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2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season

|color=#1D2247

|colour text=#FFFFFF

|logo=Summit League logo.svg

| league = NCAA Division I

| sport = Basketball

| pixels =

| caption =

| duration =

| no_of_teams = 9

| attendance =

| TV = Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network

| season = Regular season

| season_champs = South Dakota State

| season_champ_name = Regular season champion

| MVP = Grace Larkins, South Dakota

| MVP_link = Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Year

| top_scorer =

| finals = Summit League tournament

| finals_link = 2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament

| finals_champ = South Dakota State

| finals_runner-up = Oral Roberts

| finals_MVP = Paige Meyer, South Dakota State

| finals_MVP_link = Most Outstanding Player

| finals_mvp_name = Tournament MVP

| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = Summit League women's basketball

| prevseason_link = 2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season

| prevseason_year = 2023–24

| nextseason_link = 2025–26 Summit League women's basketball season

| nextseason_year = 2025–26

}}

{{2024–25 Summit League women's basketball standings}}

The 2024–25 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 4, 2024. Conference play began on January 2, 2025 and ended on March 1, 2025. This was the eighteenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and forty-third overall for the conference.

The Summit League tournament took place from March 5–9, 2025. South Dakota State won the tournament, defeating Oral Roberts in the tournament final, and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Oral Roberts played in the 2025 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT). North Dakota State played in the 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

Preseason

The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 8, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/news/2024/10/8/awards-jackrabbits-tabbed-to-win-fifth-straight-summitwbb-crown.aspx|title=Jackrabbits tabbed to win fifth straight #SummitWBB crown|website=thesummitleague.org|publisher=The Summit League|date=October 8, 2024|access-date=October 8, 2024}}

=Preseason poll=

First place votes in parentheses

  1. South Dakota State (34) – 562
  2. Oral Roberts (1) – 479
  3. North Dakota State (1) – 427
  4. South Dakota – 363
  5. St. Thomas – 336
  6. Denver – 220
  7. North Dakota – 188
  8. Kansas City – 144
  9. Omaha – 116

=Preseason awards=

class="wikitable" border="1"

!Honor

!Recipient

Preseason Player of the Year

|Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State

rowspan=6|Preseason All-Summit League First Team

|Jordan Jones, Denver

Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts
Grace Larkins, South Dakota
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts
rowspan=5|Preseason All-Summit League Second Team

|Grace Cave, Omaha

Jade Hill, St. Thomas
Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts
Amber Scalia, St. Thomas
Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State

Regular season

=Records against other conferences=

2024–25 records against non-conference foes as of December 30, 2024:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Major 6 Conferences

!Record

!Major 6 Conferences

!Record

ACC

|0–2

|American

|2–4

Big East

|1–1

|Big Ten

|2–5

Big 12

|0–5

|SEC

|2–3

colspan="3" |Major 6 Total

!7–20

Other Division I Conferences

!Record

!Other Division I Conferences

!Record

Atlantic 10

|1–1

|ASUN

|1–0

America East

|1–0

|Big Sky

|11–9

Big South

|0–2

|Big West

|2–0

CAA

|1–0

|Conference USA

|0–1

Horizon League

|2–1

|Ivy League

|None

Independents

|None

|MAAC

|0–1

MAC

|3–0

|MEAC

|1–0

MVC

|2–5

|MWC

|3–3

NEC

|None

|OVC

|5–3

Patriot League

|None

|SoCon

|None

Southland

|1–2

|SWAC

|0–1

Sun Belt

|0–2

|WAC

|1–1

WCC

|1–2

colspan="3" |Other Division I Total

!36–34

colspan="3" |

|

colspan="3" |NCAA Division I Total

!43–54

colspan="3" |NCAA Division II Total

!5–1

colspan="3" |NCAA Division III Total

!5–0

colspan="3" |NAIA Total

!12–0

colspan="3" |NCCAA Total

!0–0

colspan="3" |Total Non-Conference Record

!65–53

=Record against ranked non-conference opponents=

This will be a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Summit League teams in bold

class="wikitable"
DateVisitorHomeSiteScoreConference recordRef
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| November 4, 2024

