2025–26 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

2025–26 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
2025–26 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	21–11 (13–5 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (13th season);
Associate head coach	Nikki West (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Ashley Williams (4th season); Simon Harris (1st season); Kevin Leatherwood (3rd season); Kayla Jones (1st season); Houston Fancher (8th season);
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum

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 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represents North Carolina State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack are led by thirteenth-year head coach Wes Moore and play their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the regular season 24–5 overall and 16–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated ninth seed Georgia Tech, 73–72. They matched up with fifth seed and fourteenth ranked North Carolina in the Semifinals. They avenged their regular season loss by winning 66–55. The Wolfpack were defeated by third seed and eleventh ranked Duke in the Final, 76–62. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the two-seed in the Spokane 1 region. They defeated fifteen-seed Vermont and seven-seed Michigan State at home to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they faced three seed and tenth ranked LSU in a re-match of their Pink Flamingo Championship game. They lost again to LSU, this time 80–73 to end their season. The Wolfpack finished the season with a 28–7 record, and ranked ninth AP poll and tenth Coaches polls.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Aziaha James	10	G	5'10"	Senior	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Graduated; drafted 12th overall in the 2025 WNBA draft^[1]
Caitlin Weimar	12	G	6'4"	Graduate Student	Cortlandt Manor, New York	Graduated; transferred to Virginia^[2]
Lizzy Williamson	15	C	6'5"	Graduate Student	Adelaide, Australia	Graduated; transferred to Oregon State^[3]
Madison Hayes	21	G	6'0"	Graduate Student	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Graduated
Saniya Rivers	22	G	6'1"	Senior	Wilmington, North Carolina	Graduated; drafted 8th overall in the 2025 WNBA draft^[4]
Laci Steele	24	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Edmond, Oklahoma	Transferred to Wisconsin^[5]

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Qadence Samuels	2	G	6'0"	Junior	Forestville, Maryland	Connecticut^[6]
Khamil Pierre	12	G	6'2"	Junior	Phoenix, Arizona	Vanderbilt^[7]

Recruiting class

Source:^[8]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Adelaide Jernigan G	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Bishop McGuinness	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Oct 6, 2024
Adelaide Jernigan G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Destiny Lunan F	Goodyear, Arizona	Millennium	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A	Nov 15, 2024
Destiny Lunan F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
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 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Devyn Quigley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Manchester Township	Manchester, NJ
C	1	Lorena Awou	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	United Township	East Moline, IL
G	2	Qadence Samuels	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Bishop McNamara Connecticut	Forestville, MD
G	3	Zamareya Jones	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	North Pitt	Bethel, NC
G	7	Destiny Lunan	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Millennium	Goodyear, AZ
G	10	Adelaide Jernigan	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Bishop McGuinness	Winston-Salem, NC
F	11	Maddie Cox	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, TX
F	12	Khamil Pierre	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Perry Vanderbilt	Phoenix, AZ
F	18	Tilda Trygger	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	NB Paterna	Stockholm, Sweden
G	35	Zoe Brooks	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	St. John Vianney	Plainfield, NJ
C	42	Mallory Collier	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Bartlett	Millington, TN

Head coach

Wes Moore (Johnson)

Assistant coach(es)

