2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	12–18 (3–15 Big 12)
Head coach	Becky Burke (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Ashley Odom (1st season); Julie Hairgrove (1st season); James Ewing (1st season); Jenna Knudson (1st season);
Home arena	McKale Center

2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 TCU	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 West Virginia †	14	–	4	.778	28	–	6	.824
No. 21 Baylor	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
Oklahoma State	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
No. 25 Texas Tech	12	–	6	.667	26	–	7	.788
Colorado	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Iowa State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Utah	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
BYU	9	–	9	.500	23	–	11	.676
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Kansas	8	–	10	.444	20	–	13	.606
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	17	.528
Cincinnati	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
UCF	3	–	15	.167	11	–	19	.367
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	12	–	18	.400
Houston	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Arizona during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by first-year head coach Becky Burke. This is the Wildcats' 52nd season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 2nd season as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 19–14, 10–8 in Big 12 play. The Wildcats lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Colorado. The Wildcats received an at-large bid to the WBIT as a No. 2 seed in the James Madison bracket, where they were upset by Northern Arizona in the first round.

Offseason

Barnes left Arizona on April 5, 2025, after 9 seasons for SMU.^[1] Buffalo head coach Burke was hired by the Wildcats on April 9.^[2]

Departures

Arizona Wildcats Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Lauryn Swann	1	G	5'7"	Freshman	Queens, NY	Transferred to Rutgers
Jada Williams	2	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Kansas City, MO	Transferred to Iowa State
Skylar Jones	4	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Chicago, IL	Transferred to Louisville
Ajae Yoakum	5	F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Portland, OR	Transferred to Portland State
Erin Tack	10	F	6'1"	Junior	Kelso, WA	Transferred back to Arizona Track and field
Sahnya Jah	11	F	6'0"	Sophomore	Alexandria, VA	Transferred to SMU
Mailien Rolf	13	G	5'10"	Freshman	Roßdorf, Germany	Transferred to SMU
Brooklyn Rhodes	14	F	6'0"	Sophomore	St. Louis, MO	Transferred
Paulina Paris	23	G	5'9"	Junior	Congers, NY	Transferred
Jorynn Ross	24	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Milwaukee, WI	Transferred to Houston
Breya Cunningham	25	F	6'4"	Sophomore	Chula Vista, CA	Transferred to Texas
Isis Beh	33	F	6'3"	Senior	Murray, UT	Transferred
Katarina Kneževic	34	F	6'0"	Freshman	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to SMU

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Arizona Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mickayla Perdue	0	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Springfield, OH	Cleveland State
Kamryn Kitchen	1	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Charlotte, NC	Virginia
Sumayah Sugapong	3	G	5'7"	Junior	San Diego, CA	UC San Diego
Noelani Cornfield	4	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Gowanda, NY	Buffalo
Freddie Wallace	10	F	6'2"	Senior	Lincoln, NE	Kansas
Tanyuel Welch	11	G	5'10"	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	Memphis
Nora Francois	13	C	6'2"	Graduate Student	Minneapolis, MN	New Orleans
Adde Adebanjo	14	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Lagos, Nigeria	Yamanashi Gakuin
Achol Magot	20	C	6'7"	Junior	Tucson, AZ	Texas Tech

2025 recruiting class

There were no recruiting classing class of 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jasleen Green G	Plantation, FL	American Heritage High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Jasleen Green G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Makayla Presser-Palmer G	Springfield, PA	Northwestern High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Makayla Presser-Palmer G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
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: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2025. "2026 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved October 3, 2025.