OmahaNo. 23 NebraskaPinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NEL 48–880–1{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401713580/omaha-nebraska|title=Omaha vs. Nebraska|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 4, 2024}}
style="background: #d8ffeb"

| November 8, 2024

No. 21 CreightonSouth Dakota StateFirst Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SDW 76–711–1{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401713134/creighton-s-dakota-st|title=Creighton vs. South Dakota State|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 10, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| November 14, 2024

St. ThomasNo. 8 Iowa StateHilton Coliseum ● Ames, IAL 47–801–2{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401703038/st-thomas-mn-iowa-state|title=St. Thomas (MN) vs. Iowa State|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 15, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| November 16, 2024

No. 21 NebraskaSouth Dakota†Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SDL 70–1131–3{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401713583/nebraska-south-dakota|title=Nebraska vs. South Dakota|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 18, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| November 17, 2024

No. 16 DukeSouth Dakota StateFirst Bank and Trust Arena ● Brookings, SDL 71–751–4{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401702868/duke-s-dakota-st|title=Duke vs. South Dakota State|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 18, 2024}}
style="background: #d8ffeb"

| November 26, 2024

No. 21 OregonSouth Dakota State†George Q. Cannon Activities Center ● Laie, HIW 75–702–4{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401718295/s-dakota-st-oregon|title=South Dakota State vs. Oregon|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 29, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| November 26, 2024

Kansas CityNo. 25 NebraskaPinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NEL 38–842–5{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401713585/kansas-city-nebraska|title=Kansas City vs. Nebraska|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=November 29, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| December 15, 2024

Oral RobertsNo. 10 OklahomaLloyd Noble Center ● Norman, OKL 54–942–6{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401718269/oral-roberts-oklahoma|title=Oral Roberts vs. Oklahoma|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=December 16, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| December 22, 2024

South Dakota StateNo. 6 TexasMoody Center ● Austin, TXL 57–1032–7{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401718289/s-dakota-st-texas|title=South Dakota State vs. Texas|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=December 23, 2024}}
style="background: #ffe6e6"

| December 22, 2024

OmahaNo. 10 OklahomaLloyd Noble Center ● Norman, OKL 65–1112–8{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401718214/omaha-oklahoma|title=Omaha vs. Oklahoma|website=espn.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=December 23, 2024}}

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll

† denotes game was played at neutral site

^ denotes NCAA tournament game

=Conference matrix=

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:90%;"
colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" width=110| 

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Denver Pioneers|border=none}}" width=75|Denver

! style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Kansas City Roos|border=none}}" width=100|Kansas City

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota Fighting Hawks|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota State

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks|border=none}}" width=75|Omaha

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|border=none}}" width=75|Oral Roberts

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies|border=none}}" width=75|St. Thomas

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota State

style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Denver

| –

2–02–02–01–12–02–01–12–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Kansas City

| 0–2

–2–01–11–12–01–11–12–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. North Dakota

| 0–2

0–2–1–12–02–02–01–12–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. North Dakota State

| 0–2

1–11–1–0–21–10–20–22–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Omaha

| 1–1

1–10–22–0–2–02–01–12–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Oral Roberts

| 0–2

0–20–21–10–2–1–10–22–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. St. Thomas

| 0–2

1–10–22–00–21–1–1–12–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. South Dakota

| 1–1

1–11–12–01–12–01–1–2–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. South Dakota State

| 0–2

0–20–20–20–20–20–20–2–
style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:center;"

