2025–26 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team
| 2025–26 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball | |
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Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division champions | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 24 |
| AP | No. 24 |
| Record | 22–9 (8–8 SEC) |
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| Associate head coach | Tahnee Balerio |
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| Home arena | Stegeman Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 South Carolina | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 31 | – | 3 | .912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Vanderbilt | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 27 | – | 4 | .871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 32 | – | 3 | .914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 LSU | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Oklahoma | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Ole Miss | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Georgia | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Kentucky | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 SEC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team represents the University of Georgia during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, play their home games at Stegeman Coliseum and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Previous season
The Lady Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 13–19, 4–12 SEC play to finish in twelfth place. As an No. 12 seed in the SEC Tournament they defeated Arkansas in the first round before losing to Oklahoma in the second round.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Asia Avinger | 1 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Cerritos, CA | Graduated |
| De'Mauri Flournoy | 10 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Villa Rica, GA | Graduated |
| Roxane Mokolo | 12 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Saint-Hubert, QC | Graduated |
| Fatima Diakhate | 21 | C | 6'5" | Sophomore | Dakar, Senegal | Transferred to Pittsburgh |
| Nyah Leveretter | 22 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Blythewood, SC | Graduated |
| Summer Davis | 23 | G | 5'9" | Freshman | Detroit, MI | Transferred to Georgetown |
| Indya Davis | 24 | G | 5'9" | Freshman | Detroit, MI | Transferred to Georgetown |
| Amiyah Evans | 30 | F | 6'2" | Junior | Pensacola, FL | Transferred to Penn State |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Dani Carnegie | 3 | G | 5'9" | Sophomore | Mount Vernon, NY | Georgia Tech[1] |
| Enjulina Gonzalez | 11 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Miami, FL | Miami (OH) |
| Rylie Theuerkauf | 14 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Tenafly, NY | Wake Forest |
| Aicha Ndour | 21 | C | 6'6" | Graduate Student | Somone, Senegal | Wichita State |
| Vera Ojenuwa | 22 | F | 6'4" | Junior | Delta State, Nigeria | Arkansas |
2025 recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Zhen Craft W |
Forestville, MD | Bishop McNamara High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | ||
| Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94) | ||||||
| Aubrey Beckham G |
Dacula, GA | Hebron Christian Academy | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A | ||
| Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94) | ||||||
| Jocelyn Faison G |
Fairburn, GA | Langston Hughes High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | ||
| Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91) | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 3, 2025* 5:00 p.m., SECN+ |
Alabama State | W 73–44 | 1–0 |
15 – Woolfolk | 11 – Verse | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (2,328) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 6, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SECN+ |
Furman | W 91–45 | 2–0 |
19 – Carnegie | 8 – Tied | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (1,753) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 10, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SECN+ |
USC Upstate | W 78–44 | 3–0 |
19 – Theuerkauf | 6 – Ojenuwa | 5 – Craft | Stegeman Coliseum (1,406) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m. |
at South Carolina State | W 85–49 | 4–0 |
22 – Carnegie | 9 – Turner | 8 – Turner | SHM Memorial Center (345) Orangeburg, SC | ||||
| November 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Jacksonville State | W 76–51 | 5–0 |
16 – Turner | 7 – Verse | 4 – Carnegie | Stegeman Coliseum (2,154) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 20, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
North Florida | W 92–46 | 6–0 |
22 – Carnegie | 7 – Ojenuwa | 7 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (1,544) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Georgia Tech | W 87–59 | 7–0 |
23 – Carnegie | 6 – Woolfolk | 5 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (3,746) Athens, GA | ||||
| November 28, 2025* 7:30 p.m., Ion |
vs. Kansas Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division |
W 68–62 | 8–0 |
23 – Carnegie | 8 – Verse | 4 – Turner | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (944) Fort Myers, FL | ||||
