2024–25 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

2024–25 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
2024–25 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	16–15 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach	Joe Tartamella (13th season);
Associate head coach	Steve Pogue (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Shenneika Smith; Kaity Healy;
Home arena	Carnesecca Arena

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
Marquette	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
	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 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represent St. John's University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by head coach Joe Tartamella, play their games at Carnesecca Arena and are members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Red Storm finished the season at 18–15 and 11–7 in Big East play to finish in a tied for third place. As a No. 3 seed in the Big East women's tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals against Georgetown. They received a bid to the WBIT tournament, where they defeated Florida in the first game, but lost to Toledo in the next round.

Offseason

Departures

St. John's Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Unique Drake	1	G	5'7"	Senior	Columbia, SC	Graduated
Tyonna Bailey	1	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Newark, New Jersey	transferred to Charleston Southern
Jillian Archer	1	F	6'2"	GS	Santa Monica, CA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

St. John's Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	From
Ariana Vanderhoop	1	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Boston, Massachusetts	Monmouth
Lashae Dwyer	13	G	5'6"	Graduate student	Toronto, Ontario	Miami
Kylie Lavelle	14	F	6'2"	Junior	Moosic, Pennsylvania	Penn State
Jade Blagrove	20	F	6'2"	Graduate student	Boston, Massachusetts	South Florida

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2024

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Ariel Little PG	Brooklyn, NY	South Shore High School	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	N/A
Ariel Little PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Janeya Grant G	Middletown, CT	South Shore Christian Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Janeya Grant G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
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 27, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Ariana Vanderhoop	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Cathedral Monmouth	Boston, Massachusetts
F	2	Julie Bahati	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Springfield Central	Nairobi, Kenya
G	3	Ariel Little	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	South Shore	Brooklyn, New York
G	4	Skye Owen	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	St. Francis Prep	Staten Island, NY
G	5	Jailah Donald	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Serra	Inglewood, CA
G	10	Jayda Brown	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Forest Park	Atlanta, GA
G	11	Janeya Grant	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	South Shore	Middletown, CT
G	13	Lashae Dwyer	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Webb School Miami	Toronto, Ontario
F	14	Kylie Lavelle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Riverside Penn State Drexel	Moosic, Pennsylvania
G	20	Jade Blagrove	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Calandlyceum Manhattan South Florida	Barendrecht, Netherlands
F	21	Phoenix Gedeon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Life Center Academy Robert Morris	Montreal, QC
F	22	Nevaeh Wingate	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Liverpool	Liverpool, NY
G	23	Ber'Nyah Mayo	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	St. Elizbeth UMass	Wilmington, DE
G	44	Tara Daye	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	University DePaul	Newark, NJ

