2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball
2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–15 (1–11 ACC)
Head coach	Megan Gebbia (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Nikki Flores (3rd season); Emily Stallings (3rd season); Millette Green (3rd season);
Home arena	LJVM 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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons will be led by third-year head coach Megan Gebbia, and will compete as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and will play their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Previous season

The Demon Deacons finished the season 7–25 overall and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed with Virginia in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Florida State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT. Their seven overall wins was their lowest win total since the 1999–2000 season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Kaia Harrison	2	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Baldwin, New York	Graduated
Aliah McWhorter	4	G	6'1"	Senior	Cincinnati, Ohio	Transferred to Ohio^[1]
Kate Deeble	12	G	5'8"	Freshman	Brisbane, Australia	Left to play for Gold Coast Rollers
Alexandra Scruggs	32	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Emily Johns	44	F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Washington Township, New Jersey	American^[2]

Recruiting class

Source:^[3]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kennedy Moore F	Kalispell, Montana	Flathead	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Apr 17, 2024
Kennedy Moore F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Aurora Sørbye G	Bergen, Norway	Metis Sports Athlete	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Nov 8, 2023
Aurora Sørbye G	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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Alyssa Andrews	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Colgan	Woodbridge, VA
G	1	Makaela Quimby	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	McDonogh	Owings Mills, MD
G	2	Aurora Sørbye	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Metis Sports Athlete	Bergen, Norway
G	5	Malaya Cowles	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Winston-Salem Christian	Wilkesboro, NC
G	11	Raegyn Conley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Baylor School	Chattanooga, TN
G	14	Rylie Theuerkauf	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Tenafly	Tenafly, NJ
F	15	Kennedy Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Flathead	Kalispell, MT
G	21	Elise Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Wakefield	Raleigh, NC
G	22	Madisyn Jordan	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Panther Creek	Morrisville, NC
F	25	DeMeara Hinds	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Lithia Springs	Douglasville, GA
F	44	Emily Johns	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Washington Township American	Washington Township, NJ

Head coach

Megan Gebbia (Towson)

Assistant coach(es)

Nikki Flores (Marist)
Millette Green (UMBC)
Emily Stallings (East Stroudsburg)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 5, 2024

Schedule

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	Queens	W 102–40	1–0	15 – Cowles	10 – Andrews	5 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (916) Winston-Salem, NC
November 7, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte	W 60–41	2–0	12 – Jones	9 – Cowles	5 – Jones	Halton Arena (804) Charlotte, NC
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Villanova	L 56–64	2–1	19 – Jones	9 – Jones	4 – Hinds	Finneran Pavilion (1,511) Villanova, PA
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Winthrop	W 64–50	3–1	12 – Tied	5 – Tied	4 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (897) Winston-Salem, NC
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	George Mason	L 41–50	3–2	11 – Theuerkauf	7 – Cowles	2 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (744) Winston-Salem, NC
November 23, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Davidson	W 60–55	4–2	14 – Hinds	8 – Andrews	6 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (859) Winston-Salem, NC
November 27, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	Fairfield	L 65–72	4–3	15 – Tied	7 – Jones	5 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (788) Winston-Salem, NC
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Gardner–Webb	W 73–52	5–3	15 – Sørbye	8 – Cowles	4 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (843) Winston-Salem, NC
December 4, 2024* 11:30 a.m., ACCNX	Campbell	W 63–46	6–3	21 – Cowles	12 – Hinds	4 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (4,836) Winston-Salem, NC
December 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops	at St. John's	L 45–63	6–4	17 – Hinds	8 – Hinds	3 – Theuerkauf	Carnesecca Arena (705) New York City, NY
December 15, 2024 4:00 p.m., ACCN	Clemson	L 59–65	6–5 (0–1)	12 – Sørbye	8 – Hinds	3 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (884) Winston-Salem, NC
December 20, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	UNC Greensboro	W 54–50	7–5	11 – Jones	11 – Cowles	6 – Sørbye	LJVM Coliseum (878) Winston-Salem, NC
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia	L 46–69	7–6 (0–2)	17 – Conley	9 – Cowles	8 – Jones	John Paul Jones Arena (4,105) Charlottesville, VA
January 5, 2025 4:00 p.m., ACCN	Louisville	L 76–81 ^OT	7–7 (0–3)	17 – Theuerkauf	6 – Cowles	7 – Jones	LJVM Coliseum (1,019) Winston-Salem, NC
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at No. 3 Notre Dame	L 64–100	7–8 (0–4)	18 – Williams	10 – Cowles	5 – Williams	Purcell Pavilion (6,753) Notre Dame, IN
January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia Tech	L 54–61	7–9 (0–5)	15 – Williams	4 – Tied	3 – Williams	Cassell Coliseum (5,502) Blacksburg, VA
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Stanford	L 71–74	7–10 (0–6)	19 – Williams	5 – Williams	4 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (926) Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18 California	L 55–67	7–11 (0–7)	15 – Williams	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (1,123) Winston-Salem, NC
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at No. 13 North Carolina	L 51–76	7–12 (0–8)	19 – Theuerkauf	4 – Tied	5 – Tied	Carmichael Arena (2,463) Chapel Hill, NC
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN	Boston College	W 69–59	8–12 (1–8)	21 – Theuerkauf	5 – Tied	5 – Williams	LJVM Coliseum (1,076) Winston-Salem, NC
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17 NC State	L 83–90	8–13 (1–9)	25 – Theuerkauf	5 – Cowles	4 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (1,785) Winston-Salem, NC
February 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at No. 25 Florida State	L 68–97	8–14 (1–10)	18 – Hinds	13 – Hinds	5 – Sørbye	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,139) Tallahassee, FL
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Syracuse	L 50–62	8–15 (1–11)	14 – Hinds	7 – Cowles	6 – Sørbye	JMA Wireless Dome (3,735) Syracuse, NY
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13 Duke						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 16, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 19 Georgia Tech						McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	SMU						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ACCN	at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at NC State						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Pittsburgh						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Women's 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:** — = Not ranked
	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". ohiobobcats.com. University of Ohio Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "Deacs Add Graduate Transfer Forward for 2024-25". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. April 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[1] "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". ohiobobcats.com. University of Ohio Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[2] "Deacs Add Graduate Transfer Forward for 2024-25". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. April 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[3] "Wake Forest Demon Deacons". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

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Venues	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (1972–1989) LJVM Coliseum (1989–present)
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon "O Here's to Wake Forest" Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches
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