At the 1988 national championship tournament, the Bobcats defeated the Western Mustangs in the semi-final thanks to 21 points and seven rebounds from Partick Jebbison, before beating the Acadia Axemen 81–68 in the gold medal game on March 20, 1988.

In 1996 the Bobcats made it back to the national championship final after wins over the Acadia Axemen and Toronto Varsity Blues, setting up a gold medal game against the University of Alberta Golden Bears.

In the 1999–00 season, the Bobcats were silver medal winners after dropping the final to St. Francis Xavier X-Men in a hard-fought 61–60 loss.

Prior to joining Canada West, the Lady Bobcats were members of the Great Plains Athletics Conference from 1978 to 1999.

Members of the Lady Bobcats women's basketball team have earned Academic All-Canadian status 45 times since 1989.

Lumsden and fellow Lady Cat Sandra Hamilton are both inductees in the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame.

Hamilton was named CIAU All-Canadian, GPAC MVP, and CIS Outstanding Player of the Year runner-up in 1991–92.

They dropped a hard-fought match to eventual winner Trinity Western Spartans at their home gym.

Alumni: The Bobcats, and previously the Caps, ice hockey team was at one point the centrepiece of Brandon University Athletics.

Alumni: Re-introduced to Brandon College in 1950 under the leadership of Coach Al Tyler and Athletic Director "Curly" Tyler, the football team folded following the 1972–73 season, coached at that time by former Athletic Director and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductee Doug Steeves at the time the program ceased.