2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

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2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	13–0 (2–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kevin McGuff (12th season)
Associate head coach	Carla Morrow
Assistant coaches	Ryan Murray Jalen Powell Katie Smith
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons← 2023–242025–26 →

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UCLA	4	–	0	1.000	15	–	0	1.000
No. 8 Maryland	3	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 4 USC	3	–	0	1.000	13	–	1	.929
No. 10 Ohio State	2	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
Minnesota	2	–	1	.667	14	–	1	.933
No. 23 Iowa	2	–	1	.667	12	–	2	.857
No. 21 Michigan State	2	–	1	.667	12	–	2	.857
Washington	2	–	1	.667	11	–	4	.733
Indiana	2	–	1	.667	10	–	4	.714
Oregon	2	–	2	.500	11	–	4	.733
Illinois	1	–	2	.333	11	–	3	.786
No. 24 Michigan	1	–	2	.333	10	–	4	.714
Nebraska	1	–	2	.333	10	–	4	.714
Wisconsin	1	–	3	.250	10	–	5	.667
Penn State	0	–	3	.000	9	–	5	.643
Rutgers	0	–	3	.000	8	–	6	.571
Northwestern	0	–	3	.000	7	–	7	.500
Purdue	0	–	3	.000	7	–	7	.500

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 4, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represents Ohio State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes are led by head coach Kevin McGuff in his 12th season and play their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2023–24 season with a 26–6 record, including 16–2 in Big Ten play to finish in first place. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they would get a double bye to the quarterfinals where they would lose to the No. 8 seed Maryland which would eliminate them from the tournament. They would receive an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they would beat the No. 15 seed Maine in the first round, before losing to the No. 7 seed Duke in the Second round ending their season.

Roster

2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Madison Greene	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, OH
F	1	Ajae Petty	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Kentucky	Baltimore, MD
G/F	2	Taylor Thierry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Laurel	Cleveland, OH
G	3	Kennedy Cambridge	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Ensworth Kentucky	Nashville, TN
G	5	Ava Watson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Buford	Buford, GA
G	11	Kaia Henderson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	New Hartford Sr	Utica, NY
C	12	Elsa Lemmilä	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Tapiolan Honka Club	Espoo, Finland
F	14	Ella Hobbs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Jay M. Robinson	Concord, NC
F	15	Seini Henry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Purcell Marian	Charlotte, NC
G	21	Chance Gray	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Winton Woods Oregon	Cincinnati, OH
G	22	Jaloni Cambridge	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Montverde Academy	Nashville, TN
F	32	Cotie McMahon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Centerville	Centerville, OH
C	54	Faith Carson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Buchanan	Buchanan, MI
F	55	Eboni Walker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Centennial Syracuse	Las Vegas, NV

Head coach

Kevin McGuff (Saint Joseph's (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Carla Morrow (Tulsa)
Ryan Murray (Ohio State)
Jalen Powell (Mississippi)
Katie Smith (Ohio State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 5, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 14	Cleveland State	W 104–69	1–0	31 – J. Cambridge	6 – Tied	6 – J. Cambridge	Value City Arena (4,828) Columbus, Ohio
November 12, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	Charlotte	W 94–53	2–0	31 – Gray	7 – Lemmilä	4 – McMahon	Value City Arena (4,531) Columbus, Ohio
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Belmont	W 67–63	3–0	21 – McMahon	10 – Petty	6 – J. Cambridge	Curb Event Center (1,814) Nashville, Tennessee
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Ohio	W 106–42	4–0	21 – Lemmilä	14 – Lemmilä	6 – Walker	Convocation Center (4,820) Athens, Ohio
November 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 12	Bowling Green	W 96–53	5–0	20 – Watson	6 – Tied	7 – Greene	Value City Arena (6,660) Columbus, Ohio
November 28, 2024* 11:00 p.m., Baller TV	No. 11	vs. Old Dominion Daytona Beach Classic	W 70–47	6–0	24 – Petty	11 – Petty	6 – J. Cambridge	Ocean Center (60) Daytona Beach, Florida
November 29, 2024* 3:30 p.m., Baller TV	No. 11	vs. Utah State Daytona Beach Classic	W 87–51	7–0	17 – Tied	9 – Petty	5 – K. Cambridge	Ocean Center (135) Daytona Beach, Florida
December 8, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN	No. 12	No. 21 Illinois	W 83–74	8–0 (1–0)	25 – McMahon	8 – Lemmila	5 – Petty	Value City Arena (6,668) Columbus, Ohio
December 10, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 11	Ball State	W 80–48	9–0	21 – Grey	8 – Tied	4 – Gray	Value City Arena (4,977) Columbus, Ohio
December 14, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+	No. 11	Youngstown State	W 87–39	10–0	29 – McMahon	12 – Petty	4 – Greene	Value City Arena (5,659) Columbus, Ohio
December 17, 2024* 12:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 11	Grand Valley State	W 82–57	11–0	23 – Gray	8 – Petty	3 – Tied	Value City Arena (4,710) Columbus, Ohio
December 20, 2024* 8:30 p.m., FS1	No. 11	vs. Stanford Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic	W 84–59	12–0	16 – McMahon	9 – Petty	3 – McMahon	Chase Center (3,766) San Francisco, California
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	at Rutgers	W 77–63	13–0 (2–0)	16 – 2 tied	11 – McMahon	7 – Cambridge	Jersey Mike's Arena (2,929) Piscataway, New Jersey
January 5, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 10	Northwestern						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+		at Michigan Rivalry						Crisler Center Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 12, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Oregon						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 16, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock		at Wisconsin						Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin
January 19, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		at Penn State						Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., BTN		Maryland						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
January 26, 2025 3:00 p.m., B1G+		at Nebraska						Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Nebraska
February 2, 2025 5:00 p.m., BTN		Washington						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 5, 2025 9:30 p.m., Peacock		at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
February 8, 2025 9:00 p.m., FOX		at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 2025 7:30 p.m., Peacock		Minnesota						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 17, 2025 12:00 p.m., FOX		Iowa						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock		at Indiana						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN		Purdue						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Michigan State						Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio
March 2, 2025 5:00 p.m., FOX		at Maryland						Xfinity Center College Park, Maryland
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5-9, 2025 TBD		vs. TBD Big Ten Tournament						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. Source:

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10
Coaches	14	12	11	9	7	8	9	9	9

References

"2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
"Big Ten Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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