2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team

The 2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represents the University of Central Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears, led by second-year head coach Tony Kemper, play their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas, as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	23–10 (15–3 ASUN)
Head coach	Tony Kemper (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kaitlynn Pacholke Tanaeya King Hailey Estes
Home arena	Farris Center
Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 ASUN women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Gulf Coast †	18	–	0		1.000			30	–	4		.882
Central Arkansas	15	–	3		.833			23	–	10		.697
Lipscomb	12	–	6		.667			20	–	12		.625
Eastern Kentucky	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Stetson	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
North Alabama	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Jacksonville	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Bellarmine	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
West Georgia*	7	–	11		.389			13	–	17		.433
Austin Peay	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Queens*	4	–	14		.222			10	–	19		.345
North Florida	1	–	17		.056			5	–	26		.161
† 2025 ASUN tournament winner * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

Previous season

The Sugar Bears finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 11–5 in ASUN play, to finish in third place.^[1] They defeated North Alabama,^[2] and Eastern Kentucky,^[3] before falling to Florida Gulf Coast in the ASUN tournament championship game.^[4] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,^[5] where they would fall to eventual tournament champions Saint Louis in the first round.^[6]

Roster

2024–25 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jade Upshaw 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Arkansas State Sapulpa, Oklahoma G 1 Kinley Fisher 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mercer Greenwood, Arkansas G 3 Randrea Wright 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr George Washington Carver High School Birmingham, Alabama G 4 Cheyanne Kemp 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Morrilton High School Morrilton, Arkansas F 5 Bree Stephens 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Dodge City Community College Townsville, Australia G 6 Leah Mafua 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Dodge City Community College Wellington, New Zealand G 10 Jenna Cook 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Cabot High School Cabot, Arkansas F 12 Destine Duckworth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr SIU Edwardsville North Little Rock, Arkansas F 21 Kamryn Griffin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Clark High School San Antonio, Texas G 23 Kaidyn Beckwith 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Conway High School Conway, Arkansas F 32 Elizabeth Abiara 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lake Ridge High School Mansfield, Texas F 42 Cheyenne Banks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Coffeyville Community College McLoud, Oklahoma	Head coach Tony Kemper (Fort Hays State) Assistant coach(es) Kaitlynn Pacholke (Newberry) Tanaeya King (Utah) Hailey Estes (Henderson State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 8, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Hendrix	W 104–30	1–0	Farris Center (376) Conway, AR
November 8, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Samford	W 63–44	2–0	Farris Center (1,036) Conway, AR
November 16, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UT Martin	W 87–67	3–0	Skyhawk Arena (1,103) Martin, TN
November 20, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Oklahoma State	L 58–89	3–1	Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,714) Stillwater, OK
November 25, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Central Baptist	W 120–47	4–1	Farris Center (837) Conway, AR
December 1, 2024* 3:30 pm, ESPN+		at No. 9 Kansas State	L 39–86	4–2	Bramlage Coliseum (4,057) Manhattan, KS
December 7, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Little Rock	W 55–42	5–2	Farris Center (865) Conway, AR
December 14, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northwestern State	W 62–52	6–2	Prather Coliseum (343) Natchitoches, LA
December 20, 2024* 12:00 pm		vs. Louisiana–Monroe Tulane Holiday Tournament	L 49–65	6–3	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, LA
December 21, 2024* 12:00 pm		vs. Alabama A&M Tulane Holiday Tournament	L 53–55	6–4	Devlin Fieldhouse (535) New Orleans, LA
December 29, 2024* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Arkansas	L 70–87	6–5	Bud Walton Arena (2,976) Fayetteville, AR
ASUN regular season
January 2, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville	W 74–63	7–5 (1–0)	Farris Center (673) Conway, AR
January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bellarmine	L 60–68	7–6 (1–1)	Knights Hall (372) Louisville, KY
January 8, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Lipscomb	W 86–75	8–6 (2–1)	Farris Center (337) Conway, AR
January 12, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Queens	W 66-57	9-6 (3-1)	Curry Arena (282) Charlotte, NC
January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		North Florida	W 67-53	10-6 (4-1)	Farris Center  Conway, AR
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Stetson	W 85-64	11-6 (5-1)	Farris Center (574) Conway, AR
January 23, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lipscomb	W 71-69	12-6 (6-1)	Allen Arena (195) Nashville, TN
January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Austin Peay	W 51-50	13-6 (7-1)	F&M Bank Arena (423) Clarksville, TN
January 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at West Georgia	W 67-64	14-6 (8-1)	The Coliseum (472) Carrollton, GA
February 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Queens	W 68-50	15-6 (9-1)	Farris Center (567) Conway, AR
February 6, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Jacksonville	W 76-65	16-6 (10-1)	Swisher Gymnasium (250) Jacksonville, FL
February 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Florida	W 72-59	17-6 (11-1)	UNF Arena (276) Jacksonville, FL
February 12, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		North Alabama	W 73-52	18-6 (12-1)	Farris Center (647) Conway, AR
February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Austin Peay	W 77-67	19-6 (13-1)	Farris Center (738) Conway, AR
February 20, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Florida Gulf Coast	L 71-95	19-7 (13-2)	Farris Center (1,458) Conway, AR
February 22, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		West Georgia	W 72-62	20-7 (14-2)	Farris Center (687) Conway, AR
February 27, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky	W 63-59	21-7 (15-2)	Baptist Health Arena (397) Richmond, KY
March 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Alabama	L 56-66	21-8 (15-3)	CB&S Bank Arena (1,507) Florence, AL
ASUN tournament
March 8, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(8) Bellarmine Quarterfinals	W 77–57	22–8	Farris Center (1,258) Conway, AR
March 11, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(3) Lipscomb Semifinals	W 70–65	23–8	Farris Center (1,369) Conway, AR
March 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	at (1) Florida Gulf Coast Championship	L 51–68	23–9	Alico Arena (2,380) Fort Myers, FL
WNIT
March 24, 2025* 6:30 pm		Abilene Christian Second round	L 53–75	23–10	Farris Center  Conway, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[7][8]