2025–26 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team

2025–26 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
2025–26 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
Conference	American Conference
Record	15–6 (7–2 American)
Head coach	Angie Nelp (5th season);
Associate head coach	Doug Brotherton
Assistant coaches	Taylor Reed; Jim McDonnell;
Home arena	Reynolds Center

2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	13	–	0	1.000	23	–	3	.885
East Carolina	12	–	2	.857	20	–	7	.741
South Florida	9	–	5	.643	16	–	11	.593
North Texas	9	–	5	.643	15	–	11	.577
Tulsa	8	–	5	.615	16	–	9	.640
UTSA	7	–	6	.538	12	–	12	.500
Charlotte	6	–	7	.462	12	–	14	.462
Florida Atlantic	6	–	8	.429	12	–	14	.462
Temple	5	–	8	.385	11	–	14	.440
Tulane	4	–	9	.308	9	–	16	.360
UAB	3	–	10	.231	10	–	15	.400
Memphis	2	–	10	.167	8	–	17	.320
Wichita State	2	–	11	.154	5	–	21	.192

† 2026 American tournament winner As of February 17, 2026

The 2025–26 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team currently represents the University of Tulsa during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Hurricane, led by fifth-year head coach Angie Nelp, play their home games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as members of the American Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Hurricane finished the 2024–25 season 17–14 and 11–7 in AAC play to clinch the No. 5 seed in the AAC tournament. They were upset by No. 12 Charlotte in the second round. Following the loss, they received an invite to the 2025 WNIT, where they were eliminated in the first round by Lindenwood.

Offseason

Departures

Tulsa Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Cam Mathews	1	G	5'7"	Junior	Keller, TX	Transferred to Tennessee Tech
Kristol Ayson	2	G	5'8"	Senior	Tacoma, WA	Transferred to UCF
Lexie Foutch	4	F	6'3"	Senior	Fort Gibson, OK	Graduated
Delanie Crawford	5	G	5'11"	Senior	Piedmont, OK	Graduated
Paige Bradley	7	G	5'10"	RS Junior	Dallas, TX	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Brooklyn Alexander	13	G	6'1"	Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to Memphis
Tobi Ademuwagun	20	G	5'11"	RS Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to Western Kentucky
Hadley Periman	21	G/F	6'2"	Junior	Tuttle, OK	Transferred to Clemson
Whitney Sullivan	23	F	6'3"	Freshman	Orangeville, IL	Transferred to Kirkwood CC (NJCAA)
Elise Hill	24	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Tulsa, OK	Transferred to SMU
McKayla Miller	32	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Cimarron, KS	Transferred to Lipscomb
Kennedi Alexander	33	G	6'1"	Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to Memphis

Incoming transfers

Tulsa Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
RyLee Grays	2	F	6'4"	Junior	Pearland, TX	Virginia
Abby Jegede	4	G	5'10"	RS Junior	Toronto, Ontario	Northeastern
Teresa Seppala	7	G	6'0"	Senior	Tampere, Finland	Siena
Layla-J Cameron	11	G	6'0"	Junior	Gold Coast, Australia	Dodge City CC (NJCAA)
Hannah Riddick	17	F	6'1"	RS Senior	Calgary, Alberta	Memphis
Shamaryah Duncan	20	G	5'11"	RS Senior	Waco, TX	North Texas
Laura Di Stefano	31	F	6'2"	Junior	Rome, Italy	Salt Lake CC (NJCAA)

Recruiting class

There was no college recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Haven Fisher	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Prior Lake High School	Prior Lake, MN
F	2	RyLee Grays	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Pearland High School North Carolina Virginia	Pearland, TX
G	4	Abby Jegede	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	King's Christian Collegiate Villanova Northeastern	Toronto, Ontario
G	5	Alisha Peavy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Pieper High School	San Antonio, TX
F	6	Brynn Eshoo	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Fr	William Fremd High School	Inverness, IL
G	7	Teresa Seppala	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mäkelänrinteen Lukio Siena	Tampere, Finland
G	8	Gina Nikola Pirjak	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Dominis Private School	Jezera, Croatia
G	11	Layla-J Cameron	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Hillcrest Christian College Dodge City CC	Gold Coast, Australia
F	15	Jade Clack	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Austin High School TCU	Buda, TX
F	17	Hannah Riddick	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Cairine Wilson Secondary School Memphis	Calgary, Alberta
G	20	Shamaryah Duncan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Midway High School Wichita State North Texas	Waco, TX
G	21	Josie Meghee	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Shawnee High School	Shawnee, OK
G	22	Mady Cartwright	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Greenwood High School	Greenwood, AR
F	31	Laura Di Stefano	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Liceo Orazio Salt Lake CC	Rome, Italy
G	33	Dora Toman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Soproni Széchenyi István Gimnázium	Budapest, Hungary

