2025–26 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team

2025–26 La Salle Explorers women's basketball
2025–26 La Salle Explorers women's basketball
WNIT
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	18–13 (10–8 A-10)
Head coach	Mountain MacGillivray (8th season);
Associate head coach	Chris Day
Assistant coaches	Tiffany Coll; River Baldwin; Sianny Sanchez-Oliver;
Home arena	John Glaser Arena

2025–26 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rhode Island †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
George Mason	16	–	2	.889	23	–	10	.697
Richmond	15	–	3	.833	26	–	8	.765
Davidson	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Saint Joseph's	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
La Salle	10	–	8	.556	18	–	13	.581
Dayton	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Loyola Chicago	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
St. Bonaventure	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
George Washington	7	–	11	.389	16	–	17	.485
Saint Louis	5	–	13	.278	12	–	21	.364
Duquesne	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
VCU	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Fordham	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

† 2026 A10 tournament winner As of March 19, 2026

The 2025–26 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team represents La Salle University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Explorers, led by eighth-year head coach Mountain MacGillivray, play their home games at John Glaser Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Explorers finished the 2024–25 season 8–22, 2–15 in A-10 play, to finish in 14th place.^[1] They defeated VCU,^[2] before falling to Dayton in the second round of the A-10 tournament.^[3]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Atlantic 10 Conference released their preseason poll. La Salle was picked to finish 12th in the conference.^[4]

Preseason rankings

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Richmond	188 (9)
2	George Mason	185 (4)
3	Davidson	167 (1)
4	Rhode Island	137
5	Dayton	123
6	Saint Joseph's	120
7	VCU	110
8	Duquesne	95
9	Saint Louis	86
10	George Washington	75
11	Fordham	63
12	La Salle	56
13	Loyola Chicago	43
14	St. Bonaventure	22
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-A10 Teams

Preseason All-A10 Teams
Team	Player	Year	Position
Third	Joan Quinn	Sophomore	Guard

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-A10 Defensive Team

No players were named to the Preseason All-A10 Defensive Team.^[4]

Roster

2025–26 La Salle Explorers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Aryss Macktoon	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	St. Timothy's School	Baltimore, Maryland
G	3	Lauren Patnode	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Perkiomen School	Saratoga Springs, New York
G	6	Jana Mbombo Njoya	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Tony Parker Adéquat Academy	Montpellier, France
F	7	Amiya Moses	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Addison School	Scarborough, Ontario
G/F	8	Diora Ressaissi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Long Island Lutheran High School	Orlando, Florida
G	10	Ivona Miljanic	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Young Harris	Belgrade, Serbia
G	11	Sania Jenkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Etiwanda High School	Narrabeen, Australia
G	12	India Webb	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Preparatory Charter School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	13	Joan Quinn	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
G	15	Ashleigh Connor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	Saint Louis	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
F	20	Anna Przyszlak	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Cowley Community College	Gdańsk, Poland
G	21	Ty'Renisha Bowers	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	SAU Tech	Natchez, Louisiana
G/F	22	Yar Manyiel	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Johnson County Community College	Nairobi, Kenya
F	24	Kiara Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Pittsburgh	Palm Bay, Florida
G	25	Charity Sawyer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	International Christian High School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C	33	Ava Hoy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	H.C. Williams High School	Canton, New York

