2025–26 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball team

2025–26 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball
2025–26 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	7-23 (2-18 Big West)
Head coach	Ari Wideman (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Ray Alvarado
Assistant coaches	Malika Glover; Fa-Ko-Fieme'a (Me'a) Hafoka-Latu; Erika Warren;
Home arena	Icardo Center

2025–26 Big West women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	17	–	3	.850	26	–	7	.788
UC San Diego †	17	–	3	.850	24	–	9	.727
UC Davis	15	–	5	.750	23	–	11	.676
Hawai'i	14	–	6	.700	22	–	11	.667
Cal State Fullerton	13	–	7	.650	18	–	14	.563
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	8	.600	20	–	10	.667
UC Riverside	8	–	12	.400	11	–	21	.344
Cal State Northridge	6	–	14	.300	10	–	20	.333
Long Beach State	4	–	16	.200	5	–	25	.167
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	18	.100	7	–	23	.233
Cal Poly	2	–	18	.100	4	–	26	.133

† 2026 Big West tournament winner

The 2025–26 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball team represents California State University, Bakersfield during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by second-year head coach Ari Wideman, play their home games at the Icardo Center in Bakersfield, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2024–25 season 2–28, 2–18 in Big West play, to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place.^[1] They failed to qualify for the Big West tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify.^[2]

Preseason

On October 16, 2025, the Big West released their preseason poll. Cal State Bakersfield was picked to finish 11th (last) in the conference.^[3]

Preseason rankings

Big West Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Hawai'i	91 (4)
2	UC Irvine	90 (4)
3	UC Davis	83 (1)
4	UC San Diego	77 (2)
5	UC Santa Barbara	61
6	Long Beach State	57
7	UC Riverside	51
8	Cal Poly	34
9	Cal State Northridge	27
10	Cal State Fullerton	20
11	Cal State Bakersfield	14
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[3]

Preseason All-Big West Team

No players were named to the Preseason All-Big West Team.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Zalissa Finley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Indiana State	Inchelium, Washington
G	2	Aliyah Carter	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Huston–Tillotson	Austin, Texas
G	4	Ophelia Powell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	St Andrew's College	Melbourne, Australia
F	7	Jaime Gallatly	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Southern Miss	Maffra, Australia
G/F	8	Marley Langi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Skyline College	Redwood City, California
G	11	Maria Dias (5th)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Idaho State	Lisbon, Portugal
G	12	Chrishawn Coleman	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Morehead State	Arlington, Texas
G	14	Morgan Hawkins	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Hawai'i Pacific	Corona, California
G	21	Tianna Sutherland	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Reedley College	Fresno, California
F	22	Dae'Jaidence Kincade	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Blinn College	Tyler, Texas
F/C	24	Tena Ikidi (5th)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Charlotte	Bayelsa State, Nigeria
G	30	Alli Dioli	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Mission College	Half Moon Bay, California
F	55	Adrienne Puletasi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	College of Southern Nevada	Las Vegas, Nevada

Head coach

Ari Wideman (Nevada)

Assistant coach(es)

