2025–26 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2025–26 Baylor Bears women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 21
Record24–8 (13–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Greene
Johnnie Harris
Assistant coaches
  • Aaron Sternecker
  • Jaelyn Richard Harris
  • Tez Dumars
Home arenaFoster Pavilion
2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 TCU 15 – 3   .833 29 – 5   .853
No. 11 West Virginia † 14 – 4   .778 27 – 6   .818
No. 21 Baylor 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Oklahoma State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
No. 25 Texas Tech 12 – 6   .667 25 – 7   .781
Colorado 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Iowa State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 9   .710
Utah 10 – 8   .556 19 – 12   .613
BYU 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667
Arizona State 9 – 9   .500 24 – 10   .706
Kansas 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Kansas State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 17   .514
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 8, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represents Baylor University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by fifth-year head coach Nicki Collen and play their home games at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. The Baylor Bears are competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 28–8, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Iowa State in the quarterfinals and Oklahoma State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed as the Spokane region 1 where they defeated Grand Canyon in the first round before losing to Ole Miss in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Baylor Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Yaya Felder 2 G 5'8" Senior Hartford, CT Graduated
Madison Bartley 3 F 6'3" Graduate Student Kettering, OH Graduated
Waiata Jennings 7 G 5'9" Junior Rotorua, New Zealand Transferred to Alabama
Jada Walker 11 G 5'7" Senior Richmond, VA Graduated
Aaronette Vonleh 21 C 6'3" Senior West Linn, OR Graduated/went undrafted in 2025 WNBA draft; signed with the Dallas Wings
Sarah Andrews 24 G 5'6" Graduate Student Irving, TX Graduated

Incoming

Baylor incoming transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Taliah Scott 0 G 5'9" Sophomore Orange, FL Auburn
Kiersten Johnson 2 F 6'4" Senior Duncanville, TX Oklahoma[1]
Ella Brow 3 G 5'8" Junior Palm Beach, Australia SMU
Yuting Deng 7 G 6'0" Sophomore Hunan, China Auburn
Kiera Pemberton 9 F 6'1" Junior Langley, BC North Dakota

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Marcayla Johnson
G 		Tulsa, OK Booker T. Washington High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (94)
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 October 4, 2024.

