2024–25 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

2024–25 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
2024–25 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	13–16 (9–9 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Garry Brodhead (13th season);
Associate head coach	Deacon Jones
Assistant coaches	M.C. Vogt; Adrian Sanders; Jonas Richard;
Home arena	Cajundome

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
James Madison	18	–	0	1.000	30	–	6	.833
Arkansas State †	15	–	3	.833	21	–	11	.656
Troy	13	–	5	.722	24	–	14	.632
Coastal Carolina	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Old Dominion	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Appalachian State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
	9	–	9	.500	13	–	16	.448
Georgia State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Louisiana–Monroe	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Texas State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Marshall	6	–	12	.333	15	–	20	.429
Georgia Southern	6	–	12	.333	16	–	18	.471
Southern Miss	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
South Alabama	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200

† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner

The 2024–25 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns, led by thirteenth-year head coach Garry Brodhead, played their home games at the Cajundome. They were competing as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Louisiana finished the 2023–24 season 17–14, 10–8 in the Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for fifth place.^[1] They were defeated by 3rd-seeded James Madison in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament.^[2]

Preseason

On October 14, 2024, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Louisiana was picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt regular season.^[3]

Preseason rankings

Sun Belt preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	191 (12)
2	Troy	169 (2)
3	Old Dominion	167
4	Louisiana–Monroe	150
5		122
6	Marshall	118
7	Southern Miss	113
8	Georgia State	107
9	Coastal Carolina	77
10	Texas State	67
11	Appalachian State	61
12	Georgia Southern	53
13	Arkansas State	50
14	South Alabama	25

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

Preseason All-Sun Belt teams
Team	Player	Position	Year
Second	Jaylyn James	Guard	3rd

Source:^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Ashlyn Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Klein Oak High School	Houston, Texas
G	1	Tamiah Robinson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Utah State	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	2	RyAnne Walters	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	UC Riverside	Sacramento, California
G	3	Nubia Benedith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	North Florida	Palm Bay, Florida
G	4	Lanay Wheaton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Old Dominion	Hope, Arkansas
G	10	Aasia Sam	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Louisiana–Monroe	Lake Charles, Louisiana
G	13	Dacia Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Lafayette Christian Academy	Lafayette, Louisiana
F	15	Uniyah Franklin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Everglades High School	Pompano Beach, Florida
G	20	Erica Lafayette	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Rutgers	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
G	22	Jaylyn James	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Mandeville High School	Madisonville, Louisiana
G/F	23	Jasmine Matthews	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	East St. John High School	LaPlace, Louisiana
F	24	Charlotte Carvalho	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Grayson College	Dakar, Senegal
F	25	Skylah Travis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Missouri	Weldon, North Carolina
F	34	Kamryn Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Houston	Magnolia, Texas

Head coach

Garry Brodhead (Louisiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Deacon Jones (Louisiana)
M.C. Vogt (Texas A&M)
Adrian Sanders (Southern)
Jonas Richard (Tougaloo)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 2, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024* 5:00 p.m.		Centenary	W 86–23		Cajundome (212) Lafayette, LA
November 8, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola (LA)	W 74–50		Cajundome (310) Lafayette, LA
November 19, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Mobile	Canceled ^[a]		Cajundome Lafayette, LA
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Northern Illinois MAC-SBC Challenge	L 55–57	0–1	NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
November 22, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Nicholls	W 60–55	1–1	Cajundome (417) Lafayette, LA
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Orleans	W 61–46	2–1	Cajundome (524) Lafayette, LA
November 29, 2024* 11:00 a.m., YouTube		vs. Cleveland State Big Easy Classic	L 42–60	2–2	Alario Center (104) Westwego, LA
November 30, 2024* 11:00 a.m., YouTube		vs. Minnesota Big Easy Classic	L 48–68	2–3	Alario Center (132) Westwego, LA
December 7, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Rice	W 64–54	3–3	Cajundome (352) Lafayette, LA
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SECN+		at No. 4 LSU	L 57–85	3–4	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,328) Baton Rouge, LA
December 18, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Auburn	L 51–68	3–5	Cajundome (5,877) Lafayette, LA
December 27, 2024* 4:00 p.m.		Dillard	W 63–43	4–5	Cajundome (243) Lafayette, LA
December 29, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	W 68–47	5–5 (1–0)	Hill Convocation Center (535) Statesboro, GA
January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		James Madison	L 63–68	5–6 (1–1)	Cajundome (511) Lafayette, LA
January 4, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	W 68–50	6–6 (2–1)	Cajundome (618) Lafayette, LA
January 9, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 76–50	7–6 (3–1)	Mitchell Center (488) Mobile, AL
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 77–68	8–6 (4–1)	Cajundome (569) Lafayette, LA
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arkansas State	L 65–67 ^OT	8–7 (4–2)	First National Bank Arena (713) Jonesboro, AR
January 18, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Troy	L 73–81	8–8 (4–3)	Trojan Arena (1,594) Troy, AL
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Arkansas State	L 49–62	8–9 (4–4)	Cajundome (429) Lafayette, LA
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Troy	W 70–53	9–9 (5–4)	Cajundome (488) Lafayette, LA
January 30, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Appalachian State	L 52–61	9–10 (5–5)	Holmes Center (354) Boone, NC
February 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 68–77	9–11 (5–6)	HTC Center (974) Conway, SC
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Marshall	W 92–88 ^OT	10–11 (6–6)	Cajundome (313) Lafayette, LA
February 8, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Miami (OH) MAC-SBC Challenge	L 59–60 ^OT	10–12	Cajundome (707) Lafayette, LA
February 12, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas State	W 71–54	11–12 (7–6)	Cajundome (421) Lafayette, LA
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana–Monroe	W 80–60	12–12 (8–6)	Cajundome (421) Lafayette, LA
February 19, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas State	L 58–69	12–13 (8–7)	Strahan Arena San Marcos, TX
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	L 58–62	12–14 (8–8)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,749) Monroe, LA
February 26, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Alabama	W 55–48	13–14 (9–8)	Cajundome (415) Lafayette, LA
February 28, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Miss	L 53–64	13–15 (9–9)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
Sun Belt tournament
March 6, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7)	vs. (11) Marshall Third Round	L 46–48	13–16	Pensacola Bay Center (448) Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Notes

^ Game was canceled with travel issues with Mobile.

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
^ "Sun Belt Championship - Semifinal". ESPN. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "James Madison Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
^ "Louisiana Women's Basketball Sun Belt Schedule Announced". Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
^ "Non-Conference Games Set for Louisiana Women's Basketball". Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
^ "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

[4] Game was canceled with travel issues with Mobile.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

[2] "Sun Belt Championship - Semifinal". ESPN. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

[poll-3] "James Madison Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[5] "Louisiana Women's Basketball Sun Belt Schedule Announced". Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

[6] "Non-Conference Games Set for Louisiana Women's Basketball". Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

[7] "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

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Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Venues	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (primary: 1971–2013; alternate: 2013–present) Cajundome (alternate: ?–2013; primary: 2014–present)
Culture & lore	Cayenne "Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song"
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24