2025–26 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

2025–26 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record11–15 (6–8 ACC)
Head coach
  • Karen Blair (1st season)
Associate head coachMarsha Frese (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Meadows (1st season)
  • Ben Kantor (1st season)
  • Morgan Williams (1st season)
  • Caleb Currier (3rd season)
Home arenaMcCamish Pavilion
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Duke 14 – 0   1.000 19 – 6   .760
No. 8 Louisville 14 – 1   .933 24 – 4   .857
Syracuse 11 – 4   .733 21 – 5   .808
No. 22 North Carolina 10 – 4   .714 21 – 6   .778
NC State 10 – 4   .714 17 – 8   .680
Virginia Tech 10 – 5   .667 20 – 7   .741
Virginia 10 – 5   .667 18 – 8   .692
Clemson 9 – 6   .600 18 – 9   .667
Notre Dame 8 – 6   .571 16 – 9   .640
California 7 – 7   .500 16 – 11   .593
Georgia Tech 6 – 8   .429 11 – 15   .423
Stanford 5 – 9   .357 16 – 11   .593
Miami (FL) 5 – 9   .357 13 – 12   .520
Florida State 4 – 10   .286 9 – 17   .346
Wake Forest 3 – 11   .214 13 – 13   .500
SMU 2 – 12   .143 9 – 17   .346
Pittsburgh 1 – 13   .071 8 – 19   .296
Boston College 0 – 15   .000 4 – 24   .143
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of February 15, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They are led by first-year head coach Karen Blair and play their home games at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Blair enters the season after the retirement of sixth-year, head coach Nell Fortner.[1][2]

Previous season

Main article: 2024–25 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 22–11 overall and 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed Virginia Tech, avenging their loss to end their regular season winning streak, in the Second Round. They lost to first seed and seventh ranked NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament and were the ninth-seed in the Spokane 1 region. They lost to eighth seed Richmond in the First Round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Zoesha Smith 0 G/F 6'1" Graduate Student Brunswick, Georgia Graduated
Chazadi Wright 1 G 5'4" Freshman Atlanta, Georgia Transferred to Iowa[3]
Dani Carnegie 3 G 5'9" Freshman Mount Vernon, New York Transferred to Georgia[4]
Tonie Morgan 5 G 5'9" Junior Tallahassee, Florida Transferred to Kentucky[5]
Kayla Blackshear 13 F 6'1" Senior Orlando, Florida Graduated
Rusne Augustinaite 23 G 6'0" Junior Šiauliai, Lithuania Transferred to Clemson[6]
Kara Dunn 25 G 5'11" Junior Dallas, Georgia Transferred to USC[7]
Gabbie Grooms 27 G 5'9" Freshman Sharpsburg, Georgia Transferred to Georgia State[8]
Tianna Thompson 35 G 5'10" Freshman Mableton, Georgia Transferred to Ole Miss[9]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Brianna Turnage 0 G 6'1" Senior Atlanta, Georgia Florida State[10]
Erica Moon 3 G 5'6" Redshirt Sophomore Texas A&M[11]
Catherine Alben 5 G 5'7" Senior Snellville, Georgia Charleston Southern[12]
Jada Crawshaw 12 F 6'0" Junior Darwin, Australia Long Beach State[13]
Déborah Mukeba 13 C 6'5" Sophomore Fleurus, Belgium Boston College[14]
Talayah Walker 21 G 5'10" Sophomore Odenton, Maryland Penn State[15]
La'Nya Foster 23 G 5'9" Junior Riverdale, Georgia Austin Peay[16]
Savannah Samuel 33 G 6'1" Graduate Student Woodstock, Georgia Boston College[17]

Recruiting class

Source:[18]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
McKayla Taylor
C 		Atlanta, Georgia Langston Hughes High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (NR)
Leyre Urdiain
G 		Zaragoza, Spain Sansueña 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2025–26 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Brianna Turnage 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Westlake
Florida State 		Atlanta, GA
C 1 McKayla Taylor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Langston Hughes Atlanta, GA
G 3 Erica Moon 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So St. Francis
Texas A&M 		Atlanta, GA
G 4 Leyre Urdiain 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Sansueña Zaragoza, Spain
G 5 Catherine Alben 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Grayson
Charleston Southern 		Snellville, GA
F 12 Jada Crawshaw 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sydney Comets
Long Beach State 		Darwin, Australia
C 13 Déborah Mukeba 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Winston-Salem Christian
Boston College 		Fleurus, Belgium
C 20 Ariadna Termis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr IES Joaquín Blume Zaragoza, Spain
G 21 Talayah Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Our Lady of Good Counsel
Penn State 		Odenton, MD
G 22 Inés Noguero Outeiral 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr IES Joaquín Blume Gijón, Spain
G 23 La'Nya Foster 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Lovejoy High School
Austin Peay 		Riverdale, GA
G/F 32 D'Asia Thomas-Harris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Houston Christian Katy, TX
G 33 Savannah Samuel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS St. Francis
Boston College 		Woodstock, GA
Head coach
  • Karen Blair (SMU)
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 25, 2025