!Total

! 2–14 !! 6–10 !! 6–10 !! 11–5 !! 5–11 !! 12–4 !! 9–7 !! 5–11 !! 16–0

Through March 1, 2025

=Points scored=

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"|Team

!scope="col"|For

!scope="col"|Against

!scope="col"|Difference

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Denver Pioneers|border=none}}" width=75|Denver

| 1914

| 2024

| –110

style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Kansas City Roos|border=none}}" width=100|Kansas City

| 2165

| 2317

| –152

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota Fighting Hawks|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota

| 2056

| 2173

| –117

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota State

| 2087

| 1942

| +145

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks|border=none}}" width=75|Omaha

| 2099

| 2279

| –180

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|border=none}}" width=75|Oral Roberts

| 2661

| 2329

| +332

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies|border=none}}" width=75|St. Thomas

| 2140

| 2075

| +65

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota

| 2041

| 2239

| –198

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota State

| 2443

| 1964

| +479

Through March 17, 2025{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/standings.aspx?standings=178|title=2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings|website=thesummitleague.org|publisher=The Summit League|access-date=March 17, 2025}}

=National Television Games=

Any games that league members will play on National Television, including the Summit League's media contract with CBS Sports Network, are listed here.{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/news/2024/10/21/mens-basketball-cbs-sports-summit-league-announce-2024-25-national-basketball-television-slate.aspx|title=Summit League announces 2024-25 national basketball television slate on CBS Sports Network|website=thesummitleague.org|publisher=The Summit League|date=October 22, 2024|access-date=October 22, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/cbs-and-cbs-sports-network-2024-25-college-basketball-schedule-features-nearly-300-games/|title=CBS and CBS Sports Network 2024-25 college basketball schedule features nearly 300 games|work=CBS Sports|date=October 22, 2024|access-date=October 22, 2024}}

Summit League members in bold

class="wikitable" border="1"

!Date
Time (CT)

!Road Team

!Home Team

!Final Score

!Network

style="text-align:center;"|November 17, 2024
2:30 PM

|Duke

|South Dakota State

|style="text-align:center;"|L 71–75

|style="text-align:center;"|CBSSN

style="text-align:center;"|February 8, 2025
11 AM

|Oral Roberts

|South Dakota State

|style="text-align:center;"|71–89

|style="text-align:center;"|CBSSN

=Home attendance=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Team

!Arena

!Capacity

!Total Games

!Average Attendance

!Attendance High

!Total Attendance

!% of Capacity

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Denver Pioneers}}" |Denver

|Hamilton Gymnasium

|2,500

|16

|393

|947
Dec 7 vs. Portland St

|6,303

|15.8%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas City Roos}}" |Kansas City

|Swinney Recreation Center

|1,500

|11

|409

|998
Nov 22 vs. Lindenwood

|4,505

|27.3%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota Fighting Hawks}}" |North Dakota

|Betty Engelstad Sioux Center

|3,300

|13

|1,490

|1,964
Feb 15 vs. North Dakota St

|19,382

|45.2%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}" |North Dakota State

