2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team

2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
WNIT, Great 8
Conference	Conference USA
Record	18–16 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Brooke Stoehr (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Stoehr; Josh Ashley; Olivia Grayson; Caleb Livingston;
Home arena	Thomas Assembly Center

2024–25 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Liberty †	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Middle Tennessee	16	–	2	.889	26	–	9	.743
Western Kentucky	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
New Mexico State	10	–	8	.556	18	–	16	.529
	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
FIU	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Kennesaw State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	18	.419
Sam Houston	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Jacksonville State	4	–	14	.222	10	–	20	.333
UTEP	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367

† 2025 CUSA tournament winner

The 2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Techsters, led by ninth-year head coach Brooke Stoehr, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana as members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Lady Techsters finished the 2023–24 season 14–19, 7–9 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] They defeated Jacksonville State,^[2] before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Middle Tennessee in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament.^[3]

Roster

2024–25 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Adna Halilbasic	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Hittorf Gymnasium	Recklinghausen, Germany
G	1	Autumn Smith	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Martin High School	Arlington, Texas
G	3	Robyn Lee	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Moss Point High School	Moss Point, Mississippi
F	10	Melissa Mwanza	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Richmond	Harare, Zimbabwe
F	12	Elina Syniakova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Secondary School No. 15 Zhmikov	Dnipro, Ukraine
F	15	Jordan Marshall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Little Rock Central High School	Little Rock, Arkansas
F	18	Isla Airey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Caulfield Grammar School	Melbourne, Australia
F	21	Taylor Rietveld	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Camden County High School	Woodbine, Georgia
G	22	Jianna Morris	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Sylvan Hills High School	Sherwood, Arkansas
G	23	Paris Bradley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Hebron High School	Carrollton, Texas
F	25	Averi Aaron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Boerne High School	Boerne, Texas
G	30	Sydney Thomas	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Kentucky State	Kennesaw, Georgia
F	33	Mackenzie Wurm	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Allen High School	Allen, Texas

