Women's Basketball Megathread

[Lobot]

The time has come to pay more attention here. Interst in the Women's program has been trending up for a while.

In the last two two recruiting cycles Katrina Merriweather and her staff have recruited a 2024 4 star scoring PG in Chloe Mann out of of Duncanville TX and a 2025 5 star guard in Dee Alexander out of Purcell Marian. Pair this with multiple visits from highly rated transfer players and I think this program should be headed back to the NCAA tournament pretty shortly.

I'd even be bold enough to say as of the date my posting this that Katrina Merriweather is out recruiting Wes Miller.

[bearcatbret]

The women pulled off a game ending thriller. 66-64 over Arizona State. If you can find the video, watch it.
Crawford’s Game-Winner Completes Cincinnati's Comeback over Arizona State - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website

[sedz]

Iowa St has now lost four in a row. The metrics were right about them all along. Even when the Cyclones were 14-0 and top 10 in the polls, Torvik had them at #28. Now #34.

[bearcatbret]

The lady cats beat UCF. It took OT.
Mya Perry Heroics Lead Cincinnati to Overtime Victory at UCF - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website

[Lobot]

The Bearcats take on another ranked team in 5/3 this afternoon vs. #17 Texas Tech. Get down there if you can make it in time. ESPN+ for those who can't

[Lobot]

I need to find the archive of this game and post the link because this is really a big deal for the program. This is almost the equivalent of the men's program beating Duke in the Great Alaska Shootout

[bearcatbret]

Great win for the team. Cincinnati Takes Down #11 Iowa State, 71-63 - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website

[sedz]

Big upset win over Iowa St. Held the Cyclones to just 63 points in 78 possessions. Mya Perry recorded 10 net points, essentially winning the game by herself. 24 points from the field on only 14 shots with 3 steals. She played all 40 minutes.

[sedz]

Dee Alexander is on the court for Big XII play in limited minutes today after her injury

Dee was our best player today, recording 2.0 net points and a 9.8 BPM in a 28 point loss.

Outside of DeVillasee (who has missed the last three games), the freshmen have not played well but are logging major minutes. Torrence, Barrett, and Crawford all have negative BPMs while combining for 51 mpg. Dee Alexander taking a chunk of those minutes will help. Definitely a building year with so much inexperience on the roster.

[Lobot]

Dee Alexander is on the court for Big XII play in limited minutes today after her injury

[Carthage World]

Good news: The women's team have won 3 games in a row, which most recently included victories over New Mexico and Alabama A&M at the Florida Gulf Classic in Naples.

Bad news: The program/athletic department is being mocked for playing in a (mostly empty) preK-12 school gym as a Big 12 school.

https://x.com/GoBearcatsWBB/status/1994892249222844666

[bearcatbret]

Alexander is definitely missed. Big 12 power rankings and UC is in a group all by itself. Number 16. Big 12 Women’s Basketball Power Rankings: November 17th, 2025
It has to get better for the team.

[bearcatbret]

Freshman DeVillasee hands out 15 assists to set a single game record.

DeVillasee Breaks Assist Record, Bearcats Roll Past Georgetown College - University of Cincinnati Athletics - Official Athletics Website

[Lobot]

I'm not encouraged by the rough start but I think the team is still adjusting to not having Dee Alexander on the floor. Also missing Chloe Mann from last season who was a 4 star recruit that transferred out. I never heard the reasoning for that one but she landed at Grand Canyon which makes you think a bit

[GoBearcats31]

Offer out to Jaidyn Gunter, 2026 PG from McKinney Texas

Signed -- ranked #85 by 247
https://gobearcats.com/news/2025/11/...signing-day-25