#41 Tennessee Women's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Tennessee Lady Volunteers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #41
 
Conference Rank: #11 SEC
 
 
2023-24 Record: 20-13, 10-6
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Kim Caldwell
Coach Record: 0-0 at Tennessee, 217-31 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Rickea Jackson, Forward, 20.2 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.3 apg
Jasmine Powell, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.3 apg
Karoline Striplin, Forward, 7.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Tamari Key, Center, 5.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.6 bpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Jewel Spear, Senior, Guard, 13.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.2 apg
Sara Puckett, Senior, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.5 apg
Destinee Wells, Senior, Guard, 6.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.5 apg
Tess Darby, Senior, Guard, 5.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Jillian Hollingshead, Senior, Forward, 4.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.1 apg
Kaiya Wynn, Senior, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.6 apg
 
Key New Players:
Favor Ayodele, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Pittsburgh
Kaniya Boyd, Freshman, Guard
Talaysia Cooper, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from South Carolina
Alyssa Latham, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Syracuse
Zee Spearman, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Miami (FL)
Samara Spencer, Junior, Forward, Transfer from Arkansas
Avery Strickland, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Pittsburgh
Ruby Whitehorn, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Clemson
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.3 (25th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.7 (283, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.5 (66, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.4 (118, 8)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game:6.8 (102, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.1 (123, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 74.5 (78, 3)
Rebound Margin: 6.3 (32, 6)
Assists Per Game: 15.3 (54, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.0 (128, 6)