The 2024–25 Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sycamores, who were led by first-year head coach Marc Mitchell, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Previous season The Sycamores finished the 2023–24 season 11–21, 6–14 in MVC play, to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Southern Illinois, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Drake in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament.
On April 24, 2024, head coach Chad Killinger announced that he would be stepping down as head coach after three seasons, after missing a majority of the season due to an undisclosed health issue. On May 10, UIndy head coach Marc Mitchell announced that he would be stepping down from his head coaching position, in order to take the head coaching position at Indiana State.
Preseason On October 1, 2024, the MVC released their preseason coaches poll. Indiana State was picked to finish ninth 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 No Sycamores were named to the Preseason All-MVC First or Second teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
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