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The basketball season starts while hockey and football seasons continue

Oct 22, 2025 | 2:40 PM

The Huskie women’s basketball team begins defence of its 2025 Bronze Baby title on Friday night when the MacEwan Griffins visit the U Sask campus. Saskatchewan defeated the Carleton Ravens 85-66 in last season’s national championship game in Vancouver on March 16th. Prince Albert product Gage Grassick, who as named the 2024-25 U SPORTS female athlete of the year, returns for her fifth and final season with the program.

Grassick poured in 35 points in last year’s championship game…27 in the second half. “The shooting performance that she put on was one of the most impressive things I’ve witnessed”, said head coach Lisa Thomaidis. “When the game was on the line, she took over. There are very few people who can do that.”

Thomaidis has several returnees on her roster including 5^th-year guard Tea DeMong, 5^th-year forward Ella Murphy Wiebe and 4^th-year guard Maya Flindall. That experience will be vital for a team that has set a high bar with eight Canada West titles in the last eleven seasons and three national championships since 2016.

“It’s super difficult”, said Thomaidis. “When you win, a bunch people start to take it for granted or think it’s not as difficult. When you think back, it took us 18 years to win our first national championship. Now we have won three in the last nine years. It is really, really, hard to get to the top…it is even harder to stay at the top. What these players have done is really incredible.”

The October 24^th game against the MacEwan Griffins starts at 6:00 PM, while tip-off is at 5:00 PM for the October 25^th contest.

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The Huskie men’s basketball team hosts the MacEwan Griffins at 8:00 PM on October 24^th and 25^th. U Sask is looking to rebuild after a challenging season 2024-25 season in which the team got off to an 0 and 12 start before picking up its first win on January 24^th against Lethbridge. Under coach Jamie Campbell, U Sask did make a late season push for a playoff spot winning 5 of 6 before dropping its last two games of the season to the Brandon Bobcats.

The Huskies host the MacEwan Griffins at 8:00 PM on October 24^th and 25^th.

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The U-Prairie Challenge with the Regina Cougars/Rams continues for the Huskie programs with some key hockey games this weekend. The U Sask men’s team hosts the U of R at 7:00 PM on Friday night (October 24) at Merlis Belsher Place. The Huskies are off to a 3 and 1 start this season.

The U Sask women’s team hosts the U of R Cougars on Saturday night (October 25) at 7:00 PM. The Huskies have four points in the Canada West standings, four games into the season. All Huskie hockey games can be heard on the free HuskieFAN app.

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The Huskie football team wraps up the 2025 Canada West regular season with a home date against the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday afternoon (October 25) at 2:00 PM at Griffiths Stadium. The 6 and 1 Huskies will secure first place in the conference standings with a victory. Saskatchewan’s lone loss this season was to the Bisons on September 13^th in Winnipeg.

Saturday’s game can be heard on the free HuskieFAN app with pre-game coverage starting at 1:45 PM.

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