2025-2026 Women's BBall
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GIRLS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Sanyiah Littlejohn shines for Lansdale Catholic in PIAA-4A final loss
In the final moments and the Lansdale Catholic girls basketball team down by three, Sanyiah Littlejohn got a quality look to tie last Saturday’s PIAA-4A championship game. Inbounding the ball with …
www.thereporteronline.com
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Any more Roster/Portal Updates?
Graduated
Suarez
McNeil
Kaysia
Returning
Walton
Harris
Massenberg
Brown
Volker
Greenberg
Portaling
Oduro
Mitchell
Okorie
Habib
Nicks
Transfers
Maliyah Johnson, 6-3, F,
Incoming Freshman
1. Mary Amoateng 5-6, PG, Bishop McNamara
2. Sara Blair, 6-5, C, St. Thomas Aquinas HS (this is who I was looking for when I found this).
3. Makayla Johnson, 5-9, SG, Elizabeth Seton
4. Leah Keyes, 5-10, Wing, Virginia Academy
5. Saniyah Littlejohn, 5-8, PG, Lansdale Catholic
effectively replaces the 5 gone portaling
1-2 scholarship slots remaining?
I think we still need 2 bigs
Graduated
Suarez
McNeil
Kaysia
Returning
Walton
Harris
Massenberg
Brown
Volker
Greenberg
Portaling
Oduro
Mitchell
Okorie
Habib
Nicks
Transfers
Maliyah Johnson, 6-3, F,
Incoming Freshman
1. Mary Amoateng 5-6, PG, Bishop McNamara
2. Sara Blair, 6-5, C, St. Thomas Aquinas HS (this is who I was looking for when I found this).
3. Makayla Johnson, 5-9, SG, Elizabeth Seton
4. Leah Keyes, 5-10, Wing, Virginia Academy
5. Saniyah Littlejohn, 5-8, PG, Lansdale Catholic
effectively replaces the 5 gone portaling
1-2 scholarship slots remaining?
I think we still need 2 bigs
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This is ridiculous at this stage of the off season, but ESPN has us as an 11 seed/last four in and Richmond as a 6 seed https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/s...c&RuleNumber=Not Applicable&consent_mode=ccpa
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I like it
but dont believe it
we have lost 4 of the first 10 -including leadership and scoring
will have to see how the returning 6 develop and what the new transfers and incoming freshmen bring
Optimism for next season starts with Harris and Walton coming back - both 1st all conference caliber players.
Then it stems from who CVBL has been able to target, identify, bring in and develop - we have virtually no info about who is coming in, but I have full faith we will have several very talented new comers.
Coach VBL signs a contract extension through the 2029-30 season
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hope the buyout clause is big enough to get another good coach
Outgoing
I knew she was in the portal, but I thought she would get more higher level attention. She was a significant contributor for us and a likely starter this coming season. Sorry to see her go.
Women’s Basketball Adds Nekhu Mitchell for 2025-26 - Central Michigan University Athletics
An impact player for A10 Champion George Mason, Mitchell comes to CMU for her final year of eligibility
First transfer announcement for women’s basketball: Texas A&M/Ball State forward Maliyah Johnson.
From what Ball State coach said a year ago when she transferred from A&M:
Maliyah "MJ" Johnson - Women's Basketball - Ball State University Athletics
Maliyah "MJ" Johnson (2) - MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State head coach Brady Sallee has signed another transfer from a Power Five program when he announced that Te...
