2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season
2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Summit League tournament
Summit League women's basketball seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Dakota State	9	–	0	1.000	19	–	3	.864
Oral Roberts	7	–	2	.778	17	–	5	.773
North Dakota State	7	–	2	.778	15	–	7	.682
Kansas City	4	–	4	.500	8	–	15	.348
South Dakota	4	–	5	.444	10	–	13	.435
St. Thomas*	3	–	6	.333	11	–	11	.500
North Dakota	3	–	6	.333	8	–	14	.364
Omaha	1	–	8	.111	9	–	15	.375
Denver	1	–	8	.111	8	–	14	.364
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III

† 2025 Summit League tournament winner As of February 1, 2025

The 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 4, 2024. Conference play began on January 2, 2025 and will end on March 1, 2025 to setup the 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament. This is the eighteenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and forty-third overall for the conference.

Preseason

The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 8, 2024.^[1]

Preseason poll

First place votes in parenthesis

South Dakota State (34) – 562
Oral Roberts (1) – 479
North Dakota State (1) – 427
South Dakota – 363
St. Thomas – 336
Denver – 220
North Dakota – 188
Kansas City – 144
Omaha – 116

Preseason awards

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Jordan Jones, Denver
	Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts
	Grace Larkins, South Dakota
	Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
	Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
	Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Grace Cave, Omaha
	Jade Hill, St. Thomas
	Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts
	Amber Scalia, St. Thomas
	Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2024–25 records against non-conference foes as of December 30, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–2	American	2–4
Big East	1–1	Big Ten	2–5
Big 12	0–5	SEC	2–3
Major 6 Total			7–20
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	1–1	ASUN	1–0
America East	1–0	Big Sky	11–9
Big South	0–2	Big West	2–0
CAA	1–0	Conference USA	0–1
Horizon League	2–1	Ivy League	None
Independents	None	MAAC	0–1
MAC	3–0	MEAC	1–0
MVC	2–5	MWC	3–3
NEC	None	OVC	5–3
Patriot League	None	SoCon	None
Southland	1–2	SWAC	0–1
Sun Belt	0–2	WAC	1–1
WCC	1–2
Other Division I Total			36–34

NCAA Division I Total			43–54
NCAA Division II Total			5–1
NCAA Division III Total			5–0
NAIA Total			12–0
NCCAA Total			0–0
Total Non-Conference Record			65–53

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This will be a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Summit League teams in bold

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score	Conference record	Ref
November 4, 2024	Omaha	No. 23 Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE	L 48–88	0–1	^[2]
November 8, 2024	No. 21 Creighton	South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SD	W 76–71	1–1	^[3]
November 14, 2024	St. Thomas	No. 8 Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA	L 47–80	1–2	^[4]
November 16, 2024	No. 21 Nebraska	South Dakota†	Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SD	L 70–113	1–3	^[5]
November 17, 2024	No. 16 Duke	South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SD	L 71–75	1–4	^[6]
November 26, 2024	No. 21 Oregon	South Dakota State†	George Q. Cannon Activities Center ● Laie, HI	W 75–70	2–4	^[7]
November 26, 2024	Kansas City	No. 25 Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE	L 38–84	2–5	^[8]
December 15, 2024	Oral Roberts	No. 10 Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center ● Norman, OK	L 54–94	2–6	^[9]
December 22, 2024	South Dakota State	No. 6 Texas	Moody Center ● Austin, TX	L 57–103	2–7	^[10]
December 22, 2024	Omaha	No. 10 Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center ● Norman, OK	L 65–111	2–8	^[11]

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll

† denotes game was played at neutral site
^ denotes NCAA tournament game

Conference matrix

	Denver	Kansas City	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Omaha	Oral Roberts	St. Thomas	South Dakota	South Dakota State
vs. Denver	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Kansas City	0–1	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
vs. North Dakota	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
vs. North Dakota State	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0
vs. Omaha	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
vs. Oral Roberts	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	–	1–0
vs. St. Thomas	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0
vs. South Dakota	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	1–0
vs. South Dakota State	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	–
Total	1–8	4–4	3–6	7–2	1–8	7–2	3–6	4–5	9–0

Through February 1, 2025

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Denver	1409	1446	–37
Kansas City	1454	1524	–70
North Dakota	1451	1513	–62
North Dakota State	1524	1391	+133
Omaha	1469	1608	–139
Oral Roberts	1796	1566	+230
St. Thomas	1567	1508	+59
South Dakota	1566	1679	–113
South Dakota State	1664	1401	+263

Through February 2, 2025^[12]

National Television Games

Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.^[13]^[14]

Summit League members in bold

Date Time (CT)	Road Team	Home Team	Final Score	Network
November 17, 2024 2:30 PM	Duke	South Dakota State	L 71–75	CBSSN
February 8, 2025 11 AM	Oral Roberts	South Dakota State		CBSSN

