.m., MW Network		at Colorado State	L 54–72	2–22 (1–11)	Moby Arena (6,008) Fort Collins, CO
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		at San Diego State	L 63–78	2–23 (1–12)	Viejas Arena (1,456) San Diego, CA
February 19, 2025 11:00 a.m., MW Network		Air Force	L 77–82	2–24 (1–13)	Smith Spectrum (1,093) Logan, UT
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		at New Mexico	L 65–73	2–25 (1–14)	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
February 26, 2025 5:00 p.m, MW Network		San Jose State	W 82–75	3–25 (2–14)	Smith Spectrum (427) Logan, UT
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m, MW Network		Nevada	W 93–75	4–25 (3–14)	Smith Spectrum (521) Logan, UT
March 4, 2025 6:30 p.m., MW Network		at Boise State	L 59–72	4–26 (3–15)	ExtraMile Arena (2,180) Boise, ID
Mountain West tournament
March 9, 2025 5:30 p.m., MW Network	(10)	vs. (7) Air Force Quarterfinals	L 59–66	4–27	Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Women's Basketball Standings 2023-24". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
↑ "Utah State Falls to Boise State in MW First Round 85-49". Utah State University Athletics. March 10, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
↑ "Change In Women's Basketball Leadership at Utah State University". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
↑ Harrison, Shawn (April 1, 2024). "USU women's basketball: Aggies name Wesley Brooks as head coach". The Herald Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
↑ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
↑ "Utah State Aggies Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

[1] "Women's Basketball Standings 2023-24". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[2] "Utah State Falls to Boise State in MW First Round 85-49". Utah State University Athletics. March 10, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[3] "Change In Women's Basketball Leadership at Utah State University". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[4] Harrison, Shawn (April 1, 2024). "USU women's basketball: Aggies name Wesley Brooks as head coach". The Herald Journal. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[5] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

[6] "Utah State Aggies Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

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2024–25 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References