2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
WBIT, second round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	21–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Cara Consuegra (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Deont'a McChester; Khadijah Rushdan; Chaia Huff;
Home arena	Al McGuire Center

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	37	–	3	.925
No. 23 Creighton	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Seton Hall	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Villanova	11	–	7	.611	21	–	15	.583
DePaul	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Providence	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
St. John's	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
Butler	5	–	13	.278	16	–	18	.471
Georgetown	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
Xavier	1	–	17	.056	7	–	24	.226

† 2025 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, are led by first-year head coach Cara Consuegra and play their home games at the Al McGuire Center as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2023–24 season 23–9, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a 3-way tie for third place. As an No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament they defeated Villanova in the quarterfinals before losing to UConn in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an No. 10 seed in the Albany Regional 1 where they lost in the first round to No. 7 seed Ole Miss.

Offseason

Departures

Marquette Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Rose Nkumu	3	G	5'9"	Senior	Iowa City, IA	Graduated
Claire Kaifes	10	G	6'0"	Senior	Shawnee, KS	Graduated
Mackenzie Hare	12	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Naperville, IL	Enter transfer portal
Fannie Hottinger	20	G/F	6'1"	Graduate student	Inver Grove Heights, MN	Graduated
Jordan King	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Rockton, IL	Graduated
Liza Karlen	32	F	6'2"	Senior	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Notre Dame

Incoming transfers

Marquette Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jaidynn Mason	2	G	5'9"	Junior	Blue Springs, MO	Southern Illinois
Jada Bediako	14	F/C	6'3"	Sophomore	Brapton, ON	Georgia Tech
Kennedi Perkins	21	G	5'6"	Junior	Bolingbrook, IL	Syracuse
Olivia Porter	23	G	5'8"	Junior	Chapel Hill, NC	Charlotte
Ayuen Akot	24	G/F	5'10"	Junior	Melbourne, Australia	Frank Phillips College
Aryelle Stevens	35	G/F	6'1"	Junior	Pearland, TX	Gulf Coast State College

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Jaeda Wilson PG	Potomac, MD	Connelly School of Holy Child	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Jaeda Wilson PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Archived from the original on December 29, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Lee Volker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Duke	Purcellville, Virginia
G	2	Jaidynn Mason	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Southern Illinois	Kansas City, Missouri
F	4	Abbey Cracknell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Gulf Coast State College	Avoca Beach, Australia
F	5	Charia Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Northland High School	Columbus, Ohio
G	7	Bridget Utberg	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Central Michigan	Canton, Georgia
F	11	Skylar Forbes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Scarborough Prep	Markham, Ontario
F	14	Jada Bediako	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Georgia Tech	Brampton, Ontario
G	21	Kennedi Perkins	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Syracuse	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	22	Halle Vice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Pleasant Valley High School	Bettendorf, Iowa
G	23	Olivia Porter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Charlotte	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
F	24	Ayuen Akot	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Frank Phillips College	Melbourne, Australia
F	35	Aryelle Stevens	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Gulf Coast State College	Pearland, Texas

