The 2026–27 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team represents Grand Canyon University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Antelopes, led by second-year head coach Winston Gandy, play their home games at Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix, Arizona as first-year members of the Mountain West Conference.
Previous season The Antelopes finished the 2025–26 season 13–19, 11–9 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. As an No. 6 seed in the Mountain West tournament where they defeated Utah State in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Colorado State.
Offseason Departures Grand Canyon departures Anisa Jeffries 1 F 5'11" Senior Zacatecas, Mexico Graduated Ale'jah Douglas 3 G 5'6" Gradate Student North Omaha, NE Graduated Casey Valenti-Paea 6 G 5'9" Graduate Student Melbourne, Australia Graduated Karley Johnson 7 G 5'9" Senior Oklahoma City, OK Graduated Sophia Fontaine 10 F 6'2" Sophomore Chelsea, MA TBD Holly Griffiths 11 F 6'1" Junior Melbourne, Australia TBD Favor Ayodele 15 F 6'1" Graduate Student Móstoles, Spain Graduated Julianna LaMendola 20 G 6'1' Junior Coppell, TX Transferred to Miami (OH) Sidney Anderson 21 G 5'9" Freshman Tucson, AZ Transferred to Weber State Norah Moo 24 F 6'2" Freshman Wheaton, IL Transferred to UNLV Faith Carson 54 F 6'4" Sophomore Buchanan, MI Transferred to UT Arlington
Incoming transfers Grand Canyon incoming transfers Nyadieng Yiech 2 F 6'3" Sophomore Calgary, AB Florida Dasha Biriuk 7 G 6'1" Sophomore Berdianski, Ukraine Ohio State Maya Foz 11 G 5'9" Sophomore Mississauga, ON Bradley Jana Sallman 12 C 6'3" Senior Cairo, Egypt William & Mary Keana Foz 13 G 5'8" Junior Mississauga, ON Wagner T'yana Todd 23 G 6'0" Graduate Student Vaughan, ON Ohio State Ashlynn Chlarson 24 C 6'3" Senior Pima, AZ Arkansas
Recruiting class
2027 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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