Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball

Saint Louis Billikens
2024–25 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team
University	Saint Louis University
Head coach	Rebecca Tillett (3rd season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
Arena	Chaifetz Arena (capacity: 10,600)
Nickname	Billikens
Student section	SLUnatics
Colors	SLU blue and white [1]
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament appearances
2023
Conference tournament champions
2023
Conference regular-season champions
2016

The Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team is a college basketball program representing Saint Louis University. They compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. ^[2]

History

As of the end of the 2021–22 season, the Bilikens had an all-time record of 552–734. They have made appearances in the WNIT in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2024. They were the 2024 WNIT champions . ^{[3] [4]}

Season	Record	Coach
1975–76	8–6	Thad Strobach (8–6)
1976–77	6–8	John O’Brien (176–147)
1977–78	15–8
1978–79	18–7
1979–80	18–6
1980–81	15–13
1981–82	11–11
1982–83	14–14
1983–84	16–9
1984–85	16–10
1985–86	16–10
1986–87	12–16
1987–88	11–16
1988–89	8–19
1989–90	3–24	Steve Cochran (3–50)
1990–91	0–26
1991–92	2–25	Sharon Allen (17–90)
1992–93	5–21
1993–94	6–21
1994–95	4–23
1995–96	6–21	Jill Pizzotti (113–167)
1996–97	10–18
1997–98	13–14
1998–99	16–12
1999-00	11–17
2000–01	14–14
2001–02	14–15
2002–03	17–14
2003–04	8–19
2004–05	4–23
2005–06	7–20	Shimmy Gray-Miller (71–136)
2006–07	13–17
2007–08	10–20
2008–09	12–18
2009–10	11–19
2010–11	7–22
2011–12	11–20
2012–13	12–19	Lisa Stone (164–138)
2013–14	12–18
2014–15	15–16
2015–16	26–8
2016–17	25–9
2017–18	17–16
2018–19	15–16
2019–20	19–13
2020–21	14–5
2021–22	9–18
2022–23	17–17	Rebecca Tillett (39–35)
2023-24	22–18

NCAA tournament appearances

The Billikens have made 1 appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	#13	First Round	(4) Tennessee	L 50–95

WNIT

The Saint Louis Billkens have made 5 appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). Their combined record is 11-4. They were WNIT champions in 2024.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2016	First Round Second Round Third Round	Arkansas–Little Rock Ball State Western Kentucky	W 70–69 W 59–57 L 76–78OT
2017	First Round Second Round	IUPUI Indiana	W 62–57 L 53–71
2018	First Round	Kansas State	L 61–75
2021	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	DePaul Milwaukee Northern Iowa	W 74–72 W 64–44 L 50–58
2024	First Round Second Round Super 16 Great 8 Semifinals Championship	Central Arkansas Northern Iowa Purdue Ft. Wayne Wisconsin Vermont Minnesota	W 66-61 W 68–64 W 82–78 W 65-60 W 57-54 W 69-50

Notable players

• Denisha Womack, Plays for the St. Louis Surge in the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League.

References

1. "Colors and Fonts" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
2. "Women's Basketball - News - SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University". SLUBillikens.com. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
3. "Saint Louis University Billikens 2016-17 - Women's basketball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19.
4. "2016-17 Women's basketball record book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19.

External links

• Official website