The 2025–26 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team represents Liberty University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Flames, led by first-year head coach Alexis Sherard, play their home games at Liberty Arena in Lynchburg, Virginia, as third-year members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Lady Flames finished the 2024–25 season 26–7, 16–2 in C-USA play, to finish as C-USA co-regular season champions, alongside Middle Tennessee. They defeated Sam Houston, Louisiana Tech, and Middle Tennessee to win the C-USA tournament championship, sending the Lady Flames to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2018. In the tournament, they would receive the No. 13 seed in the Spokane Regional 4, where they would be defeated by No. 4 seed Kentucky in the First Round.
On August 28, 2025, longtime head coach Carey Green announced his retirement, ending his 26-year reign at the helm, with associate head coach Alexis Sherard being named the team's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Jordan Hodges 0 G 5'6" Senior Richmond, VA Graduated Pien Steenbergen 7 F 6'1" Sophomore Berlicum, NL Transferred to Texas A&M Brooke Moore 10 G 6'0" Sophomore Kennesaw, GA Transferred to St. John's Asia Boone 12 G 5'8" Sophomore San Diego, CA Transferred to Kentucky Emily Howard 14 C 6'5" Junior Vancouver, B.C Transferred to Boise State Anna Badosa 22 G 5'9" Senior Girona, ES Graduated Emma Hess 23 G 6'0" Senior Beavercreek, OH Graduated Bella Smuda 31 C 6'6" Senior Exton, PA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous college JaKayla Thompson 3 G 5'8" Junior Louisville, KY Boston College Lydie Mwamba 22 G 5'11" Senior Kinshasa, DRC New Mexico
2025 recruiting class
Preseason On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. Liberty was picked to finish second in the conference, with five first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +Conference USA Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 128 (5) 2 Liberty 125 (5) 3 123 (2) 4 107 5 96 6 74 7 59 T-8 57 10 51 11 36 12 23
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Preseason All-CUSA Team Preseason All-CUSA TeamPlayerPositionYearAvery MillsGuardSophomoreEmmy StoutCenter Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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