2025–26 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

2025–26 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
2025–26 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
Conference	Big East
Record	16–14 (11–9 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Flanery (24th season);
Assistant coaches	Carli Berger; Mike Jewett; Alexis Akin-Otiko;
Home arena	D. J. Sokol Arena

2025–26 Big East women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	20	–	0	1.000	34	–	0	1.000
Villanova	16	–	4	.800	25	–	7	.781
Seton Hall	12	–	8	.600	19	–	12	.613
Marquette	12	–	8	.600	18	–	12	.600
Creighton	11	–	9	.550	16	–	15	.516
St. John's	11	–	9	.550	22	–	11	.667
Providence	7	–	13	.350	15	–	18	.455
Butler	6	–	14	.300	12	–	19	.387
Georgetown	6	–	14	.300	14	–	17	.452
DePaul	5	–	15	.250	8	–	24	.250
Xavier	4	–	16	.200	11	–	19	.367

† 2026 Big East tournament winner As of March 9, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represent Creighton University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.^[1] The Bluejays, led by 24th-year head coach Jim Flanery, play their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and are members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason left
Sydney Golladay	3	G	6'1"	Graduate Student	Fremont, NE	Graduated
Jayme Horan	12	G	6'1"	Graduate Student	Omaha, NE	Graduated
Mallory Brake	14	F	6'0"	Senior	Hastings, MN	Graduated
Lauren Jensen	15	G	5'10"	Senior	Lakeville, MN	Graduated
Molly Mogensen	21	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Farmington, MN	Graduated
Morgan Maly	30	G/F	6'1"	Senior	Crete, NE	Graduated
Brooke Littrell	33	G/F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Littleton, CO	Graduated

Incoming transfer

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Grace Boffeli	42	F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Eldridge, IA	Northern Iowa

Recruiting

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Avery Cooper F	Lake Zurich, IL	Lake Zurich	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Avery Cooper F	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Tara Dacic F	Belgrade, Serbia	Archbishop Riordan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Tara Dacic F	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Neleigh Gessert G	Omaha, NE	Millard West	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Neleigh Gessert G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Norah Gessert G	Omaha, NE	Millard West	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Norah Gessert G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Kendall McGee G	Brooklyn Park, MN	Benilde-St. Margaret's	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Kendall McGee G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Ava Zediker G	Des Moines, IA	Dowling Catholic	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Ava Zediker G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Overall recruit ranking: ESPN: 6
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 September 21, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025.

Roster

2024–25 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Kendall McGee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Benilde-St. Margaret's	Brooklyn Park,MN
G	2	Kennedy Townsend	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Park Hill	Kansas City, MO
F	9	Tara Dacic	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Archbishop Riordan	Belgrade, Serbia
G	11	Kiani Lockett	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Minnetonka	Minneapolis, MN
G	13	Allison Heathcock	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Edmond North	Edmond, OK
F	22	Avery Cooper	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich, IL
G	23	Neleigh Gessert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Millard West	Omaha, NE
G	24	Ava Zediker	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Dowling Catholic	Des Moines, IA
G	30	Norah Gessert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Millard West	Omaha, NE
C	35	Elizabeth Gentry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Arapahoe	Littleton, CO
F	42	Grace Boffeli	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Northern Iowa	Eldridge, IA

Head coach

Jim Flanery (Creighton)

Assistant coach(es)

Carli Berger (Creighton)
Mike Jewett (South Dakota)
Alexis Akin-Otiko (Creighton)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 21, 2025

