2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball team

2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball
2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	10–20 (4–14 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Pietri (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Eric Wise; Ka'Vonne Towns; Destiny Thomas;
Home arena	Pete Mathews Coliseum

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
Louisiana Tech	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 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball team represented Jacksonville State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by 12th-year head coach Rick Pietri, played their home games at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama, as second-year members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2023–24 season 12–17, 7–9 in C-USA play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] They were defeated by Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament.^[2]

Roster

2024–25 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Eden Sample	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Old Dominion	Suwanee, Georgia
G	2	Shaquice May	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Rockdale County High School	Atlanta, Georgia
G	3	Samiya Steele	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Alabama State	Meridianville, Alabama
G	5	Elsie Harris	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	RS Sr	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	Mobile, Alabama
G	7	Clara Gonzalez Planella	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Cochise College	Barcelona, Spain
F	10	Bre'Anna Rhodes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Carver High School	Montgomery, Alabama
F	14	Valentina Saric	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Morehead State	Los Altos, California
G	21	Kyera Thornsbury	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Pikeville High School	Pikeville, Kentucky
F	22	Mya Barnes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Shelton State Community College	Montgomery, Alabama
F	23	Brooklyn McDaniel	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Cleburne County High School	Heflin, Alabama
F	35	Asia Barclay	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Shelton State Community College	Anniston, Alabama
F	71	Maria Sanchez Ponce	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Reinhardt	Conil de la Frontera, Spain

Head coach

Rick Pietri (South Alabama)

Assistant coach(es)

Eric Wise (Louisiana)
Ka'Vonne Towns (Chattanooga)
Destiny Thomas (Clemson)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 3, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024* 11:30 am		Alabama–Huntsville	W 67–51	–	16 – Sample	6 – Barnes	3 – tied	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,029) Jacksonville, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Arizona State	L 66–74	0–1	15 – Rhodes	7 – Barnes	2 – tied	Desert Financial Arena (1,641) Tempe, AZ
November 9, 2024* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Southern Utah C-USA/WAC Alliance	W 77–58	1–1	13 – Harris	7 – Barclay	4 – McDaniel	Pete Mathews Coliseum (519) Jacksonville, AL
November 15, 2024* 7:00 pm		at South Carolina State	W 72–41	2–1	14 – Saric	7 – Rhodes	5 – Harris	SHM Memorial Center (100) Orangeburg, SC
November 20, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		UAB	W 68–56	3–1	16 – tied	10 – Rhodes	4 – Sample	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,020) Jacksonville, AL
November 25, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		Sewanee	W 114–47	4–1	17 – Barnes	13 – Barclay	6 – Harris	Pete Mathews Coliseum (282) Jacksonville, AL
December 1, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+		at Missouri	L 45–79	4–2	10 – Rhodes	5 – tied	2 – tied	Mizzou Arena (2,545) Columbia, MO
December 4, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 44–55	4–3	11 – Steele	5 – tied	2 – May	HTC Center (670) Conway, SC
December 11, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Charleston	L 47–66	4–4	10 – Saric	7 – Rhodes	3 – Harris	Pete Mathews Coliseum (753) Jacksonville, AL
December 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley C-USA/WAC Alliance	L 45–49	4–5	19 – Gonzalez Planella	10 – Barnes	3 – Sample	UCCU Center (422) Orem, UT
December 20, 2024* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		New Orleans	W 57–47	5–5	11 – Saric	7 – Steele	6 – Harris	Pete Mathews Coliseum (189) Jacksonville, AL
December 30, 2024* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		Life	W 88–52	6–5	17 – Sanchez Ponce	9 – Barclay	5 – tied	Pete Mathews Coliseum (257) Jacksonville, AL
C-USA regular season
January 4, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Kennesaw State	W 68–56	7–5 (1–0)	19 – Rhodes	8 – Barnes	3 – Steele	Pete Mathews Coliseum (688) Jacksonville, AL
January 9, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Western Kentucky	L 44–51	7–6 (1–1)	12 – Rhodes	6 – tied	2 – tied	Pete Mathews Coliseum (655) Jacksonville, AL
January 11, 2025 1:30 pm, ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	L 35–69	7–7 (1–2)	12 – Sanchez Ponce	7 – Rhodes	2 – Steele	Pete Mathews Coliseum (511) Jacksonville, AL
January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana Tech	L 73–80	7–8 (1–3)	16 – Gonzalez Planella	4 – tied	4 – tied	Thomas Assembly Center (1,053) Ruston, LA
January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Sam Houston	L 48–53	7–9 (1–4)	11 – Rhodes	6 – Barnes	3 – tied	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (507) Huntsville, TX
January 23, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UTEP	W 72–71 ^OT	8–9 (2–4)	16 – Barclay	6 – Barclay	5 – Steele	Pete Mathews Coliseum (455) Jacksonville, AL
January 25, 2025 1:30 pm, ESPN+		New Mexico State	W 60–56	9–9 (3–4)	15 – Sanchez Ponce	6 – Sanchez Ponce	6 – Steele	Pete Mathews Coliseum (880) Jacksonville, AL
January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at FIU	L 52–62	9–10 (3–5)	14 – Sanchez Ponce	6 – Gonzalez Planella	6 – Steele	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (647) Miami, FL
February 1, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Liberty	L 53–62	9–11 (3–6)	15 – Barnes	6 – Barnes	6 – Harris	Liberty Arena (1,011) Lynchburg, VA
February 6, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Middle Tennessee						Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Kentucky						E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
February 13, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Sam Houston						Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL
February 15, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 68−55	10−14 (4−9)	19 – Saric	13 – Barclay	3 – Thornsbury	Pete Mathews Coliseum (512) Jacksonville, AL
February 20, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Mexico State	L 47−66	10−15 (4−10)	16 – Gonzalez Planella	8 – Barclay	2 – Rhodes	Pan American Center (412) Las Cruces, NM
February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UTEP						Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
February 27, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Liberty						Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL
March 1, 2025 2:30 pm, ESPN+		FIU	L 72−74	10−18 (4−13)	20 – Sanchez Ponce	5 – Harris	6 – Harris	Pete Mathews Coliseum (655) Jacksonville, AL
March 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kennesaw State						KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA
C-USA tournament
March 11, 2025 11:30 am, ESPN+/CBSSN	(9)	vs. (8) Sam Houston First Round	L 53−55	10−20	13 – Harris	10 – Barnes	1 – tied	Propst Arena (2,056) Huntsville, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Lady Techsters Hold Off Jacksonville State to Advance to the CUSA Semifinals". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
^ "Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[2] "Lady Techsters Hold Off Jacksonville State to Advance to the CUSA Semifinals". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[3] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Jacksonville State University Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

[4] "Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2025.

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