After a 10-win season, Florida State's coaches knew they needed to shake up the roster.

Part of the work was already done as the Seminoles landed their biggest freshman class in nearly a decade when five players signed in November 2025. Coach Brooke Wyckoff and the staff were able to retain leading scorer Sole Williams, who flirted with a jump into the transfer portal, as well as rotational players Tatum Greene, Avery Treadwell, Mari Gerton and Emma Risch.

Rebounding, defense and height were priorities in building FSU's 2026-27 roster. But another quality that was vital? Transfers who competed on winning teams a season ago.

Marshall guard Timaya Lewis-Eutsey became a priority for the Seminoles, who liked her ability to score and distribute. The selling point: Lewis-Eutsey helped Marshall make a run to the Women's NIT title.

"Timaya has been an amazing addition to our roster," Wyckoff said. "She’s coming off winning an NIT championship so she’s very driven. She’s an aggressive attacker. We’re encouraging her to continue with that aggressive mindset to get downhill, to score the ball. Her voice is so impactful. She’s here to win and to work really hard in doing that."

The 5-foot-8 Lewis-Eutsey averaged 20 points, 3.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds at Marshall. But she was also impressive on the defensive end, averaging 3.8 steals. Her 141 steals was third in the nation.

Lewis-Eutsey scored in double figures in 23 of 24 games as Marshall closed the regular season, and she scored 27 points in the WNIT title game victory of Illinois State. After three seasons at VCU and one at Marshall, Lewis-Eutsey wanted a program that would develop her for pro basketball.

Wyckoff has played in the WNBA and helped develop recent stars like Ta'Niya Latson and Makayla Timpson, so the decision made sense.

"Really coach Brooke and the coaching staff," Lewis-Eutsey said. "They let me know how I was going to be used. They wanted someone who was going to buy in on the defensive end. I thought it was would just be a perfect fit for me as well as them being a great staff for me to come here and work on my game, develop and be a part of something bigger than myself."

FSU will no doubt have some growing pains blending a new-look roster, but the schedule is manageable early. The Seminoles open with Merrimack on Monday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network) before matchups against North Florida, Florida A&M, West Florida and then Florida.

Wyckoff wanted to get back to her roots as mentor and longtime FSU coach Sue Semrau prioritized defense and rebounding. In hiring Ronald Hughey as an assistant coach, he is tasked with ramping up the defensive intensity.

The challenge, at least in the summer and preseason, has been accepted. Lewis-Eutsey's defensive skills blends in well with what the Seminoles want to do on the court. And she learned plenty about herself as part of Marshall's run to the WNIT title in the spring.

"I learned that it takes a team," Lewis-Eutsey said. "It takes a team and that once everybody makes the choice to buy in we can really do anything that we put our mind to."

Closer look: FSU women’s basketball in 2026-27

Coach: Brooke Wyckoff (90-60 in 2020-21 plus 2022-current)

New assistant coach: Ronald Hughey was hired in April. Hughey has been an assistant at Virginia and a head coach at Houston from 2014-25. He had coached alongside Semrau and Wyckoff from 2012-14 at FSU.

2025-26 record: 10-21

Best home games: Florida on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m., Missouri on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., NC State on Dec. 17, Louisville on Jan. 7, Duke on Jan. 28, Miami on Feb. 14.

Best road games: Notre Dame on Dec. 6, Georgia Tech on Dec. 31, Miami on Jan. 17, UNC on Feb. 21.

Returning players: Sole’ Williams (15.1 points), Tatum Greene (6.1 points), Avery Treadwell (58.8 percent shooter, 4.1 rebounds), Mari Gerton (2.4 points), Emma Risch (6.7 points).

Transfers: Timaya Lewis-Eutsey (Marshall), Savannah Henderson (Georgia), Aga Makurat (Vanderbilt), Joy Egbuna (Alabama), Jasmine Nivar (Campbell) and Ice Brady (Connecticut). Brady will miss the season due to injury.

Freshmen: Missy Odom, Morgan Stewart, Chamiah Francis, Asia Lee and Kennedy Loux. It’s the most true freshmen on FSU’s roster since the 2018-19 season.

Seasoned veteran: Williams is back for year 2 at FSU. She led FSU in scoring and delivered six rebounds in three different games in 2025-26. Wyckoff insists the team doesn't have a star, but the Seminoles will turn to Williams and Lewis-Eutsey to lead the way.

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