2024–25 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

2024–25 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 20
Record24–10 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Roman Tubner
  • Gabe Lazo
  • Jenna Burdette
Home arenaThompson–Boling Arena
2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 South Carolina † 15 – 1   .938 35 – 4   .897
No. 5 Texas 15 – 1   .938 35 – 4   .897
No. 10 LSU 12 – 4   .750 31 – 6   .838
No. 13 Kentucky 11 – 5   .688 23 – 8   .742
No. 11 Oklahoma 11 – 5   .688 27 – 8   .771
No. 21 Alabama 10 – 6   .625 24 – 9   .727
No. 25 Ole Miss 10 – 6   .625 22 – 11   .667
Vanderbilt 8 – 8   .500 22 – 11   .667
No. 20 8 – 8   .500 24 – 10   .706
Mississippi State 7 – 9   .438 22 – 12   .647
Florida 5 – 11   .313 19 – 18   .514
Georgia 4 – 12   .250 13 – 19   .406
Arkansas 3 – 13   .188 10 – 22   .313
Auburn 3 – 13   .188 12 – 18   .400
Missouri 3 – 13   .188 14 – 18   .438
Texas A&M 3 – 13   .188 10 – 19   .345
† 2025 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2024–25 college basketball season. Led by head coach Kim Caldwell in her first year,[1] the team played their games at Thompson–Boling Arena as members of the Southeastern Conference.

On December 14, the 19th-ranked Lady Vols set an NCAA record for the most three-point field goals made in a game. The team was 30-for-63 in three-pointers, becoming the first NCAA team, men's or women's, to reach that mark. The Lady Vols won the game against North Carolina Central University, 139–59.[2]

Coach Caldwell had to miss coaching the Texas game, following her giving birth to her son, three days prior, on January 20. Assistant coach Jenna Burdette led the team for the game.[3] Caldwell returned courtside to coach the South Carolina game on January 27.[4]

The Lady Vols finished the season with a 24–10 overall record, 8–8 in the conference. In the postseason, they lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to in-state rival Vanderbilt.[5] They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to SEC foe Texas.[6]

Previous season

The 2023–24 team finished the season with a 20–13 overall record, 10–6 in the conference. They received a bye in the SEC tournament and advanced to the semifinals, where they lost by one point to South Carolina.[7] The Lady Vols earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, advancing to the second round before losing to North Carolina State.[8] In April 2024, head coach Kellie Harper was fired after five seasons.[9]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Rickea Jackson 2 F 6'2" Senior Detroit, MI Graduated/2024 WNBA draft; selected 4th overall by Los Angeles Sparks
Karoline Striplin 11 F 6'3" Junior Hartford, AL Transferred to Indiana
Jasmine Powell 15 G 5'6" Senior Detroit, MI Graduated
Tamari Key 20 C 6'5" RS Senior Cary, NC Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Samara Spencer 7 G 5'7" Senior Fort Lauderdale, FL Arkansas
Lazaria Spearman 11 F 6'4" Junior Dacula, GA Miami (FL)
Rapuluchi Ayodele 15 F 6'1" Senior Móstoles, Spain Pittsburgh
Alyssa Latham 32 F 6'2" Sophomore Glenwood, IL Syracuse

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Kaniya Boyd
G 		Las Vegas, NV Centennial High School 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (95)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Archived from the original on January 27, 2025.

