2025–26 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

2025–26 Montana Lady Griz basketball
2025–26 Montana Lady Griz basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–14 (4–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Nate Harris (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Lindsay Woolley; Emma List; Kayla Anderson;
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena

2025–26 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Idaho †	17	–	1	.944	29	–	5	.853
Montana State	16	–	2	.889	25	–	7	.781
Northern Colorado	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Idaho State	12	–	6	.667	19	–	11	.633
Sacramento State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	18	.455
Eastern Washington	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Northern Arizona	6	–	12	.333	10	–	22	.313
Montana	5	–	13	.278	9	–	22	.290
Weber State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	22	.333
Portland State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	25	.194

† 2026 Big Sky tournament winner As of March 19, 2026

The 2025–26 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represents the University of Montana during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz, led by first-year head coach Nate Harris, play their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Lady Griz finished the 2024–25 season 14–18, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in tie for fifth place. They defeated Idaho and Northern Arizona in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Big Sky tournament before losing in the championship game to their in state rival Montana State.

Offseason

Departures

Montana departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Tyler McCliment-Call	5	G	6'0"	Graduate Student	Spokane, WA	Graduated
Izabella Zingaro	13	F	6'4"	Junior	Bolton, ON	Transferred to Cleveland State
Imogen Greenslade	15	C	6'4"	Senior	Sydney, Australia	Graduated
MJ Bruno	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Spokane, WA	Graduated
Alex Pirog	34	F	6'3"	Junior	Highlands Ranch, CO	Left the team
Dani Bartsch	40	F	6'2"	Senior	Helena, MT	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Montana incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Zoey Washington	0	G	5'8"	Junior	Mahtomedi, MI	St. Thomas
Kennedy Gillette	5	G	6'0"	Junior	Rexburg, ID	CIS
Ava Cossette	22	G	5'10"	Freshman	Maple Grove, MN	South Dakota
Jocelyn Land	23	G/F	6'0"	Sophomore	Chanhassen, MN	Butler
Maggie Hutka	24	F	6'1"	Junior	Royse City, TX	Colorado Christian

Recruiting classes

There was no recruiting class of 2025.

Preseason

On October 22, 2025, the Big Sky Conference released their preseason coaches and media poll. Idaho was picked to finish second in both the coaches poll, with three first-place votes, and the media poll, with seven seven-place votes.^[1]

Preseason rankings

Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Montana State	74 (5)
2	Montana	72 (3)
3	Idaho	65 (1)
4	Idaho State	57 (1)
5	Sacramento State	50
6	Eastern Washington	38
7	Northern Colorado	36
8	Weber State	28
T-9	Northern Arizona	15
T-9	Portland State	15
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[1]

Big Sky Preseason Media Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Montana State	238 (11)
2	Montana	224 (7)
3	Idaho	220 (7)
4	Sacramento State	177 (2)
5	Idaho State	161
6	Eastern Washington	123
7	Weber State	120
8	Northern Arizona	102
9	Northern Colorado	86
10	Portland State	34
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[1]

Preseason All-Big Sky Team

Preseason All-Big Sky Team
Player	Year	Position
Mack Konig	Senior	Guard
Avery Waddington	Sophomore	Guard

Source:^[2]

Roster

2025–26 Montana Lady Griz women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Zoey Washington	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	St. Thomas	Mahtomedi, Minnesota
G	1	Macy Donarski	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Aquinas High School	La Crosse, Wisconsin
G	2	Mack Konig	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	King's Christian Collegiate	Milton, Ontario
G	3	Draya Wacker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Melstone High School	Melstone, Montana
G	5	Kennedy Gillette	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	College of Southern Idaho	Rexburg, Idaho
G	10	Avery Waddington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Lake City High School	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
G	11	Aby Shubert	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Xavier	Kasson, Minnesota
G	12	Chloe Larsen	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Hellgate High School	Missoula, Montana
G	14	Lauren Dick	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Hellgate High School	Missoula, Montana
G	20	Rae Ehrman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Eden Prairie High School	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
G	22	Ava Cossette	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	South Dakota	Maple Grove, Minnesota
F	23	Jocelyn Land	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Butler	Chanhassen, Minnesota
F	24	Maggie Hutka	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Colorado Christian	Royse City, Texas
G	33	Adria Lincoln	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Monroe High School	Monroe, Washington

