SoCon Releases Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll and Preseason All-Conference Team
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's basketball team was voted to finish second with two first-place votes in The Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches' Poll, announced by the league office on Wednesday.
Senior
Jaila Lee and junior
Makiah Asidanya were selected to the SoCon Preseason All-Conference Team after both of their stellar performances last season.
Lee started in all 32 games in her first season as a Spartan last year. She is the leading returning scorer for the squad, averaging 9.3 points per game in the 2024-25 season. The junior also stood out defensively last season with 42 steals, averaging 1.3 steals per game. The Brentwood, Tennessee, native paced the team at the charity stripe last season with a 73.6 free throw percentage, going 78-for-106 on the season.
Asidanya came in off the bench in all 32 games last season, tallying 11 double-figure scoring games. She returns as the leader from behind the arc with 33 made three-pointers on the 2024-25 slate. The Pittsburg, California, native, was second-best on the team last year in assists with 48 total and averaging 1.5 assists per game.
The reigning SoCon Coach of the Year, Head Coach
Trina Patterson enters her 10
th year with the Blue & Gold this year after a historic 2024-25 season.
The Spartans earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time since 1998. The team defeated Chattanooga, 64-57, in the 2025 SoCon Championship, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
UNCG wrapped up the 2025 conference slate with a 13-1 record, marking its best SoCon regular season finish in program history to earn the SoCon Regular Season Title.
The 2025-26 roster features five returners and eight newcomers. Four of the newcomers are freshmen, while the other four are transfer students.
The Spartans will begin the 2025-26 season with a trip to California, facing Stanford on Monday, Nov. 3 at 10:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. PST before taking on San Francisco on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. EST/4:30 p.m. PST.
2025-26 Southern Conference Preseason Coaches Poll
| Team (1st-place-votes) |
Total Points |
| 1. Chattanooga (6) |
48 |
| 2. UNCG (2) |
39 |
| 3. ETSU |
38 |
| 4. Wofford |
28 |
| 5. Furman |
26 |
| 6. Samford |
19 |
| 7. Western Carolina |
14 |
| 8. Mercer |
12 |
2025-26 Preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year
Caia Elisaldez, Jr., G, Chattanooga
2025-26 Preseason All-Southern Conference Team
Meghan Downing, Sr., F, ETSU
Carmen Richardson, So., G, ETSU
Clare Coyle, So., F, Furman
Ariana Bennett, Sr., F, Mercer
Makiah Asidanya, Jr., G, UNCG
Jaila Lee, Sr., G, UNCG
Emily Bowman, R-Sr., C, Samford
Gianna Corbitt, So., F, Chattanooga
Caia Elisaldez, Jr., G, Chattanooga
Molly Masingale, So., G, Wofford
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