2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball team

2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball
2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball
American regular season champions
WBIT
Conference	American Conference
Record	29–5 (17–1 American)
Head coach	Lindsay Edmonds (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Lakevia Boykin; Nick Grant; Danyelle Grant; Jalen Latta; Madi Miller;
Home arena	Tudor Fieldhouse

2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	17	–	1	.944	29	–	5	.853
East Carolina	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
South Florida	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
Tulsa	11	–	7	.611	19	–	12	.613
North Texas	11	–	7	.611	19	–	14	.576
UTSA †	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Temple	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Charlotte	8	–	10	.444	14	–	18	.438
Florida Atlantic	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Tulane	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
UAB	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Memphis	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323

† 2026 American tournament winner As of March 19, 2026

The 2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball team currently represents Rice University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Edmonds, play their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as second year members of the American Conference.

Previous season

The Owls finished the season 17–17 and 7–11 in AAC play to clinch the No. 9 seed in the AAC tournament. They beat No. 8 UAB in the second round before upsetting No. 1 seed UTSA in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Temple in the semifinals. They lost to No. 3 South Florida 62–69 in the championship game, their second appearance in program history.

Offseason

Departures

Rice Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Malia Fisher	1	F	6'2"	Senior	Dacula, GA	Graduated
Emily Klaczek	2	G	5'8"	Senior	Hoffman Estates, IL	Graduated
Maya Bokunewicz	14	G	6'0"	Senior	State College, PA	Graduated
Jazzy Owens-Barnett	30	G	5'7"	Junior	Plano, TX	Transferred to North Texas
Trinity Gooden	32	G	5'10"	Senior	Midwest City, OK	Graduated
Sussy Ngulefac	35	C	6'4"	Senior	Lilburn, GA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Rice Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Louann Battiston	7	G	5'5"	Junior	Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium	Duke
Myah Hazelton	21	C	6'4"	Sophomore	Baltimore, MD	Virginia Tech

Recruiting class

There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Jill Twiehaus	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Jenks High School	Tulsa, OK
G	4	Pace Rickard	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Grand Rapids Christian High School	Grand Rapids, MI
G	5	Mylee Guinn	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Prestonwood Christian Academy	Frisco, TX
G	7	Louann Battiston	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Duke	Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium
G	10	Jordan Blackman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Bishop Montgomery High School	Inglewood, CA
G	11	Dominique Ennis	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	King's Christian Collegiate	Fort Erie, Ontario
G	12	Layla Conley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	John Marshall Harlan High School	San Antonio, TX
G	14	Skyla Tuthill	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Ashley Ridge High School	Summerville, SC
C	21	Myah Hazleton	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Sparrows Point High School Virginia Tech	Baltimore, MD
G	22	Hailey Adams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Tom C. Clark High School	San Antonio, TX
G/F	23	Kennedy Clifton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Bishop Ireton High School	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	24	Aniah Alexis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Cypress Lakes High School	Waller, TX
C	34	Hanna Hilberth	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Lulea Gymansieskolor	Stockholm, Sweden
C	44	Shelby Hayes	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Cedar Park High School	Cedar Park, TX
G	55	Victoria Flores	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Duncanville High School TCU	West Dallas, TX

Head coach

Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State)

Assistant coach(es)

