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.
Preseason rankings
+Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll Place Team Votes 1 74 (5) 2 Montana 72 (3) 3 65 (1) 4 57 (1) 5 50 6 38 7 36 8 28 T-9 15
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+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
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Preseason All-Big Sky Team Preseason All-Big Sky TeamPlayerYearPositionMack KonigSeniorGuardAvery WaddingtonSophomore Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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