2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 10
Record	19–4 (11–1 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (12th season);
Associate head coach	Nikki West (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Brittany Morris (4th season); Ashley Williams (3rd season); Houston Fancher (7th season); Kevin Leatherwood (2nd season);
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame	12	–	0	1.000	21	–	2	.913
No. 10 NC State	11	–	1	.917	19	–	4	.826
No. 13 Duke	10	–	2	.833	19	–	5	.792
Louisville	10	–	3	.769	17	–	7	.708
No. 12 North Carolina	9	–	3	.750	21	–	4	.840
No. 23 Florida State	9	–	3	.750	19	–	5	.792
No. 19 Georgia Tech	8	–	4	.667	20	–	4	.833
California	7	–	5	.583	19	–	6	.760
Virginia Tech	7	–	6	.538	16	–	8	.667
Syracuse	4	–	8	.333	10	–	13	.435
Boston College	4	–	9	.308	13	–	13	.500
Virginia	4	–	9	.308	12	–	13	.480
Clemson	4	–	9	.308	11	–	13	.458
Miami (FL)	3	–	9	.250	13	–	10	.565
Stanford	3	–	9	.250	11	–	12	.478
Pittsburgh	3	–	9	.250	11	–	14	.440
SMU	2	–	11	.154	10	–	15	.400
Wake Forest	1	–	11	.083	8	–	15	.348

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of February 9, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team will represent North Carolina State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack will be led by twelfth-year head coach Wes Moore and will play their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the season 31–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the second seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated seventh seed Duke. They defeated sixth seed Florida State to reach the Finals. They could not prevail in a low-scoring game, and lost 51–55. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, marking the sixth straight time the Wolfpack qualified for the tournament. As the third seed in the Portland 4 region they defeated fourteenth seed Chattanooga in the First Round, sixth seed Tennessee in the Second Round, second seed Stanford in the Sweet 16, and regional first seed Texas in the Elite Eight to qualify for the second Final Four in program history. In the Final Four, they could not overcome overall first seed South Carolina and lost 59–78 to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
River Baldwin	1	C	6'5"	Graduate Student	Andalusia, Alabama	Graduated
Mimi Collins	2	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Slidell, Louisiana	Graduated
Alyssa Lewis	4	G	5'7"	Freshman	Harrisburg, North Carolina	Transferred to Queens^[1]
Katie Peneueta	20	F	6'2"	Junior	Vancouver, Washington	Entered Transfer Portal^[2]
Jannah Eissa	30	G	5'8"	Freshman	Cairo, Egypt	Transferred to Cleveland State^[3]

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Caitlin Weimar	12	G	6'4"	Graduate Student	Cortlandt Manor, New York	Boston University^[4]

Recruiting Class

Source:^[5]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Lorena Awou C	East Moline, Illinois	United Township	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A	Oct 11, 2023
Lorena Awou C	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Zamareya Jones PG	Bethel, North Carolina	North Pitt	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A	Nov 1, 2023
Zamareya Jones PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96
Devyn Quigley G	Manchester, New Jersey	Manchester Township	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Oct 10, 2023
Devyn Quigley G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Tilda Trygger F	Stockholm, Sweden	NB Paterna	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Jan 12, 2024
Tilda Trygger F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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:

Roster

2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Devyn Quigley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Manchester Township	Manchester, NJ
C	1	Lorena Awou	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	United Township	East Moline, IL
G	3	Zamareya Jones	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	North Pitt	Bethel, NC
G	10	Aziaha James	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Princess Anne	Virginia Beach, VA
F	11	Maddie Cox	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, TX
F	12	Caitlin Weimar	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Hendrick Hudson Boston University	Cortlandt Manor, NY
C	15	Lizzy Williamson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	GS	Westminster Southern Utah	Adelaide, Australia
F	18	Tilda Trygger	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	NB Paterna	Stockholm, Sweden
G	21	Madison Hayes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	East Hamilton Mississippi State	Chattanooga, TN
G	22	Saniya Rivers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Eugene Ashley South Carolina	Wilmington, NC
G	24	Laci Steele	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Edmond North	Edmond, OK
G	35	Zoe Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	St. John Vianney	Plainfield, NJ
C	42	Mallory Collier	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Bartlett	Millington, TN

Head coach

Wes Moore (Johnson)

Assistant coach(es)

Kikki West (Clemson)
Brittany Moris (Seton Hall)
Ashley Williams (NC State)
Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee)
Kevin Leatherwood (Carson–Newman)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 26, 2024