Schedule and results

^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 22, 2025* 6:00 p.m.		Missouri Western	W 117–66		–	–	–	D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
October 26, 2025* 12:00 p.m.		vs. North Dakota State	W 64–61		–	–	–	Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Dakota State	L 62–78	0–1	17 – Zediker	6 – Townsend	6 – Lockett	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,489) Omaha, NE
November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Drake	W 83–74	1–1	25 – Lockett	11 – Boffeli	7 – Lockett	Knapp Center (2,587) Des Moines, IA
November 12, 2025* 8:00 p.m., FS1		at Nebraska	L 50–84	1–2	14 – Zediker	9 – Gentry	2 – 3 Tied	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,110) Lincoln, NE
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Northern Iowa	L 50–51	1–3	10 – Gentry	10 – Boffeli	3 – 2 Tied	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,429) Omaha, NE
November 26, 2025* 2:00 p.m.		at UNLV UNLV Thanksgiving Turkey Tip-Off	L 67–76	1–4	17 – Kennedy	8 – Boffeli	8 – Zedicker	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
November 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m.		vs. Northern Arizona UNLV Thanksgiving Turkey Tip-Off	W 86–62	2–4	15 – Heathcock	11 – Boffeli	8 – Townsend	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
December 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at St. Johns	W 60–52	3–4 (1–0)	18 – Townsend	10 – Boffeli	7 – Townsend	Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY
December 7, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 73–60	4–4	26 – Zedicker	10 – Boffeli	5 – Zedicker	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,003) Omaha, NE
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., FS1		Kansas State	L 71–75	4–5	16 – Tied	8 – Tied	5 – McGee	D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
December 17, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SLN		at Omaha	W 92–48	5–5	25 – Ne. Gessert	8 – Boffeli	5 – McGee	Baxter Arena (2,839) Omaha, NE
December 20, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		DePaul	W 70–50	6–5 (2–0)	17 – Boffeli	11 – Boffeli	5 – Townsend	D. J. Sokol Arena (984) Omaha, NE
December 22, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Seton Hall	L 79–88	6–6 (2–1)	25 – Zediker	6 – Zediker	8 – Zediker	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,052) Omaha, NE
December 28, 2025 5:00 p.m., truTV		at Georgetown	L 74–76	6–7 (2–2)	30 – Townsend	14 – Boffeli	4 – Zediker	McDonough Arena (627) Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Villanova	L 64–74	6–8 (2–3)	25 – Ne. Gessert	8 – Heathcock	5 – McGee	Finneran Pavilion (1,527) Villanova, PA
January 4, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Butler	W 67–59	7–8 (3–3)	16 – Tied	8 – Townsend	4 – Tied	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,003) Omaha, NE
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., truTV		at Marquette	L 49–67	7–9 (3–4)	14 – McGee	5 – Townsend	2 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (1,297) Milwaukee, WI
January 11, 2026 1:00 p.m., truTV		No. 1 UConn	L 54–95	7–10 (3–5)	24 – Zediker	6 – McGee	5 – Heathcock	CHI Health Center (6,372) Omaha, NE
January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Providence	L 77–80	7–11 (3–6)	17 – Zediker	7 – Boffeli	4 – Tied	Alumni Hall (989) Providence, RI
January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Xavier	W 82–64	8–11 (4–6)	18 – Boffeli	15 – Boffeli	5 – Heathcock	D. J. Sokol Arena (865) Omaha, NE
January 25, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at DePaul	L 61–76	8–12 (4–7)	19 – Zediker	10 – Boffeli	3 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (1,675) Chicago, IL
January 28, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Johns	W 81–57	9–12 (5–7)	18 – Zediker	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	D. J. Sokol Arena (735) Omaha, NE
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., truTV		at Seton Hall	W 72–66	10–12 (6–7)	16 – Ne. Gessert	10 – Heathcock	4 – Zediker	Walsh Gymnasium (1,213) South Orange, NJ
February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgetown	W 64–62	11–12 (7–7)	31 – Ne. Gessert	17 – Boffeli	5 – McGee	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,090) Omaha, NE
February 8, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1		Marquette	W 80–74	12–12 (8–7)	25 – Zediker	14 – Boffeli	6 – Zediker	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,054) Omaha, NE
February 11, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock		at No. 1 UConn	L 44–94	12–13 (8–8)	23 – Zediker	9 – Boffeli	5 – Heathcock	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (6,372) Storrs, CT
February 15, 2026 4:00 p.m., truTV		Villanova	L 64–74	12–14 (8–9)	23 – Townsend	13 – Boffeli	5 – Zedicker	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,465) Omaha, NE
February 18, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Butler	W 67–58	13–14 (9–9)	15 – Boffeli	9 – Boffeli	3 – Boffeli	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,210) Indianapolis, IN
February 26, 2026 8:00 p.m., TNT		Providence	W 69–49	14–14 (10–9)	20 – Zediker	8 – Heathcock	5 – Boffeli	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,157) Omaha, NE
March 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Xavier	W 73–71	15–14 (11–9)	20 – Boffeli	10 – Boffeli	8 – McGee	Cintas Center (1,601) Cincinnati, OH
Big East Women's Tournament
March 7, 2026 1:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN	(5)	vs. (4) Marquette Quarterfinals	W 57–44	16–14	17 – Townsend	6 – Tied	4 – Zediker	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
March 8, 2026 1:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN	(5)	vs. (1) No. 1 UConn Semifinals						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—
Coaches	RV

References

^ McKewon, Sam (July 19, 2025). "Schedule for new-look CU will include Mavs, NU". Omaha World-Herald. p. C1.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Creighton University. Retrieved September 21, 2025.

[07192025McKewonC1-1] McKewon, Sam (July 19, 2025). "Schedule for new-look CU will include Mavs, NU". Omaha World-Herald. p. C1.

[2] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Creighton University. Retrieved September 21, 2025.

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Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
Venues	University Gym (1973–2003) Omaha Civic Auditorium (2003–2009) D. J. Sokol Arena (2009–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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