2025–26 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2025–26 Washington Huskies women's basketball
2025–26 Washington Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–7 (9–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tina Langley (5th season);
Associate head coach	Latara King; David Adkins
Assistant coaches	Aleah Goodman; Lauren Schwartz;
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA	15	–	0	1.000	25	–	1	.962
No. 6 Michigan	13	–	2	.867	22	–	4	.846
No. 13 Iowa	11	–	3	.786	20	–	5	.800
No. 23 Minnesota	12	–	4	.750	21	–	6	.778
No. 10 Ohio State	11	–	4	.733	22	–	5	.815
No. 18 Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	21	–	6	.778
No. 14 Maryland	9	–	6	.600	21	–	6	.778
Washington	9	–	6	.600	19	–	7	.731
USC	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Illinois	8	–	7	.533	18	–	8	.692
Oregon	6	–	8	.429	18	–	9	.667
Nebraska	5	–	10	.333	16	–	10	.615
Wisconsin	5	–	10	.333	13	–	13	.500
Purdue	4	–	10	.286	12	–	13	.480
Indiana	3	–	12	.200	14	–	13	.519
Penn State	2	–	13	.133	9	–	17	.346
Northwestern	2	–	13	.133	8	–	18	.308
Rutgers	1	–	14	.067	9	–	17	.346

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of February 18, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Washington Huskies women's basketball team currently represents the University of Washington during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fifth year head coach Tina Langley, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2024–25 season 19–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. As the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Minnesota in the first round before losing to Michigan in second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first four to Columbia.

Offseason

Departures

Washington Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Dalayah Daniels	14	F	6'4"	Graduate Student	Seattle, WA	Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 24th overall by Minnesota Lynx
Brenna McDonald	20	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Natick, MA	Graduated
Tayra Eke	32	C	6'3"	Senior	Madrid, Spain	Graduated

Incoming

Washington incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Avery Howell	2	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Boise, ID	USC
Yulia Grabovskaia	55	C	6'5"	Senior	Rostov-on-Don, Russia	Michigan

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Brynn McGaughy F	Spokane, WA	Central Valley High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Brynn McGaughy F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (97)
Nina Cain W	Sacramento, CA	C. K. McClatchy High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Nina Cain W	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (92)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024.

Roster

2025–26 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Sayvia Sellers	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Anchorage Christian	Anchorage, AK
G	1	Hannah Stines	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Orangewood Academy	La Mirada, CA
G	2	Avery Howell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Boise USC	Boise, ID
G	3	Devin Coppinger	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Nooksack Valley	Everson, WA
G	5	Teagan Brown	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Oak Ridge	Sacramento, CA
F	8	Daniella McLean	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Darrow School	Cobourg, ON
G	11	Chloe Briggs	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Ontario Christian	Ontario, CA
F	21	Brynn McGaughy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Central Valley	Spokane, WA
F	22	Shayla Gillmer (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Ontario Christian	San Clemete, CA
F	23	Oliva Anderson (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Jr	Ellensburg	Ellensburg, WA
G	24	Elle Ladine	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Pinewood	San Francisco, CA
F	25	Nina Cain	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	McClathy	Sacramento, CA
G	35	Sienna Harvey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr		Geelong, Australia
C	55	Yulia Grabovskaia	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Rostov Regional School of Olympic Reserve Michigan	Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Head coach

Tina Langley (West Alabama)

Assistant coach(es)

