The 2024–25 Valparaiso Beacons women's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beacons, who were led by seventh-year head coach Mary Evans, played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center in Valparaiso, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Previous season The Beacons finished the 2023–24 season 5–23, 4–15 in MVC play, to finish in tenth place. They were defeated by UIC in the opening round of the MVC tournament.
Preseason On October 1, 2024, the MVC released their preseason coaches poll. Valparaiso was picked to eighth 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 TeamTeamPlayerPositionYearSecondLeah EarnestGuard/ForwardFifth year Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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