Women's Basketball Heads to Massachusetts to Face Holy Cross Saturday

Saturday, February 21

Worcester, Mass.

2 p.m.

Bucknell University

Holy Cross

Photo by: Steven Schoenfelder

Women's Basketball Heads to Massachusetts to Face Holy Cross Saturday

2/19/2026 4:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's basketball is back on the road for the final time of the regular season as it heads to Massachusetts to take on Holy Cross in Hart Center Arena. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21.

Holy Cross is currently leading the series 54-26 and are on a seven-game winning streak over Bucknell with the last Bison win coming in 2022. Earlier this season, the Crusaders took down Bucknell in Sojka by just three points. This will be the 71st meeting between the two teams since they first faced off in 1991.

What: Bucknell at Holy Cross

When: Saturday, Feb. 21 — 2 p.m.

Where: Hart Center Arena — Worcester, Mass.

Streaming: ESPN+

Radio: 90.5 WVBU

Live Statistics: bucknellbison.com

Last Game Starters:

Guard: So. Isabella Casey (7.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.1 apg)

Guard: So. Reese Zemitis (9.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.88 apg)

Guard: Jr. Anna Kunzwiler (4.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.5 apg)

Forward: Jr. Tuana Coskun (13.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)

Forward: Fr. Mariah Hardy (4.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.70 apg)

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell enters the contest with a 10-16 overall record and a 6-9 Patriot League record, after breaking its two-game losing streak with a road win over American.
Tuana Coskun leads Bucknell in scoring with 13.5 points per game.
Anna Kunzwiler leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.5.
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.

Holy Cross at a Glance

The Crusaders come into the contest 17-9 overall and 11-4 in the Patriot League as they extended their winning streak to three with a victory over Lafayette on Wednesday.
The only four conference losses that Holy Cross has this season came at the hands of Lehigh twice, Navy and Army.
In their last time out, the Crusaders used a dominant fourth quarter to pull away from Lafayette in a 70-48 victory over the Leopards on Saturday afternoon at the Hart Center Arena in Worcester. Holy Cross held a 41-33 lead after three before outscoring the Leopards by a 29- 15 margin in the fourth quarter en route to the win. Junior Kendall Eddy led the hosts with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while seniors MaryElizabeth Donnelly added 12 and Simone Foreman contributed 11 of her own.Teresa Kiewiet paced Lafayette with 11 points in the setback.
Meg Cahalan leads the Crusaders in scoring with 15.3 points per game.
Simone Foreman leads the team in rebounds with 7.3 per game.
Kaitlyn Flanagan leads Holy Cross in assists with 3.8 per game.
Kendall Eddy leads the team in steals with 2.2 per game.

Bucknell's Last Time Out

An impressive third quarter of all-around play lifted Bucknell women's basketball to a 58-45 victory over American in Bender Arena. After a back-and-forth first half with several lead changes, the Bison out-scored the Eagles 21-11 in the third quarter to gain the momentum needed to break their two-game losing streak.
Bucknell's defense came up big in the contest as it limited American to just 22 points in the second half and limited its leading scorer, Molly Driscoll, to just 11 points in the game. Prior to this contest, the guard averaged 12.5 per game. The Eagles also played without a key part of their offense in Lexi Salazar who was not available.
The first quarter was a story of runs and lead changes as Bucknell edged out American 13-11 thanks to a flurry of threes from Tuana Coskun, Reese Zemitis and Isabella Casey. The second quarter went American's way as it out-scored the Bison 12-7 to take a three-point lead into halftime, with Charlotte Tuhy notching eight points in the quarter for the Eagles. Bucknell took hold of the game in the third quarter as it out-scored AU 21-11 to take a 41-34 lead heading into the final ten minutes of play. Bucknell limited the Eagles to 11 points once again in the fourth quarter as its defense stepped up to allow the offense to play more freely, putting up 17 points to secure the conference win.
Coskun led the way for Bucknell after being limited to just three points in the first half. The junior ended the game with 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the field, 2-of-6 shooting from three and 1-of-1 shooting from the free-throw line. She also led the team in steals with two. Reese Zemitis also recorded double-digit points with 13 on 3-of-10 shooting from the field, 3-of-9 shooting from three and 4-of-4 shooting from the free-throw line. Mariah Hardy ended the night with seven points and three rebounds. She shot 3-of-7 from the field. Isabella Casey finished with six points and Kaila Richards, Ella Kreuzer and Desirae Ashton rounded out the group with one bucket apiece.
Zemitis and Anna Kunzwiler led the team in rebounds with seven apiece. Kunzwiler also played an integral role in the offense as she notched seven points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and 1-of-3 shooting from three, with all of her points coming in important moments. Kunzwiler also led the team in assists with four. Ashton led Bucknell in blocks with two in the game.

A Bison Win Would…

Improve Bucknell's overall record to 11-16 on the season.
Improve the Bison's season record on the road to 5-10.
Make the overall series record with Holy Cross 54-27, still in favor of the Crusaders.
Improve Bucknell's overall record under Coach Woodruff to 111-82.

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.

Milestone Watch

Reese Zemitis is six three-pointers away from 10th place in the Bucknell record book for career three-pointers.
Reese Zemitis is 1 steal away from 50.
Tuana Coskun is 3 rebounds away from 200.
Tuana Coskun is 8 steals away from 50.
Isabella Casey is 13 field goals away from 100.

Up Next

Bucknell heads back to Sojka Pavilion to host its final two games of the regular season. The Bison start with a Saturday afternoon game against Lehigh on February 28 at 2 p.m.