2025–26 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

2025–26 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
2025–26 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
WBIT, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–15 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach	Tricia Cullop (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Fitzroy Anthony; Jessie Ivey (11th; 2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Danielle Page (2nd season); Murriel Page (2nd season);
Home arena	Watsco Center

2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Duke †	16	–	2	.889	26	–	8	.765
No. 13 Louisville	15	–	3	.833	29	–	7	.806
No. 15 North Carolina	14	–	4	.778	28	–	7	.800
NC State	13	–	5	.722	21	–	11	.656
No. 22 Notre Dame	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
Virginia Tech	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Syracuse	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Clemson	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
California	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Georgia Tech	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Miami (FL)	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Stanford	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Florida State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Wake Forest	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
SMU	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300
Pittsburgh	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258
Boston College	1	–	17	.056	5	–	26	.161

† 2026 ACC tournament winner As of March 23, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represents the University of Miami during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes are led by second-year head coach Tricia Cullop and play their home games at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Previous season

The Hurricanes finished the season 14–15 and 4–14 in ACC play to finish in sixteenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Aurora Almón	0	F	6'4"	Freshman	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Transferred to Syracuse^[1]
Lemyah Hylton	1	G	5'11"	Junior	London, Ontario	Transferred to Texas A&M^[2]
Jasmyne Roberts	4	G	5'10"	Senior	Jacksonville, Florida	Graduated
Darrione Rogers	8	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Chicago, Illinois	Graduated
Haley Cavinder	14	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Gilbert, Arizona	Graduated signed to WWE
Hanna Cavinder	15	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Gilbert, Arizona	Graduated signed to WWE
Daniela Abies	16	F	6'0"	Junior	Málaga, Spain	Transferred to St. John's^[3]
Natalija Marshall	21	F	6'5"	Graduate Student	Queens, New York	Graduated
Leah Harmon	42	G	5'6"	Freshman	Paterson, New Jersey	Transferred to UCF^[4]
Cameron Williams	44	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Chicago, Illinois	Graduated
Sophia Zulich	54	F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Greater Sudbury, Ontario	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Ra Shaya Kyle	0	C	6'6"	Graduate Student	Marion, Indiana	Florida^[5]
Candace Kpetikou	4	C	6'3"	Sophomore	Niamey, Niger	Washington State^[6]
Mya Kone	8	F	6'2"	Junior	Pompano Beach, Florida	FIU^[7]
Gal Raviv	14	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Netanya, Israel	Quinnipiac^[8]
Vittoria Blasigh	15	G	5'9"	Junior	Udine, Italy	South Florida^[7]
Amarachi Kimpson	33	G	5'8"	Junior	Little Elm, Texas	UNLV^[9]
Jessica Peterson	35	C	6'2"	Graduate Student	Rancho Cucamonga, California	SMU^[10]

Recruiting class

Source:^[11]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Soma Okolo F	Leander, Texas	Glenn High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A	Aug 3, 2024
Soma Okolo F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (NR)
Danielle Osho F	Dacula, Georgia	Hebron Christian Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A	Oct 20, 2024
Danielle Osho F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
Meredith Tippner G	Noblesville, Indiana	Noblesville High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Aug 2, 2024
Meredith Tippner G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Natalie Wetzel F	McMurray, Pennsylvania	Peters Township High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jul 15, 2024
Natalie Wetzel F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Camille Williams G	Fort Worth, Texas	Boswell High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Aug 11, 2024
Camille Williams G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (95)
Overall recruit ranking:
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:

Roster

2025–26 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Ra Shaya Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	GS	Marion Florida	Marion, IN
G	1	Camille Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Boswell	Fort Worth, TX
F	2	Soma Okolo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Glenn	Leander, TX
C	4	Candace Kpetikou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Saint Joseph Washington State	Niamey, Niger
G	5	Ahnay Adams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Tilton School	New Bedford, MA
F	7	Danielle Osho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Hebron Christian	Dacula, GA
F	8	Mya Kone	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Blanche Ely FIU	Pompano Beach, FL
F	12	Natalie Wetzel	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Peters Township	McMurray, PA
G	14	Gal Raviv	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Bella Vista Prep Quinnipiac	Netanya, Israel
G	15	Vittoria Blasigh	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	SPAR Gran Canaria South Florida	Udine, Italy
G	22	Simone Pelish	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Our Lady of Lourdes	Poughkeepsie, NY
G	23	Meredith Tippner	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Noblesville	Noblesville, IN
G	33	Amarachi Kimpson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Little Elm UNLV	Little Elm, TX
C	35	Jessica Peterson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Etiwanda SMU	Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Head coach

