11 Fast Facts about Aussies in NCAAW '25-26

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Australian women's basketball is the champion of Asia at all levels in 2025 from the Opals to Under-16s and the Australian Gems won silver at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in July.

Now it's NCAA Women's Division I's time to face the growing firepower of one of the toughest basketball nations in the world in the 2025-26 season.

Australians have been recruited by colleges and universities across the US and the fanfare of our best juniors committing to the Class of 2026 is now a high-profile event, such as Sitaya Fagan, who announced she is joining USC next year while the transfers of players such as national champion Last-Tear Poa from LSU to Arizona State generate excitement here in Australia and on campus in the US.

The meantime, the 2025-26 season starts next week with our best university-aged stars playing in an extraordinary 311 games in November alone.

Here are 11 Fast Facts you need to know before the season starts.

1. Record-breaking month.‍

Australian players feature in 311 NCAA Division I games during November — one of the highest single-month totals recorded for Aussies in women's college basketball.

2. Ninety-four deep.‍

Our final verified list includes 94 Australians across 81 NCAA programs, including five new transfers: Georgia Cox (Evansville), Holly Dolny (Loyola Chicago), Last-Tear Poa (Arizona State), Jada Crawshaw (Georgia Tech), and Jaime Gallatly (Southern Miss).

3. Every school active.‍

Each program featuring an Australian takes the floor in November, spanning all four continental U.S. time zones plus Hawai‘i.

4. A nation’s footprint.‍

Aussies suited up from Boston College on the East Coast to Hawai‘i in the Pacific — covering more than 8,000 kilometres of geography in a single month of college hoops.

5. All-Aussie clashes.‍

There are 18 potential games where Australians face Australians, headlined by Louisiana Tech v Arkansas (Nov 5) and Stanford v Washington (Nov 15).

6. Power 5 power surge.‍

Nearly 45% of all Australians now play at Power 5 programs — led by Arkansas, Illinois, Stanford, Washington, Boston College, Oregon State, TCU, and Arizona State.

7. Most active programs.

• 🇦🇺 Oregon State – 11 Aussie-involved games
• 🇦🇺 Arkansas – 10
• 🇦🇺 Syracuse – 9
• 🇦🇺 Boston College – 9
• 🇦🇺 Grand Canyon – 8

8. Heavy travellers.‍

🇦🇺 Sienna Harvey (Washington) logs games in four states across 12 days — the longest travel stretch of any Australian player in November.

9. Freshman impact.‍

New arrivals Lily Carmody (Boston College), Zoe Shaw (UC Santa Barbara) and Bonnie Deas (Arkansas) all start their Freshman seasons.

10. Depth programs.

Davidson (4) and Sacramento State (3) carried the largest Aussie contingents.

11. Super Saturday.‍

Saturday, November 29, will be peak Aussie activity: 22 games, 31 Australians in action, and seven all-Aussie matchups across the U.S.

November 2025 NCAA Women's Schedule (Times are in AEDT and subject to change. Check schedules).

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• Lewis @ 🇦🇺 Southern Illinois (04:00) — Erica Finney
• 🇦🇺 Lehigh @ Cincinnati (10:30) — Alana Reddy
• NEW Haven @ 🇦🇺 Xavier (10:30) — Phoebe Holmes
• Marist @ 🇦🇺 Ualbany (10:30) — Manuela Piljevic
• Westminster (ut) @ 🇦🇺 Idaho State (11:00) — Ruby Sweeney-Spitzeck
• Stony Brook @ 🇦🇺 Syracuse (11:00) — Sophie Burrows, Madeline Potts
• Southeast Missouri State @ 🇦🇺 Illinois (11:00) — Erica Finney
• 🇦🇺 Louisiana Tech @ 🇦🇺 Arkansas (11:30) — Isla Airey; Bonnie Deas
• 🇦🇺 Houston Christian @ (5) LSU (12:00) — Yasmin Butler
• Westminster (mo) @ 🇦🇺 Western Illinois (12:00) — Erica Finney
• Northern NEW Mexico @ 🇦🇺 Northern Colorado (12:00) — Claire Fraser
• 🇦🇺 Weber State @ Colorado State (12:00) — Antoniette Emma-Nnopu
• Willamette @ 🇦🇺 Portland (13:00) — Jada Kennedy
• 🇦🇺 Pepperdine @ CAL State Fullerton (14:00) — Zoe Shanahan
• 🇦🇺 Portland State @ Hawai‘i (15:59) — Taylor Moffat, Hannah Chicken, Jada Kennedy

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• San Diego @ 🇦🇺 UC Irvine (06:00) — Summah Hanson

