University of Tennessee Athletics
2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 21
Riley Makalusky
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Fishers, Ind.
- Prev School:
- Butler/West Virgina
CAREER HIGHS
* Indicates most recent high- Points: 23 // Roosevelt (H), 11/20/23
- Rebounds: 6 // Purdue Fort Wayne (H), 11/3/25*
- Assists: 5 // UMass Lowell (H), 11/24/24
- Steals: 3 // Purdue Fort Wayne (H), 11/3/25
- Blocks: 2 // Oklahoma St. (H), 2/21/26*
- Field Goals: 8 // Georgetown (A), 2/24/24*
- 3-Pointers: 7 // Roosevelt (H), 11/20/23
- Free Throws: 9 // Seton Hall (H), 12/29/24
- Minutes: 43 // Wisconsin (H), 12/11/24
CAREER HONORS (BUTLER 2023-25/WEST VIRGINIA 2025-26/TENN. 2026-)
- BIG EAST All-Freshman Team -- 2023-24
CAREER SUMMARY (BUTLER 2023-25/WEST VIRGINIA 2025-26)
- Played in 98 games over three seasons, earning 38 career starts.
- She has compiled career averages of 6.5 points and 2.3 rebounds.
- She shot 39.4 percent from beyond the arc and 80.6 from the free-throw line.
2025-26 -- JUNIOR (AT WEST VIRGINIA)
- Appeared in 35 games for the Mountaineers, averaging 14.8 minutes, 4.7 points and 2.0 rebounds.
- Connected at 43.2 percent from deep, draining 35 of 81 attempts.
- Had nine games with two or more three-pointers made.
- Knocked down 21 of 26 tries from the charity stripe, hitting above 80 percent (80.8) for the second straight season.
- Scored in double figures four times including a 20-point effort vs. Big 12 foe UCF, in which she was seven of 10 from the field, including 3-of-4 accuracy from three-point range.
- She also had a 5-of-6 day beyond the arc vs. Houston en route to 15 points.
- Contributed 12 points vs. Kent State and Temple, charting 2-of-7 and 3-of-6 efforts beyond the arc vs. those schools, respectively.
2024-25 -- SOPHOMORE (AT BUTLER)
- Played in 32 of Butler’s 34 games, making 23 starts.
- Averaged 8.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
- Logged 785 minutes of playing time, averaging 24 minutes per contest.
- Shot 37 percent from the field (88-235) and 30 percent from three-point range (27-89).
- Hit 82 percent (56-68) of her free-throw attempts.
- Scored in double figures 13 times.
- Hit five of her eight shot attempts vs. Saint Francis to score a season-high 16 points.
- Matched her season-best scoring output with 16 at Georgetown.
- Made a season-most four three-pointers vs. the Hoyas.
- Went seven for seven from the free-throw line to score 15 points against DePaul.
- Hit three treys vs. Villanova to end the game with 15 points.
- Led Butler in scoring with 13 points against Wisconsin and added a season-high six boards.
- Scored 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting vs. Indiana State.
2023-24 -- FRESHMAN (AT BUTLER)
- Played in 31 games, making 14 starts and leading Butler in scoring three times.
- Led the BIG EAST Conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 46.1 percent (35-76), shot 43.6 percent overall from the field and 76 percent from the free-throw line.
- Averaged 6.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, while averaging 20.8 minutes per game.
- Scored in double figures 10 times, including eight times over Butler’s final 11 games.
- Scored a season-high 23 points vs. Roosevelt by going 7-for-8 from three-point range.
- Led Butler in scoring at Georgetown with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
- Led BU in scoring in the WNIT matchup vs. Purdue with 14 points.
- Jumped into the starting lineup for the first time at Xavier and erupted for 19 points.
- Grabbed a season-high six rebounds the next game at Marquette.
- Played well vs. St. John’s with 10 points and six rebounds at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Prep Girls Hoops ranked her No. 7 overall in Indiana and the No. 2 small forward.
- Named an Indiana All-Star during her junior and senior years of high school.
- Also earned all-state and all-conference honors.
- Four-year starter at Hamilton Southeastern, scoring 1,067 career points.
- Averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 81 games at HSHS.
- Produced 19.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals as a senior.
PERSONAL
- Parents are Mike and Jenn Makalusky.
- Has one sister: Maya.
- Majoring in marketing.
WBB | Isoken Uzamere Media Availability (5.19.26)
Tuesday, May 19
WBB | Bill Ferrara Media Availability (5.13.26)
Wednesday, May 13
WBB | Talaysia Cooper, Nya Robertson & Kim Caldwell Postgame vs. NC State, NCAA Tournament First Round (3.20.26)
Friday, March 20
WBB | Highlights: NC State 76, Lady Vols 61 (3/20/26)| 3.29.25
Friday, March 20