Preseason

Preseason rankings

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll (Coaches)
1	TCU	219 (10)
2	Iowa State	202 (2)
3	Baylor	200 (2)
4	Oklahoma State	186 (2)
5	West Virginia	161
6	Kansas	156
7	Kansas State	211 (7)
8	Utah	115
9	Colorado	114
10	BYU	85
11	Arizona State	84
12	Cincinnati	82
13	Texas Tech	63
14	Arizona	47
15	Houston	41
16	UCF	22

Source:^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll (Media)
1	TCU	219 (10)
2	Iowa State	202 (2)
3	Baylor	200 (2)
4	Oklahoma State	186 (2)
5	West Virginia	161
6	Kansas State	211 (7)
7	Kansas	156
8	Utah	115
9	Colorado	114
10	BYU	85
11	Arizona State	84
12	Cincinnati	82
13	Texas Tech	63
14	Arizona	47
15	UCF	41
16	Houston	22

Source:^[4]

Roster

2025–26 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Mickayla Perdue	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Springfield Cleveland State	Springfield, OH
G	1	Kamryn Kitchen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Independence Virginia	Charlotte, NC
G	3	Sumayah Sugapong	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	La Jolla Country Day UC San Diego	San Diego, CA
G	4	Noelani Cornfield	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Sr	Lake Shore Buffalo	Gowanda, NY
G	5	Molly Ladwing	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Skutt Catholic	Omaha, NE
G	8	Mireia Jurado	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Segle XXI	Avinyó, Spain
F	10	Fredriecka Wallace	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Lincoln Southwest Kansas	Lincoln, NE
G	11	Tanyuel Welch	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	North Central Memphis	Indianapolis, IN
F	12	Montaya Dew	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Centennial	Las Vegas, NV
C	13	Nora Francois	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Minnetonka New Orleans	Minneapolis, MN
F	14	Adde Adebanjo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Japan Aviation Academy Yamanashi Gakuin	Lagos, Nigeria
C	20	Achol Magot	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	So	Southern Arizona Volunteers Prep Texas Tech	Tucson, AZ
F	33	Daniah Trammell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Winton Woods	Cincinnati, OH

Head coach

Becky Burke (Louisville)

Assistant coach(es)

Ashley Odom (Lamar)
Julie Hairgrove (Arizona)
James Ewing (Mercyhurst)
Jenna Knudson (Embry-Riddle)