|Scheels Center

|5,460

|13

|956

|2,210
Jan 25 vs. North Dakota

|12,428

|17.5%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks}}" |Omaha

|Baxter Arena

|7,898

|13

|876

|4,866
Nov 7 vs. College of Saint Mary

|11,397

|11.1%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}" |Oral Roberts

|Mabee Center

|10,154

|13

|2,028

|4,836
Nov 4 vs. Northeastern State

|26,376

|20.0%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}" |St. Thomas

|Schoenecker Arena

|1,800

|14

|417

|733
Jan 22 vs. South Dakota St

|5,838

|23.2%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}" |South Dakota

|Sanford Coyote Sports Center

|6,000

|16

|1,617

|2,956
Jan 25 vs. South Dakota St

|25,872

|27.0%

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}" |South Dakota State

|First Bank and Trust Arena

|6,500

|15

|2,942

|4,582
Nov 17 vs. No. 16 Duke

|44,141

|45.3%

Bold - Exceed capacity

As of March 1, 2025

Does not include exhibition games

Head coaches

=Coaching changes=

==South Dakota==

On April 23, 2024, Kayla Karius left South Dakota after two seasons to return to Green Bay as head coach.{{cite web|url=https://goyotes.com/news/2024/4/23/womens-basketball-karius-to-return-to-green-bay.aspx|title=Karius to return to Green Bay|website=goyotes.com|publisher=South Dakota Coyotes|date=April 23, 2024|access-date=October 8, 2024}} Soon after, on April 30, 2024, former Idaho head coach Carrie Eighmey was named as the Coyotes' new head coach.{{cite web|url=https://goyotes.com/news/2024/4/30/womens-basketball-south-dakota-tabs-eighmey-as-womens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=South Dakota tabs Eighmey as Women's Basketball Coach|website=goyotes.com|publisher=South Dakota Coyotes|date=April 30, 2024|access-date=October 8, 2024}}

=Coaches=

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
width="110" | Team

! Head coach

! Previous job

! Seasons at school

! Overall record

! Summit record

! Summit titles

! NCAA tournaments

! NCAA Sweet Sixteen

! NCAA Championships

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Denver Pioneers|border=none}}" width=75|Denver

| Doshia Woods

| Tulane (recruiting coordinator)

| 5th

| 37–76 ({{Winning percentage|37|76}})

| 23–43 ({{Winning percentage|23|43}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Kansas City Roos|border=none}}" width=100|Kansas City

| Dionnah Jackson-Durrett

| Texas (Associate head coach)

| 3rd

| 21–53 ({{Winning percentage|21|53}})

| 6–28 ({{Winning percentage|6|28}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota Fighting Hawks|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota

| Mallory Bernhard

| North Dakota (assistant)

| 5th

| 45–68 ({{Winning percentage|45|68}})

| 27–40 ({{Winning percentage|27|40}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison|border=none}}" width=75|North Dakota State

| Jory Collins

| Kansas (assistant)

| 6th

| 77–70 ({{Winning percentage|77|70}})

| 48-36 ({{Winning percentage|48|36}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks|border=none}}" width=75|Omaha

| Carrie Banks

| Ohio State (assistant)

| 5th

| 37–72 ({{Winning percentage|37|72}})

| 18–45 ({{Winning percentage|18|45}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|border=none}}" width=75|Oral Roberts

| Kelsi Musick

| Southwestern Oklahoma State

| 3rd

| 33–30 ({{Winning percentage|33|30}})

| 19–15 ({{Winning percentage|19|15}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies|border=none}}" width=75|St. Thomas

| Ruth Sinn

| Apple Valley HS

| 20th

| 391–142 ({{Winning percentage|391|142}})

| 18–34 ({{Winning percentage|18|34}}) {{dagger}}

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota

| Carrie Eighmey

| Idaho

| 1st

| 0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

| 0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits|border=none}}" width=75|South Dakota State

| Aaron Johnston

| South Dakota State (assistant)

| 25th

| 598–191 ({{Winning percentage|598|191}})

| 244–34 ({{Winning percentage|244|34}})

| 11

| 12

| 1

| 0

Notes:

  • {{dagger}} St. Thomas joined the Summit League in the summer of 2021.
  • Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Awards and honors

=Players of the week=

Throughout the regular season, the Summit League offices will name one or two players of the week each Monday.{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/sports/2024/9/11/wbb25peak.aspx|title=2024-25 Women's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week|website=thesummitleague.org|publisher=The Summit League|access-date=October 8, 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Week

!Player(s) of the Week

!School

Nov. 11

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|Jade Hill

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|St. Thomas

Nov. 18

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Ruthie Udoumoh

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Oral Roberts

Nov. 25

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Jalei Oglesby

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Oral Roberts (2)