Schedule and results

Source^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Anderson	W 91–54	–	19 – Jones	10 – Rivers	5 – Rivers	Reynolds Coliseum (1,225) Raleigh, NC
Regular season
November 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 9	East Tennessee State	W 80–55	1–0	21 – Brooks	9 – James	4 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (4,291) Raleigh, NC
November 10, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	vs. No. 1 South Carolina Ally Tipoff	L 57–71	1–1	16 – Jones	7 – Rivers	3 – James	Spectrum Center (15,424) Charlotte, NC
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	Kent State	W 79–51	2–1	20 – James	9 – James	4 – James	Reynolds Coliseum (4,368) Raleigh, NC
November 17, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 13	at TCU	L 73–76	2–2	27 – James	6 – Brooks	3 – Brooks	Schollmaier Arena (3,220) Fort Worth, TX
November 21, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Coastal Carolina	W 89–68	3–2	21 – James	9 – Awou	5 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,206) Raleigh, NC
November 25, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops	No. 20	vs. Southern Pink Flamingo Championship semifinals	W 77–47	4–2	17 – Brooks	7 – Tied	5 – Jones	Baha Mar Convention Center (267) Nassau
November 27, 2024* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 20	vs. No. 7 LSU Pink Flamingo Championship finals	L 65–82	4–3	21 – Rivers	6 – Collier	4 – James	Baha Mar Convention Center (327) Nassau
December 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 18 Ole Miss ACC–SEC Challenge	W 68–61	5–3	19 – Brooks	9 – Tied	4 – Rivers	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Old Dominion	W 86–55	6–3	15 – Jones	8 – Hayes	4 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
December 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 22т	Davidson	W 59–57	7–3	25 – Rivers	11 – Rivers	1 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,789) Raleigh, NC
December 15, 2024 1:00 p.m., ABC	No. 22т	at Louisville Jimmy V Classic	W 72–42	8–3 (1–0)	18 – Jones	13 – Rivers	5 – James	KFC Yum! Center (9,116) Louisville, KY
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	James Madison	W 61–47	9–3	21 – James	7 – Trygger	6 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
December 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 22	Clemson	W 83–79	10–3 (2–0)	19 – Hayes	9 – Hayes	5 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 5, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 22	Boston College	W 91–52	11–3 (3–0)	23 – Rivers	11 – Tied	5 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 9, 2025 10:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	at No. 24 California	L 71–78	11–4 (3–1)	21 – James	10 – Trygger	9 – Brooks	Haas Pavilion (1,874) Berkeley, CA
January 12, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 21	at Stanford	W 81–67	12–4 (4–1)	17 – Rivers	11 – Rivers	4 – Brooks	Maples Pavilion (3,735) Stanford, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	Pittsburgh	W 83–67	13–4 (5–1)	22 – James	10 – Hayes	7 – Rivers	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW	No. 21	Virginia	W 73–68	14–4 (6–1)	20 – James	13 – Trygger	7 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 20	at Syracuse	W 74–66	15–4 (7–1)	19 – Brooks	9 – Hayes	6 – Tied	JMA Wireless Dome (2,445) Syracuse, NY
January 26, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Virginia Tech	W 85–57	16–4 (8–1)	25 – James	8 – Brooks	4 – James	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17	at Wake Forest	W 90–83	17–4 (9–1)	18 – Brooks	7 – Hayes	5 – Brooks	LJVM Coliseum (1,785) Winston-Salem, NC
February 3, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 14	No. 10 Duke	W 89–83	18–4 (10–1)	36 – James	7 – Tied	4 – Rivers	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW	No. 14	at No. 22 Florida State	W 97–74	19–4 (11–1)	22 – James	14 – Trygger	7 – Brooks	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,458) Tallahassee, FL
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10	Miami (FL)						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	at No. 12 North Carolina Rivalry						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN		Notre Dame						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
ACC tournament
		vs.						Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	9	13	20	20	RV	22т	21	22	22	21	21	20	17	14	10
Coaches	8	10	18	17	24	20	19	20	19	19т	21	20	16	14	11

References

^ "Royals Snag NC State Transfer Alyssa Lewis". queensatheltics.com. Queens University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Pyrtle, Bryan (April 17, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State SF Katie Peneueta enters transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Rossi, Kyle (June 27, 2024). "Final Four vet Eissa returns to Cleveland, this time as a Viking". HoriZoneRoundtable. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Pyrtle, Bryan (April 26, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State lands 6-foot-4 transfer center Caitlin Weimar". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ "2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[1] "Royals Snag NC State Transfer Alyssa Lewis". queensatheltics.com. Queens University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[2] Pyrtle, Bryan (April 17, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State SF Katie Peneueta enters transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[3] Rossi, Kyle (June 27, 2024). "Final Four vet Eissa returns to Cleveland, this time as a Viking". HoriZoneRoundtable. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[4] Pyrtle, Bryan (April 26, 2024). "BREAKING: NC State lands 6-foot-4 transfer center Caitlin Weimar". 247Sports. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[5] "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[6] "2024–25 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

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v t e NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Venues	Reynolds Coliseum (1974–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics