2025-26 Lakeland Women's Basketball Recap

Head Coach: Ashley Lona (3rd year)
Assistant Coaches: Phil Welsh (3rd year), Nyah Odekirk (3rd year), Maci Kuchta (1st year)
Record: 11-15 overall, 9-9 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: tie-8th of 14 teams
NACC Tournament Finish: 0-1. Lost to No. 1 seed Wisconsin Lutheran 80-49 in quarterfinals
Home Record: 5-6
Away Record: 6-8
Neutral Record: 0-1
Long Winning Streak: 5 games
Long Losing Streak: 5 games
All-NACC Team: Alexis Johnson (2nd Team), A.T. Bartlett (Honorable Mention)
NACC All-Academic Team: TBA this summer
CSC Academic All-District Team: A.T. Bartlett, Sadie Grabow, Lydia Levra, Meghan MacPhee
Leader in Scoring: Alexis Johnson (311)
Leader in Rebounding: Jiaryatou Cisse (147)
Leader in Assists: A.T. Bartlett (50)
Leader in Steals: Alexis Johnson (71)
Leader in Blocked Shots: Jiaryatou Cisse/Jenna Shea (6)
Leader in Field Goal Percentage: Jiaryatou Cisse (50.5%)
Leader in Free Throw Percentage: A.T. Bartlett (80.3%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: Jenna Shea (27.8%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goals Made: A.T. Bartlett (47) 

Single-game highs:
Points: Alexis Johnson, 24 vs Wisconsin-Stout, Nov. 9 and again vs. Dubuque, Nov. 12
Rebounds: 13, by Lauryn Johnson vs Dubuque, Nov. 23 and by Jiaryatou Cisse vs Edgewood, Jan. 7
Assists: 5, on five different occasions. Twice by Lydia Levra at Martin Luther, Dec. 17 and vs. Marian, Jan. 14, and also once each by A.T. Bartlett, Lauryn Johnson and Alexis Johnson
Steals: Alexis Johnson, 10 at Rockford, Jan. 31
Blocked Shots: 2, first by Sydney Nimsakont vs. Marian, Jan. 14, and also by Jenna Shea at Illinois Tech, Jan. 28 and Meghan MacPhee vs. Dominican, Feb. 7
Free Throws Made: Alexis Johnson, 10 at Rockford, Jan. 31
Free Throws Attempted: Alexis Johnson, 14 vs Wisconsin-Stout, Nov. 9 and again vs Dubuque, Nov. 12
3-Point Field Goals Made: 4, on six different occasions
Minutes Played: Alexis Johnson, 36 vs Dubuque, Nov. 12 


Season Highlights

• Finished .500 or better in conference for the ninth time in 11 seasons
• Posted nine conference wins for the second straight year
• Made 5th-most three-pointers in a season in program history with 161 three-point field goals made
• Alexis Johnson tied her own school single-game record with 10 steals at Rockford, tying the record she set last year
• Johnson's 71 steals also tied for the 5th-most in a season in program history
• Team finished 2nd in NACC in offensive rebounds per game (15.5) and 3rd in conference total steals (421) and steals/game (11.1)
• Three players (Johnson, Jiaryatou Cisse and Meghan MacPhee) appeared in all 26 games
• Seven players (Cisse, Johnson, MacPhee, A.T. Bartlett, Sadie Grabow, Lauryn Johnson and Sydney Nimsakont) scored over 100 points on the season
• Ten players (Bartlett, Cisse, Grabow, Alexis Johnson, Lauryn Johnson, MacPhee, Nimsakont, Amari Banks, Madeline Sasis and Jenna Shea) scored at least 10 points in a game
• Twelve players (Bartlett, Cisse, Grabow, Alexis Johnson, Lauryn Johnson, MacPhee, Nimsakont, Sasis, Shea, Madelyn Abler, Lydia Levra and Sonia Pagan) averaged over ten minutes per game
• Alexis Johnson finished 2nd in the NACC in free throw attempts (126), tied for 2nd in steals (71), 3rd in steals/game (2.7) and 4th in free throws made (79)
• Bartlett finished 4th in the NACC in three-pointers made (47), tied for 5th in steals/game (2.3) and tied for 6th in total steals (58)
• Cisse finished 3rd in the NACC in field goal percentage (50.5%)