I also found this blog: https://wbbblog.com/2025-womens-basketball-commitments/5/
Which has the following recruits for Mason
1. Mary Amoateng 5-6, PG, Bishop McNamara
2. Sara Blair, 6-5, C, St. Thomas Aquinas HS (this is who I was looking for when I found this).
3. Makayla Johnson, 5-9, SG, Elizabeth Seton
4. Leah Keyes, 5-10, Wing, Virginia Academy
5. Saniyah Littlejohn, 5-8, PG, Lansdale Catholic
Which has the following recruits for Mason
1. Mary Amoateng 5-6, PG, Bishop McNamara
2. Sara Blair, 6-5, C, St. Thomas Aquinas HS (this is who I was looking for when I found this).
3. Makayla Johnson, 5-9, SG, Elizabeth Seton
4. Leah Keyes, 5-10, Wing, Virginia Academy
5. Saniyah Littlejohn, 5-8, PG, Lansdale Catholic
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i wonder what happened with her. This move seems like a step down.Outgoing
I knew she was in the portal, but I thought she would get more higher level attention. She was a significant contributor for us and a likely starter this coming season. Sorry to see her go.
Women’s Basketball Adds Nekhu Mitchell for 2025-26 - Central Michigan University Athletics
An impact player for A10 Champion George Mason, Mitchell comes to CMU for her final year of eligibilitycmuchippewas.com
Maliyah Johnson Career Stats - NCAAW - ESPN
Complete career NCAAW stats for the Ball State Cardinals Forward Maliyah Johnson on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.
Hmmm, something seems a bit off. Spent 3 years in the SEC with good coaching and doesn't make much of an impact there. Transfers down and only gets 16 mins a game off the bench and averages 5.5 points a game. Last season she came off an injury year. That may of been a key factor.
But... if she was 100% last year and she developed properly at Texas A&M then she should have started at Ball State and put up some numbers but seems she couldn't start at Ball State for some reason.
54% is telling me she scores only around the rim.
4 years in and don't see a high ceiling and what else is left to develop for her. Maybe she gets back to 100% health wise and takes a major step forward.
Probably a rotational piece here...10-15 mins off the bench and 6-8 points a game. Of course, hoping for more.
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Coach Yo: Women’s College Hoops Are ‘Pay for Play’
Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin talked about her transfer portal conversations on an episode of “Nilosophy.”
frontofficesports.com
pay for play - just like the men, but on a smaller financial scale?
Is this why the current roster looks to have 5 incoming freshmen?
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Announcement made back in November about these same 5, with some general comments:
Patriots Ink Five Recruits to Incoming Class - George Mason University Athletics
FAIRFAX, Va. – Head women's basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis has announced the signing of five members of the 2025 incoming class. Included in this group are
gomason.com
This Maliyah Johnson (above) is not the same as this one:Maliyah Johnson Career Stats - NCAAW - ESPN
Complete career NCAAW stats for the Ball State Cardinals Forward Maliyah Johnson on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.www.espn.com
Hmmm, something seems a bit off. Spent 3 years in the SEC with good coaching and doesn't make much of an impact there. Transfers down and only gets 16 mins a game off the bench and averages 5.5 points a game. Last season she came off an injury year. That may of been a key factor.
But... if she was 100% last year and she developed properly at Texas A&M then she should have started at Ball State and put up some numbers but seems she couldn't start at Ball State for some reason.
54% is telling me she scores only around the rim.
4 years in and don't see a high ceiling and what else is left to develop for her. Maybe she gets back to 100% health wise and takes a major step forward.
Probably a rotational piece here...10-15 mins off the bench and 6-8 points a game. Of course, hoping for more.
https://prepgirlshoops.com/player/makayla-johnson-2/. The latter one is the 5' 9" Elizabeth Seton player that committed to Mason in November.
And to add to the confusion, neither is the same as this one!
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Apparently, the confusion is all mine!
Mason announced MAKAYLA Johnson is the Elizabeth Seton prep 5' 9" shooting guard that committed to Mason in November.
I'm willing to trust Daniel Frank's tweet above that MALIYAH Johnson is the 6' 3"transfer from Ball St. (Package deal with Jamahri Hill, maybe???).
@MasonWBB
has their first portal addition of the year: Maliyah Johnson. She spent three seasons at Texas A&M from 2021-2024 (redshirted 2023) and spent last season at Ball State, appearing in 102 games total! She averaged 5.5PTS on 54% shooting last year. #BelieveBIG #A10WBB
Clearly, I need an editor!
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