The 2025–26 North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, who were led by seventh-year head coach Jory Collins, played their home games at the Scheels Center, as members of the Summit League.
The Bison finished the regular season 26–3 overall, and 15–1 in the Summit League to finish in first place and win the program's first Summit League regular season title. In the Summit League tournament, they defeated Omaha in the quarterfinals, St. Thomas in the semifinals, but fell to South Dakota State in the championship game. Since they were the conference's regular season champion but did not make the NCAA tournament, the Bison received an automatic bid and top 4 seed to the 2026 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT). In the WBIT, they defeated Chattanooga in the first round, but fell to Columbia in the second round. By the season's end, the Bison racked up 29 wins, which is the most in the NDSU Division I era and the most for the program since 1996.
Previous season The Bison finished the 2024–25 season 21–12, 11–5 in Summit League play to finish in third place. In the Summit League tournament, the Bison fell in the quarterfinals to Kansas City. However, they did receive an at-large bid to the 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament, and yet again received a first round bye. The Bison would defeat New Mexico in the second round, Washington State in the Super 16, but fell to Troy in the program's first Great 8 appearance.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Abbie Draper 2 F 6'2" Senior Waverly, IA Graduated Claire Stern 11 F 6'0" Freshman Maple Grove, MN Medically retired Sacia Vanderpool 20 F 6'5" Senior Byron, MN Graduated Taryn Hamling 21 G 5'9" Sophomore Grand Rapids, MN Transferred to Minot State Abby Schulte 24 G 5'10" Senior Maple Grove, MN Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Audrey Martinez-Stewart 5 G 5'5" Senior St. Paul, MN Missouri–St. Louis Jocelyn Schiller 30 G 5'7" Sophomore Grand Forks, ND North Dakota Lily Niebuhr 31 F 6'2" Senior Jordan, MN Indiana State
2025 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Summit League regular season
!colspan=12 style=""|Summit League tournament
!colspan=12 style=""|Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT)
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Awards and accolades Summit League Player of the Week WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNov. 25Avery KoenenNorth Dakota StateDec. 16Avery Koenen (2)North Dakota State (2)Dec. 23Avery Koenen (3)North Dakota State (3)Jan. 6Avery Koenen (4)North Dakota State (4)Jan. 13Avery Koenen (5)North Dakota State (5)Jan. 20Avery Koenen (6)North Dakota State (6)Feb. 10Avery Koenen (7)North Dakota State (7)Feb. 17Avery Koenen (8)North Dakota State (8)
Summit League Regular Season Awards
Individual Awards Avery Koenen (Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year) Karrington Asp (Freshman of the Year, Sixth Woman of the Year) Jory Collins (Coach of the Year)
All–Summit League First Team Avery Koenen
All–Summit League Second Team Marisa Frost Jocelyn Schiller
All–Defensive Team Avery Koenen
All–Freshman Team Karrington Asp
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Summit League All–Tournament Team
Avery Koenen
Rankings
References