2025–26 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

2025–26 Boston College Eagles women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–10 (0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Ehlbeck (3rd season)
  • Clint Williams (1st season)
  • John Marcum (1st season)
  • Kristina Baugh (1st season)
Home arenaConte Forum
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Louisville 2 – 0   1.000 12 – 3   .800
NC State 2 – 0   1.000 9 – 4   .692
Syracuse 1 – 0   1.000 11 – 1   .917
Stanford 1 – 0   1.000 11 – 2   .846
No. 18 Notre Dame 1 – 0   1.000 9 – 2   .818
Virginia 1 – 0   1.000 9 – 3   .750
Duke 1 – 0   1.000 6 – 6   .500
Virginia Tech 1 – 1   .500 11 – 3   .786
Wake Forest 1 – 1   .500 11 – 3   .786
Clemson 1 – 1   .500 9 – 4   .692
Miami (FL) 1 – 1   .500 8 – 4   .667
No. 16 North Carolina 0 – 1   .000 11 – 3   .786
California 0 – 1   .000 8 – 5   .615
SMU 0 – 1   .000 7 – 6   .538
Pittsburgh 0 – 1   .000 7 – 7   .500
Boston College 0 – 1   .000 4 – 10   .286
Florida State 0 – 2   .000 5 – 9   .357
Georgia Tech 0 – 2   .000 4 – 9   .308
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of December 22, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represents Boston College during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles are led by eighth-year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They play their home games at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2024–25 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The Eagles finished the season 16–18 overall and 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament, they faced thirteenth seed Syracuse for a third time this season. The regular season series finished 1–1 but the Eagles triumphed 76–73 in the tournament to advance to the Second Round. They lost 78–71 in the Second Round to fifth seed and fourteenth ranked North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT and were an unranked team in the St. Joseph's section of the bracket. They lost to fourth seed Villanova 76–70 in the First Round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
JaKayla Thompson 1 G 5'8" Sophomore Louisville, Kentucky Transferred to Liberty[1]
Kaylah Ivey 2 G 5'8" Senior Forestville, Maryland Graduated
Nene Ndiaye 10 F 6'1" Sophomore Saly, Senegal Transferred to Rutgers[2]
Déborah Mukeba 12 C 6'5" Freshman Fleurus, Belgium Transferred to Georgia Tech[3]
Tatum Greene 13 G 6'3" Freshman Baltimore, Maryland Transferred to Florida State[4]
Kayla Lezama 14 G 5'11" Junior Boston, Massachusetts Transferred to Hampton[5]
Lili Krasovec 16 F 6'3" Sophomore Budapest, Hungary Transferred to Purdue Fort Wayne[6]
Andrea Daley 21 G 6'0" Senior Miami, Florida Graduated
Kennedi Jackson 23 F 6'4" Senior New Orleans, Louisiana Graduated
Dontavia Waggoner 24 G 6'0" Graduate Student Nashville, Tennessee Graduated
T'yana Todd 30 G 6'0" Junior Vaughan, Canada Transferred to Ohio State[7]
Teya Sidberry 32 F 6'1" Junior Salt Lake City, Utah Transferred to Texas[8]
Savannah Samuel 33 G 6'1" Senior Woodstock, Georgia Graduated; transferred
to Georgia Tech[9]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Erin Houpt 1 G 5'6" Senior Danville, Illinois San Diego State[10]
Teionni McDaniel 2 G 5'9" Graduate Student Las Vegas, Nevada Georgetown College[11]
Lily Carmody 8 G 5'11" Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Butler[12]
Kaia Henderson 11 G 5'6" Junior Utica, New York Ohio State[13]
Emma LoPinto 12 G 5'4" Graduate Student Manhasset, New York Boston College lacrosse[14]
Kiera Edmonds 24 F 6'2" Sophomore Brooklyn, New York Houston[15]

