Bucknell University Athletics

11/12/2026 2:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Bucknell women’s basketball is back on the road this weekend as it continues to search for its first win of the season. The Bison will take on Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m.
This will be the 13th time in program history that these two teams meet. The Mount leads the series 7-5 overall, but Bucknell has taken each of the last two contests including a 49-45 win over the Mount last season that went down to the wire.
MEDIA LINKS
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Gallery: WBB at Florida
BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE
- Bucknell is back on the road for a Saturday afternoon game at Mount St. Mary's. Tipoff in Emmitsburg is set for 1 p.m. as Bucknell looks to find its first win of the 2026-27 season.
- Elana Weisman leads the team in points per game with 14.7.
- Weisman also leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.7.
- Weisman alongside freshman point guard Tessa Liggio lead the squad in assists per game with 3.7 each.
- Elana Weisman, Mariah Hardy and Alaina Dadzie have each recorded one block this season, leading the Bison.
- The Bison finished their 2025-26 season 11-19 overall with a 7-11 Patriot League record.
- Bucknell returned eight players from last season and lost five to a combination of graduation and the transfer portal.
- The Bison welcomed four newcomers to the squad ahead of the 2026-27 season; three freshman and one sophomore transfer.
- Standout Reese Zemitis returns to the Bison for her junior year. As a freshman, she earned 2024-25 All-Patriot League Rookie Team honors. The Bison lost their lone 2025-26 All-Patriot League player, Tuana Coskun, to the transfer portal.
- Bucknell was picked sixth in the 2026-27 Patriot League Preseason Poll. This is a step above last season, when they were picked seventh and finished seventh.
- The Bison did not place any members on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team this season.
- Junior Reese Zemitis has been named captain of the Bison for the 2026- 27 season.
- Bucknell women's basketball is entering its eighth season under head coach Trevor Woodruff. Woodruff was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in his first two seasons with the Bison.
- In addition to Woodruff and returning coaches Lauren Holden (associate head coach), Edward Joyner Jr. (assistant coach) and Danielle Patterson (assistant coach), the Bison had a new addition to their coaching staff in the off-season. Erin Jones joined Bucknell as its new Director of Basketball Operations and assistant coach.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S AT A GLANCE
- Mount St. Mary's enters the game with an 0-4 record after falling to George Mason, Navy, UMBC, UAlbany and Lehigh.
- In its contests with other Patriot League teams, the Mount fell to Navy 91-63 and Lehigh 79-44.
- Mount St. Mary's last time out was the 79- 44 loss to the Mountain Hawks. Freshman Jayla Koser and Senior Alana Powell led the team, recording a combined total of 35 points, but the Mount Ultimately dropped the contest.
- Freshman Jayla Koser leads the team in points per game with 13.3 after dropping 19 at Lehigh.
- Koser also leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.8
- The Mount is led in assists per game by Alana Powell, who has tallied 3.8 per game.
- Powell also leads the team in steals per game with 1.8.
- Overall, the Mount has shot 46.9 percent from the field and 40.6 percent from three this season.
BUCKNELL / MOUNT ST. MARY'S SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 13th time in program history that these two teams meet.
The Mount leads the series 7-5 overall.
Bucknell has taken each of the last two contests including a 49-45 win over the Mount last season that went down to the wire.
MILESTONE / RECORD WATCH
- Reese Zemitis is seven three-pointers away from a share of 9th place in the Bucknell record book for career three-pointers.
- Anna Kunzwiler is one rebound away from 200 career rebounds.
- Elana Weisman is 10 field goals away from 100 career field goals.
- Weisman is five assists away from 50 career assists.
INSIDE THE RECORD BOOK
- The 2025-26 team set multiple single-game team records against Gwynedd Mercy; Widest Margin of Victory (79), 3-pt. Field Goals (15) and Assists (31).
- Reese Zemitis is currently eighth in career three-point attempts with 335.
- Zemitis holds sixth place in three-pointers made in a single season with 62 in 2024/25 and fifth place in three-point attempts in a single season with 169 in 2024/25.
INSIDE THE 2026-27 SCHEDULE
- Bucknell opened the 2026-27 season with a difficult non-conference slate beginning with two road games. First up Bucknell faced SEC opponent Florida in Gainesville for a Monday night game on November 2 at 7 p.m. The Bison then stayed on the road and faced Brown on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Providence.
- The first home game of Bucknell's 2026-27 season is a Wednesday night contest with Fordham at 6 p.m. on November 11.
- The Bison then have two more on the road against Mount St. Mary's on November 14 and UAlbany on November 18.
- Bucknell then heads back home on Saturday, Nov. 21 for a game against Iona in Sojka before traveling to Syracuse on a quick turnaround ahead of Thanksgiving to face Le Moyne on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
- The Bison will then play again on Friday, Nov. 27 in Sojka Pavilion against Delaware State at 1 p.m before heading back on the road for yet another quick turnaround game, this time in Chicago against DePaul on Sunday, Nov. 29.
- The Bison will then have almost a week off before going to Harrisonburg, Va. to take on James Madison on Saturday, Dec. 5.
- The Bison host their Education Day Game on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. before playing in Syracuse's early game on Friday, December 18 at 10 a.m.
- To close out the non-conference season, the Bison will play host to Delaware on Monday, Dec. 21.
- To open up Patriot League play, Bucknell will face the team that knocked them out in the first round of the 2025-26 playoffs, Colgate, in Hamilton on Wednesday, Dec 30.
- Bucknell will then host Navy and Boston University in back-to-back games on Saturday, Jan.2 and Wednesday, Jan. 6.
- On Saturday, January 9, the Bison will head to Bethlehem to take on Lehigh before coming back to Sojka to play Army on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
- Then the Bison will have two straight road games against Loyola on Saturday, Jan. 16 and Holy Cross on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
- Next up, the Bison will host Colgate on Saturday, Jan. 23 and American on Wednesday, Jan. 27 before heading back on the road for games at Army and Navy on Saturday, Jan. 30 and Wednesday, Feb.3.
- Bucknell will host Lehigh and Holy Cross back-to-back in Sojka on February 6 and February 10 and then head back on the road for back-to-back games against Lafayette and BU on February 13 and February 17.
- The Bison will close out the regular season with a Saturday afternoon game in Sojka against Loyola on February 20, a road game at American on Tuesday, Feb. 23 and then a final game at home on Friday, Feb. 26 against Lafayette.
- The Patriot League playoffs will take place from Monday, March 1 through Tuesday, March 9.

How to Follow the Bison
- All of Bucknell's home and Patriot League games will be streamed on ESPN+ along with most other non-conference games.
- The season opener against Florida will be streamed on SECN+.
- The Friday, Dec. 18 contest with Syracuse will be streamed on ACCNX.
- All of the Bison's games will be broadcast on 90.5 WVBU. The radio broadcast will also be available for internet streaming on BucknellBison.com.
- Bucknell is active on X (@Bucknell_WBB) and Instagram (Bucknell_WBB).
- Interact with the team using the hashtags #rayBucknell and #TST






























































