2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
WNIT, first round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record20–12 (12-6 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rico Burkett
  • Kyley Bachand
  • Amber Cunningham
Home arenaMoby Arena
Seasons
2022–23 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 UNLV† 18 – 0   1.000 31 – 3   .912
Wyoming 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
San Diego State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 11   .676
Colorado State 12 – 6   .667 20 – 12   .625
New Mexico 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Boise State 11 – 7   .611 17 – 16   .515
Air Force 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419
Nevada 6 – 12   .333 10 – 21   .323
Fresno State 3 – 15   .167 10 – 22   .313
San Jose State 3 – 15   .167 6 – 25   .194
Utah State 1 – 17   .056 4 – 26   .133
† 2023 MW Tournament winner
As of March 21, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by eleventh-year head coach Ryun Williams,[1] played their home games at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado, and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 12–6 in Mountain West play, to finish in third place in the conference.[2][3] The Rams advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West women's basketball tournament, beating six seed Boise State,[4] before falling to two seed and foe, Wyoming.[5][6] The Rams earned an invite to the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they fell to Northern Iowa in the first round,[7] and were without the assistance of multiple players due to injury.[8]

Roster

2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Kendyll Kinzer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lewiston HS
Fresno State 		Lewiston, ID
F 1 Kiya Dorroh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So AZ Compass Prep
Missouri 		Tucson, AZ
G 2 Destiny Thurman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Lamar HS
UTEP 		Arlington, TX
F 3 Jess Moors 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Westlake Girls HS Auckland, New Zealand
G 4 McKenna Hofschild (C) 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Sr Prior Lake HS
Seton Hall 		Prior Lake, MN
F 5 Jadyn Fife 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Liberty Christian North Richland Hills, TX
F 10 Joseana Vaz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr N/A
Casper College 		Praia, Cape Verde
G/F 11 Petra Farkas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Kecskemet TE
College of Southern Idaho 		Kecskemét, Hungary
F 12 Clara Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Segle XXI Sabadell, Spain
G 14 Marta Leimane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Riga 47th Secondary Ventspils, Latvia
F 21 Taylor Ray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Highlands Ranch HS Highlands Ranch, CO
F 22 Cali Clark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Cherry Creek HS Centennial, CO
G/F 24 Sydney Mech 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Cherry Creek HS
Denver 		Englewood, CO
G 30 Hannah Ronsiek 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr O'Gorman Sioux Falls, SD
G 32 Cailyn Crocker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Mater Dei
California 		Cypress, CA
F 55 Meghan Boyd (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Eagle HS
Denver 		Eagle, ID
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 1, 2024

Statistics

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kendyll Kinzer 30 13 16.6 .404 .306 .750 2.7 0.8 .2 .8 5.4
Kiya Dorroh 8 0 4.9 .529 .000 .50 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4
Destiny Thurman 28 28 30.7 .441 .423 .898 4.8 1.8 1.5 .4 13.4
Jess Moors 0 0 0.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
McKenna Hofschild 31 31 37.4 .488 .447 .792 3.5 7.2 1.1 .1 20.6
Jadyn Fife 0 0 0 .0 .0 .0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Joseana Vaz 24 2 13.4 .402 .182 .40 3.3 0.4 .6 .4 3.4
Petra Farkas 14 0 6.6 .278 .10 .0 0.9 .3 .5 .1 0.8
Clara Gomez 10 0 5.4 .250 .000 1.000 0.3 .3 .1 .0 .7
Marta Leimane 16 0 6.8 .514 .40 .889 0.4 0.5 .4 .0 3.0
Cali Clark 31 19 18.5 .564 .09 .593 6.1 0.6 .5 1.2 4.5
Sydney Mech 29 29 32.5 .418 .346 .857 2.9 0.8 .7 1.3 7.0
Hannah Ronsiek 32 3 12.4 .423 .418 .857 2.6 0.4 .8 .2 3.0
Cailyn Crocker 31 30 30.5 .456 .406 .796 3.6 1.5 .6 .1 10.6
Meghan Boyd 32 1 16.5 .380 .370 .842 1.7 0.6 .3 .1 6.4

