The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars were led by seventh-year head coach Kamie Ethridge, and played their home games at Beasley Coliseum as affiliate members of the West Coast Conference.
Previous season The Cougars went 21–15, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As a No. 9 seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament, they lost in the first round to California. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 1 seed in the Washington State bracket, where they defeated Lamar in the first round, Santa Clara in the second round and Toledo in the quarterfinals, before losing to Illinois in the semifinals.
This was the team's final season as a Pac-12 member, as they would join West Coast Conference as affiliate member for the next two years.
Offseason Departures Washington State departuresNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for departure Charlisse Leger-Walker 5 G 5'10" Senior Waikato, New Zealand Transferred to UCLA Jessica Clarke 14 C 6'3" Senior North Vancouver, BC Transferred to British Columbia Johanna Teder 21 G 5'8" Graduate student Tartu, Estonia Transferred to Colorado Beyonce Bea 25 G/F 6'1" Graduate student Washougal, WA Graduated/signed to play professionally in Belgium with AB Contern Cia Eklöf 45 G 5'10" Freshman Helsinki, Finland Transferred to Rhode Island Bella Murekatete 55 C 6'3" Graduate student Ngoma Huye, Nigeria Graduated/undrafted in 2024 WNBA draft; signed with the Phoenix Mercury
Incoming Washington State incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious school Jean Chiu 5 G 5'7" Junior Taipei, Taiwan Taipei
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2024.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
See also 2024–25 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
References