The 2024–25 Jackson State Lady Tigers basketball team represented Jackson State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by first-year head coach Margaret Richards, played their home games at the Williams Assembly Center as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Previous season The Lady Tigers finished the 2023–24 season 26–7, 18–0 in SWAC play, to win the SWAC regular season championship. As a No. 1 seed in the WAC tournament, they defeated Prairie View A&M, Arkansas–Pine Bluff and Alcorn State to win the SWAC tournament. As a result, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA touruament as a No. 14 seed in the Portland Regional 3, where they lost in the first round to UConn.
Reed left Jackson State on April 25, 2024, after six seasons for the head coaching job at Charlotte. Former Alabama A&M head coach Richards was hired as the Lady Tigers' new head coach on May 1, less than a month after being named assistant coach at Mercer.
Preseason On September 19, 2024, the SWAC released their preseason coaches poll. Jackson State was picked to finish fourth in the SWAC regular season.
Preseason rankings SWAC preseason poll 1 Grambling State 276 (10) 2 Southern 232 (2) 3 Alabama A&M 226 (4) 4 Jackson State 211 (4) 5 Florida A&M 178 (3) 6 Prairie View A&M 165 (1) 7 Alcorn State 157 8 Bethune–Cookman 142 9 Texas Southern 117 10 Alabama State 114 11 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 86 12 Mississippi Valley State 46
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Preseason All-SWAC Teams No Lady Tigers were named to the first or second Preseason All-SWAC teams.
Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SWAC regular season
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See also 2024–25 Jackson State Tigers basketball team
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