2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represents Northwestern University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, are led by seventeenth-year head coach Joe McKeown and play their home games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (17th season)
Associate head coach	Tangela Smith
Assistant coaches	Maggie Lyon Brittany Johnson
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena

2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Ohio State	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	0		1.000
No. 1 UCLA	1	–	0		1.000			11	–	0		1.000
No. 8 Maryland	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	0		1.000
No. 15 Michigan State	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	0		1.000
No. 23 Nebraska	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	1		.909
No. 7 USC	1	–	0		1.000			10	–	1		.909
No. 20 Michigan	1	–	0		1.000			9	–	2		.818
Wisconsin	1	–	0		1.000			9	–	2		.818
Indiana	1	–	0		1.000			8	–	3		.727
Minnesota	0	–	1		.000			11	–	1		.917
Illinois	0	–	1		.000			9	–	2		.818
No. 22 Iowa	0	–	1		.000			9	–	2		.818
Penn State	0	–	1		.000			9	–	3		.750
Oregon	0	–	1		.000			8	–	3		.727
Washington	0	–	1		.000			8	–	4		.667
Rutgers	0	–	1		.000			7	–	4		.636
Northwestern	0	–	1		.000			6	–	4		.600
Purdue	0	–	1		.000			6	–	5		.545
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of December 18, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round to Purdue in the Big Ten tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Northwestern Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Maggie Pina	3	G	5'7"	Graduate student	West Chester, PA	Graduated
Hailey Weaver	11	G	5'11"	Junior	Solon, OH	Left the team
Paige Mott	20	F	6'1"	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Transferred to George Washington
Alana Goodchild	22	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to Santa Clara
Jasmine McWilliams	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Northwestern Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kyla Jones	2	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Chicago, IL	Brown
Taylor Williams	33	F	6'2"	Graduate student	New Baltimore, MI	Michigan

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Xamiya Walton PG	Chicago, IL	Butler College Prep	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Tayla Thomas W	Montclair, NJ	IMG Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 91
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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Rachel Mutombo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Good Counsel Silver Spring, MD G 1 Xamiya Walton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Butler College Prep Chicago, IL G 2 Kyla Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Brown Chicago, IL G 3 Claire Keswick (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Tabor Academy Wrentham, MA G 7 Caroline Lau 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Luke's School Westport, CT G/F 8 Kat Righeimer (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Sage Hill School Costa Mesa, CA F 10 Caileigh Walsh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Gill St. Bernard's Sparta, NJ G 12 Casey Harter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Souderton Harleysville, PA F 13 Mercy Ademusayo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Linden Hall Ode-Irele, Nigeria G 21 Melannie Daley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Hastings Hastings-on-Hudson, NY F 23 Tayla Thomas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr IMG Academy East Orange, NJ F 25 Lauren Trumpy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Trinity Camp Hill, PA F 31 Crystal Fuqu Wang 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Sierra Canyon Beijing, China F 33 Taylor Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) GS Michigan New Baltimore, MI	Head coach Joe McKeown (Kent State) Assistant coach(es) Tangela Smith (Iowa) Maggie Lyon (Northwestern) Brittany Johnson (Ohio State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2024* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		UW–Parkside	W 88–64		18 – Jones	16 – Williams	9 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (312) Evanston, IL
Regular season
November 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Illinois State	L 77–81	0–1	28 – Jones	8 – Sullivan	5 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,119) Evanston, IL
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Lehigh	L 68–85	0–2	22 – Williams	11 – Williams	12 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,166) Evanston, IL
November 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., BTN		Utah	W 71–69	1–2	23 – Daley	10 – Williams	10 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,114) Evanston, IL
November 23, 2024* 12:00 p.m., B1G+		Harvard	L 50–75	1–3	13 – Walsh	6 – Lau	4 – Daley	Welsh–Ryan Arena (926) Evanston, IL
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Chicago	W 73–64	2–3	22 – Williams	14 – Williams	5 – Williams	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (567) Chicago, IL
December 1, 2024* 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Cornell	W 67–54	3–3	22 – Sullivan	13 – Williams	12 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,163) Evanston, IL
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		DePaul	W 64–56	4–3	14 – Walsh	12 – Lau	7 – Lau	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,045) Evanston, IL
December 8, 2024 1:00 p.m., B1G+		at No. 23 Michigan	L 54–60	4–4 (0–1)	14 – Jones	11 – Williams	7 – Lau	Crisler Center (3,636) Ann Arbor, MI
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Bradley	W 67–57	5–4	13 – Williams	11 – Williams	5 – Tied	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,130) Evanston, IL
December 18, 2024* 11:00 a.m., B1G+		UNLV						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
December 20, 2024* 12:00 p.m.		vs. Charleston Hawk Classic semifinals						Hagan Arena  Philadelphia, PA
December 21, 2024* 10:00 a.m./12:00 p.m.		Howard/Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic						Hagan Arena  Philadelphia, PA
December 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Washington						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN		Oregon						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
January 5, 2025 12:00 p.m., B1G+		at Ohio State						Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Indiana						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
January 12, 2025 4:00 p.m., B1G+		at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock		at USC						Galen Center  Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Minnesota						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN		Illinois						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
January 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Michigan State						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 6, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		at Illinois						State Farm Center  Champaign, IL
February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., B1G+		Penn State						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 12, 2025 6:00 p.m., B1G+		at Purdue						Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 17, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers						Jersey Mike's Arena  Piscataway, NJ
February 20, 2025 6:30 p.m., BTN		Maryland						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 23, 2025 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at Wisconsin						Kohl Center  Madison, WI
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m.		Nebraska						Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5–9, 2025 TBA		vs. TBA						Gainbridge Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source

See also

• 2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team