2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	11–3 (2–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Juli Fulks (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Mykasa Lucas; Patrick Herlihy; Cassie Lastivka;
Home arena	Cam Henderson Center

2025–26 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Troy	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Marshall	2	–	0	1.000	11	–	3	.786
Arkansas State	2	–	0	1.000	10	–	3	.769
Georgia Southern	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Southern Miss	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	4	.692
Texas State	2	–	0	1.000	5	–	6	.455
James Madison	1	–	1	.500	9	–	5	.643
Georgia State	1	–	1	.500	5	–	8	.385
Old Dominion	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
South Alabama	0	–	2	.000	7	–	5	.583
Appalachian State	0	–	2	.000	6	–	5	.545
Coastal Carolina	0	–	2	.000	6	–	7	.462
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	2	.000	5	–	6	.455
Louisiana	0	–	2	.000	0	–	11	.000

† 2026 Sun Belt tournament winner As of December 22, 2025

The 2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team represents Marshall University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thundering Herd, led by second-year head coach Juli Fulks, play their home games at Cam Henderson Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Thundering Herd finished the season 15–20, 6–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in tie for eleventh place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama, Texas State, Louisiana, and Appalachian State before losing to Troy in the quarterfinals.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jayda Allie	11	G/F	5'8"	RS Freshman	Huntington, West Virginia	Transferred to Glenville State
Aislynn Hayes	10	G	5'8"	Senior	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Graduated
Alasia Hayes	5	G	5'9"	RS Junior	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Entered transfer portal
Maddie Kellione	6	G	5'6"	GS Senior	Cynthiana, Kentucky	Graduated
CC Mayes	3	G	5'8"	Junior	Tampa, Florida	Transferred to Tulane
Adiana Pacheco	4	F	6'1"	Junior	Harrison, New Jersey	Entered transfer portal
Ashley Tudor	22	G	5'11"	Senior	Cincinnati, Ohio	Graduated
Olivia Ziolkowski	14	F	6'0"	Junior	Beckley, West Virginia	Transferred to Concord

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Emily Bratton	22	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Carroll, Ohio	Miami (OH)
Ni'Kiah Chesterfield	15	F	6'0"	Junior	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Tusculum
Emari Doby	21	F	5'10"	Junior	Topeka, Kansas	UIS
Timaya Lewis-Eutsey	3	G	5'8"	Senior	Trenton, New Jersey	VCU

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Olivia Olson SF	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	New Smyrna Beach High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A	Nov 14, 2024
Olivia Olson SF	Recruit ratings: (NR)
Zenthia Stowers SF	Auckland, New Zealand	Westlake Girls High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Feb 1, 2025
Zenthia Stowers SF	Recruit ratings: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: NR ESPN: NR
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: "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Preseason

On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Marshall was picked to finish eighth in the Sun Belt regular season.^[2]

Preseason rankings

Sun Belt preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	189 (9)
2	Arkansas State	174 (3)
3	Troy	171 (1)
4	Old Dominion	151 (1)
5	Southern Miss	125
6	Coastal Carolina	104
7	Georgia State	102
8	Marshall	100
9	Appalachian State	94
10	Georgia Southern	73
11	Louisiana	67
12	Texas State	55
13	Louisiana–Monroe	36
14	South Alabama	29

Source:^[2]

Roster

2025–26 Marshall Thundering Herd women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	0	Timberlynn Yeast	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Mercer County	Harrodsburg, Kentucky
F	1	TreShondra Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Columbia State	Flint, Michigan
G	2	Blessing King	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Morehead State	Columbus, Ohio
G	3	Timaya Lewis-Eutsey	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	VCU	Trenton, New Jersey
F	4	Zenthia Stowers	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Westlake Girls	Auckland, New Zealand
G	5	Olivia Olson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	New Smyrna Beach	New Smyrna Beach, Florida
F	13	Leyocha Marigney	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Reedley	Fresno, California
G	15	Ni'Kiah Chesterfield	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Tusculum	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
G	20	Peyton Ilderton	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Logan	Logan, West Virginia
G	21	Emari Doby	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	UIS	Topeka, Kansas
G	22	Emily Bratton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Miami (OH)	Carroll, Ohio
F	23	Meredith Maier	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Fairmont Senior	Fairmont, West Virginia
G	24	Kassie Ingram	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Kings	Cincinnati, Ohio
G/F	30	Aarionna Redman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, Ohio

