The 2024–25 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Bears, who were led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as members of the

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(SoCon).

Previous season

The

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finished the 2023–24 season 15–17, 8–6 in SoCon play, to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated East Tennessee State, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions

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in the semifinals of the SoCon tournament. On March 9, 2024, head coach Susie Gardner announced her resignation, ending her 14-year tenure with the team. On March 23, the school announced that they would be hiring

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assistant and former

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head coach

as Gardner's successor.

Preseason

On October 16, 2024, the SoCon released their preseason coaches poll. Mercer was picked to finish seventh in the SoCon regular season.

Preseason rankings

Source:

Preseason All-SoCon Team

No Bears were named to the Preseason All-SoCon team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Mercer Bears The Mercer Bears are the college athletics, athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine wom ...

Mercer Bears women's basketball The Mercer Bears women's basketball team represents Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Southern Conference. History Mercer began play in 1970. As of the end of the 2017–18 Southern C ...