The 2025–26 South Alabama Jaguars women's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team, led by third-year head coach Yolisha Jackson, played all home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama along with the South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season The Jaguars finished the 2024–25 season with a record of 6–24 overall and 2–16 in conference play. They lost to Marshall in the first round of their conference tournament. They did not advance to postseason play.

Preseason On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. South Alabama was picked to finish last in the Sun Belt regular season.

Preseason rankings Sun Belt preseason poll 1 James Madison 189 (9) 2 Arkansas State 174 (3) 3 Troy 171 (1) 4 Old Dominion 151 (1) 5 Southern Miss 125 6 Coastal Carolina 104 7 Georgia State 102 8 Marshall 100 9 Appalachian State 94 10 Georgia Southern 73 11 Louisiana 67 12 Texas State 55 13 Louisiana–Monroe 36 14 South Alabama 29

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Offseason Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Tara Green 2 C 6' 3" Senior West Helena, AR Graduated Naomi Smitherman 3 F 6' 1" Junior Birmingham, AL Transferred to Little Rock Michiyah Simmons 4 G 5' 6" Junior Pompano Beach, FL Transferred to Florida Atlantic Amyria Walker 5 G 5' 4" Junior Burleson, TX Transferred to Texas State Janelle Jones 10 G 5' 9" Graduate Pensacola, FL Graduated Nadia Howard 11 G 5' 9" Senior Grayson, GA Graduated Rachel Leggett 22 G 5' 8" Junior Navarre, FL Transferred to Troy Jordan Rosier 24 G 5' 9" Senior Tallahassee, FL Transferred to UAB

Incoming

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Ronaltha Marc 3 G 5' 10" RS-Senior Miami, FL Transferred from Winthrop Amyah Sutton 11 G 5' 9" Junior Oklahoma City, OK Transferred from New Mexico JC Cordasia Harris 22 F 6' 1" Graduate Hayneville, AL Transferred from Alabama State Tamara Ortiz 24 G 5' 4" Sophomore Columbus, OH Transferred from Central Michigan Diawna Carter-Hartley 25 F 6' 1" Junior Cincinnati, OH Transferred from Stetson

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=""| Regular season

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See also 2025–26 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team

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