Head coach

Juli Fulks (Capital)

Assistant coach(es)

Mykasa Lucas (Louisville)
Patrick Herlihy (Syracuse)
Cassie Lastivka (Ohio Northern)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 11/7/2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2025* 1:00 p.m.	UPike	W 84–52		–	–	–	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Buffalo MAC-SBC Challenge	W 53–39	1–0	14 – Olson	11 – King	3 – Yeast	Cam Henderson Center (980) Huntington, WV
November 6, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Kentucky	W 68–53	2–0	19 – Lewis-Eutsey	10 – King	3 – Lewis-Eutsey	Cam Henderson Center (1,046) Huntington, WV
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Indiana	L 51–57	2–1	11 – Olson	6 – Yeast	4 – Ilderton	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,518) Bloomington, IN
November 15, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23 Kentucky	L 44–76	2–2	9 – Tied	5 – Tied	2 – Ilderton	Cam Henderson Center (3,040) Huntington, WV
November 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Salem	W 105–31	3–2	17 – Lewis-Eutsey	9 – Yeast	5 – Yeast	Cam Henderson Center (998) Huntington, WV
November 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m.	vs. USC Upstate	W 85–54	4–2	17 – Lewis-Eutsey	8 – Williams	6 – Lewis-Eutsey	Ellis Johnson Arena (106) Morehead, KY
November 23, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	IU Indy	W 81–70	5–2	18 – Lewis-Eutsey	8 – Olson	5 – Lewis-Eutsey	Cam Henderson Center (1,216) Huntington, WV
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Morehead State	L 56–66	5–3	12 – Olson	8 – Tied	3 – Ilderton	Ellis Johnson Arena (225) Morehead, KY
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Coppin State	W 75–53	6–3	19 – Lewis-Eutsey	7 – King	5 – Lewis-Eutsey	Physical Education Complex (242) Baltimore, MD
December 6, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kent State	W 70–62	7–3	16 – Lewis-Eutsey	9 – Olson	3 – Tied	Cam Henderson Center (1,067) Huntington, WV
December 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Davis & Elkins	W 105–40	8–3	18 – Lewis-Eutsey	13 – King	6 – Ilderton	Cam Henderson Center (1,006) Huntington, WV
December 14, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Eastern Kentucky	W 75–50	9–3	26 – Lewis-Eutsey	10 – King	3 – Tied	Clive M. Beck Center (417) Lexington, KY
December 17, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Appalachian State	W 75–62	10–3 (1–0)	31 – Lewis-Eutsey	6 – Marigney	3 – Tied	Cam Henderson Center (3,767) Huntington, WV
December 20, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	James Madison	W 83–74 ^OT	11–3 (2–0)	26 – Olson	6 – Marigney	7 – Lewis-Eutsey	Cam Henderson Center (994) Huntington, WV
January 1, 2026 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Coastal Carolina						HTC Center Conway, SC
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Appalachian State						Holmes Center Boone, NC
January 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Old Dominion						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 10, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Coastal Carolina						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison						Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Old Dominion						Chartway Arena Norfolk, VA
January 22, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Southern Miss						Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS
January 24, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Louisiana–Monroe						Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA
January 28, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Troy						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
January 31, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Louisiana						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 4, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at South Alabama						Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
February 7, 2026*	at TBD MAC-SBC Challenge						TBD TBD
February 12, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia State						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 14, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arkansas State						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
February 19, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgia Southern						Hill Convocation Center Statesboro, GA
February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgia State						GSU Convocation Center Atlanta, GA
February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia Southern						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
Sun Belt Conference Tournament
March 3, 2026 TBA	vs. TBD						Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "Marshall Women's Basketball Falls To Troy, 85-54". HerdZone. March 8, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "James Madison Voted 2025-26 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Favorite & McDaniel Named Preseason Player of the Year". Sun Belt Conference. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
^ "Marshall Women's Basketball Announces 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
^ "Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule 2025-26". www.espn.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

[1] "Marshall Women's Basketball Falls To Troy, 85-54". HerdZone. March 8, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2025.

[poll-2] "James Madison Voted 2025-26 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Favorite & McDaniel Named Preseason Player of the Year". Sun Belt Conference. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.

[3] "Marshall Women's Basketball Announces 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". www.herdzone.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

[5] "Marshall Thundering Herd Schedule 2025-26". www.espn.com. Retrieved November 8, 2025.

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