Head coach

Mountain MacGillivray (Temple)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Day (West Chester)
Tiffany Coll (UMBC)
River Baldwin (NC State)
Sianny Sanchez-Oliver (New Mexico State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 17, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola (MD)	W 71–59	1–0	25 – Macktoon	10 – Macktoon	5 – Connor	Reitz Arena (683) Baltimore, MD
November 8, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Francis	W 84–73	2–0	22 – Connor	7 – Macktoon	5 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (2,942) Philadelphia, PA
November 11, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lehigh	W 81–70	3–0	24 – Macktoon	7 – Connor	3 – Tied	Stabler Arena (428) Bethlehem, PA
November 14, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Temple Big 5 Classic Pod 2	L 54–75	3–1	16 – Macktoon	5 – Macktoon	6 – Quinn	Liacouras Center (3,507) Philadelphia, PA
November 18, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		West Chester	W 83−50	4−1	18 – Connor	14 – Macktoon	4 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (415) Philadelphia, PA
November 22, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		American	W 72−61	5−1	20 – Quinn	5 – Tied	4 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (348) Philadelphia, PA
November 25, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Villanova Big 5 Classic Pod 2	L 54–66	5–2	17 – Connor	9 – Connor	4 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (287) Philadelphia, PA
December 3, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+		VCU	W 70–62	6–2 (1–0)	21 – Macktoon	8 – Williams	6 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (380) Philadelphia, PA
December 7, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Penn Big 5 Classic 5th Place Game	L 52–65	6–3	15 – Macktoon	7 – Macktoon	7 – Connor	Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA
December 14, 2025* 2:00 pm, DSN		at Maryland Eastern Shore	W 63–58	7–3	14 – Tied	6 – Tied	8 – Connor	Hytche Athletic Center (200) Princess Anne, MD
December 17, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Delaware	W 65–48	8–3	15 – Macktoon	7 – Tied	4 – Williams	Bob Carpenter Center (3,605) Newark, DE
December 20, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Mississippi State	L 37−85	8−4	10 – Connor	4 – Tied	3 – Quinn	John Glaser Arena (490) Philadelphia, PA
December 31, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham	W 72–69	9–4 (2–0)	17 – Connor	7 – Tied	5 – Connor	Rose Hill Gymnasium (268) Bronx, NY
January 3, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		George Washington	W 66–52	10–4 (3–0)	18 – Macktoon	8 – Macktoon	4 – Williams	John Glaser Arena (205) Philadelphia, PA
January 7, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at George Mason	L 47–62	10–5 (3–1)	17 – Macktoon	7 – Connor	3 – Quinn	EagleBank Arena (784) Fairfax, VA
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+/NBCSP		at Saint Joseph's	L 60–69	10–6 (3–2)	19 – Macktoon	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Hagan Arena (1,132) Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 2026 11:00 am, ESPN+		Saint Louis	L 57–66	10–7 (3–3)	25 – Connor	10 – Tied	2 – Tied	John Glaser Arena (850) Philadelphia, PA
January 18, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Davidson	L 58–62	10–8 (3–4)	19 – Quinn	6 – Macktoon	4 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (123) Philadelphia, PA
January 21, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola Chicago	L 60–64	10–9 (3–5)	20 – Williams	9 – Macktoon	6 – Connor	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (420) Chicago, IL
January 24, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	W 83–74	11–9 (4–5)	23 – Macktoon	8 – Macktoon	4 – Tied	Reilly Center (252) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 28, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	L 65–69	11–10 (4–6)	18 – Quinn	7 – Tied	8 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (385) Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Duquesne	W 77–61	12–10 (5–6)	26 – Connor	8 – Williams	5 – Williams	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (1,237) Pittsburgh, PA
February 4, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Dayton	L 60–68	12–11 (5–7)	17 – Connor	12 – Macktoon	5 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (235) Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Fordham	W 70–53	13–11 (6–7)	18 – Macktoon	6 – Quinn	4 – Tied	John Glaser Arena (515) Philadelphia, PA
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at George Washington	W 67–52	14–11 (7–7)	18 – Connor	11 – Macktoon	3 – Moses	Charles E. Smith Center (702) Washington, D.C.
February 18, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Rhode Island	W 63–59	15–11 (8–7)	21 – Quinn	5 – Tied	3 – Connor	John Glaser Arena (321) Philadelphia, PA
February 22, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Richmond	L 58–92	15–12 (8–8)	15 – Connor	6 – Macktoon	5 – Connor	Robins Center (2,268) Richmond, VA
February 25, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	W 71–54	16–12 (9–8)	28 – Macktoon	10 – Macktoon	4 – Macktoon	Siegel Center (1,003) Richmond, VA
February 28, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Loyola Chicago	W 70–57	17–12 (10–8)	26 – Connor	11 – Macktoon	4 – Williams	John Glaser Arena (405) Philadelphia, PA
A-10 tournament
March 5, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (11) Saint Louis Second round	W 59–51	18–12	16 – Connor	14 – Macktoon	8 – Connor	Henrico Sports & Events Center (1,273) Henrico, VA
March 6, 2026 7:30 p.m., CNBC	(6)	vs. (3) Richmond Quarterfinals	L 51–70	18–13	18 – Connor	13 – Macktoon	4 – Connor	Henrico Sports & Events Center (2,618) Henrico, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
^ "La Salle earns first A-10 tourney win in four years with last-second shot against VCU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
^ "Women's Basketball: La Salle's A10s run ends with loss to Dayton". Delco Times. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Atlantic 10. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". La Salle University Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
^ "La Salle Explorers 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[2] "La Salle earns first A-10 tourney win in four years with last-second shot against VCU". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[3] "Women's Basketball: La Salle's A10s run ends with loss to Dayton". Delco Times. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[poll-4] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Atlantic 10. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[5] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". La Salle University Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

[6] "La Salle Explorers 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 17, 2026.

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