2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	11–18 (4–16 Big East)
Head coach	Billi Chambers (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Ashlee Kelly
Assistant coaches	Brianna Sanders; Myia Johnson;
Home arena	Cintas Center

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 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team will represent Xavier University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, lead by head coach Billi Chambers in her third season with the team, play their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Musketeers finished the season with a record of 7–24 and 1–17 in Big East play to finish in last place for the third consecutive year. As the No. 11 seed, they won in the first round to No.6 seed DePaul before losing to No.3 seed Seton Hall in the Big East women's tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Xavier Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Loren Christie	1	F	6'3"	Graduate	London, England	Graduated
Aizhanique Mayo	2	G	5'9"	RS Sophomore	Bridgeport, CT	Transferred to DePaul
Júlia Garcia Roig	4	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Barcelona, Spain	Transferred to Drexel
Tae'lor Purvis	5	G	5'7"	Graduate	Houston, TX	Graduated
Daniela López	7	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Barcelona, Spain	Transferred to East Tennessee State
Olivia Borsutzki	21	G	5'11"	Freshman	Munich, Germany	Transferred to Omaha
Jordan Miller	23	F	6'1"	Graduate	North Canton, OH	Graduated
Jovana Nikolić	26	F	6'2"	Freshman	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to Lindenwood
Irune Orio	31	G	6'2"	Junior	Balmaseda, Spain	Transferred to Pepperdine

Incoming transfers

Xavier incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Savannah White	2	G/F	6'2"	Senior	St. Paul, MN	Indiana State
Mariyah Noel	13	G	5'11"	Junior	Kansas City, KS	Ole Miss
Audia Young	21	G	5'9"	RS Junior	Tallahassee, FL	Auburn
Mya Moore	44	F	6'2"	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Cleveland State

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2025.

Roster

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Payton Richards	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Lake Travis	Austin, Texas
G/F	2	Savannah White	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	DeLaSalle Wisconsin Indiana State	St. Paul, Minnesota
G/F	3	Kodee Williams-Sefo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Westlake Girls	Auckland, New Zealand
G	7	Vivien Nejašmić	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Linigra	Split, Croatia
G	8	Meri Kanerva	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary	Espoo, Finland
G/F	10	Denise Neves	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lisbon, Portugal
G	11	Phoebe Holmes	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Mackay North State	North Mackay, Australia
G/F	12	MacKenzie Givens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Princeton	Cincinnati, Ohio
G	13	Mariyah Noel	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Bonner Springs Ole Miss	Kansas City, Kansas
F	15	Petra Oborilova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Stredná Športová Škola Iona	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
G	21	Audia Young	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Florida High Auburn	Kansas City, Kansas
F	22	Penda Dieng	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	S3 Academy	Louga, Senegal
G/F	24	Lucía Martínez López	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Colegio Internacional San Fernando	Oviedo, Spain
G	44	Mya Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Pius XI Seattle Cleveland State	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Head coach