Roster

2025–26 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Taliah Scott 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So St. Johns Country Day School
Auburn 		Orange Park, FL
G 1 Ines Goryanova 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr DME Academy Sofia, Bulgaria
F 2 Kiersten Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Duncanville HS Duncanville, TX
G 3 Ella Brow 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Palm Beach Currumbin
SMU 		Palm Beach, Australia
G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) GS Stanford Greenwood Village, CO
G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Classen HS Edmond, OK
G 7 Yuting Deng 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So FIBA China
Auburn 		Hunan, China
F 8 Kayla Nelms 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Miami Country Day HS Miami, FL
F 9 Kiera Pemberton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Walnut Grove Secondary School
Notre Dakota 		Langley, British Columbia
F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA
G 21 Marcayla Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Booker T. Washington HS Tulsa, OK
G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2025*
4:00 p.m. 		No. 16 West Texas A&M W 86–46 
  –      –      –    Foster Pavilion 
Waco, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025*
11:00 a.m., ESPN 		No. 16 vs. No. 7 Duke
Oui-Play 		W 58–52  1–0
  24 –  Scott   10 –  Littlepage-Buggs   4 –  Van Gytenbeek  Adidas Arena (5,712)
Paris, France
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 Lindenwood W 76–63  2–0
  29 – Scott   8 – Fontleroy   6 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,251)
Waco, TX
November 14, 2025*
8:30 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 7 at UNLV W 62–54  3–0
  23 – Scott   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   5 – Scott  Cox Pavilion (2,464)
Paradise, NV
November 16, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 7 Le Moyne W 99–43  4–0
  26 – Littlepage-Buggs   11 – Littlepage-Buggs   9 – Scott  Foster Pavilion (3,360)
Waco, TX
November 20, 2025*
8:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 7 vs. No. 19 Iowa
WBCA Showcase 		L 52–57  4–1
  32 – Scott   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   4 – Van Gytenbeek  State Farm Field House (2,532)
Bay Lake, FL
November 22, 2025*
4:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 7 vs. Davidson
WBCA Showcase 		W 74–72 OT 5–1
  22 – Scott   11 – K. Johnson   5 – Van Gytenbeek  State Farm Field House 
Bay Lake, FL
November 26, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 Louisiana Tech W 75–46  6–1
  21 – Scott   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   5 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,247)
Waco, TX
November 30, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 Grambling State W 76–35  7–1
  17 – Scott   16 – Littlepage-Buggs   7 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,121)
Waco, TX
December 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 Southeastern Louisiana W 112–47  8–1
  23 – Scott   14 – Littlepage-Buggs   12 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,158)
Waco, TX
December 7, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 UTSA W 73–55  9–1
  19 – Scott   6 – Fontleroy   3 – Tied  Foster Pavilion (3,242)
Waco, TX
December 9, 2025*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		No. 13 Alabama State W 90–36  10–1
  30 – Scott   10 – Tied   13 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (4,169)
Waco, TX
December 14, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ABC 		No. 13 vs. No. 2 Texas
Sprouts Farmers Market espnW Invitational 		L 54–89  10–2
  9 – Tied   14 – Littlepage-Buggs   7 – Van Gytenbeek  Dickies Arena (3,116)
Fort Worth, TX
December 18, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 Southern W 77–60  11–2
  21 – Fontleroy   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   10 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,074)
Waco, TX
Big 12 regular season
December 21, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 Texas Tech L 60–61  11–3
(0–1) 		 22 – Deng   7 – Littlepage-Buggs   7 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,935)
Waco, TX
December 31, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 22 at Oklahoma State W 77–68  12–3
(1–1) 		 24 – Scott   8 – Nelms   8 – Van Gytenbeek  Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,259)
Stillwater, OK
January 4, 2026
4:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 22 at No. 10 Iowa State W 72–70  13–3
(2–1) 		 21 – Scott   20 – Littlepage-Buggs   7 – Van Gytenbeek  Hilton Coliseum (10,832)
Ames, IA
January 8, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 Colorado W 56–52  14–3
(3–1) 		 13 –  Deng   12 –  Littlepage-Buggs   7 –  Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,172)
Waco, TX
January 11, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 Kansas W 79–64  15–3
(4–1) 		 24 –  Scott   13 –  Littlepage-Buggs   6 –  Littlepage-Buggs  Foster Pavilion (3,651)
Waco, TX
January 14, 2026
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at Utah W 61–45  16–3
(5–1) 		 14 – Scott   9 – Tied   6 – Van Gytenbeek  Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,862)
Salt Lake City, UT
January 17, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at BYU W 69–58  17–3
(6–1) 		 25 – Scott   9 – Littlepage-Buggs   5 – Scott  Marriott Center (3,251)
Provo, UT
January 21, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 UCF W 73–48  18–3
(7–1) 		 22 –  Scott   18 –  Littlepage-Buggs   7 –  Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,192)
Waco, TX
January 27, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 Houston W 82–66  19–3
(8–1) 		 25 –  Littlepage-Buggs   12 –  Fontleroy   7 –  Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,438)
Waco, TX
February 1, 2026
11:00 a.m., ESPN 		No. 14 at No. 22 West Virginia L 60–70  19–4
(8–2) 		 18 – Scott   8 – Littlepage-Buggs   3 – Van Gytenbeek  Hope Coliseum (6,034)
Morgantown, WV
February 4, 2026
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 at Cincinnati W 76–70  20–4
(9–2) 		 26 – Scott   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   4 – Tied  Fifth Third Arena (1,674)
Cincinnati, OH
February 7, 2026
5:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 15 Arizona State W 67–64  21–4
(10–2) 		 17 – Scott   12 – Littlepage-Buggs   5 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (4,213)
Waco, TX
February 12, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 12 No. 17 TCU L 67–83  21–5
(10–3) 		 22 – Scott   5 – Littlepage-Buggs   6 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (5,758)
Waco, TX
February 15, 2026
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 at UCF W 93–63  22–5
(11–3) 		 26 – Scott   8 – Littlepage-Buggs   11 – Van Gytenbeek  Addition Financial Arena (1,329)
Orlando, FL
February 18, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 at No. 20 Texas Tech L 56–87  22–6
(11–4) 		 13 – Tied   6 – K. Johnson   3 – Tied  United Supermarkets Arena (5,020)
Lubbock, TX
February 21, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 15 Arizona W 74–60  23–6
(12–4) 		 22 – Scott   10 – Fontleroy   8 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,840)
Waco, TX
February 23, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 18 Kansas State W 80–54  24–6
(13–4) 		 20 – Scott   11 – Littlepage-Buggs   8 – Van Gytenbeek  Foster Pavilion (3,478)
Waco, TX
March 1, 2026
3:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 18 at No. 11 TCU L 53–65  24–7
(13–5) 		 17 – Scott   8 – Littlepage-Buggs   4 – Scott  Schollmaier Arena (6,330)
Fort Worth, TX
Big 12 Tournament
March 6, 2026
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(3) No. 20 vs. (6) Colorado
Quarterfinals 		L 53–62  24–8
  14 – Scott   10 – Littlepage-Buggs   3 – Brow  T-Mobile Center (4,771)
Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2026*
1:00 p.m., ESPN 		(6 S2) No. 21 vs. (11 S2) Nebraska
First Round 		      Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S2=Sacramento 2.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP1677151413152222*1618141415121518202121
Coaches1814101615141520211617141415111416182121Not released

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also

References

  1. ^ Smith, Zach (April 13, 2025). "Baylor adds Oklahoma forward Kiersten Johnson from transfer portal". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". baylorbears.com. Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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