Head coach

Joe Tartamella (James Madison)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Pogue (Nyack)
Shenneika Smith (St. John's)
Kaity Healy (Seton Hall)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 5, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m.		Pace	W 80–48		22 – Dwyer	7 – Daye	2 – Tied	Carnesecca Arena (345) Queens, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Saint Peter's	W 80–39	1–0	16 – Dwyer	4 – Tied	4 – Dwyer	Carnesecca Arena (446) Queens, NY
November 8, 2024* 6:00 p.m., NEC Front Row		at LIU	W 67–50	2–0	15 – Lavelle	8 – Daye	3 – Tied	Steinberg Wellness Center (78) Brooklyn, NY
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola (MD)	W 69–61	3–0	22 – Dwyer	5 – Tied	4 – Donald	Reitz Arena (353) Baltimore, MD
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rhode Island	W 60–45	4–0	15 – Owen	7 – Daye	2 – Tied	Ryan Center (1,115) Kingston, RI
November 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Marist	W 69–49	5–0	15 – Dwyer	12 – Dwyer	5 – Tied	Carnesecca Arena (321) Queens, NY
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Stony Brook	W 58–34	6–0	10 – Tied;	8 – Lavelle	4 – Tied	Carnesecca Arena (562) Queens, NY
November 28, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloSports		Harvard	L 52–54	6–1	18 – Dwyer	6 – Tied	3 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (269) Queens, NY
December 2, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Penn State	W 72–67	7–1	25 – Dwyer	6 – Dwyer	5 – Tied	Bryce Jordan Center (1,759) State College, PA
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Wake Forest	W 63–45	8–1	18 – Owen	14 – Gedeon	3 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (705) Queens, NY
December 11, 2024* 6:00 p.m., MSGSN		at Hofstra	W 62–38	9–1	18 – Dwyer	8 – Lavelle	6 – Mayo	Mack Sports Complex (622) Hempstead, NY
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Fairfield	W 77–68	10–1	18 – Mayo	7 – Gedeon	4 – Dwyer	Carnesecca Arena (589) Queens, NY
Big East regular season
December 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Villanova	L 57–71	10–2 (0–1)	12 – Dwyer	8 – Gedeon	4 – Dwyer	Finneran Pavilion (1,113) Villanova, PA
December 28, 2024 1:30 p.m., FOX		Creighton	L 56–75	10–3 (0–2)	17 – Dwyer	5 – Tied	3 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (1,474) Queens, NY
January 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Providence	L 52–59 ^OT	10–4 (0–3)	15 – Dwyer	10 – Dwyer	3 – Tied	Alumni Hall (817) Providence, RI
January 7, 2025 8:30 p.m., FS1		DePaul	L 60–67	10–5 (0–4)	15 – Mayo	6 – Gedeon	3 – Tied	Carnesecca Arena (676) Queens, NY
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Xavier	W 60–39	11–5 (1–4)	23 – Lavelle	5 – Tied	6 – Mayo	Cintas Center (1,153) Cincinnati, OH
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., SNY		No. 6 Uconn	L 45–71	11–6 (1–5)	10 – Mayo	3 – Tied	3 – Little	Carnesecca Arena (4,917) Queens, NY
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Villanova	L 64–66	11–7 (1–6)	13 – Tied	6 – Tied	5 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (717) Queens, NY
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at Georgetown	L 54–56	11–8 (1–7)	15 – Lavelle	6 – Dwyer	2 – Tied	McDonough Arena (693) Washington, D.C.
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., FloSports		at Seton Hall	L 48–57	11–9 (1–8)	18 – Mayo	8 – Tied	4 – Dwyer	Walsh Gymnasium (1,284) South Orange, NJ
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Providence	W 62–55	12–9 (2–8)	17 – Owen	7 – Donald	6 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (530) Queens, NY
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloSports		Xavier	W 55–44	13–9 (3–8)	17 – Mayo	7 – Gedeon	5 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (685) Queens, NY
February 5, 2025 7:30 p.m., FloSports		at Marquette	L 55–57	13–10 (3–9)	13 – Mayo	6 – Mayo	4 – Mayo	Al McGuire Center (1,479) Milwaukee, WI
February 12, 2025 7:30 p.m., SNY		at No. 7 UConn	L 40–78	13–11 (3–10)	11 – Dwyer	4 – Dwyer	5 – Mayo	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,299) Storrs, CT
February 16, 2025 5:30 p.m., FloSports		Butler	W 65–43	14–11 (4–10)	21 – Dwyer	9 – Gedeon	5 – Mayo	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at No. 23 Creighton	L 62–65	14–12 (4–11)	18 – Dwyer	7 – Donald	4 – Tied	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,035) Omaha, NE
February 23, 2025 4:30 p.m., FloSports		Seton Hall	L 57–66	14–13 (4–12)	17 – Dwyer	7 – Mayo	2 – Dwyer	Carnesecca Arena (527) Queens, NY
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Georgetown	W 83–49	15–13 (5–12)	25 – Dwyer	6 – Gedeon	5 – Mayo	Carnesecca Arena (733) Queens, NY
March 2, 2024 3:00 p.m., FloSports		at DePaul	L 64–65 ^OT	15–14 (5–13)	27 – Mayo	10 – Bahati	2 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (2,985) Chicago, IL
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7, 2025 11:00 a.m., BEDN	(8)	vs. (9) Butler First Round	W 66–50	16–14	16 – Mayo	7 – Gedeon	3 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
March 8, 2025 12:00 p.m., FS1	(8)	vs. (1) No. 3 UConn Quarterfinals	L 40–71	16–15	11 – Tied	6 – Mayo	2 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,816) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". St. John's University. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". St. John's University. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

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