Kikki West (Clemson)
Ashley Williams (NC State)
Simon Harris (NC State)
Kevin Leatherwood (Carson–Newman)
Kayla Jones (NC State)
Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source^[9]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	High Point	W 77–69	–	15 – Trygger	12 – Trygger	5 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
October 26, 2025* 2:00 p.m.	No. 9	vs. No. 10 Maryland The Bad Boy Mowers Series Exhibition	W 83–75	–	20 – Brooks	11 – Samuels	4 – Jones	First Horizon Coliseum (8,000) Greensboro, NC
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 9	vs. No. 8 Tennessee Ro Greensboro Invitational	W 80–77	1–0	21 – Pierre	14 – Pierre	5 – Tied	First Horizon Coliseum (4,731) Greensboro, NC
November 9, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 9	vs. No. 18 USC Ally Tipoff	L 68–69	1–1	24 – Brooks	18 – Pierre	6 – Brooks	Spectrum Center (5,208) Charlotte, NC
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	Maine	W 66–47	2–1	18 – Pierre	10 – Pierre	5 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (4,575) Raleigh, NC
November 16, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 10	No. 17 TCU	L 59–69	2–2	15 – Trygger	10 – Brooks	6 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
November 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 16	Coastal Carolina	W 71–58	3–2	13 – Tied	10 – Pierre	8 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,513) Raleigh, NC
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	Rhode Island	L 63–68	3–3	17 – Jones	8 – Tied	4 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,705) Raleigh, NC
November 27, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloCollege	No. 25	vs. Green Bay Cancún Challenge	W 79–67	4–3	21 – Brooks	21 – Pierre	7 – Brooks	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Riviera Maya, MX
November 28, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloCollege	No. 25	vs. Southern Miss Cancún Challenge	W 110–56	5–3	18 – Pierre	16 – Pierre	8 – Jones	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya Riviera Maya, MX
December 3, 2025* 7:15 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 9 Oklahoma ACC–SEC Challenge	L 98–103 ^OT	5–4	26 – Jones	20 – Pierre	3 – Jones	Lloyd Noble Center (4,614) Norman, OK
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Seton Hall	W 61–53	6–4	12 – Jones	12 – Cox	5 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,789) Raleigh, NC
December 14, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Miami (FL)	W 87–61	7–4 (1–0)	21 – Pierre	13 – Pierre	4 – Jones	Watsco Center (744) Coral Gables, FL
December 18, 2025 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	W 87–58	8–4 (2–0)	17 – Jones	9 – Pierre	7 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (4,432) Raleigh, NC
December 21, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Davidson	W 68–59	9–4	23 – Pierre	13 – Pierre	4 – Samuels	John M. Belk Arena (1,521) Davidson, NC
January 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Stanford	W 74–46	10–4 (3–0)	18 – Brooks	8 – Trygger	6 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., The CW		California	W 71–60	11–4 (4–0)	21 – Pierre	7 – Pierre	7 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (5,113) Raleigh, NC
January 8, 2026 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Clemson	L 65–75	11–5 (4–1)	19 – Trygger	11 – Tied	6 – Brooks	Littlejohn Coliseum (861) Clemson, SC
January 11, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCN		SMU	W 91–54	12–5 (5–1)	16 – Samuels	12 – Pierre	3 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest	W 95–77	13–5 (6–1)	26 – Pierre	14 – Pierre	9 – Brooks	LJVM Coliseum (1,858) Winston-Salem, NC
January 18, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 9 Louisville	L 80–88 ^OT	13–6 (6–2)	26 – Pierre	8 – Samuels	6 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	W 78–76 ^OT	14–6 (7–2)	37 – Brooks	12 – Pierre	5 – Brooks	John Paul Jones Arena (4,291) Charlottesville, VA
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Boston College	W 106–84	15–6 (8–2)	27 – Brooks	12 – Pierre	7 – Brooks	Conte Forum (623) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 2, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		No. 25 North Carolina Rivalry	L 59–61	15–7 (8–3)	14 – Pierre	15 – Pierre	4 – Brooks	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
February 5, 2026 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida State	W 83–55	16–7 (9–3)	25 – Jones	18 – Pierre	3 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (4,973) Raleigh, NC
February 8, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech	W 82–62	17–7 (10–3)	25 – Tied	12 – Pierre	5 – Brooks	Cassell Coliseum (4,454) Blacksburg, VA
February 15, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN		at Notre Dame	L 67–79	17–8 (10–4)	21 – Jones	11 – Pierre	4 – Brooks	Purcell Pavilion (8,367) Notre Dame, IN
February 19, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN		at No. 9 Duke	L 65–83	17–9 (10–5)	24 – Pierre	5 – Pierre	4 – Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,951) Durham, NC
February 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., The CW		Syracuse	W 82–69	18–9 (11–5)	25 – Pierre	15 – Pierre	8 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 65–56	19–9 (12–5)	17 – Brooks	12 – Pierre	5 – Jones	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 93–43	20–9 (13–5)	20 – Brooks	12 – Pierre	5 – Brooks	Petersen Events Center (1,369) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC tournament
March 6, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	(4)	vs. (5) Notre Dame Quarterfinals	L 63–81	20–10	17 – Pierre	14 – Pierre	5 – Brooks	Gas South Arena (8,233) Duluth, GA
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN	(7 FW3)	vs. (10 FW3) Tennessee Round of 64	W 76–61	21–10	30 – Jones	12 – Pierre	4 – Trygger	Crisler Center (8,491) Ann Arbor, MI
March 22, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ABC	(7 FW3)	vs. (2 FW3) Michigan Round of 32	L 63–92	21–11	16 – Jones	9 – Pierre	9 – Jones	Crisler Center (7,003) Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. FW3=Fort Worth 3. All times are in Eastern.

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	9	10	16	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV*	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV
Coaches	8	9	16	24	25	RV	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—	RV

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ Holland, Monica. "Pros and cons of Dallas Wings taking Aziaha James of NC State basketball in WNBA draft". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
^ Newton, Matt (April 12, 2025). "Virginia Women's Basketball Signs NC State Transfer Caitlin Weimar". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ Gehrett, Les (April 30, 2025). "Oregon State adds former NC State post player to roster". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ "The Connecticut Sun Select Saniya Rivers". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
^ Hall, Mike (April 9, 2025). "Wisconsin women's basketball adds former NC State guard, first transfer of 2025 offseason". USA Today. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ Young, Grant (May 30, 2025). "UConn Players React to Qadence Samuels Landing With NC State After Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ Gribble, Charlie (July 15, 2025). "BREAKING: NC State WBB lands Vanderbilt transfer forward Khamil Pierre". 247Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
^ "2025–26 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[1] Holland, Monica. "Pros and cons of Dallas Wings taking Aziaha James of NC State basketball in WNBA draft". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved April 28, 2025.

[2] Newton, Matt (April 12, 2025). "Virginia Women's Basketball Signs NC State Transfer Caitlin Weimar". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[3] Gehrett, Les (April 30, 2025). "Oregon State adds former NC State post player to roster". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[4] "The Connecticut Sun Select Saniya Rivers". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved April 28, 2025.

[5] Hall, Mike (April 9, 2025). "Wisconsin women's basketball adds former NC State guard, first transfer of 2025 offseason". USA Today. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[6] Young, Grant (May 30, 2025). "UConn Players React to Qadence Samuels Landing With NC State After Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[7] Gribble, Charlie (July 15, 2025). "BREAKING: NC State WBB lands Vanderbilt transfer forward Khamil Pierre". 247Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[8] "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

[9] "2025–26 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". gopack.com. NC State Athletics. Retrieved September 29, 2025.

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NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
Venues	Reynolds Coliseum (1974–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	List of seasons 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics