2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball
2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	9–9 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach	Johnnie Harris (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Fred Williams; Damitria Buchanan; Savannah Carter; Ketara Chapel; Alex Stewart;
Home arena	Neville Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team represents Auburn University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fourth-year head coach Johnnie Harris, play their home games at Neville Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 LSU	4	–	0	1.000	19	–	0	1.000
No. 2 South Carolina	5	–	0	1.000	17	–	1	.944
No. 12 Kentucky	4	–	0	1.000	15	–	1	.938
No. 7 Texas	4	–	1	.800	17	–	2	.895
No. 15 Tennessee	3	–	2	.600	15	–	2	.882
No. 19 Alabama	3	–	2	.600	16	–	3	.842
No. 13 Oklahoma	2	–	2	.500	14	–	3	.824
Ole Miss	2	–	2	.500	11	–	5	.688
Florida	2	–	2	.500	11	–	7	.611
Mississippi State	2	–	3	.400	15	–	4	.789
Texas A&M	2	–	3	.400	9	–	8	.529
Vanderbilt	1	–	3	.250	14	–	4	.778
Arkansas	1	–	3	.250	8	–	11	.421
Georgia	1	–	4	.200	9	–	10	.474
Missouri	0	–	4	.000	11	–	8	.579
Auburn	0	–	5	.000	9	–	9	.500

† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of January 16, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 20–12 (8–8 SEC) to finish in a tie for seventh in the SEC and received a bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Arizona in the First Four.

Offseason

Departures

Auburn Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Ref
JaMya Mingo-Young	2	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Bogalusa, Louisiana	Graduated
McKenna Eddings	3	G	6'0"	Junior	Williamsburg, Virginia	Transferred to Georgia Southern	^[1]
Sydney Shaw	5	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Miami, Florida	Transferred to West Virginia	^[2]
Kionna Gaines	15	G	5'9"	Junior	Columbus, Georgia	Transferred to Kennesaw State	^[3]
Honesty Scott-Grayson	23	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Brick, New Jersey	Graduated
Carsen McFadden	24	G	5'8"	Senior	Fairview, Texas	Graduated

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Jordan Hunter G	Trussville, Alabama	Hewitt-Trussville HS	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Jordan Hunter G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Syriah Daniels F/G	Auburn, Alabama	Auburn HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Syriah Daniels F/G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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:

Incoming transfers

Auburn Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Taliah Scott	0	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Orange Park, Florida	Arkansas
DeYona Gaston	5	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Pearland, Texas	Texas
^[4]

Roster

2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Taliah Scott	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	St. Johns Country Day School Arkansas	Orange Park, FL
F	1	Celia Sumbane	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Quinta dos Lombos South Plains College	Maputo, Mozambique
G	2	Jordan Hunter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hewitt-Trussville HS	Trussville, AL
G	4	Kaitlyn Duhon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Summer Creek HS	Houston, TX
F	5	DeYona Gaston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Pearland HS Texas	Pearland, TX
F	7	Yakiya Milton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Mandarin HS	Jacksonville, FL
G/F	11	Syriah Daniels	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Auburn HS	Auburn, AL
G	12	Mar'shaun Bostic	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Vashon HS	St. Louis, MO
F	14	Taylen Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Muldrow HS Oklahoma State	Muldrow, OK
C	20	Oyindamola Akinbolawa	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Zenith League	Lagos, Nigeria
G	21	Audia Young	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	FSU School	Tallahassee, FL
C	30	Savannah Scott	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Conway HS	Conway, AR
C	32	Timya Thurman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Linden HS	Linden, AL

Head coach

Johnnie Harris (Arkansas Baptist)

Assistant coach(es)