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
Exhibition
October 23, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	West Texas A&M	L 57–60		14 – Cornfield	8 – Welch	4 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,163) Tucson, AZ
October 30, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Los Angeles	W 59–43		13 – Cornfield	9 – Francois	3 – Tied	McKale Center (5,028) Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Riverside	W 62–59	1−0	17 – Perdue	6 – Sugapong	8 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,216) Tucson, AZ
November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine	W 75–61	2–0	31 – Perdue	9 – Francois	12 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,268) Tucson, AZ
November 16, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Grambling State	W 85–64	3–0	15 – Tied	8 – Tied	10 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,465) Tucson, AZ
November 21, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Arizona	W 87–76	4–0	27 – Perdue	4 – Ladwig	5 – Sugapong	McKale Center (5,613) Tucson, AZ
November 25, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Colorado	W 84–58	5–0	22 – Trammell	10 – Sugapong	7 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,251) Tucson, AZ
November 29, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield	W 78–63	6–0	22 – Cornfield	6 – Tied	9 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,328) Tucson, AZ
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern	L 57–63	6–1	17 – Perdue	11 – Francois	6 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,245) Tucson, AZ
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Mexico	L 69–72	6–2	20 – Cornfield	7 – Welch	7 – Cornfield	McKale Center (6,014) Tucson, AZ
December 10, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Eastern Kentucky	W 87–83	7–2	27 – Perdue	4 – Cornfield	8 – Cornfield	McKale Center (7,780) Tucson, AZ
December 15, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Chicago State	W 89–70	8–2	34 – Perdue	10 – Welch	7 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,219) Tucson, AZ
December 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bellarmine	W 105−59	9−2	18 – Welch	11 – Adebanjo	8 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,124) Tucson, AZ
Big 12 regular season
December 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah	L 62−63	9−3 (0−1)	16 – Perdue	20 – Cornfield	4 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,580) Tucson, AZ
December 31, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Colorado	L 56–75	9–4 (0–2)	22 – Perdue	8 – Welch	3 – Cornfield	CU Events Center (2,045) Boulder, CO
January 3, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 21 Texas Tech	L 49–80	9–5 (0–3)	19 – Welch	9 – Welch	3 – Cornfield	United Supermarkets Arena (6,053) Lubbock, TX
January 6, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	BYU	W 75–72	10–5 (1–3)	21 – Francois	14 – Welch	10 – Cornfield	McKale Center (6,504) Tucson, AZ
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UCF	L 55–58	10–6 (1–4)	10 – Tied	10 – Francois	7 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,426) Tucson, AZ
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 10 TCU	L 62–78	10–7 (1–5)	17 – Sugapong	7 – Magot	5 – Cornfield	Schollmaier Arena (3,578) Fort Worth, TX
January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas	L 69–80	10–8 (1–6)	17 – Sugapong	7 – Cornfield	10 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,503) Tucson, AZ
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., FS1	at Iowa State	L 65–90	10–9 (1–7)	19 – Cornfield	8 – Francois	2 – Tied	Hilton Coliseum (10,165) Ames, IA
January 28, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona State	L 61–68	10–10 (1–8)	19 – Cornfield	6 – Jurado	6 – Cornfield	Desert Financial Arena (6,121) Tempe, AZ
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oklahoma State	L 69–88	10–11 (1–9)	25 – Sugapong	4 – Tied	5 – Cornfield	McKale Center (7,802) Tucson, AZ
February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas State	W 72–62	11–11 (2–9)	21 – Cornfield	13 – Sugapong	4 – Tied	McKale Center (5,646) Tucson, AZ
February 7, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 20 West Virginia	L 68–87	11–12 (2–10)	17 – Welch	6 – Tied	6 – Cornfield	Hope Coliseum (4,160) Morgantown, WV
February 10, 2026 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Cincinnati	L 61–77	11–13 (2–11)	20 – Sugapong	7 – Welch	6 – Welch	Fifth Third Arena (1,748) Cincinnati, OH
February 14, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Arizona State	L 69–75	11–14 (2–12)	24 – Brackens	11 – Carrera	6 – LoVett	McKale Center (8,766) Tucson, AZ
February 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Colorado	L 70–78	11–15 (2–13)	25 – Cornfield	5 – Welch	8 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,393) Tucson, AZ
February 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 15 Baylor	L 60–74	11–16 (2–14)	11 – Tied	9 – Welch	4 – Francois	Foster Pavilion (3,840) Waco, TX
February 24, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston	W 75–67	12–16 (3–14)	20 – Sugapong	7 – Francois	9 – Cornfield	McKale Center (5,576) Tucson, AZ
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Big 12 Women's 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 Mountain Time.

Source:^[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—												Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ "Barnes Named Head Women's Basketball Coach At SMU" (Press release). SMU Mustangs. April 5, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "Arizona Names Burke Women's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). Arizona Wildcats. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
^ "Audi Crooks, Olivia Miles and Dee Alexander Headline 2025-26 Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors". October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
^ "Big 12 Women's Basketball Media Preseason Poll Revealed". October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". arizonawildcats.com. University of Arizona. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

[Barnes-1] "Barnes Named Head Women's Basketball Coach At SMU" (Press release). SMU Mustangs. April 5, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[Burke-2] "Arizona Names Burke Women's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). Arizona Wildcats. April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.

[3] "Audi Crooks, Olivia Miles and Dee Alexander Headline 2025-26 Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Honors". October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.

[4] "Big 12 Women's Basketball Media Preseason Poll Revealed". October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.

[5] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". arizonawildcats.com. University of Arizona. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

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Arizona Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Bear Down Gym (1972–1973) McKale Center (1973–present)
Culture & lore	Wilbur and Wilma "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason rankings

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References