Ray Alvarado (Fresno State)
Malika Glover (Northern Kentucky)
Fa-Ko-Fieme'a (Me'a) Hafoka-Latu (San José State)
Erika Warren (UTEP)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
(5th) Fifth-year senior
Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 6, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Utah Valley	L 42–66	0–1	9 – Tied	8 – Ikidi	2 – Tied	Icardo Center (134) Bakersfield, CA
November 7, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Fresno State	L 51–74	0–2	26 – Coleman	7 – Ikidi	3 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (233) Bakersfield, CA
November 11, 2025* 1:30 pm, ESPN+	Utah State	L 65–68	0–3	14 – Dias	9 – Ikidi	4 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (103) Bakersfield, CA
November 15, 2025* 1:00 pm, MWN	at San Diego State	L 48–78	0–4	25 – Coleman	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Viejas Arena (2,101) San Diego, CA
November 20, 2025* 4:30 pm, SLN	at Omaha	W 82−73	1−4	21 – Coleman	15 – Ikidi	3 – Tied	Baxter Arena (508) Omaha, NE
November 22, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Wichita State	W 60−55	2−4	16 – Coleman	8 – Ikidi	3 – Coleman	Charles Koch Arena (846) Wichita, KS
November 29, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Arizona	L 63–78	2–5	16 – Dias	6 – Tied	3 – Hawkins	McKale Center (5,328) Tucson, AZ
December 4, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	L 57–59	2–6 (0–1)	21 – Coleman	8 – Ikidi	2 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (267) Bakersfield, CA
December 6, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara	L 47–67	2–7 (0–2)	14 – Dias	8 – Coleman	2 – Carter	Icardo Center (129) Bakersfield, CA
December 13, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Seattle	W 72–51	3–7	21 – Coleman	14 – Ikidi	5 – Carter	Redhawk Center (291) Seattle, WA
December 16, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+	Cal State East Bay	W 67–55	4–7	25 – Coleman	8 – Kincade	3 – Tied	Icardo Center (1,403) Bakersfield, CA
December 20, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Washington	W 85−72	5−7	19 – Langi	16 – Ikidi	3 – Tied	Icardo Center (81) Bakersfield, CA
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 63–82	5–8 (0–3)	29 – Coleman	11 – Coleman	4 – Carter	Bren Events Center (717) Irvine, CA
January 3, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+	UC Davis	L 59–69	5–9 (0–4)	15 – Tied	9 – Tied	5 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (74) Bakersfield, CA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Riverside	L 42-64	5-10 (0-5)	11 – Langi	9 – Carter	2 – Tied	SRC Arena (166) Riverside, CA
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Long Beach State	W 75-48	6-10 (1-5)	15 – Coleman	11 – Ikidi	7 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (62) Bakersfield, CA
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Santa Barbara	L 67-82	6-11 (1-6)	27 – Coleman	7 – Carter	3 – Tied	The Thunderdome (647) Santa Barbara, CA
January 17, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC San Diego	L 66-84	6-12 (1-7)	17 – Langi	8 – Carter	9 – Hawkins	LionTree Arena (425) La Jolla, CA
January 22, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	Hawai'i	L 52-64	6-13 (1-8)	13 – Dias	12 – Ikidi	3 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (344) Bakersfield, CA
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal Poly	W 62-58	7-13 (2-8)	23 – Coleman	8 – Carter	3 – Carter	Mott Athletics Center (312) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at UC Davis	L 68-76	7-14 (2-9)	29 – Langi	5 – Finley	5 – Carter	University Credit Union Center (733) Davis, CA
February 5, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	UC Irvine	L 53-85	7-15 (2-10)	22 – Langi	6 – Kincade	3 – Carter	Icardo Center (112) Bakersfield, CA
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton	L 87-92 ^{2 OT}	7-16 (2-11)	22 – Coleman	9 – Tied	3 – Coleman	Icardo Center (113) Bakersfield, CA
February 12, 2026 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Hawai'i	L 54-61	7-17 (2-12)	16 – Tied	8 – Carter	3 – Coleman	Stan Sheriff Center (1,761) Honolulu, HI
February 19, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	UC Riverside	L 58-62	7-18 (2-13)	15 – Coleman	22 – Ikidi	3 – Sutherland	Icardo Center (163) Bakersfield, CA
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton	L 57-60	7-19 (2-14)	20 – Coleman	13 – Ikidi	3 – Hawkins	Titan Gym (162) Fullerton, CA
February 26, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+	UC San Diego	L 79-85	7-20 (2-15)	21 – Langi	8 – Ikidi	7 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (138) Bakersfield, CA
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Long Beach State	L 62-72 ^OT	7-21 (2-16)	19 – Sutherland	12 – Ikidi	5 – Hawkins	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid (1,043) Long Beach, CA
March 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge	L 47-82	7-22 (2-17)	12 – Hawkins	8 – Ikidi	2 – Tied	Premier America Credit Union Arena (376) Northridge, CA
March 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Cal Poly	L 54-66	7-23 (2-18)	17 – Langi	8 – Ikidi	3 – Hawkins	Icardo Center (174) Bakersfield, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
^ "Big West women's tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, channels, scores for 2025 basketball championships". The Sporting News. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hawai'i Selected as Preseason Favorites for 2025–26 Women's Basketball Title". The Big West. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". California State University at Bakersfield Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
^ "Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[2] "Big West women's tournament bracket: Full TV schedule, channels, scores for 2025 basketball championships". The Sporting News. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[poll-3] "Hawai'i Selected as Preseason Favorites for 2025–26 Women's Basketball Title". The Big West. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". California State University at Bakersfield Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

[5] "Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 6, 2026.

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