Tricia Cullop (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Fitzroy Anthony (Palm Beach Atlantic)
Jessie Ivey (West Florida)
Danielle Page (Nebraska)
Murriel Page (Florida)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 28, 2025

Schedule

Source:^[12]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2025* 12:00 p.m.		Lynn	W 112–62	—	26 – Kyle	7 – Tippner	–	Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		Hofstra	W 83–48	1–0	13 – Kyle	8 – Peterson	4 – Raviv	Watsco Center (803) Coral Gables, FL
November 6, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX		Bethune–Cookman	W 74–41	2–0	19 – Kyle	11 – Kyle	7 – Raviv	Watsco Center (2,956) Coral Gables, FL
November 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida Atlantic	W 79–47	3–0	14 – Kimpson	9 – Peterson	5 – Adams	Watsco Center (791) Coral Gables, FL
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		vs. Davidson WBCA Showcase	W 66–58	4–0	22 – Raviv	11 – Kyle	4 – Adams	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Orlando, FL
November 22, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. No. 19 Iowa WBCA Showcase	L 61–64	4–1	19 – Kimpson	8 – Kyle	5 – Raviv	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (2,774) Orlando, FL
November 28, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. George Washington Cayman Islands Classic	W 83–77	5–1	29 – Raviv	14 – Kyle	2 – Tied	John Gray Gymnasium George Town, CI
November 29, 2025* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops		vs. No. 24 Oklahoma State Cayman Islands Classic	L 84–87	5–2	21 – Raviv	13 – Kyle	4 – Adams	John Gray Gymnasium (475) George Town, CI
December 3, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 17 Kentucky ACC–SEC Challenge	L 48–64	5–3	12 – Raviv	10 – Kyle	1 – Tied	Watsco Center (859) Coral Gables, FL
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia State	W 99–46	6–3	16 – Kyle	17 – Kyle	9 – Raviv	Watsco Center (1,021) Coral Gables, FL
December 14, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		NC State	L 61–87	6–4 (0–1)	22 – Blasigh	10 – Kyle	3 – Tied	Watsco Center (744) Coral Gables, FL
December 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest	W 64–61	7–4 (1–1)	19 – Tippner	7 – Osho	3 – Tied	LJVM Coliseum (977) Winston-Salem, NC
December 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		Kennesaw State	W 85–55	8–4	28 – Kyle	10 – Kyle	5 – Kimpson	Watsco Center (609) Coral Gables, FL
December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Stetson	W 77–45	9–4	14 – Tied	12 – Kyle	4 – Tied	Watsco Center (847) Coral Gables, FL
January 1, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	W 75–67	10–4 (2–1)	23 – Kyle	13 – Kyle	3 – Raviv	Cassell Coliseum (4,617) Blacksburg, VA
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson	L 55–70	10–5 (2–2)	12 – Tied	9 – Kyle	7 – Kyle	Watsco Center (914) Coral Gables, FL
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 10 Louisville	L 68–77	10–6 (2–3)	18 – Kimpson	11 – Kyle	5 – Kimpson	Watsco Center (606) Coral Gables, FL
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	W 89–73	11–6 (3–3)	30 – Kyle	10 – Kyle	9 – Raviv	Watsco Center (1,137) Coral Gables, FL
January 15, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina	L 62–73	11–7 (3–4)	16 – Tied	10 – Osho	1 – tied	Carmichael Arena (3,320) Chapel Hill, NC
January 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	L 66–74	11–8 (3–5)	21 – Kimpson	10 – Kyle	3 – Adams	Purcell Pavilion (6,669) Notre Dame, IN
January 25, 2026 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		at SMU	W 75–66	12–8 (4–5)	23 – Kimpson	10 – Okolo	3 – Tied	Moody Coliseum (1,244) University Park, TX
January 29, 2026 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 20 Duke	L 58–74	12–9 (4–6)	21 – Kyle	9 – Kyle	3 – Tied	Watsco Center (897) Coral Gables, FL
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Syracuse	L 60–65	12–10 (4–7)	13 – Tied	8 – Kyle	7 – Raviv	Watsco Center (1,505) Coral Gables, FL
February 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	L 56–67	12–11 (4–8)	13 – Tied	10 – Kyle	6 – Raviv	John Paul Jones Arena (3,709) Charlottesville, VA
February 8, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Florida State	L 70–87	12–12 (4–9)	23 – Kyle	13 – Kyle	5 – Tied	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,312) Tallahassee, FL
February 15, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	W 82–70	13–12 (5–9)	24 – Kyle	10 – Kyle	9 – Raviv	Conte Forum (1,527) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 19, 2026 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Stanford	W 66–51	14–12 (6–9)	19 – Raviv	14 – Kyle	5 – Kyle	Watsco Center (833) Coral Gables, FL
February 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		California	W 69–60	15–12 (7–9)	16 – Kyle	14 – Kyle	6 – Adams	Watsco Center (832) Coral Gables, FL
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W 79–58	16–12 (8–9)	36 – Kyle	13 – Kyle	4 – Raviv	Watsco Center (839) Coral Gables, FL
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 49–79	16–13 (8–10)	11 – Raviv	7 – Kyle	4 – Adams	McCamish Pavilion (3,480) Atlanta, GA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2026* 11:00 a.m., ACCN	(12)	vs. (13) Stanford First Round	W 83–76 ^OT	17–13	25 – Kyle	11 – Kyle	6 – Raviv	Gas South Arena (5,192) Duluth, GA
March 5, 2026* 1:30 p.m., ACCN	(12)	vs. (5) Notre Dame Second Round	L 54–69	17–14	15 – Raviv	15 – Kyle	4 – Adams	Gas South Arena (6,203) Duluth, GA
WBIT
March 19, 2026* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	Georgia Southern First Round	W 82–56	18–14	19 – Kimpson	10 – Kyle	7 – Adams	Watsco Center (601) Coral Gables, FL
March 22, 2026* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(3) Wisconsin Second Round	L 65–72	18–15	20 – Raviv	12 – Kyle	8 – Raviv	Watsco Center (486) Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

