2024–25 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

2024–25 Penn Quakers women's basketball
2024–25 Penn Quakers women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	15–13 (6–8 Ivy)
Head coach	Mike McLaughlin (16th season);
Associate head coach	Kelly Killion
Assistant coach	Andre Gibbs
Home arena	Palestra
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Ivy League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Columbia	13	–	1	.929	24	–	7	.774
Princeton	12	–	2	.857	21	–	8	.724
Harvard †	11	–	3	.786	24	–	5	.828
Penn	6	–	8	.429	15	–	13	.536
Brown	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
Yale	3	–	11	.214	4	–	23	.148
Dartmouth	2	–	12	.143	8	–	19	.296

† 2025 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2024–25 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 15th-year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Quakers finished the 2023–24 season 15–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[1] They were defeated by top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Princeton in the semifinals of the Ivy League tournament.^[2]

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2024–25 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ashna Tambe	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Hockaday School	Plano, Texas
G	4	Saniah Caldwell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Saddle River Day School	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
G	5	Stina Almqvist	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Marks Gymnasium	Kinna, Sweden
G	8	Sarah Miller	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Xavier College Prep	Phoenix, Arizona
C	10	Tina Njike	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Skyline High School	Salt Lake City, Utah
G	11	Simone Sawyer	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Stevenson High School	Lincolnshire, Illinois
G	12	Brooke Suttle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Campbell High School	Atlanta, Georgia
G	14	Reagan Jamison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Camas High School	Vancouver, Washington
G	15	Georgia Heine	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Manasquan High School	Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
G	20	Abby Sharpe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School	Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
G	22	Mataya Gayle	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	River Ridge High School	Woodstock, Georgia
G	23	Ese Ogbevire	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Fulshear High School	Katy, Texas
F	24	Helena Lasic	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Westtown School	Brampton, Ontario
F	25	Katie Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Manasquan High School	Manasquan, New Jersey
G	32	Lizzy Groetsch	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	North Allegheny High School	Sewickley, Pennsylvania
F	33	Gabriella Kelley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	San Francisco University High School	San Francisco, California

Head coach

Mike McLaughlin (Holy Family)

Assistant coach(es)

Kelly Killion (Holy Family)
Andre Gibbs (Philadelphia)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 13, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Merrimack	W 64–52	1–0	Palestra (306) Philadelphia, PA
November 10, 2024* 11:30 a.m., AmericaEast.TV		at Maine	W 56–52	2–0	Memorial Gymnasium (1,088) Orono, ME
November 13, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Siena	W 78–47	3–0	Palestra (329) Philadelphia, PA
November 15, 2024* 4:30 p.m., NBCSP+/ESPN+		Saint Joseph's Big 5 Classic Pod 2	L 57–68	3–1	Palestra (632) Philadelphia, PA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Villanova Big 5 Classic Pod 2	L 64–80	3–2	Finneran Pavilion (1,121) Villanova, PA
November 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Irvine	L 68–72 ^OT	3–3	Palestra (203) Philadelphia, PA
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Immaculata	W 114–39	4–3	Palestra (224) Philadelphia, PA
November 29, 2024* 1:00 p.m.		vs. Chattanooga Homewood Suites Classic	W 74–61	5–3	Alico Arena (77) Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2024* 1:00 p.m.		vs. California Baptist Homewood Suites Classic	W 64–51	6–3	Alico Arena (47) Fort Myers, FL
December 6, 2024* 3:30 p.m., NBCSP+		vs. La Salle Big 5 Classic 5th-place game	W 74–63	7–3	Finneran Pavilion (1,526) Villanova, PA
December 20, 2024* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+		Delaware State	W 72–45	8–3	Palestra (521) Philadelphia, PA
December 30, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arizona State	L 67–73	8–4	Desert Financial Arena (1,219) Tempe, AZ
December 31, 2024* 4:00 p.m., GSACSN		at Benedictine Mesa	W 86–75	9–4	BENU PEC (50) Mesa, AZ
Ivy League regular season
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Columbia	L 59–74	9–5 (0–1)	Palestra (732) Philadelphia, PA
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Dartmouth	L 49–61	9–6 (0–2)	Palestra (482) Philadelphia, PA
January 18, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cornell	W 57–51	10–6 (1–2)	Newman Arena (321) Ithaca, NY
January 20, 2025 2:00 p.m., NBCSP+/ESPN+		Harvard	L 44–73	10–7 (1–3)	Palestra (458) Philadelphia, PA
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Columbia	L 54–79	10–8 (1–4)	Levien Gymnasium (1,604) New York, NY
January 31, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	L 57–65	10–9 (1–5)	Pizzitola Sports Center (341) Providence, RI
February 1, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Yale	W 80–60	11–9 (2–5)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (581) New Haven, CT
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., NBCSP/ESPN+		at Princeton	L 60–74	11–10 (2–6)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,631) Princeton, NJ
February 14, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Yale	W 71–59	12–10 (3–6)	Palestra (249) Philadelphia, PA
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Brown	W 73–61	13–10 (4–6)	Palestra (1,005) Philadelphia, PA
February 22, 2025 2:30 p.m., ESPN+		Cornell	W 68–63	14–10 (5–6)	Palestra (423) Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dartmouth	W 66–37	15–10 (6–6)	Leede Arena (450) Hanover, NH
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Harvard	L 44–62	15–11 (6–7)	Lavietes Pavilion (929) Cambridge, MA
March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Princeton	L 53–67	15–12 (6–8)	Palestra (725) Philadelphia, PA
Ivy League tournament
March 14, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	(4)	vs. (1) Columbia Semifinals	L 54–60	15–13	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,114) Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
^ Hines, Max (March 16, 2024). "Women's basketball narrowly escapes Penn, advances to Ivy Madness Final". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
^ "Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

[2] Hines, Max (March 16, 2024). "Women's basketball narrowly escapes Penn, advances to Ivy Madness Final". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

[3] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

[4] "Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved February 13, 2025.

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