2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball
2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 4
Record	14–2 (3–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings; Sadie Edwards;
Home arena	Ferrell Center (2023); Foster Pavilion (2024)

2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Kansas State	5	–	0	1.000	17	–	1	.944
Iowa State	5	–	0	1.000	12	–	4	.750
Oklahoma	4	–	1	.800	10	–	6	.625
No. 10 Texas	3	–	2	.600	16	–	2	.889
No. 4 Baylor	3	–	2	.600	14	–	2	.875
No. 24 West Virginia	3	–	2	.600	14	–	2	.875
Oklahoma State	3	–	2	.600	10	–	6	.625
Texas Tech	2	–	3	.400	13	–	5	.722
Houston	2	–	3	.400	11	–	5	.688
Kansas	2	–	3	.400	9	–	7	.563
TCU	1	–	4	.200	14	–	4	.778
BYU	1	–	4	.200	11	–	7	.611
Cincinnati	1	–	4	.200	9	–	7	.563
UCF	0	–	5	.000	9	–	6	.600

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of January 13, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

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

Previous season

The Huskies 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"	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

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Letycia Vasconcelos P	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
Letycia Vasconcelos P	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: 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

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
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
Kayla Nelms F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, FL	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Ines Goryanova PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: 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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

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

Nicki Collen (Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Greene (Langston)
Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State)
Sadie Edwards (USC)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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+		UCF			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
January 22, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1		Kansas State			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Oklahoma State			Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 1, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN		Texas			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston			Fertitta Center Houston, TX
February 7, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at BYU			Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		West Virginia			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 14, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oklahoma			Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 18, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU		Texas Tech			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Kansas			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 24, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at West Virginia			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 27, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cincinnati			Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
March 3, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN2		Oklahoma State			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7–12, 2024		vs. TBD			T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	19	21	14	13	10	10	10	10	6	4										Not released
Coaches	20	23	18	16	14	13	11	11	9	7

References

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

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[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.

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Baylor Bears women's basketball
Venues	Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum (1974–1988) Ferrell Center (1988–2024) Foster Pavilion (2024–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2024

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References