Dec. 2

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|Grace Larkins

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|South Dakota

Dec. 9

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|Marisa Frost

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|North Dakota State

Dec. 16

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|Jade Hill (2)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|St. Thomas (2)

Dec. 23

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Taleyah Jones

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles}}|Oral Roberts (3)

Dec. 30

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|Amber Scalia

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies}}|St. Thomas (3)

Jan. 6

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|Grace Larkins (2)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|South Dakota (2)

Jan. 13

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|Grace Larkins (3)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|South Dakota (3)

rowspan=2| Jan. 20

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas City Roos}}|Alayna Contreras

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kansas City Roos}}|Kansas City

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}|Brooklyn Meyer

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}|South Dakota State

Jan. 27

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|Abbie Draper

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|North Dakota State (2)

Feb. 3

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|Grace Larkins (4)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|South Dakota (4)

Feb. 10

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|Grace Larkins (5)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota Coyotes}}|South Dakota (5)

rowspan=2|Feb. 24

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks}}|Ja Harvey

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Omaha Mavericks}}|Omaha

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}|Brooklyn Meyer (2)

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|South Dakota State Jackrabbits}}|South Dakota State (2)

Mar. 3

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|Avery Koenen

! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}|North Dakota State (3)

=All–League Honors=

The All-Summit League teams and individual awards were announced on March 4, ahead of the Summit League tournament.{{cite web|url=https://thesummitleague.org/news/2025/3/4/womens-basketball-coyotes-larkins-corrals-summitwbb-player-of-the-year-accolade.aspx|title=Coyotes' Larkins corrals #SummitWBB player of the year accolade|website=thesummitleague.org|publisher=The Summit League|date=March 4, 2025|access-date=March 4, 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2025 Summit League Women's Basketball Individual Awards
style="text-align:center;"| Award

! style="text-align:center;"| Recipient(s)

Player of the Year

|Grace Larkins – South Dakota

Newcomer of the Year

|Ja Harvey – Omaha

Freshman of the Year

|Jocelyn Schiller – North Dakota

Sixth Woman of the Year

|Jalei Oglesby – Oral Roberts

Defensive Player of the Year

|Fatima Ibrahim – North Dakota

Coach of the Year

|Aaron Johnston – South Dakota State

class="wikitable" border="1"

!Honor

!Recipient

rowspan="6" valign="middle" |All-Summit League First Team

|Grace Larkins, South Dakota

Taleyah Jones, Oral Roberts
Avery Koenen, North Dakota State
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
Jalei Oglesby, Oral Roberts
rowspan="5" valign="middle" |All-Summit League Second Team

|Grace Cave, Omaha

Alayna Contreras, Kansas City
Abbie Draper, North Dakota State
Jordan Jones, Denver
Kiera Pemberton, North Dakota
rowspan="5" valign="middle" |All-Summit League Honorable Mention

|Ja Harvey, Omaha,

Jade Hill, St. Thomas
Jo Langbehn, St. Thomas
Amber Scalia, St. Thomas
Haleigh Timmer, South Dakota State
rowspan="5" valign="middle" |All-Defensive Team

|Mesa Byom, South Dakota State

Fatima Ibrahim, North Dakota
Grace Larkins, South Dakota
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
rowspan="5" valign="middle" |All-Newcomer Team

|Ja Harvey, Omaha

Molly Lenz, North Dakota State
Ana Oliveria, Kansas City
Aaliyah Moore, Omaha
Laia Monclova, Denver
rowspan="5" valign="middle" |All-Freshman Team

|Marisa Frost, North Dakota State

Alyssa Sand, St. Thomas
Jocelyn Schiller, North Dakota
Katie Vasecka, South Dakota State
Harriet Ford, Omaha

Postseason

=Summit League tournament=

{{main|2025 Summit League women's basketball tournament}}

All 9 teams qualified for the Summit League tournament. It was held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The tournament was held from March 5 to March 9, 2025.

