2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–24 (1–17 Big East)
Head coach	Billi Chambers (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Ashlee Kelly
Assistant coaches	Brianna Sanders; Myia Johnson;
Home arena	Cintas Center

2024–25 Big East women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	37	–	3	.925
No. 23 Creighton	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Seton Hall	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Marquette	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Villanova	11	–	7	.611	21	–	15	.583
DePaul	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
Providence	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
St. John's	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
Butler	5	–	13	.278	16	–	18	.471
Georgetown	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
Xavier	1	–	17	.056	7	–	24	.226

† 2025 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team represent Xavier University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, led by second-year head coach Billi Chambers, play their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Musketeers finished the season 1–27, 0–18 in Big East play to finish in last place. As a No. 11 seed, they lost in the first round to Georgetown of the Big East women's tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Xavier Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Shelby Calhoun	0	G	5'11"	Senior	Louisville, KY	Transferred to Stetson
Taylor Smith	3	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Marietta, GA	Graduated
Nila Blackford	4	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Louisville, KY	Graduated
Aby Shubert	11	G	5'8"	Freshman	Kasson, MN	Transferred to Montana
Kaysia Woods	12	G	6'0"	Junior	Lincoln, Nebraska	Transferred to SMU
Lika Kvirkvelia	13	C	6'4"	Freshman	Kobuleti, Georgia	TBD
Mackayla Scarlett	15	G	5'10"	Senior	Bronx, NY	Transferred to Providence
Bella Ward	22	F	5'11"	Sophomore	Blacklick, OH	TBD
Aanaya Harris	23	G/F	5'11"	Junior	Omaha, NE	Transferred to Charlotte
Delaney Hogan	24	G/F	6'0"	Senior	Fort Wayne, IN	Transferred to Kentucky
Daniela López	44	G	5'8"	Freshman	Barcelona, Spain	TBD

Incoming transfers

Xavier incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Petra Oborilova	15	F	6'2"	Junior	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Iona

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2024.

Roster

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Loren Christie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Buffalo San Francisco	London, England
G	2	Aizhanique Mayo	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Notre Dame High School Marquette Iona	Bridgeport, Connecticut
G	4	Júlia Garcia Roig	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Ipsi	Barcelona, Spain
G	5	Tae'lor Purvis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Houston	Houston, Texas
G	7	Daniela López	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	UE Mataró	Barcelona, Spain
G	8	Meri Kanerva	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary	Espoo, Finland
G	11	Phoebe Holmes	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Mackay North State	North Mackay, Australia
G/F	12	MacKenzie Givens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Princeton	Cincinnati, Ohio
F	15	Petra Oborilova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Stredná Športová Škola Iona	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
G	20	Vivien Nejasmic	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Linigra	Split, Croatia
G	21	Olivia Borsutzki	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Neuhof	Munich, Germany
F	23	Jordan Miller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Hoover Youngstown State	North Canton, Ohio
G/F	24	Lucía Martínez López	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Colegio Internacional San Fernando	Oviedo, Spain
F	26	Jovana Nicolic	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Prva ekonomska skola	Belgrade, Serbia
G	31	Irune Orio	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	IES Balmaseda BHI Sacramento State	Balmaseda, Spain

