PROVO, Utah — BYU women's basketball welcomes the Idaho Vandals to the Marriott Center on Nov. 6 for the 2024-25 season opener at 7 p.m. MT.
Matchup Breakdown
The Cougars and Vandals have met three times in series history with BYU trailing 2-1. The last meeting ended in a 92-73 loss to Idaho at the Marriott Center on Nov. 13, 1998.
All-Time: 1-2
In Provo: 1-1
In Moscow: 0-1
At Neutral Site: Never Played
Whiting vs. Idaho: Never Played
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BYU RadioBYU Cougars (0-0, 0-0 Big 12 Conference)
WHO THE HECK ARE YOU? || The Cougars return just four players from a season ago while adding five true freshmen and four Division I transfers to the 2024-25 roster. Despite losing its two top scorers in Lauren Gustin (graduation) and Kailey Woolston (LDS mission) from a year ago, BYU returns three players in Amari Whiting, Emma Calvert and Lauren Davenport who each started at least 10 games last season.
THE PORTAL GIVETH || Whiting also added four transfers: Kemery (Martín) Congdon from Cal, Marya Hudgins from Santa Clara, Hattie Ogden from Buffalo and Kendra Gillispie from Arkansas State who will play big minutes in 2024-25.
FRESHMAN PHENOMS || The third-year head coach brings in a highly-touted group of freshmen led by Delaney Gibb, who is the 77th-ranked player in ESPN’s 2024 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. Gibb is joined by two-time Idaho 4A Player of the Year Brinley Cannon, three-time Utah 6A state champions Sarah Bartholomew and Naia Tanuvasa and Idaho 5A All-State honoree Kambree Barber.
RUN-AND-GUN || The Cougars return just four players from a year ago that will see the floor this season (Mackey-Williams & Krebs are out with injuries). Whiting added four Division I transfers and five true-freshman who each look to make waves in a BYU uniform during the 2024-25 season.
Head Coach – Amber Whiting
Idaho Vandals (0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)
NEW TEAM, WHO THIS? || Idaho returns just two players from their 2023-24 squad, but first-year head coach Arthur Moreira has added a “strong mix of veteran transfers and freshmen.” Sarah Brans started in 17 games for the Vandals in 2023-24 and scored 200 points. Ashlyn Wallace added 177 points and played in all 31 games for Idaho.
INTERNATIONAL IMPACT || Five players on this year’s roster are international, including two from Brazil, home of head coach Arthur Moreira and one from Portugal, who shares the Portuguese language with Brazil.
Vitória Carvalho and Ana Beatriz Passos hail from Brazil. Ana Pinheiro is from Portugal. Anja Bukvic from Belgrade, Serbia and Rosie Schweizer is from Australia.
TWO ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM TRANSFERS
Kelbie Washington and Hope Hassmann both earned All-Freshman Team honors for their respective teams. Hassmann played and started all 31 games for Fullerton last season, scoring 302 points and dishing out 87 assists.
Washington was an All-Big 12 honoree at Oklahoma and earned National Freshman of the Week honors. She missed the last two seasons with an illness.
IDAHO VS. THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE || Idaho is 7-26 all-time against current Big 12 schools. BYU is the only school that Idaho has a winning record against (2-1). Idaho is 1-1 against Iowa State.
The Vandals have wins against Kansas State, Texas Tech and Utah. The last game against a sitting Big 12 member was in the 2021-22 season when Idaho played at Texas.
Head Coach – Arthur Moreira