The 2024–25 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, who were led by eighth-year head coach Kristen Gillespie, played their home games at CEFCU Arena in Normal, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Previous season The Redbirds finished the 2023–24 season 21–11, 13–7 in MVC play, to finish in fifth place. They defeated Evansville, before falling to Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they would defeat Charleston in the second round, before falling to Wisconsin in the Super 16.
Preseason On October 1, 2024, the MVC released their preseason coaches poll. Illinois State was picked to finish seventh in the MVC regular season.
Preseason rankings MVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Drake 566 (39) 2 Northern Iowa 504 (6) 3 Belmont 475 (3) 4 Murray State 391 5 Missouri State 380 6 UIC 347 7 Illinois State 341 8 Valparaiso 193 9 Indiana State 189 10 Southern Illinois 167 11 Bradley 97 12 Evansville 96
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Preseason All-MVC Teams Preseason All-MVC TeamTeamPlayerPositionYearSecondMaya WongGuardGraduate student Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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