2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball
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Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	9–14 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Todd Schaefer Nick Bradford Lacey Goldwire
Home arena	Bud Walton Arena
Seasons← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 South Carolina	8	–	0	1.000	20	–	1	.952
No. 7 LSU	7	–	1	.875	22	–	1	.957
No. 5 Texas	7	–	1	.875	21	–	2	.913
No. 12 Kentucky	7	–	1	.875	18	–	2	.900
No. 23 Vanderbilt	5	–	3	.625	18	–	4	.818
Ole Miss	5	–	3	.625	14	–	6	.700
No. 22 Alabama	4	–	4	.500	17	–	5	.773
No. 13 Oklahoma	4	–	4	.500	16	–	5	.762
No. 18 Tennessee	3	–	5	.375	15	–	5	.750
Mississippi State	3	–	5	.375	16	–	6	.727
Texas A&M	3	–	5	.375	10	–	10	.500
Auburn	2	–	6	.250	11	–	10	.524
Florida	2	–	6	.250	11	–	11	.500
Arkansas	2	–	6	.250	9	–	14	.391
Missouri	1	–	7	.125	12	–	11	.522
Georgia	1	–	7	.125	9	–	13	.409

† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of January 30, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Razorbacks, led by eight-year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at Bud Walton Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Razorbacks finished the season 18–15 (6–10 SEC) to finish in a tie for ninth place in the SEC and received a bid to the inaugural WBIT, where they lost to Tulsa in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Arkansas Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Taliah Scott	0	G	5'9"	Freshman	Orange Park, Florida	Transferred to Auburn
Samara Spencer	2	G	5'7"	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Transferred to Tennessee
Saylor Poffenbarger	4	G	6'2"	RS Sophomore	Middletown, Maryland	Transferred to Maryland
Bea Franklin	8	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Seattle, Washington	Drafted by Chicago Red Stars
Sasha Goforth	13	G	6'1"	RS Junior	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Became graduate assistant
Maryam Dauda	30	F	6'4"	RS Sophomore	Bentonville, Arkansas	Transferred to South Carolina
Makayla Daniels	43	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Frederick, Maryland	Graduated
Emrie Ellis	55	F	6'3"	Junior	Vanoss, Oklahoma	Left team

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Phoenix Stotijn G	Amsterdam, Netherlands	BC Triple Threat	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Phoenix Stotijn G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Jada Bates G	Powder Springs, Georgia	McEachern HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Jada Bates G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Pinja Paananen F	Laukaa, Finland	Jyväskylä Basketball Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Pinja Paananen F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Danika Galea C	St. Paul's Bay, Malta	Elite Basket Roma	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Danika Galea C	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Incoming transfers

Arkansas Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Kiki Smith	2	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Topeka, Kansas	Hutchinson Community College
Izzy Higginbottom	3	G	5'7"	Senior	Batesville, Arkansas	Arkansas State
Vera Ojenuwa	22	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Delta State, Nigeria	Barton Community College

Roster

2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Phoenix Stotijn	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	BC Triple Threat	Amsterdam, Netherlands
G	2	Kiki Smith	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Topeka HS Hutchinson CC	Topeka, KS
G	3	Izzy Higginbottom	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Batesville HS Arkansas State	Batesville, AR
F	10	Cristina Sánchez Cerqueira	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Segle XXI	Granada, Spain
G	15	Jada Bates	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	McEachern HS	Powder Springs, GA
F	16	Pinja Paananen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Jyväskylä Basketball Academy	Laukaa, Finland
G	20	Karley Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Mustang HS	Oklahoma City, OK
G	21	Loren Lindsey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Fayetteville HS	Fayetteville, AR
F	22	Vera Ojenuwa	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Barton CC	Delta State, Nigeria
G	23	Carly Keats	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Neshoba Central HS Jones County JC	Choctaw, MS
C	25	Danika Galea	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Elite Basket Roma	St. Paul's Bay, Malta
F	34	Jenna Lawrence	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Farmington HS	Farmington, AR
G	44	Maryn Archer	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Derby HS	Derby, KS

