The Sun Devil Women’s Basketball non-conference schedule is set for 2026-27. ASU will enter the year on a 13-game regular-season out-of-conference streak.
Nonconference schedule
Last year, the Sun Devils went 13-0 in nonconference action, which led to the best start in school history (15-0). The nonconference slate had top-100 road wins over Gonzaga, Santa Clara, Oregon State and Penn State, another win over McNeese State, which posted 26 regular-season wins, along with always good UNLV.
ASU is scheduled to open the season at home on Nov. 2 against Jackson State and will host 10 nonconference games prior to Big 12 play opening.
2026-27 Sun Devil Women's Basketball
tentative OOC schedule
Mon., Nov. 2 - Jackson State
Thurs., Nov. 5 - Northern Arizona
Tues., Nov. 10 - at UNLV (Cox Arena)
Sun., Nov. 15 - Penn State
Tues., Nov. 17 - San Diego
Fri., Nov. 20 - Santa Clara
Tues. Nov. 24 - San Jose State
Sat., Nov. 28 - Bakersfield
Sun., Nov. 29 - Wake Forest
Sun., Dec. 6 - Gonzaga
Tues., Dec. 8 - UTRGV
Sat., Dec. 12 - Washington State at Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego)
Sun., Dec. 13 - Colorado State at Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego)
Thur., Dec. 17 - at Stanford (Maples Pavilion)
What about the Big 12 schedule?
The Big 12 schedule will be set in September with dates, times and television selections.
Trio of wins vs. Arizona
ASU will face Arizona at home and on the road, but neither site mattered last year, and you can throw in a neutral site as well. Sparky won all three in 2025-26. ASU also faces Utah and Colorado twice. The Sun Devils swept Utah and beat Colorado at home in the only meeting.
Home games are awesome
In addition to Arizona, Utah and Colorado, ASU will host Iowa State, Texas Tech, Big 12 champion TCU, Baylor, Cincinnati and Big 12 Tournament champion West Virginia at home.
ASU’s nine home games include six teams that made the 2026 NCAA Tournament: Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor and West Virginia.
On the road
In addition to Arizona (which it beat on the road in 2026), Utah and Colorado, ASU will travel to BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Houston and UCF. ASU went 7-2 against this group in Tempe last year.
McKinna Brackens plays against Virginia in the NCAA First Four on March 19, 2026, in the Sun Devils’ first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019.
Got career-best in buckets … and she is back!
McKinna Brackens entered last year averaging 6.8 points and 4.5 rebounds in 58 career games. She jumped to 14.4 ppg./6.4 rpg last year as ASU went from 10 wins to 24 wins. That included career-highs in:
- points (31 at Utah on Dec. 31),
- rebounds (15 vs. McNeese State on Dec. 5),
- assists (6 vs. Utah on Dec. 31), and
- steals (5 vs. Kansas State on Feb. 1 and at Penn State on Dec. 9).
She is back as well!
Heloisa Carrera was one of the most improved players in the nation last year. After averaging 4.9 minutes, 1.7 points, making 10 shots and two free throws last year at Ole Miss in 22 games, the sophomore from Brazil averaged 26.6 minutes and shot 153-of-386 (.538) from the field and 57-of-73 (.781) from the free throw line while averaging 10.4 ppg.
Wasted no time
The Sun Devils started 15-0 in 2025-26 after going 10-22 in 2024-25. How impressive was that? Since 1999-2000, only Nebraska has bounced back from a losing record to post more season-opening wins, as Nebraska won its first 30 in 2009-10 after going 15-16 in 2008-09.
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