2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	8–3 (1–1 Big East)
Head coach	Billi Chambers (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Ashlee Kelly
Assistant coaches	Brianna Sanders; Myia Johnson;
Home arena	Cintas Center

2025–26 Big East women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn	3	–	0	1.000	11	–	0	1.000
Villanova	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	2	.800
Seton Hall	1	–	0	1.000	7	–	3	.700
Creighton	1	–	0	1.000	5	–	5	.500
Marquette	2	–	1	.667	7	–	4	.636
St. John's	1	–	1	.500	11	–	2	.846
Xavier	1	–	1	.500	8	–	3	.727
Georgetown	0	–	1	.000	7	–	3	.700
Providence	0	–	2	.000	7	–	5	.583
Butler	0	–	2	.000	6	–	6	.500
DePaul	0	–	2	.000	3	–	10	.231

† 2026 Big East tournament winner As of December 17, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team will represent Xavier University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, lead by head coach Billi Chambers in her third season with the team, play their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Musketeers finished the season with a record of 7–24 and 1–17 in Big East play to finish in last place for the third consecutive year. As the No. 11 seed, they won in the first round to No.6 seed DePaul before losing to No.3 seed Seton Hall in the Big East women's tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Xavier Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Loren Christie	1	F	6'3"	Graduate	London, England	Graduated
Aizhanique Mayo	2	G	5'9"	RS Sophomore	Bridgeport, CT	Transferred to DePaul
Júlia Garcia Roig	4	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Barcelona, Spain	Transferred to Drexel
Tae'lor Purvis	5	G	5'7"	Graduate	Houston, TX	Graduated
Daniela López	7	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Barcelona, Spain	Transferred to East Tennessee State
Olivia Borsutzki	21	G	5'11"	Freshman	Munich, Germany	Transferred to Omaha
Jordan Miller	23	F	6'1"	Graduate	North Canton, OH	Graduated
Jovana Nikolić	26	F	6'2"	Freshman	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to Lindenwood
Irune Orio	31	G	6'2"	Junior	Balmaseda, Spain	Transferred to Pepperdine

Incoming transfers

Xavier Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Savannah White	2	G/F	6'2"	Senior	St. Paul, MN	Indiana State
Mariyah Noel	13	G	5'11"	Junior	Kansas City, KS	Ole Miss
Audia Young	21	G	5'9"	RS Junior	Tallahassee, FL	Auburn
Mya Moore	44	F	6'2"	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Cleveland State

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2025.

Roster

2024–25 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Payton Richards	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Lake Travis	Austin, Texas
G/F	2	Savannah White	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	DeLaSalle Wisconsin Indiana State	St. Paul, Minnesota
G/F	3	Kodee Williams-Sefo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Westlake Girls	Auckland, New Zealand
G	7	Vivien Nejašmić	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Linigra	Split, Croatia
G	8	Meri Kanerva	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary	Espoo, Finland
G/F	10	Denise Neves	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Lisbon, Portugal
G	11	Phoebe Holmes	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Mackay North State	North Mackay, Australia
G/F	12	MacKenzie Givens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Princeton	Cincinnati, Ohio
G	13	Mariyah Noel	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Bonner Springs Ole Miss	Kansas City, Kansas
F	15	Petra Oborilova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Stredná Športová Škola Iona	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
G	21	Audia Young	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Florida High Auburn	Kansas City, Kansas
F	22	Penda Dieng	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	S3 Academy	Louga, Senegal
G/F	24	Lucía Martínez López	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Colegio Internacional San Fernando	Oviedo, Spain
G	44	Mya Moore	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Pius XI Seattle Cleveland State	Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Head coach

Billi Chambers (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Ashlee Kelly (Quinnipiac)
Brianna Sanders (Ohio State)
Myia Johnson (Rutgers)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:30 p,m., ESPN+	New Haven	W 53–46	1–0	13 – Noel	8 – Noel	5 – White	Cintas Center (537) Cincinnati, OH
November 7, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Purdue Fort Wayne	W 62–61	2–0	22 – Noel	10 – Noel	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (692) Cincinnati, OH
November 11, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton	L 66–71	2–1	22 – Noel	13 – White	3 – Tied	Cintas Center (689) Cincinnati, OH
November 14, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Kent State	L 60–68	2–2	23 – Kanerva	5 – Tied	5 – Noel	Cintas Center (910) Cincinnati, OH
November 20, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Ohio	W 74–53	3–2	20 – Givens	12 – White	5 – Tied	Cintas Center (964) Cincinnati, OH
November 24, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Akron	W 64–57	4–2	21 – Givens	9 – Noel	4 – Kanerva	James A. Rhodes Arena (800) Akron, OH
November 30, 2025 2:30 p.m., FS1	No. 1 UConn	L 39–104	4–3 (0–1)	12 – Nejasmic	6 – Givens	3 – Kanerva	Cintas Center (3,536) Cincinnati, OH
December 4, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Providence	W 61–47	5–3 (1–1)	20 – Noel	9 – White	5 – White	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Cincinnati Skyline Chili Cross Shoutout	W 77–70	6–3 (1–1)	25 – Givens	8 – Givens	6 – Kanerva	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
December 9, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	LIU	W 64–57	7–3 (1–1)	18 – Givens	11 – Givens	5 – Kanerva	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Francis	W 63–51	8–3	16 – Noel	10 – Noel	4 – Tied	Cintas Center (910) Cincinnati, OH
December 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Butler						Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 28, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seton Hall						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
January 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Marquette						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgetown						McDonough Arena Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2026 11:30 a.m., ESPN+	at Villanova						Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
January 13, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	DePaul						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. John's						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Creighton						D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
January 25, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgetown						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
January 28, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock	at UConn						Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
February 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Butler						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. John's						Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY
February 8, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Providence						Alumni Hall Providence, RI
February 11, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Villanova						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Seton Hall						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
February 22, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at DePaul						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
February 25, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Marquette						Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
March 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Creighton						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
March 6–9, 2026 TBA	vs.						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Footnotes

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Xavier University Athletics.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Xavier University Athletics.

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