{{9TeamBracket

| RD1 = First Round
March 5
Summit League Network

| RD2 = Quarterfinals
March 6 & 7
Summit League Network

| RD3 = Semifinals
March 8
Summit League Network

| RD4 = Championship
March 9
CBS Sports Network

| RD1-seed1 = 8

| RD1-team1 = Omaha

| RD1-score1 = 76

| RD1-seed2 = 9

| RD1-team2 = Denver

| RD1-score2 = 68

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = South Dakota State

| RD2-score1 = 87

| RD2-seed2 = 8

| RD2-team2 = Omaha

| RD2-score2 = 67

| RD2-seed3 = 4

| RD2-team3 = St. Thomas

| RD2-score3 = 67

| RD2-seed4 = 5

| RD2-team4 = North Dakota

| RD2-score4 = 80

| RD2-seed5 = 2

| RD2-team5 = Oral Roberts

| RD2-score5 = 70

| RD2-seed6 = 7

| RD2-team6 = South Dakota

| RD2-score6 = 50

| RD2-seed7 = 3

| RD2-team7 = North Dakota State

| RD2-score7 = 58

| RD2-seed8 = 6

| RD2-team8 = Kansas City

| RD2-score8 = 68

| RD3-seed1 = 1

| RD3-team1 = South Dakota State

| RD3-score1 = 84

| RD3-seed2 = 5

| RD3-team2 = North Dakota

| RD3-score2 = 55

| RD3-seed3 = 2

| RD3-team3 = Oral Roberts

| RD3-score3 = 95

| RD3-seed4 = 6

| RD3-team4 = Kansas City

| RD3-score4 = 73

| RD4-seed1 = 1

| RD4-team1 = South Dakota State

| RD4-score1 = 84

| RD4-seed2 = 2

| RD4-team2 = Oral Roberts

| RD4-score2 = 68

}}

=NCAA tournament=

{{main|2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament}}

Only South Dakota State was selected to participate in the tournament as the conference's automatic bid.

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Seed

! Region

! School

! First round

! Second round

! Sweet Sixteen

! Elite Eight

! Final Four

! Championship

No. 10

| Spokane Regional 4

| South Dakota State

| style="background:#cfc;" | {{center|defeated No. 7 Oklahoma State}}

| style="background:#fcc;" | {{center|lost to No. 2 UConn}}

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" |

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=WBIT=

{{main|2025 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament}}

Oral Roberts was selected to participate in the tournament as an at-large bid.{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2025-03-16/2025-wbit-bracket-schedule-tv-channels-womens-basketball-tournament|title=2025 WBIT: Bracket, schedule, TV channels for the women's basketball tournament|website=ncaa.com|publisher=NCAA|date=March 16, 2025|access-date=March 16, 2025}}

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School

! First round

! Second round

! Quarterfinal

! Semifinal

! Championship

Oral Roberts

| style="background:#fcc;" | lost to No. 3 Missouri State

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" |

class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"1 Bid W-L (%):{{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}TOTAL: {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}

=WNIT=

{{main|2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament}}

North Dakota State was selected to participate in the tournament as an at-large bid.{{cite web|url=https://womensnit.com/news/2025/3/17/postseason-wnit-announces-48-team-field-for-2025-event.aspx|title=Postseason WNIT announces 48-team field for 2025 event|website=womensnit.com|publisher=Women's National Invitation Tournament|date=March 16, 2025|access-date=March 16, 2025}}

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School

! First round

! Second round

! Super 16

! Great 8

! Fab Four

! Championship

North Dakota State

| style="background:#bbb;" | Bye

| style="background:#cfc;" | defeated New Mexico State

| style="background:#cfc;" | defeated Washington State

| style="background:#fcc;" | lost to Troy

| style="background:#fff;" | —

| style="background:#fff;" |

class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"1 Bid W-L (%):{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|1|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|1|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}TOTAL: {{Winning percentage|2|1|record=y}}

References

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