| November 29, 2025* 5:00 p.m., Ion |
vs. Butler Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division |
W 80–54 | 9–0 |
15 – Gonzalez | 6 – Woolfolk | 7 – Gonzalez | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (932) Fort Myers, FL | ||||
| December 3, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU |
at Florida State ACC–SEC Challenge |
W 80–60 | 10–0 |
20 – Woolfolk | 9 – Carnegie | 6 – Turner | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (1,155) Tallahassee, FL | ||||
| December 15, 2025* 11:00 a.m., SECN |
North Carolina A&T | W 77–49 | 11–0 |
20 – Carnegie | 10 – Carnegie | 6 – Carnegie | Stegeman Coliseum (5,425) Athens, GA | ||||
| December 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. VCU 4 Tha Culture Holiday Classic |
W 72–53 | 12–0 |
23 – Turner | 9 – Carnegie | 5 – Turner | Henrico Sports & Events Center (273) Henrico, VA | ||||
| December 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Coppin State 4 Tha Culture Holiday Classic |
W 82–55 | 13–0 |
20 – Turner | 8 – Craft | 7 – Carnegie | Henrico Sports & Events Center Henrico, VA | ||||
| December 29, 2025* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Charleston Southern | W 97–52 | 14–0 |
16 – Craft | 13 – Craft | 5 – Beckham | Stegeman Coliseum (1,972) Athens, GA | ||||
| SEC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 1, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
at No. 15 Ole Miss | L 62–79 | 14–1 (0–1) |
24 – Carnegie | 8 – Carnegie | 5 – Turner | SJB Pavilion (2,595) Oxford, MS | ||||
| January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Texas A&M | W 64–56 OT | 15–1 (1–1) |
23 – Carnegie | 10 – Carnegie | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (3,944) Athens, GA | ||||
| January 8, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
No. 12 LSU | L 59–80 | 15–2 (1–2) |
24 – Carnegie | 7 – Tied | 3 – Carnegie | Stegeman Coliseum (4,857) Athens, GA | ||||
| January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN |
at No. 3 South Carolina We Back Pat |
L 43−65 | 15−3 (1−3) |
16 – Theuerkauf | 10 – Turner | 5 – Turner | Colonial Life Arena (15,536) Columbia, SC | ||||
| January 18, 2026 12:00 p.m., SECN |
No. 16 Ole Miss | W 82–59 | 16–3 (2–3) |
32 – Carnegie | 11 – Carnegie | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (3,359) Athens, GA | ||||
| January 22, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
at Arkansas | W 76–66 | 17–3 (3–3) |
31 – Carnegie | 7 – Tied | 10 – Turner | Bud Walton Arena (2,229) Fayetteville, AR | ||||
| January 24, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
at No. 11 Kentucky | W 72–67 | 18–3 (4–3) |
19 – Tied | 13 – Woolfolk | 8 – Carnegie | Memorial Coliseum (4,195) Lexington, KY | ||||
| January 29, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN |
No. 23 | No. 24 Alabama | L 53–68 | 18–4 (4–4) |
13 – Woolfolk | 5 – Woolfolk | 3 – Tied | Stegeman Coliseum (2,281) Athens, GA | |||
| February 5, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
No. 19 Tennessee | L 77–82 OT | 18–5 (4–5) |
25 – Carnegie | 6 – Tied | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (2,844) Athens, GA | ||||
| February 8, 2026 4:00 p.m., SECN |
at Missouri | W 85–66 | 19–5 (5–5) |
22 – Theuerkauf | 9 – Turner | 8 – Turner | Mizzou Arena (3,968) Columbia, MO | ||||
| February 12, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
at Mississippi State | L 71–85 | 19–6 (5–6) |
26 – Theuerkauf | 6 – Turner | 5 – Turner | Humphrey Coliseum (3,651) Starkville, MS | ||||
| February 15, 2026 12:00 p.m., SECN |
No. 5 Vanderbilt | W 76–74 | 20–6 (6–6) |
29 – Carnegie | 8 – Carnegie | 6 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (3,682) Athens, GA | ||||
| February 19, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN |
No. 24 | No. 11 Oklahoma | L 67–71 | 20–7 (6–7) |
29 – Woolfolk | 9 – Woolfolk | 5 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (2,426) Athens, GA | |||
| February 23, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN |
No. 23 | at Auburn | W 74–52 | 21–7 (7–7) |
17 – Carnegie | 7 – Verse | 3 – Woolfolk | Neville Arena (3,680) Auburn, AL | |||
| February 26, 2026 10:00 p.m., SECN |
No. 23 | at No. 4 Texas | L 50–79 | 21–8 (7–8) |
16 – Theuerkauf | 7 – Turner | 2 – Tied | Moody Center (10,136) Austin, TX | |||
| March 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
No. 23 | Florida | W 71–58 | 22–8 (8–8) |
26 – Carnegie | 10 – Woolfolk | 5 – Turner | Stegeman Coliseum (3,432) Athens, GA | |||
| SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 5, 2026 11:00 a.m., SECN |
(8) No. 22 | vs. (9) No. 17 Kentucky Second round |
L 61–76 | 22–9 |
18 – Carnegie | 4 – Tied | 4 – Carnegie | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. [2] | |||||||||||
Rankings
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| 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 | RV | RV | RV* | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | — | — | — | RV | 25 | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | |
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also
References
- ^ "2025 Georgia Bulldogs Womens-Basketball Transfers". On3.com. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Georgia Bulldogs. Retrieved September 26, 2025.