Home attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	% of Capacity
Denver	Hamilton Gymnasium	2,500	12	386	947 Dec 7 vs. Portland St	4,637	15.5%
Kansas City	Swinney Recreation Center	1,500	8	350	998 Nov 22 vs. Lindenwood	2,806	23.4%
North Dakota	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3,300	9	1,609	1,841 Jan 15 vs. South Dakota	14,488	48.8%
North Dakota State	Scheels Center	5,460	9	943	2,210 Jan 25 vs. North Dakota	8,489	17.3%
Omaha	Baxter Arena	7,898	10	1,004	4,866 Nov 7 vs. College of Saint Mary	10,042	12.7%
Oral Roberts	Mabee Center	10,154	10	2,243	4,836 Nov 4 vs. Northeastern State	22,432	22.1%
St. Thomas	Schoenecker Arena	1,800	10	440	733 Jan 22 vs. South Dakota St	4,400	24.4%
South Dakota	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	13	1,590	2,956 Jan 25 vs. South Dakota St	20,675	26.5%
South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena	6,500	11	2,766	4,582 Nov 17 vs. No. 16 Duke	30,430	42.6%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of February 1, 2025
Does not include exhibition games

Head coaches

Coaching changes

South Dakota

On April 23, 2024, Kayla Karius left South Dakota after two seasons to return to Green Bay as head coach.^[15] Soon after, on April 30, 2024, former Idaho head coach Carrie Eighmey was named as the Coyotes' new head coach.^[16]

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Overall record	Summit record	Summit titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Denver	Doshia Woods	Tulane (recruiting coordinator)	5th	37–76 (.327)	23–43 (.348)	0	0	0
Kansas City	Dionnah Jackson-Durrett	Texas (Associate head coach)	3rd	21–53 (.284)	6–28 (.176)	0	0	0
North Dakota	Mallory Bernhard	North Dakota (assistant)	5th	45–68 (.398)	27–40 (.403)	0	0	0
North Dakota State	Jory Collins	Kansas (assistant)	6th	77–70 (.524)	48-36 (.571)	0	0	0
Omaha	Carrie Banks	Ohio State (assistant)	5th	37–72 (.339)	18–45 (.286)	0	0	0
Oral Roberts	Kelsi Musick	Southwestern Oklahoma State	3rd	33–30 (.524)	19–15 (.559)	0	0	0
St. Thomas	Ruth Sinn	Apple Valley HS	20th	391–142 (.734)	18–34 (.346) †	0	0	0
South Dakota	Carrie Eighmey	Idaho	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
South Dakota State	Aaron Johnston	South Dakota State (assistant)	25th	598–191 (.758)	244–34 (.878)	11	12	1

Notes:

† St. Thomas joined the Summit League in the summer of 2021.
Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Awards and honors

Players of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Summit League offices will name one or two players of the week each Monday.^[17]

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov. 11	Jade Hill	St. Thomas
Nov. 18	Ruthie Udoumoh	Oral Roberts
Nov. 25	Jalei Oglesby	Oral Roberts (2)
Dec. 2	Grace Larkins	South Dakota
Dec. 9	Marisa Frost	North Dakota State
Dec. 16	Jade Hill (2)	St. Thomas (2)
Dec. 23	Taleyah Jones	Oral Roberts (3)
Dec. 30	Amber Scalia	St. Thomas (3)
Jan. 6	Grace Larkins (2)	South Dakota (2)
Jan. 13	Grace Larkins (3)	South Dakota (3)
Jan. 20	Alayna Contreras	Kansas City
Jan. 20	Brooklyn Meyer	South Dakota State
Jan. 27	Abbie Draper	North Dakota State (2)
Feb. 3	Grace Larkins (4)	South Dakota (4)

Postseason

Summit League tournament

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. It is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The tournament will be held from March 5 to March 9, 2025.

First Round March 5 Summit League Network	Quarterfinals March 6 & 7 Summit League Network	Semifinals March 8 Summit League Network	Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network

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References

^ "Jackrabbits tabbed to win fifth straight #SummitWBB crown". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ "Omaha vs. Nebraska". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
^ "Creighton vs. South Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
^ "St. Thomas (MN) vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
^ "Nebraska vs. South Dakota". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "Duke vs. South Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "South Dakota State vs. Oregon". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ "Kansas City vs. Nebraska". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ "Oral Roberts vs. Oklahoma". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
^ "South Dakota State vs. Texas". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ "Omaha vs. Oklahoma". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Summit League announces 2024-25 national basketball television slate on CBS Sports Network". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
^ "CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games". CBS Sports. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
^ "Karius to return to Green Bay". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 23, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ "South Dakota tabs Eighmey as Women's Basketball Coach". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 30, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[1] "Jackrabbits tabbed to win fifth straight #SummitWBB crown". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[2] "Omaha vs. Nebraska". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

[3] "Creighton vs. South Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[4] "St. Thomas (MN) vs. Iowa State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

[5] "Nebraska vs. South Dakota". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.

[6] "Duke vs. South Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.

[7] "South Dakota State vs. Oregon". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2024.

[8] "Kansas City vs. Nebraska". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2024.

[9] "Oral Roberts vs. Oklahoma". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

[10] "South Dakota State vs. Texas". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

[11] "Omaha vs. Oklahoma". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

[12] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[13] "Summit League announces 2024-25 national basketball television slate on CBS Sports Network". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

[14] "CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games". CBS Sports. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

[15] "Karius to return to Green Bay". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 23, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[16] "South Dakota tabs Eighmey as Women's Basketball Coach". goyotes.com. South Dakota Coyotes. April 30, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

[17] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

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