2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team

2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
Paradise Jam Island Division champions
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	10–2 (0–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Brandon Schneider (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Morgan Paige; Karyla Knight; Brock McGinnis; Marqu'es Webb; Patrick Schrater;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Kansas State	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	1	.929
No. 11 TCU	1	–	0	1.000	12	–	1	.923
Oklahoma State	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
Texas Tech	1	–	0	1.000	12	–	2	.857
Baylor	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	2	.846
Colorado	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Utah	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Arizona	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	4	.714
Kansas	0	–	1	.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 18 West Virginia	0	–	1	.000	10	–	2	.833
BYU	0	–	1	.000	9	–	3	.750
Cincinnati	0	–	1	.000	8	–	3	.727
Iowa State	0	–	1	.000	9	–	5	.643
UCF	0	–	1	.000	7	–	4	.636
Arizona State	0	–	1	.000	5	–	7	.417
Houston	0	–	1	.000	4	–	8	.333

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jayhawks are led by tenth-year head coach Brandon Schneider and play their home games at the Allen Fieldhouse as a member of the Big 12 Conference.^[1]

Previous season

The Jayhawks finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in 7th place. As the 7th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated 10th seed BYU in the second round, but would lose to 2nd seed Texas in the Quarterfinals. As an at-large bid and the 8th seed in the NCAA Women's Tournament, they would beat 9th seed Michigan in Overtime in the first round, but would lose to 1st seed USC ending their season.

Offseason

Departures

Kansas departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Taiyanna Jackson	1	C	6'6"	Graduate student	East Chicago, IN	Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 19th overall by Connecticut Sun
Ryan Cobbins	5	G/F	6'0"	Graduate student	Kansas City, KS	Graduated
Paris Gaines	7	G	6'3"	Freshman	Orlando, FL	Transferred to Georgia Southern
Holly Kersgieter	13	G	5'10"	Graduate student	Sand Springs, OK	Graduated
Zakiyah Franklin	15	G	5'8"	Graduate student	Lakeland, FL	Graduated
Zsófia Telegdy	23	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Budapest, Hungary	Transferred to Western Kentucky
Skyler Gill	32	G/F	5'10"	Junior	Wichita, KS	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast

Incoming transfers

Kansas incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Freddie Wallace	10	F	6'2"	Junior	Lincoln, NE	Butler CC
Elle Evans	21	G	6'3"	Junior	Edwardsville, IL	North Dakota State
Sania Copeland	22	G	5'7"	Junior	Kansas City, KS	Wisconsin
Brittany Harshaw	23	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Andover, KS	Creighton
Jordan Webster	32	G	5'10"	Graduate student	Dallas, TX	UC Riverside

2024 recruiting class

There were no recruiting class of 2024.

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2025)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Libby Fandel G	Cedar Rapids, IA	Xavier High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Libby Fandel G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G	0	Wyvette Mayberry	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Tulsa, OK
G	6	Laia Conesa	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Barcelona, Spain
F	10	Freddie Wallace	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Lincoln, NE
G	12	S'Mya Nichols	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Overland Park, KS
C	14	Danai Papadopoulou	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Thessaloniki, Greece
G	15	Zoe Canfield	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Topeka, KS
G	16	Carla Osma	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Madrid, Spain
G	21	Elle Evans	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Edwardsville, IL
G	22	Sania Copeland	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Kansas City, KS
G	23	Brittany Harshaw	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Andover, KS
F	24	Regan Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Kansas City, MO
F	25	McKenzie Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Amarillo, TX
G	32	Jordan Webster	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Dallas, TX
C	33	Nadira Eltayeb	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Sr	Seattle, WA

Head coach

Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist)

Assistant coach(es)

Morgan Paige (Wisconsin)
Karyla Knight (Alabama)
Brock McGinnis (Ottawa)
Marqu'es Webb (Vanderbilt)
Patrick Schrater (Kansas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Washburn	W 81–54		20 – Harshaw	10 – Williams	4 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (1,036) Lawrence, KS
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Lindenwood	W 56–43	1–0	20 – Nichols	9 – Harshaw	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,588) Lawrence, KS
November 11, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Sam Houston	W 66–51	2–0	16 – Nichols	9 – Harshaw	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (2,907) Lawrence, KS
November 14, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Omaha	W 75–56	3–0	16 – Nichols	8 – Eltayeb	9 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (2,794) Lawrence, KS
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Alabama	W 81–64	4–0	21 – Evans	7 – Evans	3 – Tied	Allen Fieldhouse (3,229) Lawrence, KS
November 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN	vs. Iowa	L 58–71	4–1	26 – Nichols	6 – Eltayeb	4 – Nichols	Sanford Pentagon (3,347) Sioux Falls, SD
November 28, 2024* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+	vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam Island Division	W 59–53	5–1	28 – Nichols	8 – Omsa	3 – Evans	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Northern Iowa Paradise Jam Island Division	W 76–73	6–1	25 – Nichols	7 – Williams	7 – Nichols	Sports and Fitness Center (625) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 30, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Auburn Paradise Jam Island Division	W 61–60	7–1	28 – Nichols	9 – Williams	4 – Nichols	Sports and Fitness Center (1,368) Saint Thomas, USVI
December 5, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Wichita State	W 70–60	8–1	19 – Nichols	11 – Williams	4 – Mayberry	Allen Fieldhouse (3,201) Lawrence, KS
December 11, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas City	W 79–49	9–1	17 – Copeland	16 – Williams	9 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,004) Lawrence, KS
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	Penn State	W 68–65	10–1	26 – Nichols	7 – Papadopoulou	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,527) Lawrence, KS
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 21, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Baylor	L 66–86	10–2 (0–1)	25 – Nichols	7 – Tied	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,935) Lawrence, KS
January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Iowa State						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 7, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	TCU						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 16, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona State						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 22, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Houston						Fertitta Center Houston, TX
January 29, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Texas Tech						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 8, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Cincinnati						Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 18, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	UCF						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 25, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU						Marriott Center Provo, UT
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oklahoma State						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "Kansas women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider previews Jayhawks' 2023-24 season". The Topeka Capital-Journal. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". kuathletics.com. University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[1] "Kansas women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider previews Jayhawks' 2023-24 season". The Topeka Capital-Journal. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

[2] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". kuathletics.com. University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
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Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri (dormant)
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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References