The 2026–27 Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball team will represent Jacksonville State University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by first-year head coach Ricky Austin, will play their home games at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama as members of Conference USA.
Previous season
The Gamecocks finished the 2025–26 season 16–16 and 9–9 in C-USA play to finish seventh in the conference. In the C-USA tournament, they won their first round game in double overtime 82–77 to No. 10 UTEP before losing to No. 2 FIU in the quarterfinals. They were not invited to any postseason tournaments.
On March 12, 2026, it was announced that head coach Rick Pietri would be retiring following the end of the season after 13 seasons as the Gamecocks' head coach. On March 30, athletics vice president Greg Seitz announced the hiring of longtime high school coach Ricky Austin as the program's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Jacksonville State departures Eden Sample 1 Guard 5'10" Senior Suwanee, GA Graduated Maša Buzic 4 Guard 5'11" Sophomore Belgrade, Serbia TBD; entered transfer portal 4/6/2026 Mearah Whitehead 5 Guard 5'8" Freshman Lawrenceville, GA Transferred to Wofford Vitória Carvalho 11 Forward/Center 6'3" 5th Year Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Exhausted eligibility Abril Ricart-Mensah 13 Guard 5'9" Freshman Barcelona, Spain Transferred to Hutchinson CC (NJCAA) Makala Hobdy 15 Guard 5'6" Junior Troy, AL Transferred to Alabama State Mya Barnes 22 Forward 6'0" 5th Year Montgomery, AL Exhausted eligibility Adriana Jones 23 Guard 5'6" Senior Newbern, AL Graduated Brooklyn McDaniel 32 Forward 5'11" Senior Heflin, AL Graduated Jasmine Baxter 50 Center 6'1" Freshman Locust Grove, GA Transferred to Tallahassee State (NJCAA) María Sánchez-Ponce 71 Forward 5'10" Senior Conil de la Frontera, Spain Graduated
Incoming transfers Jacksonville State incoming transfers Gabby Morales 0 Guard 5'9" Junior Lubbock, TX Collin (NJCAA) Kamryn Corporan 1 Guard 5'6" Junior Miami, FL Northwest Florida State (NJCAA) Emily Monson 11 Guard 6'1" Senior Murfreesboro, TN Middle Tennessee Rocío Jiménez 13 Center 6'7" Junior Elías Piña, Dominican Republic Mississippi State Meja Hänsel 33 Forward 6'2" Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden UCF Camden Ward 34 Forward 6'0" Sophomore Smyrna, TN UT Martin
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| C-USA regular season
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