The 2024–25 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles women's basketball team represented the University of Southern Indiana during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Screaming Eagles, led by 25th-year head coach Rick Stein, played their home games at the newly renamed Liberty Arena in Evansville, Indiana as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).
This season marked Southern Indiana's third year of an original four-year transition period from Division II to Division I, with the Screaming Eagles not being eligible for NCAA postseason play until the 2026–27 season. However, on January 15, 2025, the NCAA voted to amend the reclassification timeline for transitioning Division I institutions, reducing the Division II to Division I transition period from four years to three, with Southern Indiana announcing their plans to apply to accelerate their Division I transition.
Previous season The Screaming Eagles finished the 2023–24 season 25–7, 17–1 in OVC play, to finish as OVC regular-season champions. They defeated Eastern Illinois and UT Martin to win the OVC tournament; however, they were ineligible for the NCAA tournament, due to the mandatory wait period from transitioning from DII. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they defeated UIC in the first round before falling to Wisconsin in the second round.
Preseason On October 16, 2024, the OVC released their preseason coaches poll. Southern Indiana was picked to finish first in the OVC regular season.
Preseason rankings OVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Southern Indiana 200 (20) 2 UT Martin 180 (2) 3 Eastern Illinois 145 4 Tennessee Tech 140 5 Little Rock 135 6 Western Illinois 119 7 Lindenwood 81 T-8 SIU Edwardsville 61 Morehead State 10 Tennessee State 59 11 Southeast Missouri State 29
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearVanessa ShaffordGuardSeniorMeredith RaleyForwardGraduate studentMadi Webb Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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