2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team

2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball
2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	6–24 (2–16 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Yolisha Jackson (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Eryc Pittman; Colby Davis; Brooke LeMar;
Home arena	Mitchell Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
James Madison	18	–	0	1.000	30	–	6	.833
Arkansas State †	15	–	3	.833	21	–	11	.656
Troy	13	–	5	.722	24	–	14	.632
Coastal Carolina	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Old Dominion	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Appalachian State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Louisiana	9	–	9	.500	13	–	16	.448
Georgia State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Louisiana–Monroe	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Texas State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Marshall	6	–	12	.333	15	–	20	.429
Georgia Southern	6	–	12	.333	16	–	18	.471
Southern Miss	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
South Alabama	2	–	16	.111	6	–	24	.200

† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner

The 2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The basketball team, led by second-year head coach Yolisha Jackson, played all home games at the Mitchell Center along with the South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2023–24 season with a record of 9–23 overall and 2–16 in conference play. They lost to Coastal Carolina in the first round of their conference tournament. They did not advance to postseason play.

Preseason

On October 14, 2024, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. South Alabama was picked to finish last in the Sun Belt regular season.^[1]

Preseason rankings

Sun Belt preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	191 (12)
2	Troy	169 (2)
3	Old Dominion	167
4	Louisiana–Monroe	150
5	Louisiana	122
6	Marshall	118
7	Southern Miss	113
8	Georgia State	107
9	Coastal Carolina	77
10	Texas State	67
11	Appalachian State	61
12	Georgia Southern	53
13	Arkansas State	50
14	South Alabama	25

Source:^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Zena Elias	1	C	6'3"	RS-Senior	Clearwater, Florida	Graduated
Kelsey Thompson	2	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Mobile, Alabama	Transferred to Old Dominion
Camryn Berry	5	G	5'10"	Freshman	Atlanta, Georgia	Transferred to Pensacola State College
Kamaria Gipson	6	F	6'3"	Senior	Beeville, Texas	Transferred to Alabama A&M
Tyrielle Williams	7	G	5'7"	RS-Sophomore	New Orleans, Louisiana	Transferred to McNeese
Kiana Anderson	14	F	6'1"	RS-Sophomore	New Orleans, Louisiana	Graduated
Cheyenne Pearson	20	C	6'4"	Freshman	Trussville, Alabama	Transferred to Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Debbie Reese	30	C	6'1"	RS-Sophomore	Fort Pierce, Florida
Emani Burks	33	F	6'2"	RS-Sophomore	Melbourne, Florida	Transferred to Nicholls

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Aroa Mangas Guard	Salamanca, Spain	IES La Laboral	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Aroa Mangas Guard	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Terren Coffil Guard	New Orleans, LA	Chalmette HS	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Terren Coffil Guard	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Princess Okafor Nweze Forward	Salamanca, Spain	IES Mar Alboran	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Princess Okafor Nweze Forward	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "South Alabama 2024-25 Basketball Commits". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024. "2024-25 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Chrysta Narcisse	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Lafayette HS	Lafayette, Louisiana
C	2	Tara Green	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Central HS UIC	West Helena, Arkansas
F	3	Naomi Smitherman	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Ramsay HS	Birmingham, Alabama
G	4	Michiyah Simmons	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Blanche Ely HS	Pompano Beach, Florida
G	5	Amyria Walker	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Centennial HS Angelina College	Burleson, Texas
G	7	Aroa Mangas	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	IES La Laboral	Salamanca, Spain
G	8	Terren Coffil	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Chalmette HS	New Orleans, Louisiana
G	10	Janelle Jones	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	B. T. Washington HS	Pensacola, Florida
G	11	Nadia Howard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Grayson HS	Grayson, Georgia
F	15	Princess Okafor Nweze	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	IES Mar Alboran	Malaga, Spain
F	20	Daniela Gonzalez	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Nativos Valle South Florida	Jamundí, Colombia
C	21	Alicia Spann	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Sumter HS Daytona State College	Sumter, South Carolina
G	22	Rachel Leggett	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Navarre HS	Navarre, Florida
G	23	Saneea Bevley	—	Jr	Blue Springs HS McLennan Community College	Kansas City, Missouri
G	24	Jordan Rosier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Florida State University HS	Tallahassee, Florida

Head coach

Yolisha Jackson (Jacksonville)

Assistant coach(es)

