2025–26 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2025–26 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
2025–26 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	21–6 (11–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Kellogg (3rd season);
Associate head coach	JC Carter
Assistant coaches	Erin Grant; Jessica Grayson; Kasondra McKay; Caden Roberts;
Home arena	Hope Coliseum

2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 TCU	11	–	3	.786	23	–	4	.852
No. 15 Baylor	11	–	3	.786	22	–	5	.815
No. 19 West Virginia	11	–	4	.733	21	–	6	.778
No. 20 Texas Tech	10	–	4	.714	23	–	4	.852
Oklahoma State	10	–	5	.667	21	–	7	.750
Colorado	9	–	5	.643	18	–	8	.692
Arizona State	8	–	6	.571	21	–	6	.778
Iowa State	8	–	6	.571	20	–	6	.769
Utah	8	–	7	.533	17	–	10	.630
Kansas State	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
BYU	6	–	8	.429	17	–	9	.654
Kansas	6	–	9	.400	16	–	11	.593
Cincinnati	4	–	10	.286	9	–	17	.346
UCF	2	–	12	.143	10	–	15	.400
Arizona	2	–	12	.143	11	–	14	.440
Houston	1	–	13	.071	7	–	18	.280

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of February 16, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team currently represents West Virginia University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by third year head coach Mark Kellogg, play their home games at the Hope Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2024–25 season 25–8, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated Kansas State before losing to TCU in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Birmingham regional 3 where they defeated Columbia in the first round before losing in the second round to North Carolina in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

West Virginia Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Destiny Aqubata	4	G	5'11"	Freshman	Moreno Valley, CA	Transferred to Georgetown
Danelle Arigbabu	8	F	6'4"	Senior	Berlin, Germany	Transferred to Virginia
JJ Quinerly	11	G	5'8"	Senior	Norfolk, VA	Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 27th overall by Dallas Wings
Kylee Blacksten	14	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Colorado Springs, CO	Graduated
Feryal Defne Atli	17	F	6'3"	Freshman	Mersin, Turkey	Transferred to Appalachian State
Zya Nugent	22	G	5'7"	Senior	Denison, TX	Transferred to Saint Louis
Ashala Moseberry	24	G	5'10"	Junior	Madison, WI	Transferred
Kyah Watson	32	G	5'10"	Senior	Rapid City, SD	Graduated
Tirzah Moore	33	F	6'0"	Senior	Oklahoma City, OK	Graduated

Incoming

West Virginia Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Carter McCray	1	C	6'1"	Junior	Oberlin, OH	Wisconsin
Gia Cooke	3	G	5'9"	Junior	Clinton, MD	Houston
Riley Makalusky	21	G/F	6'2"	Junior	Fishers, IN	Butler
Kierra Wheeler	22	F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Minneapolis, MN	Norfolk State
Loghan Johnson	25	G	5'10"	Junior	Houston, TX	Texas Tech

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Madison Parrish G	Mason, OH	Mason High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Madison Parrish G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Carter McCray	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Elyria Catholic HS Wisconsin	Oberlin, OH
G	2	Sydney Woodley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Paloma HS Long Beach State	Menifee, CA
G	3	Gia Cooke	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Bishop McNamara HS Maryland	Clinton, MD
F	4	Madison Parrish	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	William Mason HS	Mason, OH
G	5	Sydney Shaw	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	DME Academy Auburn	Miami, FL
G	10	Jordan Harrison	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Classen SAS Stephen F. Austin	Oklahoma City, OK
F	21	Riley Makalusky	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Hamilton Southeastern HS Butler	Fishers, IN
F	22	Kierra Wheeler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Robbinsdale Coooper HS Norfolk State	Minneapolis, MN
F	23	Jordan Thomas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Hebron HS	Carrollton, TX
G	25	Loghan Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Houston Christian HS Texas Tech	Houston, TX
F	37	Célia Riviére	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Lattes Montpellier Northwest Florida State	Paris, France

Head coach

Mark Kellogg (Austin College)

Assistant coach(es)