Latara King (Florida Memorial)
David Adkins (Radford)
Aleah Goodman (Oregon State)
Lauren Schwartz (Washington)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 3, 2025* 5:00 p.m., B1G+		Seattle	W 90–43	1–0	21 – Sellers	6 – Cain	6 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,975) Seattle, WA
November 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	Montana	W 87–56	2–0	19 – Sellers	8 – Tied	5 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,918) Seattle, WA
November 15, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	at Utah	W 72–61	3–0	30 – Sellers	8 – Stines	4 – Howell	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,843) Salt Lake City, UT
November 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	Fresno State	W 61–43	4–0	14 – Tied	6 – Howell	8 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,167) Seattle, WA
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	Vermont	W 71–39	5–0	22 – Sellers	12 – Howell	4 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,667) Seattle, WA
November 25, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 22	Southern	W 66–40	6–0	18 – Howell	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,000) Seattle, WA
November 28, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 22	UC San Diego	W 67–50	7–0	17 – Sellers	8 – Tied	5 – Harvey	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,530) Seattle, WA
December 1, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 21	San Jose State	W 80–54	8–0	29 – Sellers	8 – McGaughy	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,960) Seattle, WA
December 7, 2025 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 21	at No. 16 USC	L 50–59	8–1 (0–1)	20 – Sellers	13 – Howell	4 – Stines	Galen Center (6,137) Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 2025* 12:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 20	Green Bay	W 79–74	9–1	30 – Sellers	12 – Howell	6 – Grabovskaia	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,603) Seattle, WA
December 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	No. 22	at Stanford	L 62–67	9–2	13 – Tied	9 – McGaughy	3 – Sellers	Maples Pavilion (2,533) Stanford, CA
December 21, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	at Pacific	W 90–50	10–2	22 – Harvey	8 – Ladine	4 – Ladine	Alex G. Spanos Center (569) Stockton, CA
December 29, 2025 5:00 p.m., B1G+		Northwestern	W 94–73	11–2 (1–1)	23 – Tied	8 – McGaughy	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,092) Seattle, WA
January 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., BTN		No. 6 Michigan	W 64–52	12–2 (2–1)	22 – Howell	16 – Howell	5 – Stines	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,229) Seattle, WA
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 23	No. 15 Michigan State	L 67–82	12–3 (2–2)	15 – Ladine	4 – Tied	4 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,858) Seattle, WA
January 11, 2026 11:00 a.m., B1G+	No. 23	at Purdue	L 72–78 ^OT	12–4 (2–3)	23 – Sellers	8 – Tied	4 – McGaughy	Mackey Arena (6,005) West Lafayette, IN
January 14, 2026 4:00 p.m., B1G+		at Indiana	W 82–63	13–4 (3–3)	19 – Ladine	6 – Tied	6 – Stines	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,352) Bloomington, IN
January 18, 2026 3:00 p.m., BTN		Minnesota	W 67–54	14–4 (4–3)	23 – Sellers	12 – Howell	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,509) Seattle, WA
January 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	Penn State	W 81–65	15–4 (5–3)	24 – Sellers	12 – Howell	3 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,096) Seattle, WA
January 26, 2026 12:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	at Rutgers	W 76–48	16–4 (6–3)	17 – McGaughy	17 – Grabovskaia	6 – Sellers	Jersey Mike's Arena (3,323) Piscataway, NJ
January 28, 2026 4:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	at No. 16 Maryland	W 83–80 ^2OT	17–4 (7–3)	38 – Sellers	11 – Tied	6 – Sellers	Xfinity Center (6,425) College Park, MD
February 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., FS1	No. 25	Illinois	L 66–75	17–5 (7–4)	17 – Tied	7 – Howell	4 – Sellers	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,691) Seattle, WA
February 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 24	No. 9 Ohio State	L 60–70	17–6 (7–5)	26 – Sellers	8 – Ladine	4 – Ladine	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,394) Seattle, WA
February 8, 2026 12:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 24	at Wisconsin	W 91–86 ^OT	18–6 (8–5)	34 – Howell	14 – Howell	5 – Sellers	Kohl Center (3,630) Madison, WI
February 11, 2026 4:30 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	at No. 15 Iowa	L 56–65	18–7 (8–6)	19 – Ladine	10 – Howell	3 – Sellers	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
February 15, 2026 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 25	Oregon	W 51–43	19–7 (9–6)	17 – Sellers	9 – Howell	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,134) Seattle, WA
February 19, 2026 7:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 2 UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		Nebraska						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
March 1, 2026 11:00 a.m./2:00 p.m., BTN/B1G+		at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA		vs.						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	25	25	22	21	20	22	RV	RV*	23	RV	25	25	24	25	RV					Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	23	22	23	22	RV	RV	23	RV	25	24	25	RV	RV

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Washington Athletics. August 23, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Washington Athletics. August 23, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.

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Washington Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1975–present)
Culture & lore	History Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	List of seasons 1895–96 1896–1975 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References