ROSEMONT Ill.- The Big Ten Conference announces the home and away women's basketball schedule for the 2024-25 campaign on Tuesday afternoon. Penn State is set to face eight opponents at home only, eight opponents away only and one at home and away. The Lady Lions will face four different Big Ten opponents with the conference expansion and the addition of, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington.
The lone team Penn State will play both home and away is Rutgers, a border-state rival. Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon will make the trip to Happy Valley in the 2024-25 season while the Lady Lions will travel to play Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA and USC.
Penn State is 5-6 all-time against the four new members of the conference with a 3-0 record against Washington, a 1-2 margin against UCLA and a 1-4 record with USC. The Lady Lions will face the Oregon Ducks for the first time in program history in the 2024-25 season. The most recent meeting between Penn State and one of the four new B1G members came last year in the Baha Mar Tournament in the Bahamas. The Lady Lions took the no. 8/10 Trojans to the wire, ultimately losing by just one point with a 71-70 final score.
The Lady Lions wrapped up a historic 2023-24 season as it looks on to its next campaign. Penn State earned its best overall season record, 22-13, since the 2013-14 season. The Lady Lions also made a run to the Final Four in the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament, their first postseason tournament appearance since 2018. The blue & white enjoyed a decorated campaign filled with record breaking, individual career milestones and program landmarks including the Lady Lions' 1,000th program win. Head coach Carolyn Kieger will enter her sixth season at the helm of the Lady Lions in the fall of 2024.
Big Ten times, dates and television assignments will be announced at later date.
2024-25 Penn State Women's Basketball Opponents
Home only: Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Ohio State, Oregon Purdue, Wisconsin and Washington
Away only: Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, USC
Home and away: Rutgers
