2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 13
Record26–8 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTony Greene
Assistant coaches
  • Tari Cummings
  • Sadie Edwards
Home arenaFerrell Center (2023)
Foster Pavilion (2024)
Seasons
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma 15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
No. 7 Texas † 14 – 4   .778 33 – 5   .868
No. 19 Kansas State 13 – 5   .722 26 – 8   .765
No. 25 Iowa State 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
No. 13 Baylor 12 – 6   .667 26 – 8   .765
No. 24 West Virginia 12 – 6   .667 25 – 8   .758
Kansas 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Oklahoma State 7 – 11   .389 14 – 16   .467
TCU 6 – 12   .333 21 – 12   .636
BYU 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Cincinnati 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
Texas Tech 5 – 13   .278 17 – 16   .515
Houston 5 – 13   .278 14 – 16   .467
UCF 3 – 15   .167 12 – 17   .414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by third-year head coach Nicki Collen and played their 2023 home games at the Ferrell Center and 2024 games at the Foster Pavilion. The Baylor Bears competed as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Previous season

The 2022–23 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2022–23 season 20–13, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3 way tie for fourth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 7 seed in the Seattle Region 3, where they defeated Alabama in the first round before losing to UConn in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Baylor Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Jaden Owens 10 G 5'8" Senior Plano, TX Graduate transferred to TCU
Erika Porter 20 F 6'0 Junior West Windsor, NJ Transferred to Bowling Green
Ja'Mee Asberry 21 G 5'5" GS Senior Tulsa, OK Graduated
Kendra Gillispie 25 F 6'2" Sophomore Norman, OK Transferred to Arkansas State
Caitlin Bickle 51 F 6'0" GS Senior Cave Creek, AZ Graduated

Incoming

Baylor Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Denae Fritz 1 G 5'11" Redshirt Sophomore Maryville, TN Iowa State
Yaya Felder 2 G 5'11" Junior Hartford, CT Ohio
Madison Bartley 3 F 6'3" Senior Kettering, OH Belmont
Jada Walker 11 G 5'7" Junior Richmond, VA Kentucky

Recruiting

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Letycia Vasconcelos
P 		Montverde, FL Montverde Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Recruiting class of 2024