^ Ditota, Donna (April 15, 2025). "Syracuse women's basketball adds a transfer from Auburn (report)". The Post-Standard. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ Shaw, Tyler (April 2, 2025). "Aggie women's basketball adds a couple of transfers". KBTX-TV. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ "Miami Transfer Daniela Abies Commits to St. John's". redstormsports.com. St. John's University Athletics. April 21, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ VanHoose, Jenna (May 7, 2025). "Women's Hoops Adds Five to 2025-26 Signing Class". ucfknights.com. University of Central Florida Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ Zbarsky, Hunter (April 10, 2025). "Ra Shaya Kyle Transfers to Miami". WRUF (AM). Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ Sandle, Justice (May 1, 2025). "Miami Women's Basketball Adds Washington State Transfer Candace Kpetikou". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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^ "Israeli ace Gal Raviv confirmed as U19WWC record-breaking scorer". FIBA. July 23, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
^ Morales-Smith, Mark (April 15, 2025). "Lady Rebels Top Scorer Amarachi Kimpson Transfers To Miami Hurricanes". MSN. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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[1] Ditota, Donna (April 15, 2025). "Syracuse women's basketball adds a transfer from Auburn (report)". The Post-Standard. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[2] Shaw, Tyler (April 2, 2025). "Aggie women's basketball adds a couple of transfers". KBTX-TV. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[3] "Miami Transfer Daniela Abies Commits to St. John's". redstormsports.com. St. John's University Athletics. April 21, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[4] VanHoose, Jenna (May 7, 2025). "Women's Hoops Adds Five to 2025-26 Signing Class". ucfknights.com. University of Central Florida Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

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[6] Sandle, Justice (May 1, 2025). "Miami Women's Basketball Adds Washington State Transfer Candace Kpetikou". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[transfer-7] Morales-Smith, Mark (April 1, 2025). "Miami Women's Basketball Adds Key Transfers Vittoria Blasigh & Mya Kone". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[8] "Israeli ace Gal Raviv confirmed as U19WWC record-breaking scorer". FIBA. July 23, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[9] Morales-Smith, Mark (April 15, 2025). "Lady Rebels Top Scorer Amarachi Kimpson Transfers To Miami Hurricanes". MSN. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

[10] "Miami Adds SMU Transfer Jessica Peterson". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. April 11, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.

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