Head coach

Cara Consuegra (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Deont'a McChester (Keuka)
Khadijah Rushdan (Rutgers)
Chaia Huff (Moody Bible)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UCF	L 50–57	0–1	14 – Porter	6 – Volker	3 – Forbes	Addition Financial Arena (1,107) Orlando, FL
November 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Illinois	L 53–65	0–2	18 – Volker	8 – Volker	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (3,748) Champaign, IL
November 18, 2024* 11:30 a.m., FloCollege		Illinois–Springfield	W 92–37	1–2	18 – Forbes	8 – Forbes	3 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (3,750) Milwaukee, WI
November 24, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloCollege		IU Indy	W 83–50	2–2	15 – Forbes	11 – Vice	4 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,502) Milwaukee, WI
November 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers Battle on the Banks	W 59–57	3–2	23 – Forbes	7 – Volker	5 – Perkins	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,651) Piscataway, NJ
November 30, 2024* 3:30 p.m., B1G+		vs. Maryland Eastern Shore Battle on the Banks	W 74–48	4–2	18 – Forbes	8 – Forbes	3 – Tied	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,703) Piscataway, NJ
December 3, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FloCollege		Indiana State	W 83–67	5–2	20 – Vice	9 – Tied	6 – Mason	Al McGuire Center (1,166) Milwaukee, WI
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Illinois State	W 78–57	6–2	17 – Forbes	10 – Forbes	7 – Porter	Al McGuire Center (1,814) Milwaukee, WI
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Milwaukee	W 69–51	7–2	21 – Volker	7 – Tied	7 – Porter	Al McGuire Center (2,448) Milwaukee, WI
December 18, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 62–64	7–3	17 – Tied	10 – Volker	5 – Porter	Stroh Center (1,892) Bowling Green, OH
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloCollege		Stonehill	W 87–42	8–3	25 – Forbes	10 – Forbes	5 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,950) Milwaukee, WI
Big East regular season
December 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		at DePaul	W 78–59	9–3 (1–0)	18 – Forbes	11 – Vice	6 – Mason	Wintrust Arena (1,798) Chicago, IL
January 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., SNY		No. 7 UConn	L 45–77	9–4 (1–1)	20 – Forbes	11 – Vice	4 – Porter	Al McGuire Center (3,750) Milwaukee, WI
January 4, 2025 3:00 p.m., FS1		Butler	W 57–54	10–4 (2–1)	21 – Forbes	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (3,109) Milwaukee, WI
January 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Creighton	L 68–71	10–5 (2–2)	19 – Volker	7 – Vice	6 – Porter	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,290) Omaha, NE
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Villanova	W 64–59	11–5 (3–2)	20 – Vice	12 – Vice	4 – Volker	Al McGuire Center (3,012) Milwaukee, WI
January 15, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1		Seton Hall	L 52–58	11–6 (3–3)	13 – Volker	8 – Vice	4 – Mason	Al McGuire Center (2,126) Milwaukee, WI
January 22, 2025 10:00 a.m., FloCollege		at Providence	W 67–54	12–6 (4–3)	23 – Forbes	11 – Vice	4 – Tied	Alumni Hall (1,456) Providence, RI
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Georgetown	W 75–58	13–6 (5–3)	20 – Volker	8 – Vice	6 – Volker	Al McGuire Center (1,962) Milwaukee, WI
January 29, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Xavier	W 67–38	14–6 (6–3)	20 – Volker	7 – Volker	6 – Porter	Cintas Center (1,085) Cincinnati, OH
February 2, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Villanova	L 53–65	14–7 (6–4)	20 – Vice	11 – Porter	6 – Porter	Finneran Pavilion (2,335) Villanova, PA
February 5, 2025 6:30 p.m., FloCollege		St. John's	W 57–55	15–7 (7–4)	15 – Forbes	10 – Vice	3 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,479) Milwaukee, WI
February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Butler	L 65–67	15–8 (7–5)	14 – Forbes	5 – Tied	5 – Volker	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,812) Indianapolis, IN
February 12, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Seton Hall	W 68–61	16–8 (8–5)	24 – Volker	13 – Vice	6 – Mason	Walsh Gymnasium (970) South Orange, NJ
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		DePaul	W 82–72	17–8 (9–5)	26 – Forbes	9 – Forbes	6 – Volker	Al McGuire Center (2,512) Milwaukee, WI
February 19, 2025 6:30 p.m., FloCollege		Providence	W 69–51	18–8 (10–5)	14 – Volker	5 – Vice	4 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,853) Milwaukee, WI
February 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Georgetown	W 55–50	19–8 (11–5)	18 – Mason	12 – Vice	4 – Mason	McDonough Gymnasium (1,363) Washington, D.C.
February 27, 2025 6:30 p.m., FloCollege		Xavier	W 62–37	20–8 (12–5)	15 – Tied	8 – Forbes	4 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (2,297) Milwaukee, WI
March 2, 2025 1:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 5 UConn	L 57–92	20–9 (12–6)	13 – Mason	4 – Vice	2 – Tied	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,299) Storrs, CT
Big East Women's Tournament
March 8, 2025 1:30 p.m., FS2	(5)	vs. (4) Villanova Quarterfinals	L 66–73	20–10	23 – Forbes	9 – Vice	3 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,816) Uncasville, CT
WBIT
March 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at (4) Drake First round	W 74–69	21–10	18 – Tied	7 – Porter	6 – Mason	Knapp Center (1,959) Des Moines, Iowa
March 23, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at (1) James Madison Second round	L 76–80 ^OT	21–11	25 – Forbes	11 – Vice	5 – Mason	Atlantic Union Bank Center (1,239) Harrisonburg, VA
*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

References

^ "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule". Gomarquette.com. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

[1] "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule". Gomarquette.com. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References