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2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

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.

2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Regular season championSouth Dakota State
Summit League tournament
Summit League women's basketball seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State 13 – 0   1.000 23 – 3   .885
Oral Roberts 10 – 3   .769 20 – 6   .769
North Dakota State 8 – 4   .667 16 – 9   .640
St. Thomas* 7 – 5   .583 14 – 10   .583
Kansas City 5 – 7   .417 9 – 17   .346
South Dakota 5 – 8   .385 11 – 16   .407
North Dakota 4 – 8   .333 9 – 16   .360
Omaha 3 – 10   .231 11 – 15   .423
Denver 1 – 11   .083 8 – 17   .320
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner
As of February 15, 2025

Preseason

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

Preseason poll

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First place votes in parenthesis

  1. South Dakota State (34) – 562
  2. Oral Roberts (1) – 479
  3. North Dakota State (1) – 427
  4. South Dakota – 363
  5. St. Thomas – 336
  6. Denver – 220
  7. North Dakota – 188
  8. Kansas City – 144
  9. Omaha – 116

Preseason awards

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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

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Records against other conferences

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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

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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

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  Denver Kansas City North Dakota North Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State
vs. Denver – 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Kansas City 0–2 – 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
vs. North Dakota 0–1 0–1 – 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. North Dakota State 0–1 1–0 1–1 – 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0
vs. Omaha 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 – 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
vs. Oral Roberts 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 – 0–1 0–2 2–0
vs. St. Thomas 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 – 1–0 1–0
vs. South Dakota 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 – 2–0
vs. South Dakota State 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 –
Total 1–11 5–7 4–8 8–4 3–10 10–3 7–5 5–8 13–0

Through February 16, 2025

Points scored

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Team For Against Difference
Denver 1619 1680 –61
Kansas City 1727 1826 –99
North Dakota 1615 1716 –101
North Dakota State 1712 1589 +123
Omaha 1750 1921 –171
Oral Roberts 2169 1879 +290
St. Thomas 1800 1692 +108
South Dakota 1817 1969 –152
South Dakota State 1958 1631 +327

Through February 15, 2025[12]

National Television Games

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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 71–89 CBSSN

Home attendance

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Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average Attendance Attendance High Total Attendance % of Capacity
Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 2,500 14 391 947
Dec 7 vs. Portland St 		5,481 15.7%
Kansas City Swinney Recreation Center 1,500 9 374 998
Nov 22 vs. Lindenwood 		3,372 25.0%
North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 3,300 11 1,634 1,964
Feb 15 vs. North Dakota St 		17,981 49.5%
North Dakota State Scheels Center 5,460 11 971 2,210
Jan 25 vs. North Dakota 		10,684 17.8%
Omaha Baxter Arena 7,898 12 910 4,866
Nov 7 vs. College of Saint Mary 		10,922 11.5%
Oral Roberts Mabee Center 10,154 11 2,158 4,836
Nov 4 vs. Northeastern State 		23,743 21.3%
St. Thomas Schoenecker Arena 1,800 12 425 733
Jan 22 vs. South Dakota St 		5,111 23.7%
South Dakota Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 15 1,562 2,956
Jan 25 vs. South Dakota St 		23,443 26.0%
South Dakota State First Bank and Trust Arena 6,500 13 2,867 4,582
Nov 17 vs. No. 16 Duke 		37,275 44.1%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of February 15, 2025
Does not include exhibition games

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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South Dakota

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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

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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 NCAA Championships
Denver Doshia Woods Tulane (recruiting coordinator) 5th 37–76 (.327) 23–43 (.348) 0 0 0 0
Kansas City Dionnah Jackson-Durrett Texas (Associate head coach) 3rd 21–53 (.284) 6–28 (.176) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota Mallory Bernhard North Dakota (assistant) 5th 45–68 (.398) 27–40 (.403) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota State Jory Collins Kansas (assistant) 6th 77–70 (.524) 48-36 (.571) 0 0 0 0
Omaha Carrie Banks Ohio State (assistant) 5th 37–72 (.339) 18–45 (.286) 0 0 0 0
Oral Roberts Kelsi Musick Southwestern Oklahoma State 3rd 33–30 (.524) 19–15 (.559) 0 0 0 0
St. Thomas Ruth Sinn Apple Valley HS 20th 391–142 (.734) 18–34 (.346) † 0 0 0 0
South Dakota Carrie Eighmey Idaho 1st 0–0 (–) 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 0

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

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Players of the week

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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
Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State
Jan. 27 Abbie Draper North Dakota State (2)
Feb. 3 Grace Larkins (4) South Dakota (4)
Feb. 10 Grace Larkins (5) South Dakota (5)

Postseason

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Summit League tournament

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Main article: 2025 Summit League women's basketball 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

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  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 16, 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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