Friday, November 7, 2025

• Radford @ 🇦🇺 Georgia Tech (02:00) — Jada Crawshaw
• 🇦🇺 Evansville @ Southeast Missouri State (04:00) — Georgia Cox
• New Hampshire @ 🇦🇺 Boston College (05:00) — Lily Carmody, Eleanor Trout
• 🇦🇺 Nevada @ 🇦🇺 Sacramento State (06:00) — Amelia Raidaveta; Jemma Amoore, Rubi Gray
• 🇦🇺 UC Santa Barbara @ (3) UCLA (06:30) — Olivia Bradley, Zoe Shaw
• North Carolina A&T @ 🇦🇺 (17) TCU (09:00) — Sarah Portlock
• Green Bay @ 🇦🇺 Loyola Chicago (10:00) — Holly Dolny
• 🇦🇺 Presbyterian @ 🇦🇺 Wake Forest (10:00) — Adout Ring; Opal Bird
• William & Mary @ 🇦🇺 Davidson (11:00) — Charlise Dunn, Katie Donovan, Emilie Bessell, Asha Nightingale
• 🇦🇺 Eastern Illinois @ Purdue (11:00) — Erica Finney
• 🇦🇺 UC Riverside @ Arizona (12:00) — Hannah Wickstrom, Makayla Minshall
• 🇦🇺 Santa Clara @ 🇦🇺 Stanford (14:00) — Sienna Grieger; Lara Somfai

Saturday, November 8, 2025

• 🇦🇺 Arkansas-pine Bluff @ 🇦🇺 Arkansas (03:30) — Bonnie Deas; Bonnie Deas
• William Carey @ 🇦🇺 Southern Miss (04:00) — Jaime Gallatly
• 🇦🇺 Arkansas State @ Tarleton State (04:00) — Bonnie Deas
• Denver @ 🇦🇺 UC SAN Diego (10:00) — Erin Condron
• Corban University @ 🇦🇺 Oregon State (10:00) — Katelyn Field, Keira Lindemans
• Purdue Fort Wayne @ 🇦🇺 Xavier (10:30) — Phoebe Holmes
• 🇦🇺 Bowling Green @ (2) South Carolina (11:00) — Jasmine Fearne
• 🇦🇺 George Washington @ Temple (11:00) — Sienna Harvey
• 🇦🇺 Ualbany @ 🇦🇺 Syracuse (11:00) — Manuela Piljevic; Sophie Burrows, Madeline Potts
• Lyon @ 🇦🇺 Central Arkansas (11:30) — Bonnie Deas
• 🇦🇺 Louisiana Tech @ UL Monroe (11:30) — Isla Airey
• Milwaukee @ 🇦🇺 Northern Illinois (12:00) — Erica Finney
• Montana State @ 🇦🇺 Portland (13:00) — Jada Kennedy
• 🇦🇺 Fresno State @ CAL State Bakersfield (13:30) — Alannah Chatfield

Sunday, November 9, 2025

• Wisconsin @ 🇦🇺 Marquette (07:00) — Ayuen Akot
• Lamar @ 🇦🇺 Northern Colorado (08:00) — Claire Fraser
• Westminster (ut) @ 🇦🇺 Weber State (08:00) — Antoniette Emma-Nnopu
• 🇦🇺 Eastern Washington @ 🇦🇺 Arizona State (08:00) — Sienna Harvey; Last-Tear Poa
• Westmont @ 🇦🇺 Pepperdine (09:00) — Zoe Shanahan
• CAL State SAN Marcos @ 🇦🇺 SAN Diego State (10:00) — Georgia Mifsud
• 🇦🇺 Davidson @ Florida Gulf Coast (11:00) — Charlise Dunn, Katie Donovan, Emilie Bessell, Asha Nightingale
• 🇦🇺 Lehigh @ Fairfield (11:00) — Alana Reddy
• 🇦🇺 Idaho State @ 🇦🇺 Grand Canyon (12:00) — Ruby Sweeney-Spitzeck; Casey Valenti-Paea, Holly Griffiths

Monday, November 10, 2025

• UMASS Lowell @ 🇦🇺 Boston College (04:00) — Lily Carmody, Eleanor Trout
• 🇦🇺 Illinois State @ 🇦🇺 Illinois (05:00) — Erica Finney; Erica Finney
• (24) Kentucky @ 🇦🇺 Buffalo (06:00) — Alice Dart, Meg Lucas
• Hampton @ 🇦🇺 Wake Forest (06:00) — Opal Bird
• Princeton @ 🇦🇺 Georgia Tech (06:00) — Jada Crawshaw
• 🇦🇺 UC Santa Barbara @ Seattle U (07:00) — Olivia Bradley, Zoe Shaw
• 🇦🇺 Texas State @ Texas Tech (07:00) — Mia Galbraith
• 🇦🇺 Houston Christian @ Tarleton State (07:00) — Yasmin Butler
• 🇦🇺 Evansville @ (21) Iowa (08:00) — Georgia Cox
• 🇦🇺 UC Irvine @ Arizona (08:00) — Summah Hanson
• San Francisco @ 🇦🇺 Boise State (08:00) — Dani Bayes, Milly Sharp
• Cal Poly @ 🇦🇺 Stanford (08:00) — Lara Somfai
• Sam Houston @ 🇦🇺 (17) TCU (12:00) — Sarah Portlock
• 🇦🇺 Sacramento State @ California (14:00) — Jemma Amoore, Rubi Gray