#HLWBB Notebook – 2024-25 Season Preview
Kobe Mosley
#HLWBB Notebook
INDIANAPOLIS (November 1, 2024) – The 2024-25 #HLWBB season begins next week for our 11 members.
#HLWBB DIG DEEPER
- Cleveland State earned League runner-up after advancing to the Barbasol #HLWBB Championship game last season. The Vikings return three Preseason All-League First Team selections in Colbi Maples, Mickayla Perdue and Destiny Leo.
- 2023-24 League champions Green Bay have a new head coach at the helm in Kayla Karius. The Phoenix alum brings back a Preseason All-League First Team honoree Natalie McNeal and two Second-Team members in Maddy Schreiber and Bailey Butler.
- Purdue Fort Wayne enters the 2024-25 season after winning a program-record 23 games and a trip to the Super 16 round of the WNIT. Amellia Bromenschenkel will lead the Mastodons after averaging career highs in points (13.9) and rebounds (6.5) last season.
- Panthers head coach Kyle Rechlicz becomes the longest-tenured #HLWBB coach as Milwaukee returns with several veterans, including Preseason Second Team All-League selection Kamy Peppler.
- Youngstown State welcomes new head coach Melissa Jackson, who will showcase a young team with six true freshman on the roster.
- The Wright State Raiders aim to make back-to-back trips to Indianapolis after winning 18 games and advancing to the semifinals round a season ago.
- Jeff Hans leads a Northern Kentucky Norse squad with a lot of experience, led by Preseason Second Team All-League honoree Macey Blevins.
- Detroit Mercy head coach Kate Achter enters her third season after a successful second season where the Titans improved their win total by 12 games.
- The Golden Grizzlies come into this season with new key additions at the guard position with Dani Grim and Macy Smith.
- The League’s second-leading scorer from a season ago, Katie Davidson leads IU Indianapolis after recording 16.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game last season.
- Chandler McCabe enters her first season as head coach at RMU.
- The regular season begins on Monday, Nov. 4 with Horizon League play scheduled to start on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
- The 2025 Barbasol Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships are set to conclude at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis March 10-11 with the mantra #MarchStartsHere.
#HLWBB ON THE HORIZON
- Monday, Nov. 4
- Green Bay at #13 Kansas State, 12 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Youngstown State vs. North Dakota, 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Northern Kentucky vs. Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Milwaukee at St. Thomas (MN), 6 p.m. ET (Midco Sports Plus)
- Tuesday, Nov. 5
- Cleveland State at #14 Ohio State, 6 p.m. ET
- IU Indianapolis vs. Evansville, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Oakland at Michigan State, 6:30 p.m. ET
- Wright State at Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. ET
- Wednesday, Nov. 6
- RMU vs. Point Park, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Milwaukee vs. Carroll, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Purdue Fort Wayne at Purdue, 7 p.m. ET
- Thursday, Nov. 7
- Northern Kentucky at #22 Kentucky, 6 p.m. ET (SECN+)
- Friday, Nov. 8
- Oakland vs. Cleary, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Youngstown State vs Lake Erie, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Detroit Mercy vs. Bowling Green, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- IU Indianapolis at Ball State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Saturday, Nov. 9
- Green Bay vs. Northern Iowa, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Milwaukee vs. Butler, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- RMU at College of Charleston, 2 p.m. ET (FloSports)
- Cleveland State at Chicago State, 5:30 p.m. ET
- Purdue Fort Wayne at Valparaiso, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Sunday, Nov. 10
- Northern Kentucky at Marshall, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Wright State at Evansville, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)