JC Carter (Southwest Baptist)
Jessica Grayson (Austin Peay)
Erin Grant (Texas Tech)
Kassondra McKay (Louisiana Tech)
Caden Roberts (West Virginia)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2025* 6:30 p.m.		Fairmont State	W 95–43		–	–	–	Hope Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 83–47	1–0	15 – Harrison	9 – McCray	3 – Cooke	Hope Coliseum (2,534) Morgantown, WV
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kent State	W 88–47	2–0	23 – Shaw	7 – Woodley	5 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (2,954) Morgantown, WV
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Temple	W 89–61	3–0	16 – Tied	10 – Shaw	7 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (2,516) Morgantown, WV
November 14, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		vs. No. 15 Duke Greenbrier Tip-Off	W 57–49	4–0	16 – Shaw	8 – Riviere	3 – Tied	Colonial Hall (1,200) White Sulphur Springs, WV
November 20, 2025* 10:15 a.m., ESPN+	No. 23	Appalachian State	W 80–51	5–0	19 – Cooke	5 – Tied	4 – Shaw	Hope Coliseum (10,067) Morgantown, WV
November 24, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloCollege	No. 21	vs. McNeese Pink Flamingo Championship Goombay Division semifinals	W 83–63	6–0	24 – Cooke	10 – Wheeler	7 – Harrison	Baha Mar Convention Center (277) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloCollege	No. 21	vs. Ohio State Pink Flamingo Championship Goombay Division finals	L 81–83	6–1	24 – Cooke	14 – Wheeler	4 – Tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (237) Nassau, Bahamas
December 1, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	Villanova	L 59–81	6–2	20 – Cooke	2 – Wheeler	6 – Tied	Hope Coliseum (2,661) Morgantown, WV
December 5, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	Mercyhurst	W 97–51	7–2	19 – Harrison	8 – Wheeler	6 – Shaw	Hope Coliseum (2,816) Morgantown, WV
December 8, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Southern	W 109–40	8–2	23 – Wheeler	8 – Wheeler	7 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (2,418) Morgantown, WV
December 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia Tech	W 82–50	9–2	23 – Cooke	11 – Wheeler	6 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (2,935) Morgantown, WV
December 14, 2025* 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Texas A&M	W 63–45	10–2	16 – Wheeler	10 – Wheeler	3 – Tied	Reed Arena (3,498) College Station, TX
Big 12 Conference Regular Season
December 21, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston	W 101–46	11–2 (1–0)	22 – Shaw	7 – McCray	6 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (3,968) Morgantown, WV
January 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas	W 79–72	12–2 (2–0)	24 – Cooke	7 – McCray	6 – Harrison	Allen Fieldhouse (4,149) Lawrence, KS
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State	W 60–58	13–2 (3–0)	18 – Wheeler	10 – Wheeler	10 – Harrison	Bramlage Coliseum (3,819) Manhattan, KS
January 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 17 Texas Tech	L 66–71	13–3 (3–1)	22 – Harrison	9 – Wheeler	5 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (3,196) Morgantown, WV
January 11, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 11 Iowa State	W 83–70	14–3 (4–1)	25 – Wheeler	7 – Wheeler	8 – Harrison	Hilton Coliseum (10,009) Ames, IA
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 10 TCU	L 50–51	14–4 (4–2)	19 – Harrison	10 – Wheeler	2 – Tied	Hope Coliseum (3,733) Morgantown, WV
January 18, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cincinnati	W 84–76	15–4 (5–2)	17 – Wheeler	7 – McCray	8 – Harrison	Fifth Third Arena (2,108) Cincinnati, OH
January 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	Arizona State	W 53–43	16–4 (6–2)	16 – Wheeler	7 – Wheeler	3 – Tied	Hope Coliseum (3,197) Morgantown, WV
January 24, 2026 9:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	at BYU	W 91–77	17–4 (7–2)	23 – Woodley	11 – McCray	6 – Harrison	Marriott Center (3,256) Provo, UT
January 27, 2026 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	at Utah	L 64–71	17–5 (7–3)	18 – Harrison	7 – Tied	8 – Harrison	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,352) Salt Lake City, UT
February 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 22	No. 14 Baylor	W 70–60	18–5 (8–3)	18 – Tied	15 – Wheeler	3 – Tied	Hope Coliseum (6,034) Morgantown, WV
February 4, 2026 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	at Colorado	W 61–55	19–5 (9–3)	18 – Harrison	10 – McCray	2 – Tied	CU Events Center (2,097) Boulder, CO
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	Arizona	W 87–68	20–5 (10–3)	17 – Wheeler	6 – Wheeler	5 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (4,160) Morgantown, WV
February 11, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	UCF	W 106–56	21–5 (11–3)	20 – Makalusky	9 – Tied	8 – Harrison	Hope Coliseum (3,011) Morgantown, WV
February 15, 2026 8:00 p.m., FS1	No. 19	at No. 17 TCU	L 50–59	21–6 (11–4)	18 – Cooke	8 – Riviére	4 – Tied	Schollmaier Arena (4,931) Fort Worth, TX
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	Oklahoma State						Hope Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 25, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UCF						Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cincinnati						Hope Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA		vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	23	21	25	RV	—	—	—*	RV	RV	22	22	20	19	19					Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	22	20	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	21	20	20

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "Women's Basketball Schedule 2025–26". 7 November 2025.

[1] "Women's Basketball Schedule 2025–26". 7 November 2025.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References