2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Summit League tournament
Summit League women's basketball seasons
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2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State	0	–	0		–			7	–	2		.778
Oral Roberts	0	–	0		–			6	–	2		.750
North Dakota State	0	–	0		–			6	–	4		.600
Omaha	0	–	0		–			6	–	4		.600
St. Thomas*	0	–	0		–			6	–	4		.600
Denver	0	–	0		–			4	–	5		.444
South Dakota	0	–	0		–			4	–	7		.364
North Dakota	0	–	0		–			3	–	6		.333
Kansas City	0	–	0		–			3	–	7		.300
* Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2025 Summit League tournament winner As of December 10, 2024

The 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 4, 2024. Conference play will begin on January 2, 2025 and will end on March 1, 2025 to setup the 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament. This will be the eighteenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and forty-third overall for the conference.

The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 8, 2024.^[1]

First place votes in parenthesis

1. South Dakota State (34) – 562
2. Oral Roberts (1) – 479
3. North Dakota State (1) – 427
4. South Dakota – 363
5. St. Thomas – 336
6. Denver – 220
7. North Dakota – 188
8. Kansas City – 144
9. Omaha – 116

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League First Team	Jordan Jones, Denver
	Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts
	Grace Larkins, South Dakota
	Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
	Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
	Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team	Grace Cave, Omaha
	Jade Hill, St. Thomas
	Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts
	Amber Scalia, St. Thomas
	Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State

2024–25 records against non-conference foes as of December 10, 2024:

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–2	American	1–3
Big East	1–1	Big Ten	2–4
Big 12	0–4	SEC	1–0
Major 6 Total			5–14
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	1–1	ASUN	None
America East	1–0	Big Sky	10–9
Big South	0–2	Big West	2–0
CAA	1–0	Conference USA	0–1
Horizon League	2–1	Ivy League	None
Independents	None	MAAC	0–1
MAC	2–0	MEAC	1–0
MVC	1–3	MWC	2–1
NEC	None	OVC	3–3
Patriot League	None	SoCon	None
Southland	1–0	SWAC	0–1
Sun Belt	0–1	WAC	1–1
WCC	1–2
Other Division I Total			29–27
NCAA Division I Total			34–41
NCAA Division II Total			3–1
NCAA Division III Total			3–0
NAIA Total			4–0
NCCAA Total			0–0
Total Non-Conference Record			44–40

This will be a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Summit League teams in bold

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score	Conference record	Ref
November 4, 2024	Omaha	No. 23 Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE	L 48–88	0–1	[2]
November 8, 2024	No. 21 Creighton	South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SD	W 76–71	1–1	[3]
November 14, 2024	St. Thomas	No. 8 Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA	L 47–80	1–2	[4]
November 16, 2024	No. 21 Nebraska	South Dakota†	Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SD	L 70–113	1–3	[5]
November 17, 2024	No. 16 Duke	South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SD	L 71–75	1–4	[6]
November 26, 2024	No. 21 Oregon	South Dakota State†	George Q. Cannon Activities Center ● Laie, HI	W 75–70	2–4	[7]
November 26, 2024	Kansas City	No. 25 Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE	L 38–84	2–5	[8]
December 15, 2024	Oral Roberts	No. 10 Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center ● Norman, OK

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll

† denotes game was played at neutral site
^ denotes NCAA tournament game

	Denver	Kansas City	North Dakota	North Dakota State	Omaha	Oral Roberts	St. Thomas	South Dakota	South Dakota State
vs. Denver	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Kansas City	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. North Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Omaha	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. Oral Roberts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. St. Thomas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
vs. South Dakota State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Through October 8, 2024

Team	For	Against	Difference
Denver	508	476	+32
Kansas City	598	652	–54
North Dakota	567	602	–35
North Dakota State	647	573	+74
Omaha	694	675	+19
Oral Roberts	654	596	+58
St. Thomas	709	645	+64
South Dakota	718	766	–48
South Dakota State	645	590	+55

Through December 7, 2024^[9]

Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.^[10][11]

Summit League members in bold

Date Time (CT)	Road Team	Home Team	Final Score	Network
November 17, 2024 2:30 PM	Duke	South Dakota State	L 71–75	CBSSN
February 8, 2025 11 AM	Oral Roberts	South Dakota State		CBSSN

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	% of Capacity
Denver	Hamilton Gymnasium	2,500	5	465	947 Dec 7 vs. Portland St	2,328	18.6%
Kansas City	Swinney Recreation Center	1,500	3	379	998 Nov 22 vs. Lindenwood	1,139	25.3%
North Dakota	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3,300	4	1,568	1,712 Nov 8 vs. Eastern Illinois	6,273	47.5%
North Dakota State	Scheels Center	5,460	4	808	1,073 Nov 4 vs. Drake	3,234	14.8%
Omaha	Baxter Arena	7,898	4	1,592	4,866 Nov 7 vs. College of Saint Mary	6,369	20.2%
Oral Roberts	Mabee Center	10,154	3	2,921	4,836 Nov 4 vs. Northeastern State	8,764	28.8%
St. Thomas	Schoenecker Arena	1,800	5	381	538 Nov 4 vs. Milwaukee	1,906	21.2%
South Dakota	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6,000	5	1,520	1,953 Nov 4 vs. Saint Louis	7,600	25.3%
South Dakota State	First Bank and Trust Arena	6,500	4	3,270	4,582 Nov 17 vs. No. 16 Duke	13,081	50.3%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of December 7, 2024
Does not include exhibition games

On April 23, 2024, Kayla Karius left South Dakota after two seasons to return to Green Bay as head coach.^[12] Soon after, on April 30, 2024, former Idaho head coach Carrie Eighmey was named as the Coyotes' new head coach.^[13]

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Overall record	Summit record	Summit titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	NCAA Championships
Denver	Doshia Woods	Tulane (recruiting coordinator)	5th	37–76 (.327)	23–43 (.348)	0	0	0	0
Kansas City	Dionnah Jackson-Durrett	Texas (Associate head coach)	3rd	21–53 (.284)	6–28 (.176)	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	Mallory Bernhard	North Dakota (assistant)	5th	45–68 (.398)	27–40 (.403)	0	0	0	0
North Dakota State	Jory Collins	Kansas (assistant)	6th	77–70 (.524)	48-36 (.571)	0	0	0	0
Omaha	Carrie Banks	Ohio State (assistant)	5th	37–72 (.339)	18–45 (.286)	0	0	0	0
Oral Roberts	Kelsi Musick	Southwestern Oklahoma State	3rd	33–30 (.524)	19–15 (.559)	0	0	0	0
St. Thomas	Ruth Sinn	Apple Valley HS	20th	391–142 (.734)	18–34 (.346) †	0	0	0	0
South Dakota	Carrie Eighmey	Idaho	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0
South Dakota State	Aaron Johnston	South Dakota State (assistant)	25th	598–191 (.758)	244–34 (.878)	11	12	1	0

Notes:

• † St. Thomas joined the Summit League in the summer of 2021.
• Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Throughout the regular season, the Summit League offices will name one or two players of the week each Monday.^[14]

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov. 11	Jade Hill	St. Thomas
Nov. 18	Ruthie Udoumoh	Oral Roberts
Nov. 25	Jalei Oglesby	Oral Roberts (2)
Dec. 2	Grace Larkins	South Dakota
Dec. 9	Marisa Frost	North Dakota State

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. It is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The tournament will be held from March 5 to March 9, 2025.

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