Head coach

Angie Nelp (Colorado State)

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Brotherton (Central Michigan)
Taylor Reed (Louisiana Tech)
Jim McDonnell

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	New Orleans	W 77–60	1–0	26 – Cartwright	12 – Peavy	5 – Toman	Reynolds Center (1,287) Tulsa, OK
November 9, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Prairie View A&M	W 79–59	2–0	29 – Jegede	14 – Toman	5 – Toman	Reynolds Center (1,143) Tulsa, OK
November 13, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian	W 75–67	3–0	15 – Cartwright	7 – Toman	4 – Tied	Reynolds Center (1,143) Tulsa, OK
November 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oral Roberts Rivalry	W 78–69 ^OT	4–0	27 – Riddick	18 – Riddick	3 – Riddick	Mabee Center (1,670) Tulsa, OK
November 22, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Missouri State	W 73–57	5–0	16 – Tied	9 – Toman	4 – Clack	Reynolds Center (1,283) Tulsa, OK
November 28, 2025* 10:00 a.m., FloCollege	vs. Kent State Nassau Championship Goombay Division semifinals	L 69–75	5–1	28 – Cartwright	11 – Riddick	3 – Tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (217) Nassau, The Bahamas
November 30, 2025* 10:00 a.m., ESPN+	vs. Houston Nassau Championship Goombay Division consolation game	L 61–66	5–2	22 – Riddick	7 – Riddick	4 – Tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (227) Nassau, The Bahamas
December 4, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Mississippi Valley State	W 101–53	6–2	22 – Toman	9 – Toman	5 – Toman	Reynolds Center (1,313) Tulsa, OK
December 7, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Creighton	L 60–73	6–3	19 – Cartwright	10 – Riddick	3 – Toman	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,003) Omaha, NE
December 15, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Oklahoma State	L 58–90	6–4	14 – Grays	6 – Peavy	5 – Clack	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,021) Stillwater, OK
December 18, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 67–43	7–4	16 – Clack	9 – Toman	3 – Cartwright	Reynolds Center (4,165) Tulsa, OK
December 21, 2025* 1:45 p.m., SEC Network	at Florida	W 74–67	8–4	26 – Cartwright	5 – Toman	3 – Tied	Exactech Arena (2,871) Gainesville, FL
American regular season
December 30, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Wichita State	W 64–58	9–4 (1–0)	18 – Jegede	11 – Riddick	5 – Toman	Reynolds Center (1,501) Tulsa, OK
January 6, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane	W 76–73	10–4 (2–0)	22 – Riddick	11 – Riddick	5 – Toman	Devlin Fieldhouse (614) New Orleans, LA
January 9, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Temple	W 94–82	11–4 (3–0)	31 – Cartwright	11 – Riddick	4 – Tied	Reynolds Center (1,128) Tulsa, OK
January 13, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at East Carolina	L 48–79	11–5 (3–1)	8 – Tied	6 – Jegede	3 – Cartwright	Williams Arena (687) Greenville, NC
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte	W 64–53	12–5 (4–1)	22 – Clack	9 – Clack	3 – Cartwright	Halton Arena (821) Charlotte, NC
January 20, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Rice	L 66–78	12–6 (4–2)	22 – Riddick	8 – Jegede	1 – Tied	Reynolds Center (1,238) Tulsa, OK
January 23, 2026 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	at North Texas	W 57–53	13–6 (5–2)	16 – Tied	10 – Toman	2 – Tied	The Super Pit (2,420) Denton, TX
January 27, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic	W 77–58	14–6 (6–2)	18 – Cartwright	6 – Riddick	4 – Clack	Reynolds Center (1,110) Tulsa, OK
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Memphis	W 74–69 ^2OT	15–6 (7–2)	22 – Riddick	12 – Clack	2 – Cartwright	Reynolds Center (1,336) Tulsa, OK
February 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Wichita State						Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
February 11, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at South Florida						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 14, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Florida Atlantic						Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena Boca Raton, FL
February 20, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	UAB						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
February 24, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Tulane						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
February 28, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
March 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at UTSA						Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	East Carolina						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[1]

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Tulsa Athletics.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Tulsa Athletics.

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