The 2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represented Marshall University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by second-year head coach Juli Fulks, played their home games at Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 28–9, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they lost to South Alabama in the fourth round. They were invited to the WNIT where they defeated UMBC, Youngstown State, Army, Arkansas State, and Illinois State to become WNIT champions.
Previous season The Thundering Herd finished the season 15–20, 6–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in tie for eleventh place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama, Texas State, Louisiana, and Appalachian State before losing to Troy in the quarterfinals.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes 11 G/F 5'8" RS Freshman Huntington, West Virginia Transferred to Glenville State 10 G 5'8" Senior Murfreesboro, Tennessee Graduated 5 G 5'9" RS Junior Murfreesboro, Tennessee Entered transfer portal 6 G 5'6" GS Senior Cynthiana, Kentucky Graduated 3 G 5'8" Junior Tampa, Florida Transferred to Tulane 4 F 6'1" Junior Harrison, New Jersey Entered transfer portal 22 G 5'11" Senior Cincinnati, Ohio Graduated 14 F 6'0" Junior Beckley, West Virginia Transferred to Concord
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School 22 G 5'7" Sophomore Carroll, Ohio Miami (OH) 15 F 6'0" Junior Murfreesboro, Tennessee Tusculum 21 F 5'10" Junior Topeka, Kansas UIS 3 G 5'8" Senior Trenton, New Jersey VCU
2025 recruiting class
Preseason On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Marshall was picked to finish eighth 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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Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| WNIT
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