Women's Basketball

Mountain West Women's Basketball Weekly Release - Nov. 10

Mountain West Notebook 
  • GCU collected a Big Ten win, 81-74, over Oregon on Nov. 9. The victory marks the first Big Ten victory in program history and marked the first MW team to earn a win over a Big Ten member since Nov. 28, 2024. The 81-74 victory was the largest win margin by a MW institution over a Big Ten team since New Mexico’s 97-68 win over Illinois on Nov. 26, 2017. 
  • The MW has a combined free-throw percentage of 77.3 percent this season, which is the highest of any DI conference in 2026-27. Grand Canyon leads all DI teams with a free-throw percentage of 90 percent.   
  • Air Force’s Jayda McNabb has recorded at least seven offensive rebounds and three steals in consecutive games. The only DI player with a longer such streak over the last 20 season is Angel Reese, who did so in three straight games with Maryland in 2021. 
  • Hawai’i’s Ritorya Tamilo leads DI in blocks this season with 13. Tamilo is the only DI player, women’s or men’s, this century to have at least 30 rebounds and 13 blocks through a team’s first two games of a season. 
  • Five Mountain West players have made at least seven threes this season and four of those play for UC Davis. No other DI team has more than two such players in 2026-27. 
  • Entering its 28th year, the Mountain West officially begins a new era, welcoming three new women’s basketball programs alongside seven returning members. MW women’s basketball members for 2026-27 include, Air Force, Grand Canyon, Hawai’i, Nevada, New Mexico, San José State, UC Davis, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming.
  • The new-look Mountain West women's basketball builds on a strong foundation. Six current Mountain West women’s basketball programs have earned spots in postseason play over the last two seasons.
  • With the new-era Mountain West, five new coaches join the league for the 2026-27 season, Hawai’i’s Khalilah Mitchell, New Mexico’s Amy Eagan, UC Davis’ Jennifer Gross, UTEP’s Keitha Adams and Nevada’s Kelly Sopak who was hired in the off-season.  
  • Preseason Player of the Year, Meadow Roland, finished the 2025-26 season ranked 20th in defensive rebounds per game. 
  • Air Force’s Jayda McNabb, 2025-26 MW Defensive Player of the Year, ended last season ranked 15th in offensive rebounds per game. 
  • Since 1999 the Mountain West has had 105 appearances in the NCAA tournament.