Head coach

Mike Neighbors (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Todd Schaefer (Thomas More)
Nick Bradford (Kansas)
Lacey Goldwire (Oklahoma State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
October 18, 2024* 5:00 p.m.	Northeastern State	W 88–54		26 – Higginbottom	13 – Ojenuwa	9 – Higginbottom	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, SECN+	Fairfield	L 67–81	0–1	22 – Higginbottom	10 – Lawrence	3 – Smith	Bud Walton Arena (2,034) Fayetteville, AR
November 8, 2024* 10:30 am, SECN+	East Texas A&M	W 84–65	1–1	22 – Smith	10 – Lawrence	3 – Higginbottom	Bud Walton Arena (12,267) Fayetteville, AR
November 11, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Little Rock	W 71–60	2–1	24 – Higginbottom	11 – Ojenuwa	6 – Higginbottom	Jack Stephens Center (1,254) Little Rock, AR
November 14, 2024* 6:30 pm, SECN+	UT Arlington	W 93–65	3–1	29 – Higginbottom	12 – Lawrence	6 – Higginbottom	Bud Walton Arena (2,221) Fayetteville, AR
November 17, 2024* 6:30 pm, BTN	at No. 5 UCLA	L 52–101	3–2	15 – Higginbottom	5 – Tied	3 – Higginbottom	Pauley Pavilion (2,255) Los Angeles, CA
November 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN	Oral Roberts	L 73–94	3–3	27 – Higginbottom	11 – Ojenuwa	5 – Higginbottom	Bud Walton Arena (2,277) Fayetteville, AR
November 24, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	Arkansas State	W 76–60	4–3	20 – Ojenuwa	10 – Tied	5 – Tied	Bud Walton Arena (2,548) Fayetteville, AR
November 29, 2024* 4:45 pm	vs. Oklahoma State Daytona Beach Classic	L 56–70	4–4	26 – Higginbottom	11 – Lawrence	3 – Higginbottom	Ocean Center (145) Daytona Beach, FL
November 30, 2024* 12:15 pm	vs. Bowling Green Daytona Beach Classic	L 78–79	4–5	26 – Higginbottom	7 – Johnson	9 – Higginbottom	Ocean Center (105) Daytona Beach, FL
December 5, 2024* 6:00 pm, SECN	Boston College ACC–SEC Challenge	W 75–64	5–5	38 – Higginbottom	10 – Ojenuwa	3 – Smith	Bud Walton Arena (2,252) Fayetteville, AR
December 8, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	Southeast Missouri State	W 84–45	6–5	19 – Keats	14 – Ojenuwa	4 – Smith	Bud Walton Arena (2,609) Fayetteville, AR
December 15, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	Texas Tech	L 72–75	6–6	26 – Higginbottom	11 – Ojenuwa	3 – Keats	Bud Walton Arena (2,511) Fayetteville, AR
December 18, 2024* 8:30 pm	vs. Liberty Cherokee Invitational Semifinal	L 61–75	6–7	24 – Higginbottom	6 – Tied	3 – Higginbottom	Harrah's Cherokee (719) Cherokee, NC
December 19, 2024* 6:00 pm	vs. Troy Cherokee Invitational third place game	L 69–77	6–8	19 – Higginbottom	9 – Cerqueira	7 – Higginbottom	Harrah's Cherokee (563) Cherokee, NC
December 29, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+	Central Arkansas	W 87–70	7–8	26 – Higginbottom	10 – Cerqueira	5 – Smith	Bud Walton Arena (2,976) Fayetteville, AR
SEC regular season
January 2, 2025 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 6 LSU	L 64–98	7–9 (0–1)	27 – Higginbottom	8 – Ojenuwa	3 – Smith	Bud Walton Arena (3,985) Fayetteville, AR
January 5, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	at No. 5 Texas	L 56–90	7–10 (0–2)	23 – Higginbottom	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Moody Center (8,113) Austin, TX
January 9, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN+	at Auburn	W 59–58	8–10 (1–2)	36 – Higginbottom	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,791) Auburn, AL
January 12, 2025 12:00 pm, SECN	No. 16 Tennessee	L 63–93	8–11 (1–3)	26 – Higginbottom	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Bud Walton Arena (3,072) Fayetteville, AR
January 19, 2025 4:00 pm, SECN	No. 19 Alabama	L 62–94	8–12 (1–4)	23 – Smith	6 – Cerqueira	4 – Stotijn	Bud Walton Arena (3,093) Fayetteville, AR
January 23, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	at Vanderbilt	L 60–101	8–13 (1–5)	16 – Keats	8 – Tied	4 – Higginbottom	Memorial Gymnasium (3,500) Nashville, TN
January 26, 2025 11:00 am, SECN	at No. 11 Kentucky	L 69–89	8–14 (1–6)	32 – Higginbottom	6 – Lawrence	3 – Higginbottom	Memorial Coliseum (4,870) Lexington, KY
January 30, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	Texas A&M	W 72–51	9–14 (2–6)	33 – Higginbottom	10 – Higginbottom	7 – Higginbottom	Bud Walton Arena (2,558) Fayetteville, AR
February 3, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN	Florida						Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
February 6, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	at Mississippi State						Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
February 9, 2025 11:00 am, SECN	at Georgia						Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
February 13, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	Ole Miss						Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
February 20, 2025 6:00 pm, SECN	at South Carolina						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 23, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	Oklahoma						Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
February 27, 2025 6:30 pm, SECN+	Missouri						Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
March 2, 2025 2:00 pm, SECN+	at Texas A&M						Reed Arena College Station, TX
SEC Tournament
March 5–9, 2025							Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

"Auburn women's hoops adds SEC All-Freshman guard Taliah Scott". auburntigers.com. April 15, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"Arkansas guard Samara Spencer commits to Lady Vols basketball out of transfer portal". knoxnews.com. May 7, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"Homecoming for Saylor Poffenbarger: Middletown grad transferring to Maryland to play for Terps". fredericknewspost.com. April 22, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"Maryam Dauda Joins South Carolina". gamecocksonline.com. May 31, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"#SigningStories: Izzy Higginbottom". arkansasrazorbacks.com. March 20, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"Women's Basketball Releases 2024 Non-conference Schedule". arkansasrazorbacks.com. September 12, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

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2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2024 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule

See also

References