Billi Chambers (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Ashlee Kelly (Quinnipiac)
Brianna Sanders (Ohio State)
Myia Johnson (Rutgers)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:30 p,m., ESPN+	New Haven	W 53–46	1–0	13 – Noel	8 – Noel	5 – White	Cintas Center (537) Cincinnati, OH
November 7, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Purdue Fort Wayne	W 62–61	2–0	22 – Noel	10 – Noel	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (692) Cincinnati, OH
November 11, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton	L 66–71	2–1	22 – Noel	13 – White	3 – Tied	Cintas Center (689) Cincinnati, OH
November 14, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Kent State	L 60–68	2–2	23 – Kanerva	5 – Tied	5 – Noel	Cintas Center (910) Cincinnati, OH
November 20, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Ohio	W 74–53	3–2	20 – Givens	12 – White	5 – Tied	Cintas Center (964) Cincinnati, OH
November 24, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Akron	W 64–57	4–2	21 – Givens	9 – Noel	4 – Kanerva	James A. Rhodes Arena (800) Akron, OH
November 30, 2025 2:30 p.m., FS1	No. 1 UConn	L 39–104	4–3 (0–1)	12 – Nejasmic	6 – Givens	3 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (3,536) Cincinnati, OH
December 4, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Providence	W 61–47	5–3 (1–1)	20 – Noel	9 – White	5 – White	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cincinnati Skyline Chili Cross Shoutout	W 77–70	6–3	25 – Givens	8 – Givens	6 – Kanerva	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
December 9, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	LIU	W 64–57	7–3	18 – Givens	11 – Givens	5 – Kanerva	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Francis	W 63–51	8–3	16 – Noel	10 – Noel	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (910) Cincinnati, OH
December 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Butler	L 58–64	8–4 (1–2)	24 – Nejašmić	8 – Noel	8 – Kanerva	Hinkle Fieldhouse (888) Indianapolis, IN
December 28, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seton Hall	L 55–75	8–5 (1–3)	15 – Nejašmić	6 – Tied	4 – Kanerva	Walsh Gymnasium (958) South Orange, NJ
January 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Marquette	L 54–67	8–6 (1–4)	22 – Noel	7 – Noel	7 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,197) Cincinnati, OH
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgetown	W 52–51	9–6 (2–4)	14 – Kanerva	11 – White	7 – Kanerva	McDonough Arena (647) Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2026 11:30 a.m., ESPN+	at Villanova	L 50–67	9–7 (2–5)	16 – Tied	6 – Tied	7 – Noel	Finneran Pavilion (1,511) Villanova, PA
January 13, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	DePaul	W 71–61	10–7 (3–5)	18 – Givens	13 – White	5 – White	Cintas Center (943) Cincinnati, OH
January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. John's	L 64–66	10–8 (3–6)	30 – Noel	9 – Noel	5 – Noel	Cintas Center (1,085) Cincinnati, OH
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Creighton	L 64–82	10–9 (3–7)	16 – Noel	6 – Tied	4 – Kanerva	D. J. Sokol Arena (865) Omaha, NE
January 24, 2026 9:30 a.m., ESPN+	at Georgetown	L 52–65	10–10 (3–8)	20 – Noel	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	Cintas Center (868) Cincinnati, OH
January 28, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock	at No. 1 UConn Play4Kay Pink Game	L 39–97	10–11 (3–9)	12 – Noel	9 – White	2 – Tied	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,244) Storrs, CT
February 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Butler	W 63–59	9–13 (3–9)	19 – Nejašmić	8 – &White	5 – Nejašmić	Cintas Center (990) Cincinnati, OH
February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. John's	L 52–71	11–12 (4–10)	20 – Noel	11 – Noel	5 – Oborilova	Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY
February 8, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Providence	L 50–66	11–13 (4–13)	15 – Kanerva	7 – White	3 – Kanerva	Alumni Hall (1,004) Providence, RI
February 11, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Villanova	L 38–78	11–14 (4–12)	13 – Kanerva	6 – Martinez Lopez	3 – Nejašmić	Cintas Center (1,069) Cincinnati, OH
February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Seton Hall	L 55–64	11–15 (4–13)	19 – Givens	7 – Givens	8 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (1,249) Cincinnati, OH
February 22, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at DePaul	L 67–76	11–16 (4–14)	22 – Givens	11 – White	6 – Kanerva	Wintrust Arena (3,071) Chicago, IL
February 25, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Marquette	L 65–77	11–17 (4–15)	24 – Noel	8 – Noel	4 – White	Al McGuire Center (1,742) Milwaukee, WI
March 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Creighton	L 71–73	11–18 (4–16)	19 – Kanerva	13 – White	7 – White	Cintas Center (1,601) Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
March 6, 2026 3:00 p.m.	vs. St. John's						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Footnotes

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Xavier University Athletics.

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

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