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2025)
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Mia Pauldo
PG 		Denville, NJ Morris Catholic High School 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (97)
Deniya Prawl
W 		Toronto, ON IMG Academy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (97)
Jaida Civil
G 		Vero Beach, FL Palm Bay Magnet High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (95)
Lauren Hurst
W 		Cleveland, TN Cleveland High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (94)
Mya Pauldo
PG 		Denville, NJ Morris Catholic High School 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (94)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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 Tennessee Lady Volunteers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jewel Spear 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Wake Forest The Colony, TX
G/F 1 Sara Puckett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Muscle Shoals HS Muscle Shoals, AL
G 2 Ruby Whitehorn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Clemson Detroit, MI
G 4 Kaniya Boyd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Centennial HS Las Vegas, NV
G 5 Kaiya Wynn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Foster HS Richmond, TX
G 7 Samara Spencer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Arkansas Fort Lauderdale, FL
G 10 Destinee Wells 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Belmont Lakeland, TN
F 11 Zee Spearman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Miami (FL) Dacula, GA
G 12 Edie Darby 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Greenfield HS Greenfield, TN
G/F 13 Avery Strickland 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Pittsburgh Knoxville, TN
F 15 Fayor Ayodele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Pittsburgh Móstoles, Spain
G/F 21 Tess Darby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Greenfield HS Greenfield, TN
F 33 Alyssa Latham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Syracuse Glenwood, IL
F 53 Jillian Hollingshead 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Georgia Gainesville, GA
G 55 Talaysia Cooper 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So South Carolina Turbeville, SC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 27, 2024

