2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	– (– MAC)
Head coach	Bob Boldon (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Tavares Jackson; Chelsea Welch; Kaylee Gregory Bambule; Abby Garnett;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team will represent Ohio University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twelfth-year head coach Bob Boldon, play their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Akron	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ball State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Bowling Green	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Buffalo	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Central Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Eastern Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kent State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Miami (OH)	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northern Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Toledo	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Western Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 MAC tournament winner

Previous season

They finished the regular season 11–18, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament.^[5]

Offseason

Coaching staff changes

Coaching departures

2024–25 coaching departures
Name	Alma mater	Previous position	New position
Steph Haas	Florida Gulf Coast	Assistant coach

Coaching additions

2024–25 coaching additions
Name	Alma mater	Previous position	New position
Kaylee Gregory Bambule	Ohio University	Video coordinator	Assistant coach^[6]
Abby Garnett	Ohio University	Player (2023)	Assistant coach^[6]

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason
Aylasia Fantroy	2	G	5'11"	Freshman	Palestine, TX	Transferred to Texas Southern
Bengisu Alper	33	G	5'11"	Senior	Istanbul, Turkey	Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility
Madi Mace	3	G	5'11"	RS-Junior	Parkersburg, WV	Graduated
Peyton Guice	11	G	5'11"	Senior	Westerville, OH	Graduated
Kailah Johnson	10	G	5'8"	Senior	Orem, UT	Graduated, Exhausted Eligibility

^[7]^[8]

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason
Anyssa Jones	3	G	5'10"	Grad. Student	Westerville, OH	Transferred from Dayton. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.^[9]
Aliah McWhorter	4	G	6'1"	Senior	Istanbul, Turkey	Transferred from Wake Forest. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.^[10]
Kiersten Cashell		F	5'11"	Sophomore	Hilliard, Ohio	Transferred from Capital. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.^[11]

2024 recruiting class

Recruiting class
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	High school	Hometown
Gigi Bower^[12]	20	G	5'9"	Olentangy Liberty	Powell, OH
Danni Scully^[12]	23	F	6'1"	Nazareth Academy	Park Ridge, IL
Olivia Rinard		G		Williamstown	Williamstown, WV

Preseason

On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAC regular season. Ohio received no to win the MAC Tournament.^[13]

Preseason rankings

MAC preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Ball State	120 (10)
2	Kent State	104 (2)
3	Buffalo	96
4	Bowling Green	96
5	Toledo	82
T6	Northern Illinois	64
T6	Ohio	64
8	Miami	44
9	Akron	43
10	Western Michigan	34
11	Eastern Michigan	23
12	Central Michigan	20

MAC tournament champion:): Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)

Source^[13]

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team	Player	Position	Year
2nd	Jaya McClure	G	Jr.

Source^[13]

Roster

^[7]

2023–24 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	14	Kate Dennis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Guilford	Rockford, IL
G	0	Jaya McClure	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Christian Academy	Louisville, KY
F	24	Aja Austin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr		Westerville, OH
F	41	Cassidy Lafler	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Dublin Coffman	Dublin, OH
G	12	Monica Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, IN
G	21	Bailey Tabeling	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Trinity Lutheran	Seymour, IN
G	22	Asiah Baxter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Warren Central	Indianapolis, IN
F	34	Emma Barnett	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Mercy Academy	Mount Washington, KY
G	5	Kennedi Watkins	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Marquette	Ballwin, MO
G	3	Anyssa Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Westerville South	Westerville, OH
G	4	Aliah McWhorter	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Sycamore	Cincinnati, OH
G	20	Gigi Bower	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Olentangy	Powell, OH
F	23	Danni Scully	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Nazareth Academy	Park Ridge, IL
G	30	Madison Lim	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Mechanicsburg	Marysville, OH
F		Kiersten Cashell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Capital	Hilliard, OH
G		Olivia Rinard	—	Fr	Williamstown	Williamstown, WV

Head coach

Bob Boldon (Walsh)

Assistant coach(es)

Tavares Jackson (Minnesota)
Chelsea Welch (Wright State)
Kaylee Gregory Bambule (Ohio)
Abby Garnett (Ohio)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 11, 2024

Support staff

**2022–23 Ohio Bobcats support staff**
Ebony Pegues – Director of Basketball Operations Ben Gilkey – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Becca Gaddy – Director of Athletics Communications (Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Cross Country/Track & Field, Baseball) Morgan Hall – Staff Athletic Trainer Jessica Arquette – Ohio Athletics Sports Dietitian Kaitlyn Michener – Nutritionist Hannah Rastatter – Nutritionist

Source:^[7]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia Southern MAC-SBC Challenge	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 10, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bellarmine	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 16, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Washington	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Ohio State	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Wright State	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
December 3, 2024* 11:00 a.m, ESPN+	Ohio Christian	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Butler	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Louis	Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
December 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UIC	Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL
December 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., SECN	at Georgia	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
MAC regular season
January 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., TBA	Akron	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Northern Illinois	Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Western Michigan	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., TBA	Kent State	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	Bowling Green	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Toledo	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., TBA	at Buffalo	Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA	Eastern Michigan	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	Ball State	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA	at Miami (OH)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
February 5, 2025 6:30 p.m., TBA	at Central Michigan	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
Februry 8, 2025* 1:00 p.m., TBA	at TBA MAC-SBC Challenge	TBA TBA
February 15, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA	Buffalo	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	Northern Illinois	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Akron	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Bowling Green	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
March 1, 2025 3:30 p.m., TBA	Miami (OH)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., TBA	Western Michigan	Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., TBA	at Ball State	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
MAC tournament
March 12, 2024† TBA, TBA	vs. TBA Quarterfinals	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

† If a top eight finisher in MAC

Source^[14]^[15]

References

^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
^ "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^ Arkley, Jason (March 28, 2013). "Boldon named Bobcats' new coach". Athens Messenger. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
^ "MAC Women's College Basketball Standings - 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "Ball State 77, Ohio 53". ESPN. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
^ ^a ^b "Ohio Women's Basketball Announces Coaching Staff Changes". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Dayton Transfer, Anyssa Jones, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ "Kiersten Cashell". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ohio Women's Basketball Welcomes Two Signees". Ohio University Athletics. November 12, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MAC Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ohio University Athletics.
^ "Ohio Bobcats Schedule 2024-25". ESPN.

[1] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-09-29.

[2] "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-07-17.

[3] Arkley, Jason (March 28, 2013). "Boldon named Bobcats' new coach". Athens Messenger. Retrieved May 31, 2022.

[4] "MAC Women's College Basketball Standings - 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

[5] "Ball State 77, Ohio 53". ESPN. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

[coach-6] "Ohio Women's Basketball Announces Coaching Staff Changes". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

[roster-7] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[8] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster". Ohio Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[9] "Women's Basketball Adds Dayton Transfer, Anyssa Jones, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[10] "Women's Basketball Adds Wake Forest Transfer, Aliah McWhorter, to Roster". Ohio University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[11] "Kiersten Cashell". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[recruit-12] "Ohio Women's Basketball Welcomes Two Signees". Ohio University Athletics. November 12, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[poll-13] "MAC Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

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