2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	5–8 (0–0 Big East)
Head coach	Doug Bruno (39th season);
Associate head coach	Jill M. Pizzotti
Assistant coaches	Ashton Millender; Bradley Bruno;
Home arena	Wintrust Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 UConn	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Creighton	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Seton Hall	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Villanova	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	6	.538
DePaul	1	–	0	1.000	6	–	8	.429
Marquette	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
St. John's	0	–	1	.000	10	–	2	.833
Butler	0	–	1	.000	10	–	4	.714
Georgetown	0	–	1	.000	6	–	5	.545
Providence	0	–	1	.000	7	–	7	.500
Xavier	0	–	1	.000	5	–	7	.417

† 2025 Big East tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons are led by thirty-ninth year head coach Doug Bruno and play their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Blue Demons finished the season 12–20, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in tenth place. As a No. 10 seed, they lost in the first round to Seton Hall of the Big East women's tournament.

Offseason

Departures

DePaul Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Katlyn Gilbert	0	G	5'10"	Graduate student	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated
Brynn Masikewich	5	F	6'3"	Graduate student	Calgary, AB	Graduated
Jade Edwards	12	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Chicago, IL	Graduated
Anaya Peoples	22	G	5'11"	Graduate student	Danville, IL	Graduated
Michelle Sidor	23	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Upper Saddle River, NJ	Graduated

Incoming transfers

DePaul Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Taylor Johnson-Matthews	0	G/F	5'10"	Junior	Cleveland, OH	Pearl River CC
Meg Newman	9	F	6'3"	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	Alabama

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Taylor Johnson-Matthews	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Charles F. Brush Pearl River CC	Cleveland, OH
G	2	Grace Carstensen	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Nazareth Academy	Hinsdale, IL
G/F	3	Charlece Ohiaeri	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Centennial	Las Vegas, NV
G	5	Alayna West	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Madison La Follette	Madison, WI
F	9	Meg Newman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	North Central Alabama	Indianapolis, IN
G	10	Haley Walker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Rice Memorial	Burlington, VT
G	11	Sumer Lee	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	King's Christian	Toronto, ON
G/F	12	Ellery Minch	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Mount Vernon	McCordsville, IN
G	13	Maeve McErlane	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Notre Dame	Philadelphia, PA
G	20	Shakara McCline	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	East St. Louis	East St. Louis, IL
G	21	Natiah Nelson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Africentric Early College	Perrysburg, OH
G	24	Ally Timm	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Divine Savior Holy Angels	Menomonee Falls, WI
G	25	Kate Clarke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Carmel Michigan	Carmel, IN
G	30	Angelina Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, IL
F	33	Jorie Allen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	North Lawrence Indiana	Bedford, IN
G	35	Emory Klatt	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Stevenson	Kildeer, IL

Head coach

Doug Bruno (DePaul)

Assistant coach(es)

Jill M. Pizzotti (Southeast Missouri State)
Ashton Millender (DePaul)
Bradley Bruno (DePaul)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2024* 8:00 p.m.	Lewis	W 99–48		19 – Allen	13 – Allen	5 – Newman	Wintrust Arena (658) Chicago, IL
October 28, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	Winona State	W 73–58		25 – Allen	10 – Newman	7 – Newman	Wintrust Arena (1,032) Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloSports	Mercyhurst	W 74–53	1–0	21 – Allen	11 – Walker	3 – Allen	Wintrust Arena (5,057) Chicago, IL
November 9, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports	Princeton	L 58–79	1–1	19 – Allen	9 – Newman	4 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (1,233) Chicago, IL
November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee	at Loyola Chicago	W 75–60	2–1	16 – Tied	8 – Allen	4 – Tied	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (616) Chicago, IL
November 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FS2	No. 4 Texas	L 61–91	2–2	23 – Allen	5 – Newman	3 – Allen	Wintrust Arena (1,725) Chicago, IL
November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Green Bay	L 57–70	2–3	21 – Allen	8 – Newman	3 – Lee	Kress Events Center (1,869) Green Bay, WI
November 25, 2024* 4:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma Ball Dawgs Classic semifinals	L 62–85	2–4	15 – Tied	7 – Newman	6 – Allen	Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV
November 27, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. No. 9 Kansas State Ball Dawgs Classic 3rd place game	L 66–92	2–5	17 – Tied	7 – Smith	4 – Allen	Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., Marquee	SIU Edwardsville	W 66–42	3–5	21 – Allen	9 – Allen	4 – Lee	Wintrust Arena (1,118) Chicago, IL
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Northwestern	L 56–64	3–6	20 – Johnson-Matthews	10 – Newman	4 – Allen	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,045) Evanston, IL
December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 24 Michigan State	L 61–89	3–7	15 – Tied	11 – Allen	7 – Allen	Breslin Center (3,416) East Lansing, MI
December 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee	UIC	W 73–56	4–7	27 – Allen	8 – Tied	5 – Newman	Wintrust Arena (1,118) Chicago, IL
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., Marquee	UNLV	L 61–80	4–8	21 – Allen	10 – Newman	4 – Lee	Wintrust Arena (1,547) Chicago, IL
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., Marquee	Southern	W 76–64	5–8	23 – Allen	9 – Allen	8 – Lee	Wintrust Arena (900) Chicago, IL
Big East regular season
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports	Butler						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports	Marquette						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports	at Xavier						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 7, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1	at St. John's						Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY
January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports	Providence						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
January 15, 2025 10:30 a.m., FloSports	at Villanova						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports	at Creighton						D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports	Xavier						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
January 26, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports	at Butler						Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., SNY	UConn						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports	Seton Hall						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports	at Providence						Alumni Hall Providence, RI
February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports	at Georgetown						McDonough Arena Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports	Villanova						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports	at Marquette						Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports	Creighton						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloSports	at Seton Hall						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports	St. John's						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7–10, 2025 TBA	vs.						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.

References

^ "2024–25 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule". depaulbluedemons.com. DePaul University Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2024.

[1] "2024–25 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule". depaulbluedemons.com. DePaul University Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2024.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References