LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Another season of NM State Women's Basketball is on the horizon. With two chapters of the Jody Adams era in the books, the Aggies are gearing up for the 2024-25 campaign. The Crimson & White have high hopes with a roster full of experience and key returners as NM State looks to build on last year's strong finish. In preparation for the regular season, the Aggies will welcome Cameron University to the Pan American Center for their lone exhibition of 2024-25. 
 
How to Follow
Who: Cameron (0-0, 0-0 LSC) at NM State (0-0, 0-0 CUSA)
Where: Pan American Center – Las Cruces, NM
When: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM MT
Live Stream: N/A
Live Statistics: nmstatestats.com
All-Time Series Record: Tied 0-0
Last Meeting: N/A
  
VETERAN LEADERSHIP
The Aggies are led by 11 upperclassmen, including nine seniors. Molly Kaiser and Diarrah Sissoko are each in their fifth season of collegiate basketball, headlining a 15-person roster that has 50 combined seasons of experience, including 32 at NM State. Four Aggies are on at least their third season in the program: Molly Kaiser (five), Sylena Peterson (four), Sianny Sanchez-Oliver (four) and Lucía Yenes (three). 
 
GUESS WHO'S BACK… BACK AGAIN
There are two notable absences in the paint as Honorable Mention All-CUSA selection Ene Adams was joined by 6-foot-5 Femme Sikuzani Masudi as the two key departures from last year. However, nearly every rotational guard and wing will be back in action in 2024-25, with 75.66% of the 2023-24 point production still on the roster. Additionally, the returning Aggies accounted for 85.14% of all assists and 97.71% of 3-pointers made (128 of 131) a season ago.  
 
ONE LAST RIDE
This iteration of the Aggies revolves around fifth-year Aggie legend Molly Kaiser. The Watauga, Texas native exercised her extra year of eligibility that she earned from the NCAA's response to COVID-19, electing to spend her fifth and final campaign with the Crimson & White. In 2023-24, Kaiser led the Aggies in games played (31), games started (31), points (463), points per game (14.9), minutes per game (34.2), field goals made (165), free throws made (107) and free-throw percentage (86.3).
 
Last season, she drove and buried a patented elbow jumper shot to give her 1,000 career points, with every bucket coming as a member of the Crimson & White. Kaiser became the 25^th member of the 1,000-point club, and the first since Gia Pack, who played for the Aggies from 2016-2020. 
 
INTERNATIONAL AGGIES
There are seven Aggies with international backgrounds on the 2024-25 roster. Four of those seven hail from Spain (Fanta Gassama, Noah Garcia, Marta Guilera, Lucía Yenes). Hungary (Anna Csenyi), Netherlands (Loes Rozing) and Mali (Diarrah Sissoko) are also represented on this year's squad. Four of six Aggie newcomers are form overseas, rounding out a roster that is 46.7% international. 
 
SCOUTING THE (CAMERON) AGGIES
Cameron is led by third-year Head Coach Jeff Mahoney, who touts a 24-33 record in his time with the program. Last season, the Aggies finished 11-17 overall with a 9-13 mark in Lone Star Conference play. Shamica Smith averaged the most points per game (14.0) of any returners, as she also easily led the team with 9.3 rebounds per contest in 2023-24. 
 
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