College recruiting information (2024)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kayla Nelms
F 		Miami, FL Miami Country Day School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova
PG 		Daytona Beach, FL DME Academy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Denae Fritz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Iowa State Maryville, TN
G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Ohio Hartford, CT
F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Belmont Kettering, OH
G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Stanford Greenwood Village, CO
G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Classen HS Edmond, OK
G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Kentucky Richmond, VA
F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA
G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO
G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr MacArthur HS Irving, TX
C 25 Lety Vasconcelos 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Montverde Academy Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil
G 30 Catarina Ferreira 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Eastern Arizona College São Paulo, Brazil
G/F 33 Aijha Blackwell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Missouri Berkeley, MO
F 44 Dre'una Edwards 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Kentucky Las Vegas, NV
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2023*
6:00 p.m. 		No. 19 Hardin-Simmons W 120–41 
Ferrell Center 
Waco, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 19 Southern W 85–53  1–0
 Ferrell Center (3,570)
Waco, TX
November 14, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 No. 4 Utah
Preseason WNIT 		W 84–77  2–0
 Ferrell Center (4,808)
Waco, TX
November 19, 2023*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 Harvard W 81–71  3–0
 Ferrell Center (3,812)
Waco, TX
November 24, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 McNeese W 124–44  4–0
 Ferrell Center (3,713)
Waco, TX
November 26, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 Alcorn State W 93–47  5–0
 Ferrell Center (3,709)
Waco, TX
November 30, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 13 at SMU W 85–61  6–0
 Moody Coliseum (2,294)
University Park, TX
December 3, 2023*
1:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 13 Oregon W 71–51  7–0
 Ferrell Center (4,340)
Waco, TX
December 14, 2023*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		No. 10 Delaware State
Final Game at Farrell Center 		W 99–37  8–0
 Ferrell Center (9,898)
Waco, TX
December 16, 2023*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 10 vs. No. 24 Miami (FL)
Hall of Fame Series 		W 75–57  9–0
 Frost Bank Center (2,279)
San Antonio, TX
December 20, 2023*
2:30 p.m., FloSports 		No. 10 vs. Providence
West Palm Beach Classic 		W 61–36  10–0
 Massimino Court (313)
West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2023*
2:30 p.m., FloSports 		No. 10 vs. South Florida
West Palm Beach Classic 		W 73–50  11–0
 Massimino Court (452)
West Palm Beach, FL
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023
1:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 10 at No. 5 Texas W 85–79  12–0
(1–0) 		Moody Center (8,207)
Austin, TX
January 3, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 6 No. 23 TCU
First Game at Foster Pavilion 		W 71–50  13–0
(2–0) 		Foster Pavilion (5,905)
Waco, TX
January 6, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 6 Houston W 87–58  14–0
(3–0) 		Foster Pavilion (4,530)
Waco, TX
January 10, 2024
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 4 at Kansas L 66–87  14–1
(3–1) 		Allen Fieldhouse (2,971)
Lawrence, KS
January 13, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 4 at Iowa State L 63–66  14–2
(3–2) 		Hilton Coliseum (9,420)
Ames, IA
January 20, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 UCF W 77–74  15–2
(4–2) 		Foster Pavilion (5,089)
Waco, TX
January 22, 2024
7:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 13 No. 4 Kansas State L 55–58  15–3
(4–3) 		Foster Pavilion (4,536)
Waco, TX
January 28, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 13 at Oklahoma State W 72–60  16–3
(5–3) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,437)
Stillwater, OK
February 1, 2024
7:30 p.m., ESPN 		No. 13 No. 12 Texas L 55–67  16–4
(5–4) 		Foster Pavilion (6,015)
Waco, TX
February 4, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 13 at Houston W 83–60  17–4
(6–4) 		Fertitta Center (2,069)
Houston, TX
February 7, 2024
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at BYU L 66–78  17–5
(6–5) 		Marriott Center (1,525)
Provo, UT
February 10, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 No. 22 West Virginia W 65–58  18–5
(7–5) 		Foster Pavilion (4,944)
Waco, TX
February 14, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 at No. 23 Oklahoma L 73–84  18–6
(7–6) 		Lloyd Noble Center (4,552)
Norman, OK
February 18, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 21 Texas Tech W 61–32  19–6
(8–6) 		Foster Pavilion (7,093)
Waco, TX
February 21, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		No. 24 Kansas W 69–61  20–6
(9–6) 		Foster Pavilion (4,238)
Waco, TX
February 24, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 24 at No. 22 West Virginia W 66–65  21–6
(10–6) 		WVU Coliseum (5,616)
Morgantown, WV
February 27, 2024
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 at Cincinnati W 74–55  22–6
(11–6) 		Fifth Third Arena (1,488)
Cincinnati, OH
March 3, 2024
11:00 a.m., ESPN2 		No. 21 Oklahoma State W 67–45  23–6
(12–6) 		Foster Pavilion (4,280)
Waco, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 8, 2024
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		(5) No. 17 vs. (12) Texas Tech
Second Round 		W 71–60  24–6
 T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
March 9, 2024
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		(5) No. 17 vs. (4) Iowa State
Quarterfinals 		L 62–67  24–7
 T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(5 P3) No. 19 vs. (12 P3) Vanderbilt
First Round 		W 80–63  25–7
 Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
March 24, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		(5 P3) No. 19 at (4 P3) No. 13 Virginia Tech
Second Round 		W 75–72  26–7
 Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
March 30, 2024*
4:30 p.m., ESPN 		(5 P3) No. 19 vs. (1 P3) No. 3 USC
Sweet Sixteen 		L 70-74  26-8
 Moda Center 
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
P3=Portland 3.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP1921141310101010641213131821242117191913
Coaches2023181614131111971315131721242117181815

See also

References

  1. ^ Hild, Shelby (October 4, 2023). "Trio of WBB Bears Pick Up Preseason Big 12 Honors". KWTX-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". baylorbears.com. Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2023.