The 2024–25 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented

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during the 2024–25 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by first year head coach Shawn Poppie. The Tigers, members of the

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, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in

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. Head coach Shawn Poppie was hired to replace outgoing head coach Amanda Butler on March 26, 2024. The Tigers started the season with three straight wins, all by at least thirty points. That momentum was halted in their

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game with number one ranked

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, where they lost 77–45. The Tigers then traveled to Florida to participate in the Emerald Coast Classic, where they won their opening game against UAB but fell in the championship game to twenty-third ranked

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73–39. They won two of their next three non-conference games, with their loss coming to

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in the ACC–SEC Challenge. They defeated Wake Forest by six points before traveling to San Diego for another tournament. There they finished 1–1, defeating and suffering their fourth loss of the season to a SEC opponent in

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. They lost to twenty-second ranked NC State by only four points to finish 2024. They started 2025 with back-to-back ACC victories, including an upset of twentieth-ranked

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. They could not carry that momentum as the Tigers lost their next four straight games. The run included a nine point loss to third ranked Notre Dame and a loss to seventeenth ranked

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. The Tigers went 4–3 in their next seven games, defeating

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, SMU, and getting revenge on now nineteenth ranked Georgia Tech. They lost to

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, tenth-ranked

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, and thirteenth-ranked

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, by just two points. They ended the season with three straight losses, against

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, twenty-fifth ranked

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, and

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. They Virginia Tech loss was by just two points, and the Tigers lead Louisville at halftime. The Tigers finished the season 14–17 overall and 6–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated

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in the First Round before losing to sixth seed Louisville in

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in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 13–18 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to thirteenth seed

the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT. After the season Clemson parted ways with head coach Amanda Butler.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule

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Statistics

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References

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