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| Conference | West Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–6 (1–0 WCC) |
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| Home arena | Beasley Coliseum |
| Seasons← 2023–242025–26 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 4 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 0 | – | 4 | .000 | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 0 | – | 4 | .000 | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 WCC tournament winner As of January 2, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars are led by seventh-year head coach Kamie Ethridge and they play their home games at Beasley Coliseum as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference.
Previous season
The Cougars 21–15, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As an No. 9 seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to California. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 1 seed in the Washington State bracket, where they defeated Lamar in the first round, Santa Clara in the second round and Toledo in the quarterfinals before losing to Illinois in the semifinals.
This would be final season as Pac-12 member as they will join West Coast Conference as affiliate member for the next two years.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Charlisse Leger-Walker | 5 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Waikato, New Zeland | Transferred to UCLA |
| Jessica Clarke | 14 | C | 6'3" | Senior | North Vancouver, BC | Transferred to British Columbia |
| Johanna Teder | 21 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Tartu, Estonia | Transferred to Colorado |
| Beyonce Bea | 25 | G/F | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Washougal, WA | Graduated/signed to play professional in Belgium with AB Contern |
| Cia Eklöf | 45 | G | 5'10" |  Freshman |
Helsinki, Finland | Transferred to Rhode Island |
| Bella Murekatete | 55 | C | 6'3" | Graduate Student | Ngoma Huye, Nigeria | Graduated/undrafted in 2024 WNBA draft; signed with the Phoenix Mercury |
Incoming
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Jean Chiu | 5 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Taipei, Taiwan | Taipei |
Recruiting
There was no recruiting class of 2024.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| October 20, 2024* 12:00 p.m. |
Lewis–Clark State College | W 99–54 | – | – | – | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA | |||||
| Non-conference regular Season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Eastern Washington | W 83–82 | 1–0 |
21 – Wallack | 7 – Tuhina | 5 – Wallack | Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA | ||||
| November 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Stanford | L 65–94 | 1–1 |
19 – Villa | 4 – Tied | 4 – Villa | Beasley Coliseum (2,428) Pullman, WA | ||||
| WCC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 11, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Gonzaga | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA | |||||||||
| February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Gonzaga | McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA | |||||||||
| WCC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 6–11, 2025 TBA |
vs. TBA | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
| *Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. | |||||||||||
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Rankings
See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings| Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
- Lee, Greg (April 25, 2024). "Former WSU All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker commits to UCLA". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
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