Women's Basketball Opens Road Week with Wednesday Game at American

Wednesday, February 18

Washington, D.C.

6 p.m.

Bucknell University

American

Photo by: Jon Hertzler

Women's Basketball Opens Road Week with Wednesday Game at American

2/16/2026 1:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's basketball is back on the road for a mid-week game against American in Bender Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. The Bison enter the match on a two-game losing streak and the Eagles enter on a four-game losing streak

Bucknell is currently leading the series with American 31-28 and are on a five game winning streak with the Eagles last winning coming in early 2024. Earlier this season, Bucknell defeated American 58-45 in Sojka Pavilion. This will be the 60th meeting between the two teams since they first faced off in 1983.

What: Bucknell at American

When: Wednesday, Feb. 18 — 6 p.m.

Where: Bender Arena — Washington, D.C.

Streaming: ESPN+

Radio: 90.5 WVBU

Live Statistics: bucknellbison.com

Last Game Starters:

Guard: So. Isabella Casey (7.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.1 apg)

Guard: So. Reese Zemitis (9.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 0.88 apg)

Guard: Jr. Anna Kunzwiler (3.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.4 apg)

Forward: Jr. Tuana Coskun (13.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)

Forward: Fr. Mariah Hardy (4.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.70 apg)

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell enters the contest with a 9-16 overall record and a 5-9 Patriot League record, after falling to a two-game losing streak with a home loss against Boston U.
Tuana Coskun leads Bucknell in scoring with 13.3 points per game.
Anna Kunzwiler leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.4.
Anna Kunzwiler leads the team in total blocks with 17.
Tuana Coskun leads the team in assists per game with two.
Anna Kunzwiler leads the Bison in total steals with 22.
The Bison finished their 2024-25 season 17-14 overall with an 11-7 Patriot League record.
The Bison returned eight players from last season and lost four to a combination of graduation and the transfer portal.
Bucknell welcomed five newcomers to the squad ahead of the 2025-26 season; four freshman and one sophomore transfer.
Sophomore Reese Zemitis returns to the Bison after a stellar freshman campaign earned her 2024-25 All-Patriot League Rookie Team honors.
Bucknell was picked seventh in the 2025-26 Patriot League Preseason Poll. This is a step above last season, when they were picked eighth and finished sixth.
The Bison did not place any members on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team this season.
Junior Tuana Coskun was named captain of the Bison for the 2025- 26 season.
Bucknell women's basketball is entering its seventh season under head coach Trevor Woodruff. Woodruff was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in his first two seasons.
In addition to Woodruff and returning assistant coaches Edward Joyner Jr. and Shelby Case, the Bison had two new additions to their coaching staff in the off-season. Lauren Holden joined the Bison as the associate head coach and Danielle Patterson joined Bucknell as an assistant coach.

American at a Glance

The Eagles come into the game 6-19 overall and 4-10 in the Patriot League coming off of a four-game losing streak.
American's four conference wins came over Colgate (twice), Lafayette and Boston U.
In their last time out, the Eagles fell to Army 86-56. Anna Rescifina finished the afternoon on top for American with 10 points on the outing, the senior guard was the only Eagle in double digits.Molly Driscoll capped out with nine points on the afternoon while Laura Nogues had eight points, along with a team-leading four assists and two steals. American relied more on bench points than it has for much of the season, scoring 30 from nonstarters. The Eagles did well down low, earning 32 points in the paint to Army's 36. Army scored 27 off 19 AU turnovers and had 14 second-chance points.
Molly Driscoll leads the Eagles in scoring with 12.5 points per game. She also leads the team in steals with 1.2 per game.
Charlotte Tuhy leads American in rebounds per game with 10.6 per game.
Lexi Salazar leads AU in assists with 2.6 per game.

Bucknell's Last Time Out

Despite taking a lead at the end of the first half, Bucknell women's basketball (9-26, 5-9 PL) ultimately fell to Boston University (8-17, 4-10) 68-54 on Valentines Day in Sojka Pavilion.
The first quarter went heavy in Boston's direction as it opened 9-0 and out-scored Bucknell 21-16 overall. The second quarter was all Bison as they out-scored the Terriers 16-7 to take their first lead of the game going into halftime thanks to three three-pointers from Reese Zemitis. The third quarter stayed close, but Boston utilized an early 12-0 run to edge out Bucknell in scoring and maintain a three-point lead. The Terriers secured the win in the fourth quarter by out-scoring the Bison 20-9 to close out the game.
Reese Zemitis led Bucknell in scoring with 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field and four-of-nine shooting from three. Two other bison notched double-digit scoring as Mariah Hardy ended with 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and four-of-six shooting from the free-throw line and Tuana Coskun found 10 points and shot 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.
Desirae Ashton and Hardy led Bucknell in rebounds with six apiece and Zemitis followed closely with five. Five of Hardy's six rebounds were offensive for the Bison. Coskun led the team in assists with five of Bucknell's seven.
The Terriers out-shot Bucknell in each category on the afternoon. Boston shot 53.3 percent from the field compared to Bucknell's 32.7 percent. From three, Boston went 8-of-20 while Bucknell went 6-of-28. The Terriers shot impressively from the free-throw line going 12-for-14 while the Bison went 14-of-19.
The Terriers out-paced the Bison in rebounds 31-27, but Bucknell recorded more offensive boards as they got 13 to Boston's seven. Both teams were even in turnovers with 10 and steals with five.

A Bison Win Would…

Improve Bucknell's overall record to 10-16 on the season.
Improve the Bison's season record on the road to 4-10.
Make the overall series record with Boston U. 32-28, in favor of Bucknell.
Improve Bucknell's overall record under Coach Woodruff to 110-82.

Inside the Record Book

The 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 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.
Tuana Coskun tied the single-game three-pointer record with eight against Gwynedd Mercy on 12/20/25.

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