EXHIBITION GAME
• The Michigan Tech women's basketball season begins with an exhibition game at Michigan State on Wednesday.
• Tipoff at the Breslin Center is set for 6:30 p.m.
• Tech's roster includes nine returners, two transfers, and six freshmen.
 
WATCH THE GAME
• BTN Plus will air Wednesday's game online.
 
TECH & MSU CONNECTIONS
• Tech senior Alyssa Wypych will play against her sister Anna, who is a sophomore transfer from Butler for the Spartans.
• Former Tech basketball players and coaches Kim Cameron and Maria Kasza are on Michigan State's staff. Cameron is the Associate Head Coach, and Kasza is an Assistant Coach.
• MSU sophomore guards Amy and Anna Terrian's brother Josh was a four-year starter for Tech's men's basketball team from 2022-26.
 
PRESEASON ALL-GLIAC
• Seniors Alyssa Wypych and Soraya Timms have been named to the Preseason All-GLIAC Second Team.
• Alyssa Wypych was an All-GLIAC Second Team selection last year as a junior.
 
TRANSFERS
• Claudia Frances joined the Huskies from NCAA Division I University of Missouri–Kansas City, where she played one season and 18 games. She tallied 42 points with 27 rebounds.
• Paula Barajas Ruiz played in Oakland, Indiana, at NAIA Oakland City University last season. The school closed in the spring. She also played two seasons at Casper College in the NJCAA in Casper, Wyoming.
 
COACH GRUBER
• Eric Gruber begins his first season as the head coach of the Huskies.
• He was named the 10th head coach of the Michigan Tech women's basketball program on April 20, 2026.
• Gruber came to Tech from NCAA Division I Southern Illinois Edwardsville, where he was an assistant women's basketball coach for the past three seasons.
• He was an assistant coach at GLIAC rival Parkside during the 2022-23 season.


 
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
• The Spartans are receiving votes in the Preseason WBCA Top 25 Poll.
• MSU ended last season with a 23-9 record, reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Coach Robin Fralick's third season.
• The Spartans return second-team All-Big Ten guard Kennedy Blair, who, as a redshirt-sophomore, averaged 14.5 points per game.
• MSU brings back six returners and welcomes nine newcomers from last year.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• The regular season begins with the home opener on Monday, Nov. 9 against Winona State at the SDC Gym.
• Tech travels to Wisconsin Dells to face Upper Iowa and Lewis on Nov. 13-14.
• The Huskies play three schools from Minnesota on Nov. 19 at Minnesota Duluth, Nov. 27 at Bemidji State, and Minnesota Crookston on No. 29 before opening GLIAC action.
 
GLIAC PRESEASON POLL
1. Grand Valley State, 100 (10)
2. Northern Michigan, 84
3. Parkside, 76 (1)
4. Ferris State, 75
5. Wayne State, 68
6. Roosevelt, 53
7. Michigan Tech, 49
8. Davenport, 31
9. Lake Superior State, 29
10. Saginaw Valley State, 24
11. Purdue Northwest, 16
 
HALL OF FAME HUSKY
• Former women's basketball player Lucy (Dernovsek) Slowik was inducted into the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame earlier this month.
• She played for the Huskies from 2007-11, appearing in 127 career games and tallying 656 points and 472 rebounds.
• She ranks third in career three-point percentage (.426), fourth in rebounds in a season (300), and fifth in career games played.
• The Huskies went 112-21 overall and 70-11 in the GLIAC over her four seasons with four GLIAC Regular Season Titles and a trip to the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship.