Sun Devil WBB Announces 2025 Non-Conference Schedule

TEMPE – Eight home games, including a pair of multi-team events, highlight the Sun Devil women's basketball team's 2025 non-conference schedule, announced by first-year head coach Molly Miller on Monday.

“Our non-conference schedule is an opportunity to establish our identity, build chemistry, and set the tone for how we want to play,” said Miller, who in 2025 earned her third coach of the year award in the last seven seasons (2025 WAC COTY and 2019, 2020 WBCA Division II COTY). “These games will give our group valuable experience together including a tough three-game road stretch leading into Big 12 play. 

“We’re excited for our fans to see this team take the floor and start writing the next chapter of Sun Devil Women’s Basketball. Our team is ready to hit the court with energy, toughness, and pride. Year one is about laying a strong foundation, and I’m really excited for fans to come watch our brand of basketball and cheer on our team this season.” 

Season tickets, which start as low as $75 if purchased by Oct. 1, are now on sale for a season in which the Sun Devils will play 17 home games: eight non-conference and nine Big 12 contests. ASU will open the season on Mon., Nov. 3 at home vs. Coppin State. It will be the first time Sun Devil fans will have the opportunity to cheer on Miller’s first Sun Devil squad. Click here for more information on how to purchase 2025-26 season tickets.

On March 22, 2025, Miller agreed to join ASU as its next head coach. ASU hired a proven winner in Miller who guided Grand Canyon University to a 32-3 record in 2024-25, which included a 30-game winning streak and GCU’s first berth in the NCAA Women’s Tournament. In her four seasons at GCU, Miller was victorious in 76 percent of 155 games (117-38).

Below are notes on ASU’s 2025 non-conference slate.

HOME/AWAY BREAKDOWN

The eight home contests the Sun Devils play will take place within their first 10 games of the season. After the season opener vs. Coppin State, ASU will host Eastern Washington on Sat. Nov. 8. The Sun Devils will next play consecutive road games at San Diego (Thurs., Nov. 13) and at Santa Clara (Sun., Nov. 16). ASU’s contest vs. UNLV on Sat., Nov. 22, will be the first of six consecutive games played on its home turf. On Wed., Dec. 10, the Sun Devils will be in University Park, Pa., to face Penn State, the first of three straight road games they will play to close out the non-conference schedule.   

CONSECUTIVE HOME MULTI-TEAM EVENTS

ASU’s six-game homestand that starts vs. UNLV on Nov. 22 will include consecutive weekends in which the Sun Devils will host a pair of events in which they will play two games in as many days.

Over Thanksgiving weekend, the Sun Devils will take on Little Rock on Fri., Nov 28 and Southeast Missouri State on Sat., Nov. 29. The weekend will also include a pair of non-ASU games: San Diego vs. Little Rock (Nov. 28) and San Diego vs. Southeast Missouri State on Sun., Nov. 30.

The following weekend, ASU will host the annual Briann January Classic (Dec. 5-6), an event in which McNeese State, Nevada and San Francisco will also be participating. ASU will play in the second game of both of the weekend’s doubleheaders which will be taking place at Mullett Arena, Sun Devil Athletics newest on-campus Multi-Purpose Arena. On Fri., Dec. 5, the Sun Devils will host McNeese State (preceded by Nevada vs. San Francisco) and the following day they will face San Francisco (preceded by McNeese State vs. Nevada).

NOTES ON ASU’S NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS  

MON., NOV. 3 – COPPIN STATE (19-15, 8-6 MEAC in 2024-25) - WNIT SECOND ROUND

The Eagles advanced to the second round of the 2025 WNIT... The 19 wins represented the most for the program since the 2011-12 season... Coppin State claimed the only prior meeting 74-68 (OT) last year in Baltimore.

SAT., NOV. 8 – EASTERN WASHINGTON (11-20, 7-11 Big Sky in 2024-25)

ASU will be going for its third win in as many meetings vs. Eastern Washington in what will be the first contest between the two teams since 2011.

Thurs., Nov. 13 – at San Diego (7-24, 2-18 WCC in 2024-25)

ASU has won nine of the 11 all-time meetings. Most recently, the two teams played a home-and-home series in the 2020-21 (ASU 64-55 in Tempe) and 2021-22 (ASU 79-60 in San Diego) seasons.

Sun., Nov. 16 – at Santa Clara (14-17, 8-12 WCC in 2024-25)

The two teams have split the two prior meetings. ASU won the 1982-82 season opener (78-44) at the Cal Poly-Slo Straw Hat Classic and the Broncos evened the series with a 65-55 win in Tempe in December 2023.

SAT., NOV. 22 – UNLV (26-8, 16-2 Mountain West in 2024-25) - WBIT SECOND ROUND

Last season, the Lady Rebels won the Mountain West regular season championship for the fourth-straight season... After getting upset in the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament, UNLV would go on to accept a bid to the WBIT where its season ended in the second round.

TUES., NOV. 25 – UTAH TECH (6-25, 1-15 WAC in 2024-25)

First meeting... The 2023-24 season represented Utah Tech's final season of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. 

THANKSGIVING MTE - Nov. 28-29 

FRI., NOV. 28 – LITTLE ROCK (14-16, 12-8 OVC in 2024-25)

This will be the second meeting between the two teams after having a memorable first encounter in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. In that contest, ASU trailed by 16 points on its home floor with under 16 minutes remaining. Elisha Davis’ improbable 3-pointer as the shot clock expired ignited an 11-2 run by the Sun Devils who won 57-54 to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.

SAT., NOV. 29 - SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (6-23, 1-15 in 2024-25)

Will be the first meeting between the two schools.

BRIANN JANUARY CLASSIC - Dec. 5-6

FRI., DEC. 5 – McNEESE STATE (10-21, 5-15 Southland in 2024-25)

Will be the first meeting between the two schools.

SAT., DEC. 6 – SAN FRANCISCO (15-16, 11-9 WCC in 2024-25)

The Sun Devils have been victorious in three of the four meetings... ASU’s 77-69 win in Tempe in 2023 was the first time the two teams crossed paths since the 1985-86 season... Last season in the Bay Area, San Francisco claimed its first win in the series, 67-64.

Wed., Dec. 10 – at Penn State (10-19, 1-17 Big Ten in 2024-25)

Will be the first meeting between the two schools.

Sun., Dec. 14 – at Oregon State (19-16, 12-8 WCC in 2024-25) - NCAA First Round

Last season the Beavers claimed the WCC’s automatic NCAA bid after winning three games in three days to win the WCC Conference Tournament... One of the Pac-12’s most prominent rivalries between 2014-2021, in the last two meetings, the winning team put on a dominant performance on its home floor... In the final Pac-12 conference meeting, OSU won 92-55 in January 2024... The Sun Devils returned the favor last November with a 79-60 win in Tempe.

Tues., Dec. 16 – at Gonzaga (24-11, 17-3 WCC in 2024-25) – WBIT Quarterfinals

Gonzaga entered last season’s WCC Tournament as the No. 1 seed, but was denied the conference’s automatic NCAA bid after falling to Oregon State in the semifinals... The Sun Devils have prevailed in the four all-time meetings with the last encounter taking place in 2007, a 78-60 decision in Tempe.

Home games in BOLD CAPS. Click here to view 2025-26 schedule.