CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's basketball (1-2) will continue its non-conference road stretch this weekend in California at the Raising the B.A.R Invitational hosted by the University of California-Berkley.  The Crimson will face Oakland for the first time in history to open the tournament on Saturday, November 15 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT at the Haas Pavilion. 

The Raising the B.A.R. (basketball, activism, representation) Invitational began as Cal coach, Charmin Smith's, vision of creating a tournament to lift Black female coaches.  The tournament is entirely comprised of teams led by Black women head coaches.  In its fifth year, the invitational this season will be comprised of the Crimson, the hosting Golden Bears, Oakland University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 

What to Know

• The Crimson 2025-26 season will be comprised of 13 non-conference and its annual 14-game Ivy League slate.  Harvard will play nine of its non-conference games in November and eight of them will take place outside of Cambridge, Mass.
• In its last time out Harvard fell to in-state rival, the University of Massachusetts, 68-55, in Amherst, Mass.
• Against the Minutewomen, Karlee White paced the Harvard offense with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting.  The junior also added five boards, two assists, and a steal in the loss. 
• After previously playing just one minute in the first two contests, Mary Hollensteiner provided a spark off the bench, hitting three three's in her 13 minutes of action. 
• Abigail Wright and Gabby Anderson each added seven points.  Anderson also pulled down a season-best 11 boards. 
• For the first time this season, Harvard shot over 35% from three.  Against the Minutewomen the Crimson hit 10 triples and shot 38.5% from distance. 
• Following the opening week of action, Olivia Jones was named the first Ivy League Rookie of the Week by averaging 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds. 
• While having a career-year already White ranks third in field goal percentage (59.1%) and ninth in scoring (14.3) and steals (2.0) in the Ivy League.
• Wright is also putting up career numbers and ranks second in offensive rebounds (2.9), ninth in total rebounds (6.7), and 13^th in scoring (11.7) in the conference.
• Anderson is continuing her gritty play, ranking first in offensive rebounds (3.0), fifth in rebounds (9.3), and eighth in steals (2.3) in the league. 
• Harvard is coming off arguably its best season in program history in 2024-25 as it accumulated a program-record 24 wins, won its first Ivy League Tournament Championship in program history, and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. 
• Despite losing two historic players and its top scorers in Harmoni Turner and Elena Rodriguez the Crimson still welcomed back 11 players from its championship roster and added five first-years in a highly touted recruiting class. 
• Olivia Jones, Aubrey Shaw, Maya Nahar, Ava Krumwiede, and Sam Wills make up Harvard's Class of 2029.  Prior to arriving in Cambridge, Shaw was a top-65 recruit out of Blue Valley North High School in Kansas. 
• As a part of its returners, the Crimson is led by its trio of seniors in Anderson, Saniyah Glenn-Bello, and Katie Krupa.  The senior class brings experience, scoring, defensive prowess, and All-Ivy accolades from their first three years with Harvard. 
• Moore has continued to lead the Crimson back into the national spotlight and build her legacy at the helm of the program.  The fourth-year coach has the most wins in the first three season for a head coach in program history.
• Prior to this season, Moore was named to the preseason watch list for the 2026 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year award.  Moore was one of five finalists for the award last season.
• In the first Mid-Major Top 25, Harvard ranked second in the poll while receiving six first-place votes.  Despite no longer receiving first place votes in the second week, the Crimson still landed at No. 2 in the poll. 
• The Crimson was picked to finish third in the Ivy League Preseason Poll, receiving 126 points, including on first-place vote.  Harvard trailed only Princeton (163) and Columbia (147).

Next Up

The Crimson will face either Cal or Charlotte on Sunday, November 16.  The consolation game will be played 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT followed by the championship game 30 minutes following.