Fred Williams (Boise State)
Damitria Buchanan (Texas A&M)
Savannah Carter (Mississippi State)
Ketara Chapel (Mississippi State)
Alex Stewart (Georgia Tech)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2024* 6:00 pm	LaGrange	W 106–26		32 – Gaston	14 – Tied	13 – Bostic	Neville Arena Auburn, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+	Southern Illinois	W 65–31	1–0	14 – Gaston	10 – Collins	6 – Hunter	Neville Arena (2,564) Auburn, AL
November 8, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN+	Virginia–Lynchburg	W 128–36	2–0	36 – Gaston	11 – Gaston	6 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,670) Auburn, AL
November 14, 2024* 7:00 pm, SECN	Little Rock	W 82–48	3–0	26 – T. Scott	14 – Gaston	7 – Bostic	Neville Arena (2,682) Auburn, AL
November 20, 2024* 6:00 pm, BTN+	at No. 23 Oregon	L 68–70	3–1	28 – T. Scott	6 – Tied	5 – Bostic	Matthew Knight Arena (5,067) Eugene, OR
November 22, 2024* 8:00 pm, ACCNX	at California	L 59–63	3–2	16 – Gaston	8 – Sumbane	3 – Bostic	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
November 28, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	vs. Northern Iowa Paradise Jam	W 65–64	4–2	18 – Gaston	10 – Akinbolawa	7 – Bostic	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2024* 11:30 am, ESPN+	vs. Pittsburgh Paradise Jam	W 82–50	5–2	28 – Gaston	10 – Tied	4 – Gaston	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 30, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	vs. Kansas Paradise Jam	L 60–61	5–3	16 – Sumbane	15 – Gaston	7 – Bostic	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
December 5, 2024* 5:00 pm, ACCN	at Virginia ACC–SEC Challenge	W 66–57	6–3	23 – Gaston	7 – Collins	7 – Bostic	John Paul Jones Arena (3,994) Charlottesville, VA
December 8, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	UAB	W 69–62	7–3	15 – Collins	10 – Collins	6 – Bostic	Neville Arena (4,008) Auburn, AL
December 18, 2024* 11:00 am	at Louisiana	W 68–51	8–3	29 – Gaston	10 – Gaston	5 – Bostic	Cajundome (5,877) Lafayette, LA
December 21, 2024* 12:00 pm, SECN+	Alabama State	W 83–40	9–3	35 – Gaston	7 – Gaston	6 – Sumbane	Neville Arena (3,076) Auburn, AL
December 29, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	Norfolk State	L 57–63	9–4	29 – Gaston	12 – Gaston	8 – Bostic	Neville Arena (3,012) Auburn, AL
SEC regular season
January 2, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN+	No. 25 Ole Miss	L 58–85	9–5 (0–1)	30 – Gaston	6 – Gaston	3 – Collins	Neville Arena (2,955) Auburn, AL
January 5, 2025 3:00 pm, SECN	at No. 6 LSU	L 63–73	9–6 (0–2)	16 – Gaston	6 – Sumbane	2 – Sumbane	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,302) Baton Rouge, LA
January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN+	Arkansas	L 58–59	9–7 (0–3)	16 – Gaston	9 – Gaston	5 – Bostic	Neville Arena (2,791) Auburn, AL
January 12, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN	at No. 15 Kentucky	L 61–80	9–8 (0–4)	23 – Gaston	8 – Sumbane	6 – Bostic	Memorial Coliseum (4,579) Lexington, KY
January 16, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN+	No. 7 Texas	L 57–74	9–9 (0–5)	18 – Tied	8 – Akinbolawa	6 – Bostic	Neville Arena (3,151) Auburn, AL
January 19, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	Missouri						Neville Arena Auburn, AL
January 23, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	at Mississippi State						Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
January 26, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	Florida						Neville Arena Auburn, AL
February 2, 2025 11:00 am, SECN	at South Carolina						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 6, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN+	Texas A&M						Neville Arena Auburn, AL
February 10, 2025 7:00 pm, SECN	at Oklahoma						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 13, 2025 5:30 pm, SECN	at Tennessee						Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
February 16, 2025 3:00 pm, SECN	Vanderbilt						Neville Arena Auburn, AL
February 23, 2025 4:00 pm, SECN	at Alabama						Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
February 27, 2025 5:00 pm, SECN+	at Georgia						Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
March 2, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	Mississippi State						Neville Arena Auburn, AL
SEC Tournament
March 5–9, 2025	vs.						Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ^[5]

References

^ "Women's Basketball Adds Five Senior Transfers For 2024-25". gseagles.com. June 6, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
^ "Kellogg Announces Signing of Sydney Shaw". wvusports.com. April 17, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
^ "Kionna Gaines Kennesaw State". ksuowls.com. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
^ "Auburn women's basketball signs All-Big 12 forward DeYona Gaston". auburntigers.com. April 22, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
^ "Auburn women's basketball announces non-conference schedule". auburntigers.com. September 9, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[1] "Women's Basketball Adds Five Senior Transfers For 2024-25". gseagles.com. June 6, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[2] "Kellogg Announces Signing of Sydney Shaw". wvusports.com. April 17, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[3] "Kionna Gaines Kennesaw State". ksuowls.com. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[4] "Auburn women's basketball signs All-Big 12 forward DeYona Gaston". auburntigers.com. April 22, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[5] "Auburn women's basketball announces non-conference schedule". auburntigers.com. September 9, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

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2024–25 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2024 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule

See also

References