The 2026–27 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team will represent Marshall University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by third-year head coach Juli Fulks, will play their home games at Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia and compete as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Thundering Herd finished the 2025–26 season 28–9 overall and 13–5 in Sun Belt play, to finish in fifth in the conference. As the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they earned a bye to the fourth round, where they were upset 58–73 by South Alabama.

Following the tournament elimination, the Thundering Herd accepted an at-large bid to the WNIT, making it their second ever appearance in the tournament, their last coming ten years prior in 2016. It was also their first postseason appearance since the team made it to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

In the WNIT, they earned a bye to Round 2, where they defeated UMBC 66–53. They defeated Youngstown State and Army in the Super 16 and Great 8 respectively, moving onto the Fab 4, where they beat fellow Sun Belt member Arkansas State 69–62. Marshall defeated Illinois State 66–41 in the championship game to capture their first WNIT title. Their 28 wins set a single-season record, beating the 2023–24 team's record of 26.

Offseason Departures Marshall departures Timberlynn Yeast 0 Forward/Guard 5'9" Sophomore Harrodsburg, KY Transferred to Robert Morris TreShonda Williams 1 Forward 6'2" Senior Flint, MI Graduated Blessing King 2 Guard 5'10" Senior Columbus, OH Graduated Timaya Lewis-Eutsey 3 Guard 5'8" Senior Trenton, NJ Transferred to Florida State Peyton Ilderton 20 Guard 5'6" Senior Logan, WV Graduated Meredith Maier 23 Forward 6'0" Senior Fairmont, WV Graduated Aarionna Redman 30 Forward/Guard 5'10" Senior Pickerington, OH Graduated

Incoming transfers Marshall incoming transfers Anaya Harris 0 Guard 5'9" Senior Raleigh, NC Gardner–Webb Paris Gilmore 3 Guard 5'7" Senior Youngstown, OH UMass Lowell Princess Cassell 14 Guard 5'9" Junior Eastvale, CA Cal State San Bernardino (D-II) Cassie Gallagher 25 Guard 5'11" Junior Cookeville, TN USC Upstate Maddie Moody 30 Forward 6'1" Sophomore Kettering, OH Northern Kentucky

Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.

Roster

Schedule and results

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