SASKATOON, Sask. - The 2024-25 season saw the University of Saskatchewan Huskie Women's Basketball team once again establish themselves as the team to beat—not just in Canada West, but across the nation—after securing the program's 10th conference title and third national championship. With 11 players returning from last year's championship roster, the Huskies are well-positioned to defend their title and will tip off the 2025-26 season tomorrow against the MacEwan Griffins.
2024-25 Recap
Regular Season: 18-2 / 1st Overall
Canada West Playoffs: 3-0 / CW Champs
U SPORTS Final 8: 3-0 / U SPORTS Champs
CW Team Ranks
Offence: 83.7 PPG, 1st
Defence: 47.9 PAPG, 1st
Season Leaders (RETURNING)
Points: 369 -
Gage Grassick
Assists: 120 -
Gage Grassick
Rebounds: 109 -
Gage Grassick
Blocks: 7 -
Olivia Harm
Steals: 67 -
Gage Grassick
The 2024-25 regular season was yet another dominant campaign for the Huskies. After dropping the first two games of the season on the road to Calgary, the Dogs won 18 straight to secure the No. 1 seed in the postseason with an 18-2 record. From there, the team went on to defeat the Trinity Western Spartans, Fraser Valley Cascades, and UBC Thunderbirds at home en route to the capturing the program's 10th Canada West title.
In Vancouver for the U SPORTS Final 8, the opened the tournament with a victory over the Alberta Pandas before earning a win over the host Thunderbirds in a conference final rematch. In the national title game the Huskies then avenged their loss from the year prior, defeating the Carleton Ravens 85-66 to hoist the Bronze Baby for the third time in program history.
With nearly their entire roster intact from a season ago, the Huskies have returned several key performers, including national player of the year and Final 8 MVP
Gage Grassick, along with
Logan Reider, Téa DeMong,
Maya Flindall, and
Ella Murphy Wiebe. With this veteran core set to take the court alongside talented student-athletes eager to take the next step, Saskatchewan finds themselves poised for another deep postseason run.
The road to the postseason, however, poses a tougher challenge for the Huskies in 2025-26, as Saskatchewan is set face each of the four teams ranked directly behind them in the Canada West coaches poll. The first half of the season features a conference final rematch with No. 3-ranked UBC in Saskatoon, followed by matchups against the No. 2-ranked Alberta Pandas, No. 4 Calgary Dinos, and No. 5 Regina Cougars following the winter break.
Despite the gauntlet ahead, the Huskies look to be in mid-season form, having gone a perfect 6-0 through the preseason with wins over York, McMaster, UBCO, Laurier, TMU, and Brock—five of whom were playoff teams in their respective conferences a year ago.
Saskatchewan officially tips off the 2025-26 season at 6:00 PM Friday night at the Physical Activity Complex.
2025-26 Canada West Coaches Poll (First Place Votes)
1. Saskatchewan Huskies - 255 (15)
2. Alberta Pandas - 235 (1)
3. UBC Thunderbirds - 231 (1)
4. Calgary Dinos - 201
5. Regina Cougars - 190
6. Victoria Vikes - 178
7. Trinity Western Spartans - 157
8. UBC-Okanagan Heat - 152
9. Fraser Valley Cascades - 138
10. Mount Royal Cougars - 137
11. Lethbridge Pronghorns - 103
12. Manitoba Bisons - 88
13. Winnipeg Wesmen - 69
14. Brandon Bobcats - 68
15. Thompson Rivers Wolfpack - 57
16. MacEwan Griffins - 33
17. UNBC Timberwolves - 20
2025-26 Huskie Women's Basketball Recruiting Class
(Name / No. / Position / Yr. / Ht. / Major / Hometown / Previous Team)
Isabela Jickling / #3 / G / 1 / 5-10 / Business / Calgary, AB / St. Andrews School Rhode Island
Charli Wroe / #6 / G / 2 / 5-5 / Arts & Science / Manchester, UK / Wayland Baptist University
Clara Anderson / G / 1 / 5-10 / Engineering / East St. Paul, AB / Collège Miles Macdonell Collegiate
Key Performers
Set to lead the Huskies once again following one of the most impressive individual seasons U SPORTS has ever seen is none other than Prince Albert product
Gage Grassick. The 2024-25 season saw Grassick take home nearly every accolade available to her, becoming just the sixth student-athlete in U SPORTS women's basketball history to be awarded the Nan Copp Trophy, the Final 8 MVP, and lead her team to a national title. Averaging a staggering 18.4 points per game, the pharmacy major also led the nation in three-point shooting with 58 makes and a 41.4 shooting percentage, while setting a program record with 120 assists. Grassick also added some international hardware to her resume this past summer, helping the U23 Canadian 3x3 team to gold at the Junior PanAm games in Paraguay.
Solidifying a lethal thee-point shooting combination alongside Grassick is fourth-year guard
Logan Reider. A local Saskatoon product out of St. Joseph High School, Reider nearly doubled her career point total last season before earning the first Canada West All-Star nod of her career. Finishing the season as a top-5 scorer in the conference while averaging 14.2 points per game, Reider was also one of the most efficient three-point shooters, posting a 36.2 shooting percentage. The highlight of her regular season came late in November, when the education major recorded a career-high 40-points and tied the U SPORTS record for single-game threes with 11 om a 96-36 rout of the TRU WolfPack.
At forward the Huskies boast a pair of reliable and and skilled student-athletes in fifth-years Téa DeMong and
Ella Murphy Wiebe. DeMong—a strong, disruptive defender and three level scorer—finished the 2024-25 season with 190 points, 77 rebounds, and 38 steals despite missing eight regular season contests. In the postseason, the St. Albert, Alberta product showcased her toughness, battling through injury and appearing in all six playoff games, which included a 13-point outing in the national title game. Alongside DeMong is Murphy Wiebe, an experienced player with a commanding presence under the basket. In 17 games last year, the former Aden Bowman Bear totaled 146 points and 101 rebounds, all while shooting an incredible 56.3 percent from the field. One of Murphy Wiebe's best performance of the campaign helped send the Huskies to the national final, where she recorded 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 blocks against UBC.
Following the graduation of
Andrea Dodig, fourth-year guard Maya Flindiall will likely see her workload increased in 2025-26 and become a staple in the Huskies' starting lineup. A talented offensive threat, Flindall appeared in all 26 regular and postseason contests for the Huskies a year ago, totaling 191 points, 34 steals, and 33 assists.