Eryc Pittman (Hampton)
Colby Davis (South Alabama)
Brooke LeMar (North Dakota State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 30 September 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Delta State	W 63–56	1–0	13 – Tied	13 – Gonzalez	3 – Tied	Mitchell Center (541) Mobile, AL
November 7, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	L 70–78	1–1	16 – Simmons	9 – Gonzalez	3 – Gonzalez	Mitchell Center (2,030) Mobile, AL
November 11, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rice	L 57–77	1–2	15 – Walker	7 – Spann	3 – Rosier	Tudor Fieldhouse (567) Houston, TX
November 15, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at North Alabama	L 62–71	1–3	21 – Walker	13 – Gonzalez	4 – Howard	CB&S Bank Arena (1,939) Florence, AL
November 19, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at New Orleans	W 67–57	2–3	18 – Simmons	10 – Gonzalez	3 – Tied	Lakefront Arena (1,865) New Orleans, LA
November 29, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charleston	L 62–83	2–4	16 – Rosier	6 – Gonzalez	5 – Walker	TD Arena (269) Charleston, SC
December 1, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charleston Southern	L 55–60	2–5	22 – Simmons	8 – Gonzalez	3 – Walker	Buccaneer Field House (156) Charleston, SC
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Faulkner	W 79–44	3–5	18 – Rosier	10 – Leggett	6 – Rosier	Mitchell Center (381) Mobile, AL
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SECN		at No. 22т Ole Miss	L 39–94	3–6	13 – Gonzalez	5 – Leggett	3 – Gonzalez	SJB Pavilion (2,602) Oxford, MS
December 19, 2024* 10:00 a.m.		at Stetson The Hatter Invitational	W 87–79	4–6	24 – Coffil	9 – Leggett	6 – Gonzalez	Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
December 20, 2024* 12:15 p.m.		vs. Bethune–Cookman The Hatter Invitational	L 62–67	4–7	17 – Walker	13 – Leggett	2 – Narcisse	Edmunds Center (117) DeLand, FL
December 29, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 59–82	4–8 (0–1)	20 – Gonzalez	10 – Gonzalez	3 – Tied	Chartway Arena (1,505) Norfolk, VA
January 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Appalachian State	L 67–82	4–9 (0–2)	30 – Walker	8 – Spann	2 – Tied	Mitchell Center (281) Mobile, AL
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	L 58–73	4–10 (0–3)	19 – Gonzalez	10 – Leggett	4 – Leggett	Mitchell Center (528) Mobile, AL
January 9, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana	L 50–76	4–11 (0–4)	20 – Leggett	11 – Leggett	2 – Coffil	Mitchell Center (488) Mobile, AL
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas State	L 54–65	4–12 (0–5)	14 – Leggett	6 – Leggett	3 – Gonzalez	Strahan Arena (769) San Marcos, TX
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Troy	L 60–99	4–13 (0–6)	18 – Leggett	10 – Gonzalez	3 – Tied	Trojan Arena (2,958) Troy, AL
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Miss	L 49–78	4–14 (0–7)	12 – Leggett	3 – Tied	4 – Walker	Reed Green Coliseum (1,291) Hattiesburg, MS
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Arkansas State	L 71–82	4–15 (0–8)	20 – Walker	12 – Gonzalez	4 – Leggett	Mitchell Center (452) Mobile, AL
January 30, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	L 70–78	4–16 (0–9)	14 – Leggett	6 – Narcisse	3 – Tied	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (989) Monroe, LA
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arkansas State	L 63–80	4–17 (0–10)	16 – Leggett	6 – Tied	5 – Narcisse	First National Bank Arena (1,007) Jonesboro, AR
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		James Madison	L 62–76	4–18 (0–11)	17 – Gonzalez	8 – Leggett	3 – Tied	Mitchell Center (358) Mobile, AL
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana–Monroe Rescheduled from January 22^[2]	W 73–68	5–18 (1–11)	22 – Leggett	9 – Okafor Nweze	4 – Gonzalez	Mitchell Center (355) Mobile, AL
February 13, 2025 10:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Georgia State	L 69–78 ^2OT	5–19 (1–12)	20 – Leggett	10 – Leggett	5 – Coffil	GSU Convocation Center (2,849) Atlanta, GA
February 15, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	L 68–95	5–20 (1–13)	13 – Simmons	4 – Leggett	5 – Coffil	Hill Convocation Center (1,023) Statesboro, GA
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 66–57	6–20 (2–13)	19 – Leggett	7 – Gonzalez	4 – Gonzalez	Mitchell Center (504) Mobile, AL
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Troy	L 71–86	6–21 (2–14)	27 – Leggett	8 – Leggett	4 – Narcisse	Mitchell Center (476) Mobile, AL
February 26, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana	L 48–55	6–22 (2–15)	13 – Simmons	5 – Tied	2 – Gonzalez	Cajundome (415) Lafayette, LA
February 28, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas State	L 56–63	6–23 (2–16)	19 – Leggett	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Mitchell Center (700) Mobile, AL
Sun Belt tournament
March 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(14)	vs. (11) Marshall First Round	L 59–73	6–24	16 – Howard	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Pensacola Bay Center (516) Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source: South Alabama Athletics^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "James Madison Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Against ULM Rescheduled to February 8th". usajaguars.com. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of South Alabama. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[poll-1] "James Madison Tops 2024-25 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[2] "Women's Basketball Against ULM Rescheduled to February 8th". usajaguars.com. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.

[3] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of South Alabama. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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