2025–26 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team

2025–26 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
2025–26 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	17–5 (10–1 C-USA)
Head coach	Brooke Stoehr (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Stoehr; Josh Ashley; Olivia Grayson; Caleb Livingston;
Home arena	Thomas Assembly Center

2025–26 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Louisiana Tech	12	–	1	.923	19	–	5	.792
Middle Tennessee	9	–	4	.692	14	–	11	.560
Sam Houston	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
FIU	8	–	5	.615	15	–	9	.625
Missouri State	7	–	5	.583	15	–	10	.600
Liberty	7	–	6	.538	13	–	11	.542
Delaware	6	–	7	.462	12	–	13	.480
Jacksonville State	6	–	7	.462	12	–	13	.480
Kennesaw State	5	–	8	.385	12	–	12	.500
New Mexico State	4	–	9	.308	8	–	17	.320
UTEP	3	–	10	.231	11	–	13	.458
Western Kentucky	2	–	11	.154	6	–	18	.250

† 2026 CUSA tournament winner As of February 14, 2026

The 2025–26 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Techsters, led by tenth-year head coach Brooke Stoehr, play their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana as members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Lady Techsters finished the 2024–25 season 18–16, 8–10 in C-USA play, to finish in fifth place.^[1] They defeated New Mexico State,^[2] before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Liberty in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament.^[3] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,^[4] where they would defeat Texas Southern in the second round,^[5] and Lindenwood in the Super 16,^[6] before falling to Illinois State in the Great 8.^[7]

Preseason

On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. Louisiana Tech was picked to finish atop the conference, with five first-place votes.^[8]

Preseason rankings

Conference USA Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Louisiana Tech	128 (5)
2	Liberty	125 (5)
3	Middle Tennessee	123 (2)
4	Missouri State	107
5	Western Kentucky	96
6	FIU	74
7	Sam Houston	59
T-8	UTEP	57
T-8	Kennesaw State	57
10	New Mexico State	51
11	Delaware	36
12	Jacksonville State	23
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[8]

CUSA Preseason Player of the Year

CUSA Preseason Player of the Year
Player	Position	Year
Paris Bradley	Guard	Sophomore

Source:^[8]

Preseason All-CUSA Team

Preseason All-CUSA Team
Player	Position	Year
Paris Bradley	Guard	Sophomore
Jordan Marshall	Forward	Sophomore

Source:^[8]

Roster

2025–26 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Alexia Weaver	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Three Rivers College	Louisville, Kentucky
F	3	Hillary Dawson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Malakoff High School	Malakoff, Texas
G	4	Joy Madison-Key	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Tulane	Grand Prairie, Texas
G	10	Jayden Terry	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Gainesville High School	Gainesville, Florida
F	15	Jordan Marshall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Little Rock Central High School	Little Rock, Arkansas
F	18	Isla Airey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Caulfield Grammar School	Melbourne, Australia
G	21	Kennedy Evans	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Oklahoma State	Little Elm, Texas
G	22	Jianna Morris	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Sylvan Hills High School	Sherwood, Arkansas
G	23	Paris Bradley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Hebron High School	Carrollton, Texas
F	25	Averi Aaron	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Boerne High School	Boerne, Texas
G	30	Kaleigh Thompson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Three Rivers College	Lonoke, Arkansas
F	33	Mackenzie Wurm	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Allen High School	Allen, Texas

