2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team

2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball
2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	14–18 (7–11 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Kevin Pederson (4th season);
Assistant coaches	DeCole Shoemate Robertson; Darius Carter; Tatum Burstrom; Dennis Cox;
Home arena	HTC Center

2025–26 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Georgia Southern	16	–	2	.889	23	–	8	.742
Troy	15	–	3	.833	25	–	8	.758
Arkansas State	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
James Madison †	14	–	4	.778	25	–	9	.735
Marshall	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Old Dominion	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Southern Miss	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Texas State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Coastal Carolina	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Louisiana–Monroe	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Georgia State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
South Alabama	5	–	13	.278	17	–	18	.486
Appalachian State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Louisiana	2	–	16	.111	5	–	26	.161

† 2026 Sun Belt tournament winner As of March 21, 2026

The 2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team represents Coastal Carolina University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team, led by fourth-year head coach Kevin Pederson, play all home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina, along with the men's basketball team. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Coastal Carolina was picked to finish sixth in the Sun Belt regular season. ^[1]

Sun Belt preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	189 (9)
2	Arkansas State	174 (3)
3	Troy	171 (1)
4	Old Dominion	151 (1)
5	Southern Miss	125
6	Coastal Carolina	104
7	Georgia State	102
8	Marshall	100
9	Appalachian State	94
10	Georgia Southern	73
11	Louisiana	67
12	Texas State	55
13	Louisiana–Monroe	36
14	South Alabama	29

Roster

2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Hennessey Luu-Brown	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Miami (OH)	Toronto, Canada

Head coach

Kevin Pederson (Clemson)

Assistant coach(es)

DeCole Shoemate Robertson (Liberty)
Darius Carter (Tusculum)
Tatum Burstrom (Carson–Newman)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2025

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Miami (OH) MAC-SBC Challenge	L 53–63	0–1	16 – Singer	13 – Harris	3 – Williams	HTC Center (880) Conway, SC
November 5, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+		at BYU	L 57–91	0–2	17 – Williams	10 – Rohkohl	11 – Benally	Marriott Center (2,552) Provo, UT
November 9, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Lees-McRae	W 111–53	1–2	23 – Grady	12 – Harris	6 – Jimenez	HTC Center (625) Conway, SC
November 12, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at UNC Wilmington	W 80–56	2–2	23 – Grady	9 – Bradley	6 – Bradley	Trask Coliseum (770) Wilmington, NC
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 59–82	2–3	21 – Hueston	5 – Tied	6 – Jimenez	Cassell Coliseum (4,408) Blacksburg, VA
November 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 16 NC State	L 58–71	2–4	22 – Grady	11 – Hueston	3 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,513) Raleigh, NC
November 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Presbyterian	W 87-38	3-4	23 – Williams	9 – Boyd	5 – Lowder	HTC Center (581) Conway, SC
November 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Jackson State Coastal Carolina Tournament	W 103-61	4-4	21 – Grimes	11 – Lowder	5 – Jimenez	HTC Center (625) Conway, SC
November 30, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gardner–Webb Coastal Carolina Tournament	W 108-57	5-4	25 – Grimes	12 – Hueston	9 – Jimenez	HTC Center (604) Conway, SC
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Jacksonville	L 51-68	5-5	14 – Grady	9 – Williams	4 – Williams	Swisher Gymnasium (132) Jacksonville, FL
December 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNC Greensboro	W 67-61	6-5	19 – Grimes	10 – Grimes	5 – Williams	HTC Center (589) Conway, SC
December 17, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		James Madison	L 68-71	6-6 (0-1)	19 – Grady	6 – Harris	3 – Grady	HTC Center (508) Conway, SC
December 20, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	L 63-68	6-7 (0-2)	21 – Williams	10 – Bradley	3 – Williams	HTC Center (707) Conway, SC
December 29, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Columbia College (SC)	W 103-41	7-7	23 – Williams	11 – Harris	3 – Tied	HTC Center (683) Conway, SC
January 1, 2026 3:30 p.m., ESPN+		Marshall	L 85-87 ^OT	7-8 (0-3)	20 – Williams	13 – Bradley	4 – Bradley	HTC Center (602) Conway, SC
January 3, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia Southern	L 50-60	7-9 (0-4)	15 – Williams	7 – Grimes	2 – Tied	HTC Center (593) Conway, SC
January 7, 2026 ESPN+		at App State	W 69-53	8-9 (1-4)	17 – Williams	8 – Hueston	5 – Jimenez	Holmes Convocation Center (302) Boone, NC
January 10, 2026 ESPN+		at Marshall	L 74-80	8-10 (1-5)	20 – Grady	10 – Hueston	4 – Jimenez	Cam Henderson Center (1,591) Huntington, WV
January 17, 2026 ESPN+		South Alabama	W 63-59	9-10 (2-5)	15 – Grady	10 – Hueston	3 – Jimenez	HTC Center (1,007) Conway, SC
January 21, 2026 ESPN+		at Louisiana	L 66-69	9-11 (2-6)	16 – Bradley	14 – Hueston	4 – Bradley	Cajundome (484) Lafayette, LA
January 24, 2026 ESPN+		at Southern Miss	W 81-55		–	–	–	Reed Green Coliseum (1,441) Hattiesburg, MS
January 28, 2026 ESPN+		Texas State	W 85-53		–	–	–	HTC Center (786) Conway, SC
January 30, 2026 ESPN+		Troy	L 77-88		–	–	–	HTC Center (809) Conway, SC
February 4, 2026 ESPN+		Arkansas State	L 70-78		–	–	–	HTC Center (1,423) Conway, SC
February 7, 2026* ESPN+		at Bowling Green MAC-SBC Challenge	L 82-93		–	–	–	Stroh Center (1,807) Bowling Green, OH
February 11, 2026 ESPN+		at Old Dominion	W 69-62		–	–	–	Chartway Arena (2,127) Norfolk, VA
February 14, 2026 ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	L 56-67		–	–	–	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,023) Statesboro, GA
February 18, 2026 ESPN+		App State	W 65-64		–	–	–	HTC Center (1,221) Conway, SC
February 21, 2026 ESPN+		Old Dominion	L 60-73		–	–	–	HTC Center (751) Conway, SC
February 24, 2026 ESPN+		at Georgia State	W 92-84 ^OT		–	–	–	GSU Convocation Center (583) Atlanta, GA
February 27, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	L 56–72	14–17 (7–11)	30 – Hueston	10 – Williams	2 – Tied	Atlantic Union Bank Center (2,349) Harrisonburg, VA
Sun Belt tournament
March 4, 2026 12:30 p.m., ESPN+	(9)	vs. (12) South Alabama Second round	L 70–80	14–18	16 – Williams	12 – Grimes	5 – Williams	Pensacola Bay Center (365) Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

[1] ttps://sunbeltsports.org/news/2025/10/20/james-madison-voted-2025-26-sun-belt-womens-basketball-favorite-jmus-mcdaniel-named-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx

[2] ttps://goccusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster

[3] ttps://goccusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule

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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers women's basketball
Venues	Kimbel Arena (1974–2012) HTC Center (2012–present)
Culture & lore	Chauncy "CCU Fight Song"
People	Head coaches
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