2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team

2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record23–10 (15–3 ASUN)
Head coach
  • Tony Kemper (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kaitlynn Pacholke
  • Tanaeya King
  • Hailey Estes
Home arenaFarris Center
2024–25 ASUN women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Florida Gulf Coast † 18 – 0   1.000 30 – 4   .882
15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
Lipscomb 12 – 6   .667 20 – 12   .625
Eastern Kentucky 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Stetson 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516
North Alabama 8 – 10   .444 13 – 17   .433
Jacksonville 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Bellarmine 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
West Georgia* 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Austin Peay 7 – 11   .389 13 – 18   .419
Queens* 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
North Florida 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161
† 2025 ASUN tournament winner
* ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

The 2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represents the University of Central Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears, led by second-year head coach Tony Kemper, play their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Previous season

The Sugar Bears finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 11–5 in ASUN play, to finish in third place.[1] They defeated North Alabama,[2] and Eastern Kentucky,[3] before falling to Florida Gulf Coast in the ASUN tournament championship game.[4] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,[5] where they would fall to eventual tournament champions Saint Louis in the first round.[6]

Roster

2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jade Upshaw 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Arkansas State Sapulpa, Oklahoma
G 1 Kinley Fisher 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mercer Greenwood, Arkansas
G 3 Randrea Wright 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr George Washington Carver High School Birmingham, Alabama
G 4 Cheyanne Kemp 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Morrilton High School Morrilton, Arkansas
F 5 Bree Stephens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Dodge City Community College Townsville, Australia
G 6 Leah Mafua 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Dodge City Community College Wellington, New Zealand
G 10 Jenna Cook 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Cabot High School Cabot, Arkansas
F 12 Destine Duckworth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr SIU Edwardsville North Little Rock, Arkansas
F 21 Kamryn Griffin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Clark High School San Antonio, Texas
G 23 Kaidyn Beckwith 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Conway High School Conway, Arkansas
F 32 Elizabeth Abiara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lake Ridge High School Mansfield, Texas
F 42 Cheyenne Banks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Coffeyville Community College McLoud, Oklahoma
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 8, 2025

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Hendrix W 104–30  1–0
 Farris Center (376)
Conway, AR
November 8, 2024*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		Samford W 63–44  2–0
 Farris Center (1,036)
Conway, AR
November 16, 2024*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UT Martin W 87–67  3–0
 Skyhawk Arena (1,103)
Martin, TN
November 20, 2024*
11:00 am, ESPN+ 		at Oklahoma State L 58–89  3–1
 Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,714)
Stillwater, OK
November 25, 2024*
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Central Baptist W 120–47  4–1
 Farris Center (837)
Conway, AR
December 1, 2024*
3:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at No. 9 Kansas State L 39–86  4–2
 Bramlage Coliseum (4,057)
Manhattan, KS
December 7, 2024*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Little Rock W 55–42  5–2
 Farris Center (865)
Conway, AR
December 14, 2024*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Northwestern State W 62–52  6–2
 Prather Coliseum (343)
Natchitoches, LA
December 20, 2024*
12:00 pm 		vs. Louisiana–Monroe
Tulane Holiday Tournament 		L 49–65  6–3
 Devlin Fieldhouse 
New Orleans, LA
December 21, 2024*
12:00 pm 		vs. Alabama A&M
Tulane Holiday Tournament 		L 53–55  6–4
 Devlin Fieldhouse (535)
New Orleans, LA
December 29, 2024*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Arkansas L 70–87  6–5
 Bud Walton Arena (2,976)
Fayetteville, AR
ASUN regular season
January 2, 2025
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Jacksonville W 74–63  7–5
(1–0) 		Farris Center (673)
Conway, AR
January 4, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bellarmine L 60–68  7–6
(1–1) 		Knights Hall (372)
Louisville, KY
January 8, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Lipscomb W 86–75  8–6
(2–1) 		Farris Center (337)
Conway, AR
January 12, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Queens W 66-57  9-6
(3-1) 		Curry Arena (282)
Charlotte, NC
January 16, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		North Florida W 67-53  10-6
(4-1) 		Farris Center 
Conway, AR
January 18, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Stetson W 85-64  11-6
(5-1) 		Farris Center (574)
Conway, AR
January 23, 2025
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Lipscomb W 71-69  12-6
(6-1) 		Allen Arena (195)
Nashville, TN
January 25, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Austin Peay W 51-50  13-6
(7-1) 		F&M Bank Arena (423)
Clarksville, TN
January 30, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at West Georgia W 67-64  14-6
(8-1) 		The Coliseum (472)
Carrollton, GA
February 1, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Queens W 68-50  15-6
(9-1) 		Farris Center (567)
Conway, AR
February 6, 2025
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Jacksonville W 76-65  16-6
(10-1) 		Swisher Gymnasium (250)
Jacksonville, FL
February 8, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at North Florida W 72-59  17-6
(11-1) 		UNF Arena (276)
Jacksonville, FL
February 12, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		North Alabama W 73-52  18-6
(12-1) 		Farris Center (647)
Conway, AR
February 15, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Austin Peay W 77-67  19-6
(13-1) 		Farris Center (738)
Conway, AR
February 20, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Florida Gulf Coast L 71-95  19-7
(13-2) 		Farris Center (1,458)
Conway, AR
February 22, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		West Georgia W 72-62  20-7
(14-2) 		Farris Center (687)
Conway, AR
February 27, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Eastern Kentucky W 63-59  21-7
(15-2) 		Baptist Health Arena (397)
Richmond, KY
March 1, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at North Alabama L 56-66  21-8
(15-3) 		CB&S Bank Arena (1,507)
Florence, AL
ASUN tournament
March 8, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) (8) Bellarmine
Quarterfinals 		W 77–57  22–8
 Farris Center (1,258)
Conway, AR
March 11, 2025
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) (3) Lipscomb
Semifinals 		W 70–65  23–8
 Farris Center (1,369)
Conway, AR
March 15, 2025
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) at (1) Florida Gulf Coast
Championship 		L 51–68  23–9
 Alico Arena (2,380)
Fort Myers, FL
WNIT
March 24, 2025*
6:30 pm 		Abilene Christian
Second round 		L 53–75  23–10
 Farris Center 
Conway, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Sources:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "UNA basketball out of ASUN tournament". The Flor-Ala. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "UCA women's basketball hopes to make first NCAA Tournament appearance in 7 years". thv11.com. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "FGCU beats Central Arkansas for ASUN women's basketball title, earns 10th NCAA Tournament berth". Naples Daily News. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Postseason WNIT officials release 48-team field for 2024 event". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. ^ "Sugar Bears' run in fourth not enough to stop Billikens". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Central Arkansas Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. ^ "Central Arkansas Sugar Bears 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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