FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas women’s basketball announced its 2024-25 nonconference schedule on social media Thursday, which includes four games against power-conference opponents and matchups against three in-state teams.
The Razorbacks are scheduled to play at UCLA (Nov. 17), against Oklahoma State at the Daytona Beach Classic (Nov. 29), and in Fayetteville against Boston College in the ACC-SEC Challenge (Dec.5) and Texas Tech (Dec. 15).
It is the third-consecutive season Arkansas will play the maximum 15 nonconference games permitted by the NCAA.
“Once again we have scheduled the NCAA maximum of games to ensure we have faced various styles of play in diverse environments on short turnarounds and difficult travel scenarios,” Neighbors said in a news release.
The Razorbacks are scheduled to play three of the four other in-state Division I programs. They will play at Arkansas-Little Rock (Nov. 11) and host Arkansas State (Nov. 24) and Central Arkansas (Dec. 29).
Arkansas is scheduled to begin its season Nov. 4 against Fairfield, one of the nation’s top mid-major programs. The Stags went 31-2 (20-0 MAAC) last season and lost in the NCAA Tournament first round to Indiana.
The Razorbacks will play at UALR for the fourth time. Arkansas last played at the Jack Stephens Center on Nov. 20, 2022, when it defeated the Trojans 93-49.
UALR is in its first season under coach Steve Wiedower, a longtime assistant of Joe Foley, the winningest college basketball coach in Arkansas state history. Foley stepped down following the 2023-24 season after 21 seasons as the Trojans coach. He coached 16 seasons at Arkansas Tech prior.
The game in Little Rock will mark the fifth consecutive year Arkansas has traveled to play at least one game against an in-state opponent on their campus. The Razorbacks have recently played at Arkansas State (2021, 2023), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2022) and UALR (2020, 2022).
Izzy Higginbottom, a senior guard who transferred from Arkansas State, will face her former team Nov. 24. The Batesville native ranked eighth in Division I last season when she averaged 22.2 points per game with the Red Wolves.
Arkansas will play Oklahoma State and Bowling Green at the Daytona Beach Classic. Rylee Langerman, a guard who spent three seasons at Arkansas before transferring to Oklahoma State prior to last season, will be a fifth-year player for the Cowgirls in 2024-25.
Boston College, the Razorbacks’ ACC-SEC Challenge opponent, was 14-19 and finished 13th in the ACC with a 5-13 record last season. The Eagles are entering their seventh season under coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They have not been to the NCAA Tournament since 2005-06.
Arkansas and Texas Tech are scheduled to play a regular-season game for the first time since 2016. They played in the 2023 Women’s National Invitation Tournament, a game the Razorbacks won 71-66 in Fayetteville. The teams have not played a regular-season game since 2016.
Arkansas will make a return trip to Texas Tech in 2025-26 as part of a home-and-home series, according to a contract obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The first Cherokee (N.C) Invitational opponent for Arkansas will be Liberty. The Razorbacks will face either Troy or Memphis the next day. Those games will be played at the Harrah’s Cherokee Resort & Convention Center.
Arkansas’ final nonconference opponent will be UCA. The Razorbacks have a 5-0 record against the Sugar Bears, most recently winning 81-67 on Nov. 20.
The Razorbacks are scheduled to begin SEC play Jan. 2 in Fayetteville against LSU.
“Our group is eager to tackle November and December one game at a time,” Neighbors said. “They fully understand the demanding scenario we built is necessary to be prepared for January and February when SEC opponents roll around.”
A full schedule with game times and television details will be announced at a later date.
Arkansas women’s basketball’s 204-25 schedule
Nov. 4 – Fairfield
Nov. 8 – Texas A&M-Commerce
Nov. 11 – at Arkansas-Little Rock
Nov. 14 – Texas-Arlington
Nov. 17 – at UCLA
Nov. 21 – Oral Roberts
Nov. 24 – Arkansas State
Nov. 29 – Oklahoma State (at Daytona Beach Classic)
Nov. 30 – Bowling Green (at Daytona Beach Classic)
Dec. 5 – Boston College (ACC-SEC Challenge)
Dec. 8 – SE Missouri State
Dec. 15 – Texas Tech
Dec. 18 – Liberty (at Cherokee N.C. Invitational)
Dec. 19 – Troy or Memphis (at Cherokee N.C. Invitational)
Dec. 29 – Central Arkansas
Jan. 2 — LSU
Jan. 5 — at Texas
Jan. 9 — at Auburn
Jan. 12 — Tennessee
Jan. 19 — Alabama
Jan. 23 — at Vanderbilt
Jan. 26 — at Kentucky
Jan. 30 — Texas A&M
Feb. 3 — Florida
Feb. 6 — at Mississippi State
Feb. 9 — at Georgia
Feb. 13 — Ole Miss
Feb. 20 — at South Carolina
Feb. 23 — Oklahoma
Feb. 27 — Missouri
March 2 — at Texas A&M
Mar. 5-9 — SEC Tournament (Greenville, S.C. – Bon Secours Wellness Arena)
