2025–26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

2025–26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–20 (1–17 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachShannon Perry-LeBeauf
Assistant coaches
  • Jeanine Wasielewski
  • Sean LeBeauf
  • Danielle Edwards
  • James Spinelli
Home arenaJersey Mike's Arena
2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA † 18 – 0   1.000 32 – 1   .970
No. 7 Iowa 15 – 3   .833 27 – 6   .818
No. 9 Michigan 15 – 3   .833 27 – 6   .818
No. 18 Minnesota 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
No. 12 Ohio State 13 – 5   .722 27 – 7   .794
No. 17 Maryland 11 – 7   .611 24 – 9   .727
No. 20 Michigan State 11 – 7   .611 23 – 9   .719
Washington 10 – 8   .556 22 – 11   .667
USC 9 – 9   .500 18 – 13   .581
Illinois 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667
Oregon 8 – 10   .444 23 – 13   .639
Nebraska 7 – 11   .389 19 – 13   .594
Indiana 6 – 12   .333 18 – 14   .563
Purdue 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
Wisconsin 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Penn State 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 8 – 21   .276
Rutgers 1 – 17   .056 9 – 20   .310
† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2025–26 college basketball season. The Scarlet Knights are led by fourth-year head coach Coquese Washington, and played their games at the Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Scarlet Knights finished the 2024–25 season 11–19, 3–15 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 15th place. As the No. 15 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Nebraska in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they received a first round bye, defeated Army in the second round and Charleston in the Super 16 before losing Buffalo in the Great 8.

Offseason

Departures

Rutgers Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Destiny Adams 1 G/F 6'3" Senior Manchester, NJ Graduated
Lisa Thompson 2 G 5'9" Sophomore Joliet, IL Transferred to Missouri
Mya Petticord 3 G 5'9" Junior Detroit, MI Transferred to Auburn[1]
Awa Sidibe 11 G 5'11" Graduate Student Bamako, Mali Graduated
JoJo Lacey 14 G 6'1" Graduate Student Douglassvile, PA Graduated
Kiyomi McMiller 32 G 5'8" Freshman Silver Spring, MD Transferred to Penn State
Chyna Cornwell 54 C 6'3" Graduate Student Conover, NC Graduated

Incoming transfers

Rutgers incoming transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Lauryn Swann 1 G 5'7" Sophomore Queens, NY Arizona
Kaylah Ivey 2 G 5'8" Graduate Student Forestville, MD Boston College
Nene Ndiaye 10 F 6'1" Junior Saly, Senegal Boston College
Faith Blackstone 12 G 6'0" Graduate Student Harrisburg, PA Stephen F. Austin
Imani Lester 32 F 6'4" Junior Raleigh, NC Kansas State

