2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 3
Record	9–2 (1–0 ACC)
Head coach	Niele Ivey (5th season);
Associate head coach	Carol Owens (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Michaela Mabrey (6th season); Charel Allen (3rd season);
Home arena	Purcell Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team will represent the University of Notre Dame during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish will be led by fifth-year head coach Niele Ivey and will play their home games at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Georgia Tech	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	1.000
No. 24 California	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	1	.929
Miami (FL)	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
Florida State	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	2	.846
No. 3 Notre Dame	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
No. 9 Duke	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
No. 21 NC State	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Boston College	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	4	.714
Clemson	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	4	.667
No. 19 North Carolina	0	–	1	.000	12	–	2	.857
Virginia Tech	0	–	1	.000	9	–	3	.750
Stanford	0	–	1	.000	8	–	4	.667
SMU	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
Virginia	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
Louisville	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Wake Forest	0	–	1	.000	7	–	5	.583
Pittsburgh	0	–	1	.000	8	–	6	.571
Syracuse	0	–	1	.000	6	–	6	.500

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of December 22, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Fighting Irish finished the season 28–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated fifth seed Louisville. They defeated first seed Virginia Tech in the Semifinals and second seed NC State to win the title. It was their sixth overall title and first since 2019. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the third straight time the Fighting Irish qualified for the tournament. As the second seed in the Albany 1 region they defeated fifteenth seed Kent State in the First Round and seventh seed Ole Miss in the Second Round before losing to third seed Oregon State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Jenna Brown	0	G	5'10"	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia	Graduated
Becky Obinma	10	F	6'2"	Senior	Menifee, California	Graduated
Anna DeWolfe	13	G	5'8"	Senior	Cumberland, Maine	Graduated
Natalija Marshall	15	F	6'5"	Junior	Queens, New York	Transferred to Miami (FL)^[1]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Liatu King	20	F	6'0"	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Pittsburgh^[2]
Liza Karlen	32	F	6'2"	Senior	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Marquette^[3]

2024 recruiting class

Source:^[4]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kate Koval P	Kyiv, Ukraine	Long Island Lutheran	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A	Nov 14, 2023
Kate Koval P	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Emma Risch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Palm Bay Magnet	Melbourne, FL
G	3	Hannah Hidalgo	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Paul VI	Merchantville, NJ
G	5	Olivia Miles	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Blair Academy	Phillipsburg, NJ
G	8	Cassandre Prosper	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Cairine Wilson	Montreal, QC
G	11	Sonia Citron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	The Ursuline School	Eastchester, NY
F	13	Kate Koval	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Long Island Lutheran	Kyiv, Ukraine
G	14	KK Bransford	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Mount Notre Dame	Cincinnati, OH
F	20	Liatu King	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Pittsburgh	Washington, D.C.
F	21	Maddy Westbeld	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Fairmont	Kettering, OH
F	22	Kylee Watson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Oregon	Linwood, NJ
G	25	Sarah Cernugel	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	RS Sr	Hinsdale Central	Westmont, IL
F	32	Liza Karlen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Marquette	St. Paul, MN

Head coach

Niele Ivey (Notre Dame)

Assistant coach(es)

Carol Owens (Northern Illinois)
Michaela Mabrey (Notre Dame)
Charel Allen (Notre Dame)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 28, 2024

Schedule and results

Source:^[5]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	Davenport	W 101–41	–	31 – Hidalgo	14 – King	9 – Tied	Purcell Pavilion (6,253) Notre Dame, IN
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	Mercyhurst	W 105–61	1–0	24 – King	11 – King	10 – Miles	Purcell Pavilion (7,183) Notre Dame, IN
November 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 6	at Purdue	W 102–58	2–0	28 – Hidalgo	15 – King	4 – Koval	Mackey Arena (5,854) West Lafayette, IN
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	James Madison	W 92–46	3–0	24 – Hidalgo	16 – Koval	8 – Miles	Purcell Pavilion (6,716) Notre Dame, IN
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 6	at Lafayette	W 91–55	4–0	29 – Hidalgo	19 – Koval	7 – Miles	Kirby Sports Center (2,329) Easton, PA
November 23, 2024* 4:00 p.m., NBC	No. 6	at No. 3 USC	W 74–61	5–0	24 – Hidalgo	11 – King	8 – Hidalgo	Galen Center (7,894) Los Angeles, CA
November 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 3	vs. No. 17 TCU Cayman Islands Classic	L 68–76	5–1	27 – Hidalgo	13 – King	5 – Hidalgo	John Gray Gymnasium (1,034) Georgetown, Cayman Islands
November 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 3	vs. Utah Cayman Islands Classic	L 67–78	5–2	22 – Citron	11 – King	7 – Miles	John Gray Gymnasium (885) Georgetown, Cayman Islands
December 5, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	No. 4 Texas ACC–SEC Challenge	W 80–70 ^OT	6–2	30 – Hidalgo	12 – King	6 – Miles	Purcell Pavilion (9,149) Notre Dame, IN
December 8, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10	at Syracuse	W 93–62	7–2 (1–0)	25 – Citron	12 – King	8 – Miles	JMA Wireless Dome (4,440) Syracuse, NY
December 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 8	No. 2 Connecticut Rivalry	W 79–68	8–2	29 – Hidalgo	12 – King	8 – Hidalgo	Purcell Pavilion (9,149) Notre Dame, IN
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	Eastern Michigan	W 118–49	9–2	27 – Hidalgo	15 – King	8 – Miles	Purcell Pavilion (7,936) Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	Loyola (MD)						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
December 29, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 5, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN		at North Carolina						Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 12, 2025 2:00 p.m., The CW		at Clemson						Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 16, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Georgia Tech						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 19, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCN		SMU						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
January 23, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College						Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Louisville						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
February 6, 2025 8:30 p.m., ESPN		Stanford						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN		California						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 13, 2025 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh						Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
February 17, 2025 TBA, ESPN/ESPN2		Duke						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)						Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 23, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN		at NC State						Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 27, 2025 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida State						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
March 2, 2025 TBA, ESPN		Louisville						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
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:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	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	6	6	6	3 (3)	10	8	3 (1)
Coaches	5	5	5	3 (5)	10	9	4

References

^ "Natalija Marshall Joins Miami Women's Basketball as Grad Transfer". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. April 27, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ "Notre Dame lands Pitt transfer Liatu King". Kilgore News Herald. Field Level Media. May 6, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ Philippou, Alexa (May 6, 2024). "Notre Dame adds Liza Karlen, Liatu King via transfer portal". ESPN. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits – Notre Dame – ESPN". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball schedule". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved October 26, 2024.

[1] "Natalija Marshall Joins Miami Women's Basketball as Grad Transfer". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. April 27, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[2] "Notre Dame lands Pitt transfer Liatu King". Kilgore News Herald. Field Level Media. May 6, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

[3] Philippou, Alexa (May 6, 2024). "Notre Dame adds Liza Karlen, Liatu King via transfer portal". ESPN. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

[4] "2024 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits – Notre Dame – ESPN". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

[5] "2024–25 Women's Basketball schedule". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved October 26, 2024.

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