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2024*
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		Carson–Newman W 135–49 
 29 – Whitehorn   7 – Boyd   8 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,613)
Knoxville, TN
Regular season
November 5, 2024*
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		Samford W 101–53  1–0
  25 – Spearman   6 – Tied   5 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,515)
Knoxville, TN
November 7, 2024*
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		UT Martin W 90–50  2–0
  18 – Whitehorn   14 – Whitehorn   5 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,788)
Knoxville, TN
November 12, 2024*
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		Middle Tennessee W 89–75  3–0
  18 – Cooper   10 – Cooper   5 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,697)
Knoxville, TN
November 16, 2024*
12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		Liberty W 109–93  4–0
  33 – Cooper   9 – Cooper   6 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,109)
Knoxville, TN
November 26, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SECN 		Western Carolina W 102–50  5–0
  20 – Cooper   7 – Whitehorn   5 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,086)
Knoxville, TN
December 4, 2024*
7:15 p.m., SECN 		Florida State
ACC–SEC Challenge 		W 79–77  6–0
  22 – Cooper   7 – Cooper   4 – Spencer  Thompson-Boling Arena (9,529)
Knoxville, TN
December 7, 2024*
7:00 p.m., FOX 		vs. No. 17 Iowa
Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic 		W 78–68  7–0
  23 – Cooper   6 – Tied   3 – Cooper  Barclays Center (9,114)
Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 2024*
2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 19 North Carolina Central W 139–59  8–0
  33 – Spencer   6 – Cooper   10 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,305)
Knoxville, TN
December 18, 2024*
8:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at Memphis W 90–75  9–0
  18 – Tied   12 – Spearman   6 – Tied  FedExForum (3,019)
Memphis, TN
December 20, 2024*
2:15 p.m., BallerTV 		No. 18 vs. Richmond
West Palm Beach Classic 		W 92–67  10–0
  24 – Cooper   9 – Spearman   6 – Spencer  Massimino Court (373)
West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2024*
11:00 a.m., BallerTV 		No. 18 vs. Tulsa
West Palm Beach Classic 		W 102–61  11–0
  17 – Puckett   9 – Spearman   6 – Spencer  Massimino Court (274)
West Palm Beach, FL
December 29, 2024*
2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 15 Winthrop W 114–50  12–0
  17 – Puckett   8 – Puckett   4 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (11,152)
Knoxville, TN
January 2, 2025
8:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 15 at Texas A&M W 91–78  13–0
(1–0) 		 20 – Spear   6 – Spearman   8 – Spencer  Reed Arena (3,070)
College Station, TX
January 5, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 15 No. 9 Oklahoma L 86–87  13–1
(1–1) 		 28 – Spear   7 – Cooper   5 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (11,321)
Knoxville, TN
January 9, 2025
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 16 No. 6 LSU L 87–89  13–2
(1–2) 		 25 – Spear   6 – Tied   5 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,220)
Knoxville, TN
January 12, 2025
1:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 16 at Arkansas W 93–63  14–2
(2–2) 		 20 – Cooper   9 – Puckett   8 – Spencer  Bud Walton Arena (3,072)
Fayetteville, AR
January 16, 2025
7:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 15 Mississippi State W 86–73  15–2
(3–2) 		 20 – Whitehorn   10 – Cooper   7 – Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,018)
Knoxville, TN
January 19, 2025
3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 15 at Vanderbilt
Rivalry 		L 70–71  15–3
(3–3) 		 22 – Cooper   11 – Spearman   6 – Spencer  Memorial Gymnasium (8,299)
Nashville, TN
January 23, 2025
8:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 17 at No. 7 Texas L 76–80  15–4
(3–4) 		 21 – Whitehorn   7 – Cooper   6 – Spencer  Moody Center (7,530)
Austin, TX
January 27, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 18 No. 2 South Carolina L 63–70  15–5
(3–5) 		 12 – Whitehorn   9 – Spearman   6 – Spencer  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,033)
Knoxville, TN
February 2, 2025
3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 18 at Missouri W 76–71  16–5
(4–5) 		 27 – Cooper   7 – Tied   4 – Cooper  Mizzou Arena (4,613)
Columbia, MO
February 6, 2025*
6:30 p.m., ESPN 		No. 19 No. 5 UConn
Rivalry 		W 80–76  17–5
  16 – Spearman   8 – Cooper   4 – Cooper  Thompson–Boling Arena (16,215)
Knoxville, TN
February 9, 2025
4:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 19 at No. 6 LSU L 77–82  17–6
(4–6) 		 21 – Whitehorn   7 – Cooper   5 – Spencer  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,154)
Baton Rouge, LA
February 13, 2025
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 15 Auburn W 99–61  18–6
(5–6) 		 17 – Spear   6 – Spearman   4 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (9,817)
Knoxville, TN
February 16, 2025
12:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 15 Ole Miss W 80–71  19–6
(6–6) 		 28 – Spear   10 – Spencer   6 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,402)
Knoxville, TN
February 20, 2025
6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		No. 15 No. 18 Alabama W 88–80  20–6
(7–6) 		 20 – Spear   9 – Spearman   4 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (10,684)
Knoxville, TN
February 23, 2025
1:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 15 at Florida W 86–78  21–6
(8–6) 		 18 – Cooper   11 – Spencer   3 – Spear  O'Connell Center (2,287)
Gainesville, FL
February 27, 2025
7:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 11 at No. 15 Kentucky
Rivalry 		L 58–82  21–7
(8–7) 		 25 – Cooper   7 – Latham   3 – Tied  Memorial Coliseum (5,951)
Lexington, KY
March 2, 2025
12:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 11 Georgia L 69–72  21–8
(8–8) 		 20 – Spear   5 – Tied   4 – Tied  Thompson–Boling Arena (12,111)
Knoxville, TN
SEC tournament
March 5, 2025
11:00 a.m., SECN 		(9) No. 18 vs. (16) Texas A&M
First Round 		W 77–37  22–8
  19 – Cooper   8 – Cooper   3 – Cooper  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
March 6, 2025
11:00 a.m., SECN 		(9) No. 18 vs. (8) Vanderbilt
Second Round/Rivalry 		L 76–84  22–9
  14 – Whitehorn   10 – Spearman   3 – Tied  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2025*
8:00 p.m., ESPN 		(5 B3) No. 20 vs. (12 B3) South Florida
First Round 		W 101–66  23–9
  20 – Cooper   6 – Cooper   5 – Spencer  Value City Arena (6,584)
Columbus, OH
March 23, 2025*
8:00 p.m., ESPN 		(5 B3) No. 20 at (4 B3) No. 15 Ohio State
Second Round 		W 82–67  24–9
  19 – Cooper   8 – Cooper   6 – Spencer  Value City Arena 
Columbus, OH
March 29, 2025*
3:30 p.m., ABC 		(5 B3) No. 20 vs. (1 B3) No. 5 Texas
Sweet Sixteen 		L 59–67  24–10
  16 – Whitehorn   7 – Spearman   2 – Tied  Legacy Arena (11,433)
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B3=Birmingham.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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References

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  3. ^ Hall, Cora (January 23, 2025). "Lady Vols basketball vs Texas score today: Live updates Jenna Burdette replaces new mom Kim Caldwell". knoxnews.com. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
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  6. ^ Texas trots past Tennessee, punches ticket to Elite Eight
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