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College basketball team

Houston Christian Huskies
women's basketball

2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team

University

Houston Christian University

Head coach

Donna Finnie (12th season)

Conference

Southland

Location

Houston, Texas

Arena

Sharp Gymnasium
(capacity: 1,000)

Nickname

Huskies

Colors

Royal blue and orange

Uniforms

Home

Away

Conference regular season champions

2022

For information on all Houston Christian University sports, see Houston Christian Huskies.

The Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team, known as the Houston Baptist Huskies until 2022, is the women's basketball team that represents Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas. The team currently competes in the Southland Conference. The Huskies are currently coached by Donna Finnie.

History

The Huskies have played women's basketball since 1999. In 2022, HBU clinched its regular season title, the first in program history, and the first outright Southland conference title in any sport in school history.

Postseason results

WNIT results

The Huskies have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) once. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	First Round	Toledo	L, 51–61

NAIA Division I

The Huskies made eight appearances in the NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament, with a combined record of 14–8.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	NR	First Round	#8 Campbellsville	L, 55–64
2001	NR	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	#13 Oklahoma Christian Dillard #5 Lewis–Clark State	W, 70–68 (OT) W, 72–66 L, 82–84
2002	#6	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Auburn Montgomery #11 Oklahoma Baptist #3 Union (TN)	W, 67–59 W, 83–80 L, 50–71
2003	#1	First Round Second Round	#8 Claflin #5 Point Loma Nazarene	W, 83–63 L, 68–75
2004	#2	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	#7 Montana Western #3 Columbia (MO) #1 Freed–Hardeman #1 Oklahoma City	W, 89–79 W, 79–66 W, 74–61 L, 69–81
2005	#1	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	#8 IU South Bend #5 Cumberland (TN) #3 Georgetown (KY) #1 Oklahoma City	W, 64–49 W, 86–59 W, 68–66 L, 74–81
2006	#2	First Round Second Round	#7 Lindsey Wilson #6 Lubbock Christian	W, 60–57 L, 56–62
2007	#6	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	#3 Montana Western #2 Lubbock Christian #1 Union (TN)	W, 64–63 W, 82–73 L, 58–83

Roster

2023–24 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G	0	Enya Maguire	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Belfast, Northern Ireland
G	3	Erin Maguire	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Belfast, Northern Ireland
G	5	Kennedy Wilson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Mansfield, Texas
G	10	Hannah Fields	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
F	11	Joy Oly	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
F	12	Amy Cotton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	North Adelaide, Australia
G	13	Tove Caesar	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Stockholm, Sweden
F	14	N'Denasija Collins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mansfield, Texas
G	22	Makolla Bagayegou	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Gothenburg, Sweden
G	23	Lyric Barr	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Houston, Texas
G	24	Cat Hursh	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Katy, Texas
C	25	Yasmin Butler	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Wollongong, Australia
F	33	Riley Wells	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Montgomery, Ohio
C	40	Elizabeth Matadi	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Irving, Texas

Head coach

Donna Finnie (Lamar)

Assistant coach(es)

Taylor Reed (Louisiana Tech)
Grace Daniels (Texas–San Antonio)
Julija Vujakovic

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 25, 2023

References

Houston Christian University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). April 4, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
"Women's Basketball - Houston Baptist University". hbuhuskies.com.
"WBB: Huskies Clinch Share of Regular Season Title; Finnie Earns Win #100".

External links

Official website

v t e Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Sharp Gymnasium (1999–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Houston Christian University
Facilities	Husky Field (baseball) Husky Field (softball) Husky Stadium Sharp Gymnasium Sorrels Field (soccer)
Athletics	Baseball Basketball Men's Women's Football Women's soccer Softball
Media	The City The Collegian

v t e Southland Conference women's basketball
Teams	East Texas A&M Lions Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Lady Cardinals McNeese Cowgirls New Orleans Privateers Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Lady Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Tournament	Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

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