#HLWBB Notebook – 2025-26 Season Preview

#HLWBB Notebook – 2025-26 Season Preview

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HLWBB Notebook (PDF) - Horizon League
INDIANAPOLIS (October 30, 2025) – The 2025-26 season tips off next week for our 11 #HLWBB teams.

#HLWBB DIG DEEPER
  • 2024-25 Freshman of the Year, Sophia Gregory is back with the Penguins this season. She averaged 10.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game for her freshman debut season.
  • Preseason Player of the Year Colbi Maples returns after a season-ending injury last year with the Vikings. Reigning Preseason Player of the Year from the second season straight, she ranked 3rd in points per game averaging 16.6 in the 2023-24 season.
  • Maddy Skorupski joins Green Bay from Oakland. Last season, Skorupski averaged 16.3 points, 3.1 assists and 2.8 steals per contest.
  • The Phoenix pick up Milwaukee transfer Kamy Peppler. Peppler averaged 9.3 points and 4.6 assists per game for the Panthers.
  • Green Bay returner, Jenna Guyer totaled 7.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game for the
  • There are two new head coaches in #HLWBB this season.
    • Kiefer Haffey takes over at Detroit Mercy while Keisha Newell takes the helm at Oakland.
  • Detroit Mercy’s Aaliyah McQueen posted 13.5 points, 7.3 rebounds in 30 games for the Titans last season and earned a spot on the Preseason All-League First Team.
  • Preseason All-League First Team honoree Mya Meredith played 31 games for Northern Kentucky last season, averaging 10.7 points, 6 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
  • The regular season starts on Monday, Nov. 3 with Horizon League play scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
  • The 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships are scheduled to culminate at the Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis March 8-10 with the mantra #MarchStartsHere.
  • The 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Women’s Basketball Championship will air on ESPN2 for the second consecutive year.
#HLWBB ON THE HORIZON
  • Monday, Nov. 3
    • Cleveland State vs. Chicago State, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Youngstown State vs. Thiel, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Detroit Mercy vs. Lawrence Tech, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Oakland vs. Cleary, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Wright State at Butler, 11 a.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Robert Morris at UIC, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • IU Indianapolis vs Indiana State, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Milwaukee vs. Loyola Chicago, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Purdue Fort Wayne at West Virginia, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Green Bay vs. UW-Stevens Point, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 5
    • Oakland at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. ET (BIG)
    • IU Indianapolis at Northwestern, 8 p.m. ET (BIG)
  • Thursday, Nov. 6
    • Green Bay at Loyola Chicago, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Northern Kentucky at Marshall, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Friday, Nov. 7
    • RMU vs. Akron, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Purdue Fort Wayne at Xavier, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Milwaukee at Northern Illinois, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Youngstown State at North Dakota, 8 p.m. ET (SLN)
    • Wright State at Tennessee State, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Saturday, Nov. 8
    • Detroit Mercy vs. Valparaiso, 1 p.m. ET  (ESPN+)
  • Sunday, Nov. 9
    • Cleveland State at Cal State Fullerton, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • IU Indianapolis vs Ball State, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Northern Kentucky at Louisville, 2 p.m. ET (ACCNX)
  • Monday, Nov. 10
    • Oakland vs. Miami (OH), 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Milwaukee at Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. ET (BIG)
  • Tuesday, Nov. 11
    • Green Bay vs. North Dakota, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)