The 2024–25 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Demon Deacons were led by third-year head coach Megan Gebbia, and competed as members of the

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. They played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in

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. The Demon Deacons began the season with two wins over

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and Charlotte before a period where they traned wins and losses. The team went 4–4 over its next eight games with wins against Winthrop, Davidson, Gardner–Webb, and but losses against Villanova,

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, Fairfield, and St. John's. They hosted Clemson in their ACC opener, but lost 59–65. They finished 2024 with a win against UNC Greensboro 54–50. The Demon Deacons lost their first seven games of 2025. The stretch included three losses to ranked teams, number three Notre Dame, number eighteen

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, and number thirteen

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. They also lost to

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. The streak was broken by the Demon Deacons' first ACC win, which was a 69–59 win against

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. The team lost its next five games straight, including four games against ranked opponents. They defeated SMU 67–64 before losing their last three games of the season. The Demon Deacons finished the

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9–20 overall and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventeenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Previous season

The Demon Deacons finished the season 7–25 overall and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed with

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in the First Round before losing to sixth seed

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in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT. Their seven overall wins was their lowest win total since the 1999–2000 season.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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