The 2024–25 Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball team represented Western Illinois University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Leathernecks, who were led by 14th-year head coach JD Gravina, played their home games at Western Hall in Macomb, Illinois, as second-year members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Previous season The Leathernecks finished the 2023–24 season 18–12, 9–9 in OVC play, to finish in seventh place. They were defeated by Tennessee Tech in the first round of the OVC tournament.
Preseason On October 16, 2024, the OVC released their preseason coaches poll. Western Illinois was picked to finish sixth in the OVC regular season.
Preseason rankings OVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Southern Indiana 200 (20) 2 UT Martin 180 (2) 3 Eastern Illinois 145 4 Tennessee Tech 140 5 Little Rock 135 6 Western Illinois 119 7 Lindenwood 81 T-8 SIU Edwardsville 61 Morehead State 10 Tennessee State 59 11 Southeast Missouri State 29
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearRaegan McCowanGuardSophomoreAddi BrownfieldJunior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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