2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–6 (0–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (17th season);
Associate head coach	Tangela Smith
Assistant coaches	Maggie Lyon; Brittany Johnson;
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Ohio State	2	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 1 UCLA	2	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 8 Maryland	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
No. 4 USC	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	1	.923
Indiana	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
Minnesota	2	–	1	.667	14	–	1	.933
Washington	2	–	1	.667	11	–	4	.733
No. 23 Iowa	1	–	1	.500	11	–	2	.846
No. 21 Michigan State	1	–	1	.500	11	–	2	.846
No. 24 Michigan	1	–	1	.500	10	–	3	.769
Nebraska	1	–	1	.500	10	–	3	.769
Illinois	1	–	2	.333	11	–	3	.786
Oregon	1	–	2	.333	10	–	4	.714
Wisconsin	1	–	2	.333	10	–	4	.714
Penn State	0	–	2	.000	9	–	4	.692
Rutgers	0	–	2	.000	8	–	5	.615
Purdue	0	–	2	.000	7	–	6	.538
Northwestern	0	–	3	.000	7	–	7	.500

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 31, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represents Northwestern University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, are led by seventeenth-year head coach Joe McKeown and play their home games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round to Purdue in the Big Ten tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Northwestern Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Maggie Pina	3	G	5'7"	Graduate student	West Chester, PA	Graduated
Hailey Weaver	11	G	5'11"	Junior	Solon, OH	Left the team
Paige Mott	20	F	6'1"	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Transferred to George Washington
Alana Goodchild	22	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to Santa Clara
Jasmine McWilliams	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Northwestern Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kyla Jones	2	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Chicago, IL	Brown
Taylor Williams	33	F	6'2"	Graduate student	New Baltimore, MI	Michigan

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Xamiya Walton PG	Chicago, IL	Butler College Prep	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	N/A
Xamiya Walton PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Tayla Thomas W	Montclair, NJ	IMG Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Tayla Thomas W	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Rachel Mutombo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Good Counsel	Silver Spring, MD
G	1	Xamiya Walton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Butler College Prep	Chicago, IL
G	2	Kyla Jones	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Brown	Chicago, IL
G	3	Claire Keswick (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Tabor Academy	Wrentham, MA
G	7	Caroline Lau	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	St. Luke's School	Westport, CT
G/F	8	Kat Righeimer (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Sage Hill School	Costa Mesa, CA
F	10	Caileigh Walsh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Gill St. Bernard's	Sparta, NJ
G	12	Casey Harter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Souderton	Harleysville, PA
F	13	Mercy Ademusayo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Linden Hall	Ode-Irele, Nigeria
G	21	Melannie Daley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Hastings	Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
F	23	Tayla Thomas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	IMG Academy	East Orange, NJ
F	25	Lauren Trumpy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Trinity	Camp Hill, PA
F	31	Crystal Fuqu Wang	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Sierra Canyon	Beijing, China
F	33	Taylor Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Michigan	New Baltimore, MI

Head coach

Joe McKeown (Kent State)

Assistant coach(es)

Tangela Smith (Iowa)
Maggie Lyon (Northwestern)
Brittany Johnson (Ohio State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	UW–Parkside	W 88–64		18 – Jones	16 – Williams	9 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (312) Evanston, IL
Regular season
November 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	Illinois State	L 77–81	0–1	28 – Jones	8 – Sullivan	5 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,119) Evanston, IL
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Lehigh	L 68–85	0–2	22 – Williams	11 – Williams	12 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,166) Evanston, IL
November 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN	Utah	W 71–69	1–2	23 – Daley	10 – Williams	10 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,114) Evanston, IL
November 23, 2024* 12:00 p.m., B1G+	Harvard	L 50–75	1–3	13 – Walsh	6 – Lau	4 – Daley	Welsh–Ryan Arena (926) Evanston, IL
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Chicago	W 73–64	2–3	22 – Williams	14 – Williams	5 – Williams	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (567) Chicago, IL
December 1, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Cornell	W 67–54	3–3	22 – Sullivan	13 – Williams	12 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,163) Evanston, IL
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	DePaul	W 64–56	4–3	14 – Walsh	12 – Lau	7 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,045) Evanston, IL
December 8, 2024 1:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 23 Michigan	L 54–60	4–4 (0–1)	14 – Jones	11 – Williams	7 – Lau	Crisler Center (3,636) Ann Arbor, MI
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Bradley	W 67–57	5–4	13 – Williams	11 – Williams	5 – Tied	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,130) Evanston, IL
December 18, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+	UNLV	W 79–76 ^OT	6–4	21 – Daley	12 – Walsh	8 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,092) Evanston, IL
December 20, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Charleston Hawk Classic semifinals	L 62–68	6–5	20 – Walsh	11 – Williams	7 – Lau	Hagan Arena (220) Philadelphia, PA
December 21, 2024* 10:00 a.m., ESPN+	vs. Howard Hawk Classic 3rd place game	W 68–66	7–5	17 – Sullivan	11 – Williams	5 – Lau	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Washington	L 71–90	7–6 (0–2)	15 – Lau	7 – Williams	5 – Daley	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,439) Evanston, IL
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN	Oregon						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 5, 2025 12:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 10 Ohio State						Value City Arena Columbus, OH
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+	Indiana						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 12, 2025 4:00 p.m., B1G+	at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock	at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Minnesota						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	Illinois						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Michigan State						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	at Illinois						State Farm Center Champaign, IL
February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Penn State						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 12, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+	at Purdue						Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Rutgers						Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
February 20, 2025 6:30 p.m., BTN	Maryland						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+	at Wisconsin						Kohl Center Madison, WI
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m.	Nebraska						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA	vs. TBA						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[1]

References

^ "Northwestern University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Nusports.com. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

[1] "Northwestern University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Nusports.com. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References