2025–26 Brown Bears women's basketball team
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 16-10 (8-6 Ivy) |
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| Home arena | Pizzitola Sports Center |
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| No. 23 Princeton † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 26 | – | 3 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of March 14, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Brown Bears women's basketball team currently represents Brown University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth-year head coach Monique LeBlanc, play their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island as members of the Ivy League.
Previous season
The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 12–15 overall and 6–8 in Ivy League play, tying for fourth place with Penn. They ultimately failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament due to the Quakers' better overall record at 15–13.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Isabella Mauricio | 4 | G | 5'4" | Senior | Pleasanton, CA | Graduated |
| Gianna Aiello | 25 | C | 6'4" | Senior | Matawan, NJ | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Charlotte Climenhage | 1 | G | 6'0" | Junior | Folsom, CA | Nevada |
| Monét Witherspoon | 7 | G | 5'8" | Sophomore | St. Louis, MO | Tufts (DIII) |
Recruiting
There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Belmont | L 61–83 | 0–1 |
22 – Moreland | 11 – Moreland | 6 – Leahy | Curb Event Center (1,020) Nashville, TN | ||||
| November 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Holy Cross | L 64–65 | 0–2 |
14 – Tied | 11 – Moreland | 5 – Moreland | Hart Center Arena (684) Worcester, MA | ||||
| November 16, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UMBC | W 56–54 | 1–2 |
14 – Adams-Lopez | 14 – Moreland | 2 – Tied | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (775) Catonsville, MD | ||||
| November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Boston University | W 57–54 | 2–2 |
14 – Arnolie | 7 – Moreland | 5 – Arnolie | Pizzitola Sports Center (234) Providence, RI | ||||
| November 23, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Maine | W 70–39 | 3–2 |
22 – Arnolie | 7 – Moreland | 7 – Adams-Lopez | Pizzitola Sports Center (217) Providence, RI | ||||
| November 25, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
New Hampshire | W 68–60 | 4–2 |
17 – Moreland | 10 – Moreland | 5 – Tied | Pizzitola Sports Center (309) Providence, RI | ||||
| November 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Bucknell | W 61–50 | 5–2 |
16 – Moreland | 16 – Moreland | 7 – Arnolie | Sojka Pavilion (205) Lewisburg, PA | ||||
| November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Lehigh | L 54–58 | 5–3 |
12 – Arnolie | 7 – Ofunrein | 7 – Adams-Lopez | Stabler Arena (485) Bethlehem, PA | ||||
| December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Stonehill | W 74–46 | 6–3 |
27 – Arnolie | 8 – Wesley | 2 – Tied | Merkert Gymnasium (177) Easton, MA | ||||
| December 6, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at George Washington | L 48–53 | 6–4 |
21 – Arnolie | 14 – Moreland | 6 – Moreland | Charles E. Smith Center (734) Washington, D.C. | ||||
| December 9, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Merrimack | W 70–60 | 7–4 |
15 – Nelson | 16 – Moreland | 7 – Arnolie | Lawler Arena (428) North Andover, MA | ||||
| December 29, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Wheaton (MA) | W 76–24 | 8–4 |
13 – Arnolie | 10 – Wesley | 4 – Klein | Pizzitola Sports Center (197) Providence, RI | ||||
| Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
| January 5, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Yale | W 88−72 | 9−4 (1−0) |
23 – Moreland | 13 – Moreland | 7 – Arnolie | John J. Lee Amphitheater (425) New Haven, CT | ||||
| January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Penn | W 77–65 2OT | 10–4 (2–0) |
24 – Arnolie | 9 – Tied | 5 – Nelson | Pizzitola Sports Center (294) Providence, RI | ||||
| January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Cornell | W 64–48 | 11–4 (3–0) |
24 – Arnolie | 10 – Moreland | 5 – Arnolie | Newman Arena (327) Ithaca, NY | ||||
| January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Columbia | L 52–68 | 11–5 (3–1) |
21 – Arnolie | 10 – Moreland | 2 – Wesley | Levien Gymnasium (1,605) New York, NY | ||||
| January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 20 Princeton | L 49–58 | 11–6 (3–2) |
14 – Arnolie | 10 – Moreland | 5 – Moreland | Pizzitola Sports Center (328) Providence, RI | ||||
| January 30, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Dartmouth | W 55–41 | 12–6 (4–2) |
14 – Tied | 9 – Tied | 4 – Arnolie | Leede Arena (833) Hanover, NH | ||||
| January 31, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Harvard | L 58–61 | 12–7 (4–3) |
16 – Arnolie | 9 – Moreland | 6 – Moreland | Lavietes Pavilion (861) Cambridge, MA | ||||
| February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Yale | W 66–52 | 13–7 (5–3) |
22 – Arnolie | 10 – Moreland | 3 – Arnolie | Pizzitola Sports Center (256) Providence, RI | ||||
| February 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Dartmouth | W 58–51 | 14–7 (6–3) |
19 – Arnolie | 19 – Moreland | 4 – Adams-Lopez | Pizzitola Sports Center (182) Providence, RI | ||||
| February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Harvard | W 68–62 | 15–7 (7–3) |
21 – Arnolie | 9 – Tied | 4 – Arnolie | Pizzitola Sports Center (242) Providence, RI | ||||
| February 21, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Princeton | L 37–69 | 15–8 (7–4) |
14 – Arnolie | 6 – Moreland | 2 – Tied | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,661) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| February 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cornell | W 62-47 | 16-8 (8-4) |
23 – Arnolie | 9 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Pizzitola Sports Center (439) Providence, RI | ||||
| February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Columbia | L 56-59 | 16-9 (8-5) |
20 – Arnolie | 9 – Moreland | 3 – Arnolie | Pizzitola Sports Center (354) Providence, RI | ||||
| March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Penn | L 56-69 | 16-10 (8-6) |
12 – Moreland | 12 – Moreland | 2 – Tied | The Palestra (715) Philadelphia, PA | ||||
| Ivy League tournament | |||||||||||
| March 13, 2026 4:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(4) | vs. (1) No. 23 Princeton Semifinal |
Newman Arena (nbsp) Ithaca, NY | ||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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See also
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Brown Basketball Games on December 21 Canceled". brownbears.com. December 16, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Brown University Athletics.