West Virginia Women’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 2, 2025 · CSM Staff
West Virginia Mountaineers
Big 12 (24-7, 13-5)
Big Wins: 2//26 Utah (75-46), 3/7 vs Kansas State (73-69)
Bad Losses: 12/21 at Colorado (60-65), 1/25 at Arizona (62-77)
Coach: Mark Kellogg
Probable Starters:
Kylee Blacksten, Senior, Forward, 6.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Jordan Harrison, Junior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2.1 spg
Kyah Watson, Senior, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 1.5 apg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 spg
Sydney Shaw, Junior, Guard, 11.7 ppg, 1.7 apg
JJ Quinerly, Senior, Guard, 20.6 ppg, 3.1 apg, 3.0 spg
Key Role Players:
Jordan Thomas, Freshman, Forward, 6.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Sydney Woodley, Senior, Guard, 3.8 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.3 (33rd in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.5 (12, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.8 (56, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (86, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.2 (91, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.7 (122, 12)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.5 (60, 3)
Rebound Margin: 3.7 (83, 8)
Assists Per Game: 13.9 (137, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.7 (160, 10)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Princeton |
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Iowa |
| 2023 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Arizona |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Lehigh |
| 2021 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Georgia Tech |
| 2019 | NIT | First Round win over Rider |
| 2019 | NIT | Second Round win over Villanova |
| 2019 | NIT | Third Round loss to Northwestern |
| 2018 | NIT | First Round win over Bucknell |
| 2018 | NIT | Second Round win over Saint Joseph’s |
| 2018 | NIT | Third Round win over James Madison |
| 2018 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Saint John’s |
| 2018 | NIT | Semifinal loss to Virginia Tech |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Elon |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Maryland |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Princeton |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Ohio State |
| 2015 | NIT | First Round win over Buffalo |
| 2015 | NIT | Second Round win over Hampton |
| 2015 | NIT | Third Round win over Duquesne |
| 2015 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Villanova |
| 2015 | NIT | Semifinal win over Temple |
| 2015 | NIT | Championship loss to UCLA |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Albany |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to LSU |
| 2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Delaware |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Texas |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Stanford |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over New Mexico |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Houston |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Baylor |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Lamar |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to San Diego State |
| 2009 | NIT | First Round win over Coppin State |
| 2009 | NIT | Second Round loss to St. Bonaventure |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Vanderbilt |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Xavier |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to LSU |
*all team stats through 3/6