Lakevia Boykin (Wake Forest)
Nick Grant (Baylor)
Danyelle Grant (Utah State)
Jalen Latta (Western New England)
Madi Miller (Abilene Christian)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2025* 7:00 p.m.		Mary Hardin-Baylor	W 102–35		–	–	–
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Dakota State	L 65–79	0–1	17 – Ennis	11 – Adams	2 – Tied	First Bank & Trust Arena (2,151) Brookings, SD
November 11, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston	W 70–56	1–1	16 – Tied	13 – Adams	4 – Battiston	Fertitta Center (1,104) Houston, TX
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	W 66–59	2–1	18 – Alexis	10 – Alexis	6 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (738) Houston, TX
November 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Princeton	L 56–69	2–2	10 – Tied	7 – Tied	5 – Battiston	Jadwin Gymnasium (657) Princeton, NJ
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 70–62	3–2	19 – Ennis	13 – Adams	4 – Alexis	Tudor Fieldhouse (751) Houston, TX
November 26, 2025 11:30 a.m., FloCollege		vs. Illinois State Discover Puerto Rico Shootout	W 75–72 ^OT	4–2	23 – Tied	15 – Hayes	4 – Adams	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
November 27, 2025 4:30 p.m., FloCollege		vs. Morgan State Discover Puerto Rico Shootout	W 75–44	5–2	13 – Adams	11 – Adams	3 – Adams	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
November 28, 2025 2:00 p.m., FloCollege		vs. UCF Discover Puerto Rico Shootout	L 56–57	5–3	17 – Hayes	13 – Adams	3 – Adams	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
December 3, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		Sam Houston	W 66–50	6–3	13 – Ennis	12 – Adams	4 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (765) Houston, TX
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNLV	W 75–50	7–3	20 – Ennis	10 – Adams	8 – Flores	Tudor Fieldhouse (703) Houston, TX
December 12, 2025* 11:15 a.m., ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 75–54	8–3	17 – Alexis	11 – Adams	6 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,044) Houston, TX
December 17, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Grambling State	W 71–47	9–3	14 – Battiston	10 – Alexis	5 – Adams	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (103) Grambling, LA
December 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston Christian	W 71–47	10–3	18 – Hayes	13 – Adams	3 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (661) Houston, TX
American regular season
December 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Florida	W 70–68	11–3 (1–0)	19 – Alexis	11 – Adams	4 – Adams	Yuengling Center (2,105) Tampa, FL
January 3, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida Atlantic	W 83–75	12–3 (2–0)	19 – Alexis	11 – Adams	4 – Adams	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (2,105) Boca Raton, FL
January 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Charlotte	W 84–59	13–3 (3–0)	20 – Tied	13 – Adams	4 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (619) Houston, TX
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		UAB	W 76–56	14–3 (4–0)	19 – Ennis	13 – Adams	7 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (885) Houston, TX
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at North Texas	W 58–54	15–3 (5–0)	16 – Flores	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	The Super Pit (1,784) Denton, TX
January 20, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Tulsa	W 78–66	16–3 (6–0)	26 – Ennis	15 – Adams	5 – Flores	Donald W. Reynolds Center (1,238) Tulsa, OK
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulane	W 70−60	17−3 (7−0)	16 – Hayes	12 – Alexis	5 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,282) Houston, TX
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Temple	W 65–56	18–3 (8–0)	18 – Hayes	15 – Adams	6 – Battiston	Tudor Fieldhouse (767) Houston, TX
January 31, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UTSA	W 65–55	19–3 (9–0)	33 – Flores	15 – Adams	3 – Adams	Convocation Center (1,172) San Antonio, TX
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Memphis	W 82–65	20–3 (10–0)	22 – Ennis	12 – Adams	5 – Flores	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,204) Memphis, TN
February 10, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		North Texas	W 70–68	21–3 (11–0)	16 – Alexis	8 – Adams	5 – Flores	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,142) Houston, TX
February 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Wichita State	W 80–42	22–3 (12–0)	18 – Ennis	17 – Adams	6 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,088) Houston, TX
February 17, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Florida	W 79–72	23–3 (13–0)	24 – Flores	13 – Adams	3 – Tied	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,011) Houston, TX
February 21, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at East Carolina	W 60–58	24–3 (14–0)	16 – Ennis	19 – Adams	3 – Battiston	Minges Coliseum (1,882) Greenville, NC
February 25, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Temple	W 77–66	25–3 (15–0)	21 – Ennis	4 – Ennis	8 – Flores	Liacouras Center (1,116) Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 105–65	26–3 (16–0)	24 – Flores	7 – Tied	5 – Battiston	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,365) Houston, TX
March 3, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 63–56	27–3 (17–0)	23 – Ennis	13 – Hayes	2 – Tied	Halton Arena (577) Charlotte, NC
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UTSA	L 52–61	27–4 (17–1)	15 – Alexis	6 – Adams	5 – Battiston	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,346) Houston, TX
American tournament
March 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (5) North Texas Semifinals	W 71–67	28–4	21 – Flores	14 – Adams	4 – Tied	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
March 14, 2026 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (6) UTSA Championship	L 40–54	28–5	12 – Adams	12 – Adams	3 – Ennis	Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
WBIT
March 19, 2026* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	Louisiana Tech First Round	W 66–61	29–5	21 – Battiston	8 – Tied	9 – Adams	Tudor Fieldhouse (325) Houston, TX
March 22, 2026* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	at (2) Kansas Second Round						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Sources:^[1]^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = 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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Rice University Athletics.
^ "Rice Owls 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. 2026. Retrieved January 18, 2026.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Rice University Athletics.

[2] "Rice Owls 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. 2026. Retrieved January 18, 2026.

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