DENVER -- The University of Denver women's basketball team will face off against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. MT in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

The Pioneers are 5-11 all-time against the Fighting Hawks and opened 2026 with a 64-57 win over North Dakota in Hamilton Gymnasium on January 1. 

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
•The Pioneers fell to North Dakota State, 95-55, on Thursday night in Fargo, North Dakota.
• Denver closes out its road trip against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks on Saturday afternoon in Grand Forks.
•DU returns home to host South Dakota on February 5 for International Student Night.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ACCEPTS WCC INVITE FOR 2026-27
•On October 31, the University of Denver announced it has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference in nine sports, beginning in the 2026-27 season.  
•Denver will join the West Coast Conference in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball.
•The move provides Denver with a significant enhancement to the overall reputation of the university and brand association, allying DU with highly regarded, mostly private institutions with stronger academic ranking and profiles that will further strengthen the university's position in the western United States. 

DROPPING A THIRTY PIECE
•The Pioneers are one of five teams to have two different players score 30+ points in a game this season, the other teams being Northwestern, Fairield, Murray State and Drexel
•Coryn Watts has recorded three thirty-point performances this season - 30 points on 12/9 vs. Metro State, 32 points on 12/19 vs. Cal Baptist and 31 points vs. Oral Roberts on 1/24.
•Laia Monclova scored 30 points on 12/17 vs. Colorado Christian 

DOUBLING UP
•Jocelyn Medina earned her first double-double in the Crimson and Gold on January 24 against Oral Roberts with 16 points and 13 rebounds in addition to seven assists and two steals.
•Laia Monclova recorded the first double-double of her career on January 8 at St. Thomas.
with 17 points and a career-best 10 rebounds alongside six assists and three steals. 

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