2025 recruiting class

There was no recruiting class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Lauryn Swann 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Arizona Queens, NY
G 2 Kaylah Ivey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Boston College Forestville, MD
G 3 Makylah Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Nazareth Regional High School Brooklyn, NY
G/F 4 Antonia Bates 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Rutgers Prep Easton, PA
G 5 Deja Young (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Teaneck High School Teaneck, NJ
F 7 Precious Gem Wheeler 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Franklin High School Franklin, NJ
F 10 Nene Ndiaye 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Boston College Saly, Senegal
G 12 Faith Blackstone 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Stephen F. Austin Harrisburg, PA
F 22 Zachara Perkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Summer Creek High School Houston, TX
F 32 Imani Lester 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr Kansas State Raleigh, NC
G 33 Kennedy Brandt (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn, IL
F 44 Janae Walker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Kentucky Tyrone, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Wagner W 79–50  1–0
  17 – Lester   9 – Perkins   8 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,339)
Piscataway, NJ
November 6, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Quinnipiac W 64–55  2–0
  23 – Ndiaye   9 – Tied   4 – Walker  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,548)
Piscataway, NJ
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Stony Brook L 54–71  2–1
  16 – Ndiaye   6 – Walker   3 – Bates  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,623)
Piscataway, NJ
November 13, 2025*
11:00 a.m., B1G+ 		Rhode Island W 68–63  3–1
  24 – Ndiaye   10 – Walker   3 – Tied  Jersey Mike's Arena (6,829)
Piscataway, NJ
November 16, 2025*
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Fairleigh Dickinson W 59–49  4–1
  17 – Perkins   10 – Bates   3 – Ndiaye  Jersey Mike's Arena (2,194)
Piscataway, NJ
November 20, 2025*
7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ 		at Auburn L 46–51  4–2
  15 – Perkins   8 – Ndiaye   3 – Perkins  Neville Arena (2,706)
Auburn, AL
November 24, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Siena W 67–61  5–2
  26 – Ndiaye   9 – Lester   6 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,757)
Piscataway, NJ
November 28, 2025*
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Northeastern W 79–56  6–2
  19 – Ndiaye   10 – Ndiaye   5 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,537)
Piscataway, NJ
November 30, 2025*
3:00 p.m., BTN 		Saint Peter's W 57–39  7–2
  12 – Tied   7 – Tied   4 – Perkins  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,765)
Piscataway, NJ
December 6, 2025
6:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 12 Iowa L 36–79  7–3
(0–1) 		 11 – Perkins   8 – Ndiaye   2 – Tied  Jersey Mike's Arena (3,457)
Piscataway, NJ
December 10, 2025*
7:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Princeton
Rivalry 		L 63–81  7–4
  20 – Ndiaye   4 – Tied   4 – Ivey  Jadwin Gymnasium (1,186)
Princeton, NJ
December 20, 2025*
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Lafayette W 54–45  8–4
  22 – Blackstone   12 – Blackstone   5 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,761)
Piscataway, NJ
December 28, 2025
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at No. 24 Michigan State L 64–70  8–5
(0–2) 		 16 – Ndiaye   7 – Tied   5 – Ivey  Breslin Center (5,034)
East Lansing, MI
January 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Wisconsin L 63–70  8–6
(0–3) 		 17 – Perkins   8 – Bates   6 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,946)
Piscataway, NJ
January 4, 2026
2:00 p.m., BTN 		at No. 19 Ohio State L 49–71  8–7
(0–4) 		 15 – Blackstone   6 – Lester   5 – Ivey  Value City Arena (6,201)
Columbus, OH
January 8, 2026
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 8 Maryland L 41–88  8–8
(0–5) 		 11 – Ndiaye   5 – Tied   3 – Tied  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,687)
Piscataway, NJ
January 11, 2026
3:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at Northwestern L 54–73  8–9
(0–6) 		 11 – Tied   9 – Bates   1 – Tied  Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,531)
Evanston, IL
January 18, 2026
1:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at Penn State W 76–72  9–9
(1–6) 		 20 – Ndiaye   8 – Lester   6 – Ivey  Rec Hall (1,838)
State College, PA
January 22, 2026
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 7 Michigan L 60–94  9–10
(1–7) 		 21 – Blackstone   6 – Tied   3 – Ndiaye  Jersey Mike's Arena (2,802)
Piscataway, NJ
January 26, 2026
3:00 p.m., B1G+ 		No. 25 Washington L 48–76  9–11
(1–8) 		 14 – Lester   7 – Bates   4 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (3,323)
Piscataway, NJ
January 28, 2026
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Oregon L 53–74  9–12
(1–9) 		 13 – Swann   5 – Tied   3 – Ndiaye  Jersey Mike's Arena (1,704)
Piscataway, NJ
February 1, 2026
5:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at USC L 39–71  9–13
(1–10) 		 12 – Perkins   7 – Bates   7 – Ivey  Galen Center (5,504)
Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 2026
10:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at No. 2 UCLA L 46–86  9–14
(1–11) 		 14 – Swann   4 – Tied   4 – Tied  Pauley Pavilion (2,895)
Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 2026
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Minnesota L 52–63  9–15
(1–12) 		 26 – Ndiaye   6 – Tied   5 – Perkins  Jersey Mike's Arena (5,480)
Piscataway, NJ
February 14, 2026
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at Purdue L 57–72  9–16
(1–13) 		 25 – Ndiaye   7 – Walker   4 – Perkins  Mackey Arena (6,452)
West Lafayette, IN
February 17, 2026
7:00 p.m., BTN 		at Illinois L 56–76  9–17
(1–14) 		 13 – Blackstone   7 – Walker   4 – Perkins  State Farm Center (4,373)
Champaign, IL
February 21, 2026
4:00 p.m., BTN 		Penn State L 78–87  9–18
(1–15) 		 17 – Lester   10 – Perkins   8 – Ivey  Jersey Mike's Arena (3,218)
Piscataway, NJ
February 25, 2026
7:00 p.m., B1G+ 		Indiana L 69–79  9–19
(1–16) 		 15 – Perkins   4 – Tied   2 – Tied  Jersey Mike's Arena (2,739)
Piscataway, NJ
February 28, 2026
2:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at Nebraska L 52–93  9–20
(1–17) 		 23 – Perkins   6 – Ndiaye   8 – Ivey  Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,856)
Lincoln, NE
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Wickliffe, Greg (April 23, 2015). "Former Ann Arbor Player of the Year transferring to SEC basketball program". MLive.com. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
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