Head coach

Brooke Stoehr (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Stoehr (North Texas)
Josh Ashley (Tarleton State)
Olivia Grayson (Tulane)
Caleb Livingston (Williams Baptist)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 5, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:30 pm, SECN+	at Arkansas	L 81–93	0–1	20 – Marshall	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Bud Walton Arena (2,111) Fayetteville, AR
November 7, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Louisiana–Monroe	L 62–70	0–2	16 – Weaver	7 – Tied	4 – Bradley	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,593) Monroe, LA
November 11, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Louisiana Christian	W 121–34	1–2	20 – Marshall	18 – Marshall	6 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,386) Ruston, LA
November 18, 2025* 11:30 am, ESPN+	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 73–49	2–2	17 – Morris	8 – Marshall	3 – Tied	Thomas Assembly Center (4,200) Ruston, LA
November 23, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Stephen F. Austin	W 93–66	3–2	18 – Bradley	13 – Marshall	7 – Weaver	Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
November 26, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at No. 15 Baylor	L 46−75	3−3	10 – Bradley	6 – Dawson	5 – Madison-Key	Foster Pavilion (3,247) Waco, TX
December 4, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	South Alabama	W 82−80	4−3	27 – Weaver	16 – Marshall	5 – Madison-Key	Thomas Assembly Center (1,374) Ruston, LA
December 9, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Grambling State	W 74–60	5–3	20 – Marshall	9 – Dawson	6 – Tied	Thomas Assembly Center (1,457) Ruston, LA
December 13, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 5 LSU Compete 4 Cause Classic	L 61–87	5–4	19 – Bradley	7 – Tied	3 – Weaver	Smoothie King Center New Orleans, LA
December 17, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Central Arkansas	W 70–55	6–4	16 – Tied	10 – Marshall	3 – Tied	Thomas Assembly Center (1,364) Ruston, LA
December 20, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Central Baptist	W 97–24	7–4	14 – Tied	10 – Tied	6 – Weaver	Thomas Assembly Center (1,379) Ruston, LA
C-USA regular season
January 2, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Sam Houston	L 64–67	7–5 (0–1)	16 – Thompson	6 – Tied	7 – Weaver	Thomas Assembly Center (1,431) Ruston, LA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Delaware	W 65−50	8−5 (1–1)	17 – Weaver	10 – Aaron	7 – Aaron	Bob Carpenter Center (701) Newark, DE
January 11, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPNU	at Liberty	W 86–72	8–5 (2–1)	31 – Bradley	7 – Aaron	6 – Tied	Liberty Arena (1,042) Lynchburg, VA
January 15, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Middle Tennessee	W 61–48	10–5 (3–1)	17 – Bradley	8 – Marshall	4 – Bradley	Thomas Assembly Center (1,405) Ruston, LA
January 17, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Western Kentucky	W 79–65	11–5 (4–1)	16 – Weaver	8 – Thompson	7 – Madison-Key	Thomas Assembly Center (1,568) Ruston, LA
January 22, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Missouri State	W 60–51	12–5 (5–1)	20 – Bradley	8 – Marshall	3 – Tied	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,326) Springfield, MO
January 24, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at FIU	W 74–59	13–5 (6–1)	16 – Thompson	8 – Thompson	8 – Bradley	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (188) Miami, FL
January 29, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Kennesaw State	W 72–44	14–5 (7–1)	15 – Bradley	6 – Tied	5 – Madison-Key	Thomas Assembly Center (1,496) Ruston, LA
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Jacksonville State	W 71–51	15–5 (8–1)	13 – Bradley	9 – Aaron	8 – Madison-Key	Thomas Assembly Center (1,736) Ruston, LA
February 5, 2026 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at UTEP	W 87–48	16–5 (9–1)	21 – Morris	6 – Marshall	6 – Weaver	Don Haskins Center (1,127) El Paso, TX
February 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at New Mexico State	W 77–58	17–5 (10–1)	20 – Weaver	7 – Tied	5 – Bradley	Pan American Center (787) Las Cruces, NM
February 12, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	FIU						Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
February 14, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Missouri State						Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
February 19, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Jacksonville State						Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Kennesaw State						VyStar Arena Kennesaw, GA
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Sam Houston						Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX
March 5, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	New Mexico State						Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
March 7, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	UTEP						Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA
C-USA tournament
March 10–14, 2026	vs.						Propst Arena Huntsville, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[9]^[10]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "New Mexico State women's basketball falls to Louisiana Tech in Conference USA tournament". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "Defense Leads Liberty Back to CUSA Title Game with 80-53 Win Over LA Tech". Liberty University. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "Lady Techsters season still alive, advance to WNIT third round". KNOE. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "Women's college basketball: Big third quarter helps Louisiana Tech stay alive in WNIT". Bossier Press-Tribune. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "ISU women's basketball earns another home game in WNIT Fab 4". WGLT. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WBB: 2025-26 CUSA Preseason All-Conference Team and Poll Announced". Conference USA. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
^ "Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[2] "New Mexico State women's basketball falls to Louisiana Tech in Conference USA tournament". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[3] "Defense Leads Liberty Back to CUSA Title Game with 80-53 Win Over LA Tech". Liberty University. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[4] "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[5] "Lady Techsters season still alive, advance to WNIT third round". KNOE. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[6] "Women's college basketball: Big third quarter helps Louisiana Tech stay alive in WNIT". Bossier Press-Tribune. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[7] "ISU women's basketball earns another home game in WNIT Fab 4". WGLT. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[poll-8] "WBB: 2025-26 CUSA Preseason All-Conference Team and Poll Announced". Conference USA. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[9] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

[10] "Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 5, 2026.

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Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
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