2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

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2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball

Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–3 (0–0 Big East)
Head coach	Cara Consuegra (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Deont'a McChester Khadijah Rushdan Chaia Huff
Home arena	Al McGuire Center
Seasons← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 UConn	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	1	.909
Creighton	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
St. John's	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Butler	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Seton Hall	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Marquette	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
Providence	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
Villanova	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
DePaul	0	–	0	–	5	–	8	.385
Georgetown	0	–	1	.000	6	–	5	.545
Xavier	0	–	1	.000	4	–	6	.400

† 2025 Big East tournament winner As of December 20, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, are led by first-year head coach Cara Consuegra and play their home games at the Al McGuire Center as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2023–24 season 23–9, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a 3-way tie for third place. As an No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament they defeated Villanova in the quarterfinals before losing to UConn in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an No. 10 seed in the Albany Regional 1 where they lost in the first round to No. 7 seed Ole Miss.

Offseason

Departures

Marquette Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Rose Nkumu	3	G	5'9"	Senior	Iowa City, IA	Graduated
Claire Kaifes	10	G	6'0"	Senior	Shawnee, KS	Graduated
Mackenzie Hare	12	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Naperville, IL	Enter transfer portal
Fannie Hottinger	20	G/F	6'1"	Graduate student	Inver Grove Heights, MN	Graduated
Jordan King	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Rockton, IL	Graduated
Liza Karlen	32	F	6'2"	Senior	Saint Paul, MN	Transferred to Notre Dame

Incoming transfers

Marquette Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jaidynn Mason	2	G	5'9"	Junior	Blue Springs, MO	Southern Illinois
Jada Bediako	14	F/C	6'3"	Sophomore	Brapton, ON	Georgia Tech
Kennedi Perkins	21	G	5'6"	Junior	Bolingbrook, IL	Syrause
Olivia Porter	23	G	5'8"	Junior	Chapel Hill, NC	Charlotte
Ayuen Akot	24	G/F	5'10"	Junior	Melbourne, Australia	Frank Phillips College
Aryelle Stevens	35	G/F	6'1"	Junior	Pearland, TX	Gulf Coast State College

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Jaeda Wilson PG	Potomac, MD	Connelly School of Holy Child	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Jaeda Wilson PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Lee Volker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Duke	Purcellville, Virginia
G	2	Jaidynn Mason	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Southern Illinois	Kansas City, Missouri
F	4	Abbey Cracknell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Gulf Coast State College	Avoca Beach, Australia
F	5	Charia Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Northland High School	Columbus, Ohio
G	7	Bridget Utberg	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Central Michigan	Canton, Georgia
F	11	Skylar Forbes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Scarborough Prep	Markham, Ontario
F	14	Jada Bediako	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Georgia Tech	Brampton, Ontario
G	21	Kennedi Perkins	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Syracuse	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	22	Halle Vice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Pleasant Valley High School	Bettendorf, Iowa
G	23	Olivia Porter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Charlotte	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
F	24	Ayuen Porter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Frank Phillips College	Melbourne, Australia
F	35	Aryelle Stevens	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Gulf Coast State College	Pearland, Texas

Head coach

Cara Consuegra (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Deont'a McChester (Keuka)
Khadijah Rushdan (Rutgers)
Chaia Huff (Moody Bible)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UCF	L 50–57	0–1	14 – Porter	6 – Volker	3 – Forbes	Addition Financial Arena (1,107) Orlando, FL
November 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN	at Illinois	L 53–65	0–2	18 – Volker	8 – Volker	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (3,748) Champaign, IL
November 18, 2024* 11:30 a.m., FloCollege	Illinois–Springfield	W 92–37	1–2	18 – Forbes	8 – Forbes	3 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (3,750) Milwaukee
November 24, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FloCollege	IU Indy	W 83–50	2–2	15 – Forbes	11 – Vice	4 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,502) Milwaukee, WI
Big East regular season
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7–10, 2025 TBA	vs.						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP																					Not released
Coaches

References

"Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule". Gomarquette.com. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

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