2025–26 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2025–26 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
2025–26 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Conference	American Conference
Record	6–6 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Michele Woods-Baxter (interim) (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Bojan Jankovic; Sheila Boykin; Gina Cerezuela Robuste; Justin Keller;
Home arena	Yuengling Center

2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Temple	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
UAB	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
South Florida	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
North Texas	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	6	–	7	.462
UTSA	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Memphis	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Tulane	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	3	–	10	.231

† 2026 AAC tournament winner As of December 21, 2025

The 2025–26 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by 26th-year head coach Jose Fernandez, play their home games at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida as members of the American Conference.

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2024–25 season 23–11, 13–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They defeated Tulane, North Texas and Rice to win the AAC tournament They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed Birmingham 3 region. They lost in the first round to Tennessee.

Offseason

Departures

South Florida Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Sammie Puisis	3	G	6'1"	Graduate Student	Mason, OH	Graduated/undrafted in 2025 WNBA draft; signed with Chicago Sky
Mama Dembele	4	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Manlleu, Spain	Graduated/signed to play professionally in Spain with Valencia Basket
Vittoria Blasigh	5	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Udine, Italy	Transferred to Miami (FL)
Amy Thompson	12	G	5'10"	Freshman	Stillwater, MN	Transferred to Tampa
Jeniffer Silva	15	C	6'4"	Junior	Recife, Brazil	Transferred to Western Kentucky
Romi Levy	23	G	6'3"	Senior	Herzliya, Israel	Transferred to Virginia

Incoming

South Florida Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Katie Davidson	1	G/F	5'10"	Graduate Student	Indianapolis, IN	IU Indy
Edyn Battle	10	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Gahanna, OH	Jacksonville
Kristen Lewis-Williams	11	G	5'10"	Junior	Mooresville, NC	Buffalo
Stefanie Ingram	13	G	5'8"	Junior	Orlando, FL	Florida Atlantic

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Katie Davidson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	IU Indy	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	2	Yana Karamfilova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Todor Kableshkov High School	Sofia, Bulgaria
F	8	Fatou Diakite	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Charlotte	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
G	9	Janette Aarnio	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Helsinki Basketball Academy	Vantaa, Finland
G	10	Edyn Battle	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Jacksonville	Gahanna, Ohio
G	11	Kirsten Lewis-Williams	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Buffalo	Mooresville, North Carolina
G	13	Stefanie Ingram	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Florida Atlantic	Orlando, Florida
F	14	Ines Piper	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Temple	Paris, France
F	21	L'or Mputu	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Eastern Florida State College	Kinshasa, DR Congo
G	22	Lee Teichman	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr		Bitan Aharon, Israel
G	23	Jelena Bulajic	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr		Herceg Novi, Montenegro
G	24	Raina Tomasicka	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Tarbes GB	Jēkabpils, Latvia
F	55	Carla Brito	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	SPAR Gran Canaria	Puerto del Rosario, Spain

Head coach

Jose Fernandez (FIU) (until October 23, 2025)
Michelle Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher) (interim, since October 23, 2025)

Assistant coach(es)

Bojan Jankovic (Ozarks)
Sheila Boykin (LSU)
Gina Cerezuela Robuste (Coker)
Justin Keller (South Florida)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	FIU	W 81–56	1–0	20 – Mputu	12 – Mputu	7 – Ingram	Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	LIU	W 79–72	2–0	23 – Battle	10 – Piper	9 – Ingram	Yuengling Center (2,302) Tampa, FL
November 13, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	vs. Fairfield WBCA Challenge	L 72–80	2–1	17 – Davidson	12 – Mputu	8 – Ingram	Michelob Ultra Arena (1,588) Paradise, NV
November 15, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. No. 3 UCLA WBCA Challenge	L 61–94	2–2	16 – Davidson	6 – Mputu	5 – Ingram	Michelob Ultra Arena (2,116) Paradise, NV
November 20, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	Duke	W 85–72	3–2	27 – Ingram	13 – Mputu	5 – Ingram	Yuengling Center (2,772) Tampa, FL
November 24, 2025* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Minnesota Pink Flamingo Championship Junkanoo Division semifinals	L 45–57	3–3	16 – Diakite	7 – Diakite	4 – Brito	Baha Mar Convention Center (207) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2025* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Harvard Pink Flamingo Championship Junkanoo Division 3rd place	W 56–54	4–3	14 – Tomasicka	10 – Lewis-Williams	3 – Ingram	Baha Mar Convention Center (247) Nassau, Bahamas
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Orleans	W 90–58	5–3	21 – Tomasicka	11 – Diakite	9 – Ingram	Yuengling Center (2,398) Tampa, FL
December 2, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 1 UConn	L 51–85	5–4	12 – Mputu	7 – Tied	5 – Ingram	Yuengling Center (5,863) Tampa, FL
December 5, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian	W 91–58	6–4	17 – Mputu	12 – Mputu	6 – Ingram	Yuengling Center (10,488) Tampa, FL
December 15, 2025* 7:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	at No. 13 Vanderbilt	L 58–87	6–5	23 – Ingram	6 – Davidson	4 – Ingram	Memorial Gymnasium (2,188) Nashville, TN
December 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 3 South Carolina	L 44–103	6–6	10 – Bulajic	7 – Tied	4 – Brito	Yuengling Center (3,767) Tampa, FL
December 21, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Navy						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
American regular season
December 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rice						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
January 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Texas						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
January 6, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB						Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
January 10, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis						Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
January 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
January 17, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wichita State						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Temple						Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Florida Atlantic						Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena Boca Raton, FL
January 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charlotte						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at East Carolina						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulane						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 11, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulsa						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 14, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at UTSA						Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
February 17, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
February 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 28, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Texas						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
March 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Temple						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
March 7, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane						Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
American Conference tournament
March 10–14, 2026 TBA	vs.						Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—
Coaches	RV

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". USF Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". USF Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

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South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Venues	USF Gymnasium/Campus Recreation Center (1972–80, 2011–12) Yuengling Center (1980–2011, 2012–present)
Rivalries	UCF
Culture & lore	Rocky the Bull
People	Head coaches
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