Recruiting class

Source:[16][17]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Amirah Anderson
G 		Stafford, Virginia Bishop Ireton High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A Nov 13, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (92)
Jocelyne Grier
G 		Charlotte, North Carolina Winston-Salem Christian 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A Nov 13, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    
Kennedy Hall
F 		Indian Head, Maryland Westtown School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Nov 13, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    
Eleanor Trout
F 		Melbourne, Australia Templestowe College 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A Nov 13, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    
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 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Athena Tomlinson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Clovis West Fresno, CA
G 1 Erin Houpt 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Daville
San Diego State 		Danville, IL
G 2 Teionni McDaniel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Centennial
Georgetown College 		Las Vegas, NV
G 3 Ava McGee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Maret Washington, D.C.
G 4 Jocelyne Grier 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Winston-Salem Christian Charlotte, NC
G 8 Lily Carmody 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Melbourne Tigers
Butler 		Melbourne, Australia
G 11 Kaia Henderson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr New Hartford
Ohio State 		Utica, NY
G 12 Emma Lopinto 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) GS Manhasset
Boston College lacrosse 		Manhasset, NY
G 21 Amirah Anderson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bishop Ireton Stafford, VA
F 23 Kayla Rolph 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Potomac School
William & Mary 		Great Falls, VA
F 24 Kiera Edmonds 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Brooklyn & Law Tech
Houston 		Brooklyn, NY
F 31 Kennedy Hall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Westtown School Indian Head, MD
F 33 Eleanor Trout 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Templestowe College Melbourne, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 17, 2025

Schedule

Source:[18]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 13, 2025*
2:00 p.m., NBCSB 		UConn L 67–84  —
  23 – McDaniel   6 – Tied   5 – Tomlinson  Mohegan Sun Arena (6,012)
Uncasville, CT
Regular season
November 3, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Holy Cross L 71–72  0–1
  15 – Rolph   9 – Anderson   6 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (826)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 6, 2025*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		New Hampshire W 69–57  1–1
  21 – Carmody   8 – Rolph   7 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (631)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 9, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		UMass Lowell W 82–53  2–1
  15 – McDaniel   6 – Tied   7 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (713)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 12, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Rider W 92–52  3–1
  21 – McDaniel   8 – McGee   10 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (591)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 15, 2025*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Providence L 61–70  3–2
  18 – Carmody   8 – Anderson   10 – Tomlinson  Alumni Hall (714)
Providence, RI
November 19, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Harvard L 65–72 OT 3–3
  22 – Carmody   8 – McGee   7 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (817)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 22, 2025*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UMass L 52–61  3–4
  9 – Tied   9 – Rolph   4 – Tomlinson  Mullins Center (1,161)
Amherst, MA
November 25, 2025*
11:00 a.m., ACCNX 		Merrimack W 77–72  4–4
  21 – Tomlinson   12 – Rolph   6 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (5,167)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 28, 2025*
11:00 a.m., BallerTV 		vs. James Madison
Daytona Beach Classic 		L 53–73  4–5
  14 – Grier   5 – Tied   5 – Carmody  Ocean Center (110)
Daytona Beach, FL
November 29, 2025*
11:00 a.m., BallerTV 		vs. Murray State
Daytona Beach Classic 		L 77–82  4–6
  18 – McDaniel   8 – McGee   5 – Tomlinson  Ocean Center (120)
Daytona Beach, FL
December 3, 2025*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Quinnipiac L 49–76  4–7
  14 – Anderson   8 – Rolph   4 – Henderson  Conte Forum (617)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 7, 2025
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Virginia L 55–81  4–8
(0–1) 		 15 – Tomlinson   6 – Anderson   3 – Carmody  Conte Forum (836)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 9, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Bryant L 71–80  4–9
  15 – Carmody   7 – Rolph   8 – Tomlinson  Conte Forum (488)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 19, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Northeastern L 67–73  4–10
  15 – Anderson   6 – Tied   7 – McDaniel  Conte Forum (626)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 29, 2025
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		North Carolina       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 1, 2026
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Duke       Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 4, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		Pittsburgh       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 8, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Notre Dame       Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
January 11, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Virginia Tech       Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 15, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Stanford       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 18, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		California       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 25, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Louisville       KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
January 29, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		NC State       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Georgia Tech       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
February 5, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Syracuse       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 8, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Clemson       Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
February 12, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Florida State       Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 15, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Miami (FL)       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 19, 2026
6:30 p.m., ACCNX 		at SMU       Moody Coliseum 
University Park, TX
February 22, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Wake Forest       Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
March 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Syracuse       JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
ACC Women's Tournament
*
 vs.        Gas South Arena 
Duluth, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

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