The 2025–26 Murray State Racers women's basketball team represented Murray State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Racers, led by ninth-year head coach Rechelle Turner, played their home games at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky, as fourth-year members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
Previous season The Racers finished the 2024–25 season 25–8, 16–4 in MVC play, to finish to win the share title of Missouri Valley regular season title with Missouri State. As the No. 1 seed in the Missouri Valley tournament, they defeated Bradley, Drake and Belmont to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Spokane Regional 4, where they were defeated by Iowa Hawkeyes in the first round.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the MVC released its preseason coaches poll. Murray State was picked to finish second in the MVC regular season, receiving thirteen of the forty-two first-place votes.
Preseason rankings MVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Belmont 446 (25) 2 Murray State 436 (13) 3 Illinois State 387 (2) 4 Drake 371 (4)
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Preseason honors "Players to Watch" ListPlayerPositionYearHometownHaven FordGuardJuniorMorehead, KYHalli PoockGuardJuniorWaterloo, IAKeslyn SecristGuardJuniorDraper, VA Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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