The 2024–25 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cyclones, led by thirtieth-year head coach Bill Fennelly, played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Cyclones finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 12–6 in Big 12 play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. As No. 4 seed in the Big 12 women's tournament, they defeated Baylor in the quarterfinals and Oklahoma in the semifinals before losing to Texas in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a 7th seed in the Portland Region 4 where they defeated Maryland in the first round before losing an overtime thriller to Stanford in the second round.
Offseason Departures Iowa State departures Isnelle Natabou 0 C 6' 5" Junior Česká Lípa, Czech Republic Transferred to FIU Jalynn Bristow 1 F 6' 2" Freshman Holliday, TX Transferred to Texas Tech Shantavia Dawkins 4 G 5' 7" Sophomore Brampton, ON Transferred to Dayton Nyamer Diew 5 F 6' 2" Senior Marshall, MN Transferred to Colorado Mary Kate King 12 G 5' 3" Junior Dubuque, IA Transferred to Hawaii Pacific Hannah Belanger 13 G 5' 8" Graduate student Grafton, IA Graduated
Incoming Iowa State incoming transfers Lily Hanford 6 G 6' 2" Junior DePere, WI Oregon State Lilly Taulelei 9 C/F 6' 3" Sophomore Wellington, New Zealand UMass Mackenzie Hare 12 G 5' 9" Junior Naperville, IL Marquette Sydney Harris 25 G/F 6' 1" Junior Edwardsville, IL TCU
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Schedule and results
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See also 2024–25 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
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