Head coach

Brooke Stoehr (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Stoehr (North Texas)
Josh Ashley (Tarleton State)
Olivia Grayson (Tulane)
Caleb Livingston (Williams Baptist)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 31, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 11:30 am, ESPN+		Nicholls	W 53–51	1–0	19 – Morris	11 – Mwanza	3 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (2,660) Ruston, LA
November 7, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 78–70	2–0	20 – Morris	7 – Marshall	4 – Bradley	Mitchell Center (2,030) Mobile, AL
November 10, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington C-USA/WAC Alliance	W 71–60	3–0	22 – Marshall	12 – Airey	2 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (1,543) Ruston, LA
November 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Stephen F. Austin	L 56–70	3–1	16 – Marshall	14 – Marshall	3 – Lee	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,031) Nacogdoches, TX
November 19, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Mississippi Valley State	W 66–59	4–1	18 – Marshall	14 – Marshall	3 – Marshall	Thomas Assembly Center (989) Ruston, LA
November 23, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	L 47–59	4–2	17 – Lee	8 – Airey	2 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (1,050) Ruston, LA
December 1, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Baylor	L 54–98	4–3	15 – Bradley	7 – Marshall	2 – tied	Foster Pavilion (3,621) Waco, TX
December 7, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Alcorn State	W 79–45	5–3	16 – Marshall	12 – Marshall	5 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (958) Ruston, LA
December 15, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at No. 12 TCU	L 41–92	5–4	15 – Bradley	5 – Rietveld	2 – Bradley	Schollmaier Arena (2,088) Fort Worth, TX
December 19, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Central Baptist	W 112–42	6–4	17 – tied	7 – tied	7 – Lee	Thomas Assembly Center (925) Ruston, LA
December 30, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		LSU–Alexandria	W 86–41	7–4	20 – Lee	10 – Lee	5 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (951) Ruston, LA
C-USA regular season
January 2, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		UTEP	W 63–50	8–4 (1–0)	17 – Lee	8 – Airey	7 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,016) Ruston, LA
January 4, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		New Mexico State	W 67–58	9–4 (2–0)	15 – tied	9 – Marshall	4 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,031) Ruston, LA
January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at FIU	L 61–72	9–5 (2–1)	20 – Bradley	6 – Bradley	3 – tied	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (611) Miami, FL
January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Liberty	L 64–75	9–6 (2–2)	19 – Lee	7 – Aaron	2 – tied	Liberty Arena (1,029) Lynchburg, VA
January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville State	W 80–73	10–6 (3–2)	15 – Lee	9 – Bradley	3 – Aaron	Thomas Assembly Center (1,053) Ruston, LA
January 18, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Kennesaw State	W 83–71	11–6 (4–2)	21 – Bradley	9 – Airey	2 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
January 23, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Western Kentucky	L 61–69	11–7 (4–3)	19 – Morris	11 – Marshall	3 – Marshall	E. A. Diddle Arena (4,313) Bowling Green, KY
January 25, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Middle Tennessee	L 43–61	11–8 (4–4)	21 – Bradley	10 – Lee	2 – Lee	Murphy Center (3,212) Murfreesboro, TN
February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Sam Houston	L 65–70	11–9 (4–5)	18 – tied	12 – Marshall	5 – Bradley	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (536) Huntsville, TX
February 6, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Liberty	W 67−66	12−9 (5−5)	19 – Bradley	6 – tied	7 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,258) Ruston, LA
February 8, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		FIU	W 69−59	13−9 (6−5)	17 – Bradley	15 – Marshall	4 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,202) Ruston, LA
February 13, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kennesaw State	L 72−79	13−10 (6−6)	19 – Bradley	11 – Marshall	3 – Morris	KSU Convocation Center (562) Kennesaw, GA
February 15, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Jacksonville State	L 55−68	13−11 (6−7)	16 – Morris	11 – Marshall	2 – Bradley	Pete Mathews Coliseum (512) Jacksonville, AL
February 20, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	L 46−55	13−12 (6−8)	14 – Marshall	9 – Marshall	3 – Lee	Thomas Assembly Center (1,042) Ruston, LA
February 22, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Western Kentucky	L 73−78	13−13 (6−9)	29 – Bradley	11 – Marshall	2 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,144) Ruston, LA
February 27, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Sam Houston	W 76−55	14−13 (7−9)	25 – Bradley	10 – Marshall	5 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,348) Ruston, LA
March 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Mexico State	L 80−87	14−14 (7−10)	22 – Bradley	9 – Marshall	6 – Bradley	Pan American Center (446) Las Cruces, NM
March 8, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at UTEP	W 69−51	15−14 (8−10)	24 – Bradley	9 – Marshall	3 – tied	Don Haskins Center (1,337) El Paso, TX
C-USA tournament
March 13, 2025 11:30 am, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) New Mexico State Quarterfinals	W 60–55	16–14	18 – Aaron	13 – Marshall	2 – tied	Propst Arena (1,985) Huntsville, AL
March 14, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (1) Liberty Semifinals	L 53–80	16–15	16 – Aaron	7 – Aaron	4 – Bradley	Propst Arena (2,138) Huntsville, AL
WNIT
March 24, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Texas Southern Second Round	W 71–64	17–15	19 – tied	14 – Marshall	5 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
March 26, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Lindenwood Super 16	W 68–64	18–15	24 – Bradley	12 – Airey	3 – Lee	Thomas Assembly Center (681) Ruston, LA
March 31, 2025 7:00 p.m.		Illinois State Great 8	L 70–78	18–16	18 – Bradley	8 – Marshall	4 – Bradley	CEFCU Arena (2,168) Normal, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
^ "Jax State Falls in CUSA Quarterfinals". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
^ "How Rick Insell's non-move helped MTSU women's basketball advance to CUSA championship". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
^ "Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

[2] "Jax State Falls in CUSA Quarterfinals". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

[3] "How Rick Insell's non-move helped MTSU women's basketball advance to CUSA championship". The Daily News Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

[4] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

[5] "Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

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