Schedule

Source:[19]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
November 6, 2025*
10:00 a.m., ACCNX 		Radford W 82–36  1–0
  16 – Walker   11 – Turnage   6 – Moon  McCamish Pavilion (5,467)
Atlanta, GA
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Princeton L 61–67  1–1
  15 – Alben   10 – Turnage   5 – Termis  McCamish Pavilion (1,809)
Atlanta, GA
November 13, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Charleston Southern W 87–40  2–1
  19 – Walker   13 – Turnage   6 – Turnage  McCamish Pavilion (1,439)
Atlanta, GA
November 16, 2025*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Jacksonville L 64–69  2–2
  15 – Walker   10 – Noguero   4 – Termis  McCamish Pavilion (1,577)
Atlanta, GA
November 19, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		West Georgia W 68–60  3–2
  15 – Samuel   11 – Turnage   5 – Turnage  McCamish Pavilion (1,628)
Atlanta, GA
November 23, 2025*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		at Georgia
Rivalry 		L 59–87  3–3
  12 – Tied   9 – Turnage   3 – Moon  Stegeman Coliseum (3,746)
Athens, GA
November 28, 2025*
5:00 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. St. John's
Cayman Islands Classic 		L 75–77  3–4
  18 – Tied   6 – Alben   7 – Moon  John Gray Gymnasium (450)
George Town, CI
November 29, 2025*
5:00 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. Florida
Cayman Islands Classic 		L 56–65  3–5
  14 – Samuel   10 – Samuel   3 – Termis  John Gray Gymnasium (313)
George Town, CI
December 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., SECN 		at Texas A&M
ACC–SEC Challenge 		L 63–72  3–6
  17 – Walker   10 – Thomas-Harris   5 – Alben  Reed Arena (3,626)
College Station, TX
December 8, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Norfolk State W 72–57  4–6
  20 – Tied   13 – Walker   5 – Tied  McCamish Pavilion (1,575)
Atlanta, GA
December 11, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at West Virginia L 50–82  4–7
  14 – Thomas-Harris   7 – Alben   3 – Tied  WVU Coliseum (2,935)
Morgantown, WV
December 14, 2025
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Wake Forest L 56–57  4–8
(0–1) 		 13 – Walker   4 – Thomas-Harris   4 – Alben  LJVM Coliseum (1,220)
Winston-Salem, NC
December 18, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at NC State L 58–87  4–9
(0–2) 		 20 – Walker   8 – Foster   4 – Turnage  Reynolds Coliseum (4,432)
Raleigh, NC
December 28, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		Wofford W 79–63  5–9
  22 – Walker   17 – Turnage   9 – Moon  McCamish Pavilion (1,937)
Atlanta, GA
January 1, 2026
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 18 Notre Dame W 95–90 OT 6–9
(1–2) 		 33 – Walker   13 – Turnage   10 – Turnage  McCamish Pavilion (3,759)
Atlanta, GA
January 4, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at SMU W 67–59  7–9
(2–2) 		 30 – Walker   11 – Walker   4 – Moon  Moody Coliseum (1,530)
University Park, TX
January 8, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Virginia L 59–61  7–10
(2–3) 		 21 – Walker   8 – Walker   3 – Tied  McCamish Pavilion (1,526)
Atlanta, GA
January 11, 2026
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		Clemson W 58–55  8–10
(3–3) 		 22 – Walker   18 – Turnage   7 – Moon  McCamish Pavilion (6,125)
Atlanta, GA
January 18, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Duke L 46–93  8–11
(3–4) 		 23 – Nelson   11 – Fournier   7 – Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,200)
Durham, NC
January 22, 2026
9:00 p.m., ACCN 		North Carolina L 46–54  8–12
(3–5) 		 14 – Walker   11 – Turnage   3 – Tied  McCamish Pavilion (1,933)
Atlanta, GA
January 25, 2026
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Florida State W 80–69  9–12
(4–5) 		 24 – Walker   18 – Turnage   3 – Tied  Donald L. Tucker Center (1,215)
Tallahassee, FL
January 29, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Syracuse L 70–94  9–13
(4–6) 		 16 – Crawshaw   11 – Turnage   7 – Moon  JMA Wireless Dome (2,350)
Syracuse, NY
February 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		Boston College W 70–60  10–13
(5–6) 		 18 – Walker   15 – Turnage   5 – Termis  McCamish Pavilion (2,051)
Atlanta, GA
February 5, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		California L 56–63  10–14
(5–7) 		 14 – Tied   13 – Turnage   5 – Turnage  McCamish Pavilion (1,569)
Atlanta, GA
February 8, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Stanford W 74–52  11–14
(6–7) 		 25 – Foster   12 – Turnage   7 – Turnage  McCamish Pavilion (3,056)
Atlanta, GA
February 12, 2026
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Clemson L 65–67 2OT 11–15
(6–8) 		 20 – Moon   20 – Turnage   4 – Alben  Littlejohn Coliseum (915)
Clemson, SC
February 18, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Pittsburgh       Petersen Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
February 22, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia Tech       Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
February 26, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		Louisville       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
March 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Miami (FL)       McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
ACC Women's Tournament
*
 vs.        Gas South Arena 
Duluth, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.


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