Head coach

Billi Chambers (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Ashlee Kelly (Quinnipiac)
Brianna Sanders (Ohio State)
Myia Johnson (Rutgers)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 5, 2024* 5:00 p.m., FloCollege		San Jose State	L 36–55	0–1	8 – Garcia Roig	5 – Mayo	3 – Purvis	Cintas Center (347) Cincinnati, OH
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloCollege		Miami (OH)	W 71–66	1–1	15 – Martínez López	9 – Christie	6 – Oborilova	Cintas Center (428) Cincinnati, OH
November 15, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Mercyhurst	W 68–53	2–1	18 – Christie	8 – Christie	6 – Oborilova	Cintas Center (604) Cincinnati, OH
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Arkansas State	W 45–41	3–1	8 – Christie	7 – Christie	5 – Purvis	Cintas Center (256) Cincinnati, OH
November 23, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kent State	L 69–89	3–2	19 – Christie	5 – Purvis	5 – Kanerva	MAC Center (1,059) Kent, OH
November 26, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Youngstown State	W 61–43	4–2	17 – Kanerva	7 – Christie	5 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (518) Cincinnati, OH
December 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	L 60–72	4–3	17 – Tied	5 – Tied	4 – Oborilova	George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,387) Ypsilanti, MI
December 4, 2024 11:00 a.m., FloCollege		Creighton	L 54–82	4–4 (0–1)	21 – Christie	8 – Christie	5 – Orio	Cintas Center (5,110) Cincinnati, OH
December 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 59–78	4–5	15 – Kanerva	6 – Christie	2 – Tied	Stroh Center (1,778) Bowling Green, OH
December 15, 2024* 1:00 p.m., FloCollege		Cincinnati Crosstown Shootout	L 48–60	4–6	13 – Martínez López	7 – Martínez López	5 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (2,519) Cincinnati, OH
December 21, 2024* 10:35 p.m.		vs. Temple Raising The B.A.R. Invitational semifinals	L 51–66	4–7	12 – Lopez	5 – Orio	5 – Garcia Roig	Haas Pavilion (1,856) Berkeley, CA
December 22, 2024* 6:00 p.m.		vs. Fordham Raising The B.A.R. Invitational 3rd place game	W 71–62	5–7	19 – Purvis	8 – Purvis	4 – Oborilova	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Georgetown	L 41–64	5–8 (0–2)	12 – Christie	6 – Purvis	6 – Kanerva	McDonough Gymnasium (629) Washington, D.C.
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		DePaul	L 60–65	5–9 (0–3)	20 – Kanerva	9 – Christie	7 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,118) Cincinnati, OH
January 8, 2025 7:30 p.m., SNY		at No. 7 UConn	L 27–81	5–10 (0–4)	10 – Orio	4 – Tied	3 – Christie	XL Center (13,529) Hartford, CT
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		St. John's	L 39–60	5–11 (0–5)	16 – Christie	5 – Orio	6 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,153) Cincinnati, OH
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Providence	L 45–51	5–12 (0–6)	14 – Mayo	7 – Mayo	4 – Kanerva	Alumni Hall (703) Providence, RI
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Butler	W 50–49	6–12 (1–6)	16 – Kanerva	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (1,293) Cincinnati, OH
January 22, 2025 8:00 p.m., FloCollege		at DePaul	L 50–57	6–13 (1–7)	16 – Christie	5 – Orio	6 – Kanerva	Wintrust Arena (898) Chicago, IL
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Villanova	L 52–67	6–14 (1–8)	10 – Kanerva	6 – Kanerva	3 – Tied	Finneran Pavilion (2,133) Villanova, PA
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Marquette	L 38–67	6–15 (1–9)	10 – Christie	4 – Tied	3 – Purvis	Cintas Center (1,085) Cincinnati, OH
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		at St. John's	L 44–55	6–16 (1–10)	17 – Kanerva	4 – Tied	4 – López	Carnesecca Arena (685) Queens, NY
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Georgetown	L 36–63	6–17 (1–11)	8 – Givens	5 – Orio	4 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,123) Cincinnati, OH
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., FS1		at Seton Hall	L 46–72	6–18 (1–12)	12 – Tied	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	Walsh Gymnasium (1,284) South Orange, NJ
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		Providence	L 53–61	6–19 (1–13)	17 – Kanerva	3 – Tied	4 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,071) Cincinnati, OH
February 16, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Villanova	L 42–57	6–20 (1–14)	15 – Tied	5 – Martínez López	4 – Martínez López	Cintas Center (1,676) Cincinnati, OH
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Butler	L 54–58	6–21 (1–15)	17 – Mayo	4 – Purvis	5 – Purvis	Hinkle Fieldhouse (923) Indianapolis, IN
February 27, 2025 7:30 p.m., FloCollege		at Marquette	L 37–62	6–22 (1–16)	12 – Kanerva	6 – Purvis	5 – Purvis	Al McGuire Center (2,297) Milwaukee, WI
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		Seton Hall	L 57–59	6–23 (1–17)	17 – Kanerva	7 – López	9 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,273) Cincinnati, OH
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7, 2025 4:00 p.m., BEDN	(11)	vs. (6) DePaul First round	W 80–73	7–23	28 – Kanerva	4 – Purvis	4 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
March 8, 2025 9:30 p.m., FS2	(11)	vs. (3) Seton Hall Quarterfinals	L 40–48	7–24	8 – Tied	7 – Tied	4 – Kanerva	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Xavier University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Xavier University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.

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