Women's Basketball Continues Road Slate at Brown Saturday

Saturday, November 7

Providence, R.I.

3 p.m.

Bucknell University

Brown

during the Gators' game against the Bison on Monday, November 2, 2026 at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL / UAA Communications photo by Victoria Riccobono

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11/6/2026 1:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Bucknell Women's Basketball at Brown

Women's Basketball

at Brown

Nov 7, 2026 at 3 p.m.

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Bucknell women’s basketball is back on the road for its second game of the season as it travels to Rhode Island to take on Brown University on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m.

This will be the fourth time in program history that these two teams meet. Brown holds the series 2-1 and took the last contest in 2025 in Sojka Pavilion 61-50 to earn a one-game winning streak. Bucknell's lone win over the Bears came during the 2018-19 season, where the Bison won 92-78.

MEDIA LINKS

Watch: ESPN+ | Radio: 90.5 WVBU | Internet Radio: BucknellBison.com

Live Stats: brownbears.com | Media Notes: Bucknell | Follow on X: @Bucknell_WBB

BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE

Bucknell continues its road slate with a Saturday afternoon contest against Brown on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m in Pizzitola Sports Center.
Bucknell's leading returner in points per game is Elana Weisman. Despite only seeing time in nine games due to an injury ending her season, Weisman had 10.4 points per game. Weisman currently leads the Bison after game one with 18 points.
Anna Kunzwiler led the team in rebounds per game in 2025-26 with 4.5. She is also the returning leader in assists per game with 1.37 and total steals with 30. Tessa Liggio currently leads the team in assists and rebounds after game one with four assists and six rebounds.
Reese Zemitis led the team in total blocks with 23 last season. After game one of 2026-27, Weisman leads the team in blocks with one.
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.

BROWN AT A GLANCE

Brown enters the contest with an 0-2 record after falling in both of its games earlier this week to Siena and Army.
In the Bears last time out, first-year forward Nalah Smith scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and sophomore forward Morgan Ross netted a career-high 11 points, but Brown women's basketball dropped an 81-56 decision to Army.
The Bears are led in points per game by Gia Powell who has notched 17.
Olivia Young leads the team in rebounds per game with 10.
Leading the team in assists per game is Caitlyn Kramer who has recorded four.
Monet Witherspoon leads the team in steals per game with two.
In the Bears’ season opener at Siena, junior guard Gia Powell scored a career-high 25 points – the most of any player in the Ivy League on opening night – after missing the 2025-26 season due to injury.
The program returned two seniors, four juniors, and four sophomores as part of a veteran nucleus.
In the senior class, the Bears return guards Olivia Young and Charlotte Climenhage. Young played in all 27 games a year ago, averaging 7.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 28.7 minutes per game while Climenhage played in 14 games last season after transferring to Brown from Nevada.

BUCKNELL / BROWN SERIES HISTORY

This will be the third meeting between the two teams in program history.

Brown leads the series 2-1 and is on a one-game winning streak after defeating the Bison in Sojka in 2025, 61-50.

The last Bison win came during the 2018-19 season, where Bucknell defeated Brown 92-78.

MILESTONE / RECORD WATCH

Reese Zemitis is two three-pointers away from a share of 10th place in the Bucknell record book for career three-pointers.
Isabella Casey is five field goals away from 100 career field goals.
Zemeitis is eight field goals away from 200 career field goals.
Anna Kunzwiler is six points away from 200 career points.
Kunzwiler is five rebounds away from 200 career rebounds.

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 stay on the road and face 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