The 2024–25 Alabama State Lady Hornets basketball team represented Alabama State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Hornets, who were led by 27th-year head coach Freda Freeman-Jackson, played their home games at the Dunn–Oliver Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Freeman-Jackson announced her retirement from Alabama State on March 25, 2025, after 27 seasons. Rutgers assistant coach Johnetta Hayes, who was previously head coach at Texas Southern and UMBC, was hired by the Lady Hornets on April 11.
Previous season The Lady Hornets finished the 2023–24 season 3–26, 3–15 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the SWAC tournament, as only the top eight teams in the conference qualify.
Preseason On September 19, 2024, the SWAC released their preseason coaches poll. Alabama State was picked to finish tenth in the SWAC.
Preseason rankings SWAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Grambling State 276 (10) 2 Southern 232 (2) 3 Alabama A&M 226 (4) 4 Jackson State 211 (4) 5 Florida A&M 178 (3) 6 Prairie View A&M 165 (1) 7 Alcorn State 157 8 Bethune–Cookman 142 9 Texas Southern 117 10 Alabama State 114 11 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 86 12 Mississippi Valley State 46
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Preseason All-SWAC Teams Preseason All-SWAC TeamsTeamPlayerPositionYearFirstCordasia HarrisForwardGraduate student Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| SWAC regular season
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