The 2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by first-year head coach Juli Fulks, played their home games at Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 15–20, 6–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in tie for eleventh place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama, Texas State, Louisiana, and Appalachian State before losing to Troy in the quarterfinals.
Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the season 26–7, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Appalachian State, Old Dominion, and James Madison to become champions. They received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 13 seed, they lost to No. 4 seed Virginia Tech in the first round.
After the season, head coach Kim Caldwell left to become the head coach at Tennessee. Marshall hired Transylvania University head coach, Juli Fulks, as her replacement.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes 5 G 5'4" GS Senior Ridgeley, West Virginia Graduated 1 G 5'5" Senior Largo, Florida Graduated 21 G 5'9" Junior New Carlisle, Ohio Transferred to Buffalo 87 F 6'0" GS Senior Amityville, New York Graduated 25 F 6'1" RS Senior York, Pennsylvania Graduate transferred to Georgia State 15 G 5'8" Sophomore Prospect Park, Pennsylvania Transferred to Fairfield
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School 6 G 5'6" GS Senior Cynthiana, Kentucky Tennessee Tech 2 G 5'10" Junior Columbus, Ohio Morehead State 13 F 6'3" Sophomore Fresno, California Reedley 4 F 6'1" Junior Harrison, New Jersey CCBC Essex 1 F 6'2" Junior Flint, Michigan Columbia State
2024 recruiting class
Preseason On October 14, 2024, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Marshall was picked to finish sixth in the Sun Belt regular season.
Preseason rankings Sun Belt preseason poll 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
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Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams Preseason All-Sun Belt teams First Aislynn Hayes Guard 4th
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Roster
Schedule and results
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See also 2024–25 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team
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