The 2024–25 Tennessee State Lady Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Tigers, who were led by first-year head coach Candice Dupree, played their home games at the Gentry Center in Nashville, Tennessee, as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Previous season The Lady Tigers finished the 2023–24 season 11–19, 7–11 in OVC play, to finish in eighth place. They defeated Morehead State, before falling to Eastern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the OVC tournament.
On April 3, 2024, head coach Ty Evans announced his resignation, ending his four year tenure with the team. On May 9, former WNBA star and San Antonio Spurs player development coach Candice Dupree was named the team's new head coach.
Preseason On October 16, 2024, the OVC released their preseason coaches poll. Tennessee State was picked to finish tenth 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 two "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearSanaa' St. AndreGuardGraduate studentXaiOnna WhitfieldFreshman Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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