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: Madelyn Abler, A.T. Bartlett, Jiaryatou Cisse, Sadie Grabow, Alexis Johnson, Lauryn Johnson, Lydia Levra, Meghan MacPhee, Peyton Madl, Sydney Nimsakont, Sonia Pagan, Madeline Sasis, Jenna Shea, Ariana Vaitkeviciute
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%)