Head coach

Nate Harris (Montana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Lindsay Woolley (Montana)
Emma List (Florida Gulf Coast)
Kayla Anderson (Utah Valley)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 30, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Seattle Pacific	W 81–44	1–0	20 – Waddington	8 – Waddington	5 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (1,780) Missoula, MT
November 8, 2025* 3:00 p.m., B1G+	at Oregon	L 47–90	1–1	23 – Konig	9 – Land	3 – Donarski	Matthew Knight Arena (4,296) Eugene, OR
November 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at No. 25 Washington	L 56–87	1–2	14 – Waddington	4 – Tied	5 – Waddington	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,918) Seattle, WA
November 15, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SLN	vs. South Dakota State	L 71–95	1–3	24 – Land	6 – Waddington	5 – Konig	The Monument (2,639) Rapid City, SD
November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	BYU	L 69–70	1–4	19 – Konig	13 – Waddington	4 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,543) Missoula, MT
November 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah	L 38–78	1–5	11 – Land	10 – Waddington	3 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,359) Missoula, MT
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SLN	at North Dakota Big Sky–Summit Challenge	W 86–56	2–5	30 – Land	9 – Waddington	5 – Waddington	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,375) Grand Forks, ND
December 6, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. Thomas Big Sky–Summit Challenge	L 65–81	2–6	21 – Waddington	5 – Waddington	4 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (1,831) Missoula, MT
December 16, 2025* 10:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Houston	L 54–60	2–7	15 – Land	8 – Waddington	3 – Konig	Fertitta Center (1,523) Houston, TX
December 19, 2025* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Abilene Christian ACU Christmas Classic	L 48–60	2–8	13 – Waddington	9 – Land	3 – Waddington	Moody Coliseum (775) Abilene, TX
December 20, 2025* 12:00 p.m., WAC International	vs. Tarleton State ACU Christmas Classic	W 90–85 ^OT	3–8	35 – Konig	10 – Waddington	4 – Konig	Moody Coliseum (123) Abilene, TX
Big Sky regular season
January 1, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Arizona	L 72–81	3–9 (0–1)	27 – Konig	8 – Waddington	5 – Konig	Findlay Toyota Court (263) Flagstaff, AZ
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Colorado	L 58–77	3–10 (0–2)	19 – Konig	6 – Tied	5 – Konig	Bank of Colorado Arena (740) Greeley, CO
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho	L 50–67	3–11 (0–3)	15 – Land	6 – Shubert	2 – Tied	Dahlberg Arena (1,892) Missoula, MT
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Eastern Washington	L 58–65	3–12 (0–4)	16 – Waddington	10 – Waddington	4 – Waddington	Dahlberg Arena (2,234) Missoula, MT
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., The Spot-MTN/ESPN+	at Montana State	L 44–82	3–13 (0–5)	8 – Shubert	8 – Waddington	3 – Waddington	Worthington Arena (4,173) Bozeman, MT
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Arizona	W 76–72	4–13 (1–5)	20 – Land	10 – Waddington	6 – Wacker	Dahlberg Arena (2,449) Missoula, MT
January 22, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Weber State	W 51–50	5–13 (2–5)	20 – Waddington	8 – Waddington	3 – Waddington	Dee Events Center (373) Ogden, UT
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho State	W 70–67 ^OT	6–13 (3–5)	21 – Ehrman	7 – Waddington	5 – Waddington	Reed Gym (373) Pocatello, ID
January 29, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Portland State	W 69–63	7–13 (4–5)	31 – Waddington	10 – Waddington	2 – Wacker	Dahlberg Arena (2,159) Missoula, MT
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sacramento State	L 57–64	7–14 (4–6)	16 – Waddington	5 – Tied	3 – Waddington	Dahlberg Arena (2,751) Missoula, MT
February 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Eastern Washington						Reese Court Cheney, WA
February 7, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Idaho						ICCU Arena Moscow, ID
February 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+/Scripps	Montana State						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 19, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Idaho State						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Weber State						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
February 26, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Sacramento State						Colberg Court Sacramento, CA
February 28, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland State						Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
March 2, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northern Colorado						Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
Big Sky tournament
March 7–11, 2026 TBA	vs.						Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Montana State Sweeps Preseason Women's Basketball Polls". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
^ "2025-26 Big Sky Women's Basketball Preseason Team Announced, Versteeg Named Preseason MVP". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
^ "Montana Lady Griz 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 30, 2026.

[poll-1] "Montana State Sweeps Preseason Women's Basketball Polls". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 30, 2026.

[2] "2025-26 Big Sky Women's Basketball Preseason Team Announced, Versteeg Named Preseason MVP". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 30, 2026.

[3] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 30, 2026.

[4] "Montana Lady Griz 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 30, 2026.

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