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Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2022*
6:30 p.m. 		Colorado Christian W 78–47 
Moby Arena (871)
Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2022*
6:00 p.m., MW Net 		BYU W 82–62  1–0
 Moby Arena (1,142)
Fort Collins, CO
November 11, 2022*
5:00 p.m. 		Montana W 82–58  2–0
 Moby Arena (2,113)
Fort Collins, CO
November 15, 2022*
6:30 p.m. 		Western Colorado W 86–56  3–0
 Moby Arena (902)
Fort Collins, CO
November 20, 2022*
2:00 p.m., SECN+ 		No. RV at Mississippi State L 66–71  3–1
 Humphrey Coliseum (4,678)
Starkville, MS
November 25, 2022*
9:00 p.m. 		vs. Mercer
Las Vegas Invitational 		W 79–51  4–1
 The Mirage 
Paradise, NV
November 26, 2022*
4:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. Auburn
Las Vegas Invitational 		L 73–74  4–2
 The Mirage 
Paradise, NV
November 30, 2022*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Northern Colorado L 91–102 3OT 4–3
 Bank of Colorado Arena (839)
Greeley, CO
December 3, 2022*
12:00 p.m. 		Western Michigan W 85–65  5–3
 Moby Arena (1,059)
Fort Collins, CO
December 6, 2022*
6:30 p.m. 		Denver W 84–54  6–3
 Moby Arena (898)
Fort Collins, CO
December 10, 2022*
1:00 p.m. 		San Francisco L 62–73  6–4
 Moby Arena (893)
Fort Collins, CO
December 19, 2022*
6:30 p.m. 		Regis W 83–55  7–4
 Moby Arena (962)
Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West regular season
December 29, 2022
6:30 p.m. 		Fresno State W 64–58  8–4
(1–0) 		Moby Arena (1,111)
Fort Collins, CO
December 31, 2022
4:00 p.m. 		at UNLV L 88–91 OT 8–5
(1–1) 		Cox Pavilion (527)
Las Vegas, NV
January 5, 2023
6:00 p.m. 		at Utah State W 99–62  9–5
(2–1) 		Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (215)
Logan, UT
January 7, 2023
12:00 p.m. 		New Mexico
State Pride Game 		W 76–65  10–5
(3–1) 		Moby Arena (1,373)
Fort Collins, CO
January 11, 2023
6:30 p.m. 		at Boise State W 71–50  11–5
(4–1) 		ExtraMile Arena (787)
Boise, ID
January 16, 2023
6:30 p.m. 		San Diego State W 71–58  12–5
(5–1) 		Moby Arena (1,164)
Fort Collins, CO
January 19, 2023
6:30 p.m. 		Nevada
Orange Out 		W 84–67  13–5
(6–1) 		Moby Arena (1,082)
Fort Collins, CO
January 21, 2023
1:00 p.m. 		No. RV UNLV
Fight Like a Ram 		L 58–63  13–6
(6–2) 		Moby Arena (1,987)
Fort Collins, CO
January 26, 2023
7:00 p.m. 		at New Mexico L 59–64  13–7
(6–3) 		The Pit (4,542)
Albuquerque, NM
January 28, 2023
1:00 p.m. 		at Air Force L 65–67  13–8
(6–4) 		Clune Arena (542)
Colorado Springs, CO
February 2, 2023
11:00 a.m. 		Utah State W 86–64  14–8
(7–4) 		Moby Arena (6,257)
Fort Collins, CO
February 4, 2023
1:00 p.m. 		Wyoming
Pink Out 		W 66–63  15–8
(8–4) 		Moby Arena (2,141)
Fort Collins, CO
February 9, 2023
7:00 p.m. 		at San Jose State W 59–57  16–8
(9–4) 		Provident Credit Union Event Center (274)
San Jose, CA
February 11, 2023
5:00 p.m. 		at Fresno State W 61–54  17–8
(10–4) 		Save Mart Center (2,377)
Fresno, CA
February 16, 2023
7:00 p.m. 		at San Diego State L 49–53  17–9
(10–5) 		Viejas Arena (620)
San Diego, CA
February 18, 2023
1:00 p.m. 		Air Force W 67–64  18–9
(11–5) 		Moby Arena (2,614)
Fort Collins, CO
February 25, 2023
7:30 p.m., FS1 		Wyoming L 60–76  18–10
(11–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (3,603)
Laramie, WY
February 28, 2023
6:30 p.m. 		Boise State
Green Out 		W 66–51  19–10
(12–6) 		Moby Arena (1,518)
Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West women's tournament
March 6, 2023
8:30 p.m. 		(3) vs. (6) Boise State
Quarterfinals 		W 59–52  20–10
 Thomas & Mack Center (7,792)
Paradise, NV
March 7, 2023
8:30 p.m. 		(3) vs. (2) Wyoming
Semifinals 		L 56–65  20–11
 Thomas & Mack Center (7,769)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
March 16, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Northern Iowa
First round 		L 76–88  20–12
 McLeod Arena (988)
Cedar Falls, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain.

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References

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