2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	14–2 (3–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Kellogg (1st season);
Associate head coach	JC Carter
Assistant coaches	Jessica Grayson; Erin Grant;
Home arena	WVU Coliseum

2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Kansas State	5	–	0	1.000	17	–	1	.944
No. 24 Iowa State	5	–	0	1.000	12	–	4	.750
Oklahoma	4	–	1	.800	10	–	6	.625
No. 11 Texas	3	–	2	.600	16	–	2	.889
No. 12 Baylor	3	–	2	.600	14	–	2	.875
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 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represents West Virginia University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, are led by first-year head coach Mark Kellogg and play their home games at the WVU Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.^[1]^[2]

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2022–23 season 19–12, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. In the Big 12 Tournament as a No. 5 seed, they lost to Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large to the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed in the Greenville region 1 where they lost in the first round to Arizona.

Offseason

On March 18, 2023, head coach Dawn Plitzuweit left West Virginia to accepted the head coaching job at Minnesota. On April 3, 2023, former Stephen F. Austin head coach Mark Kellogg was named their next head coach.

Departures

West Virginia Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Wynter Rogers	2	G	5'11"	Freshman	Little Rock, AR	Transferred to Arkansas State
Sarah Bates	3	G	5'8"	GS Senior	Fresno, CA	Graduated
Danni Nichols	4	G	5'10"	GS Senior	Columbia, MO	Graduated
Imarianah Russell	5	G	5'10"	Freshman	Columbus, OH
Isis Beh	23	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Murray, UT	Transferred to Arizona
Savannah Samuel	24	G	6'1"	Junior	Woodstock, GA	Transferred to Boston College
Madisen Smith	30	G	5'5"	GS Senior	Greenville, SC	Graduated

Incoming

West Virginia Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Ainhoa Holzer	5	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Martigny, Switzerland	Purdue
Danelle Arigbabu	8			Junior	Berlin, Germany	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Jordan Harrison	10	G	5'6"	Sophomore	Oklahoma City, OK	Stephen F. Austin
Zya Nugent	22	G	5'7"	Senior	Denison, TX	Stephen F. Austin
Lauren Fields	23	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Shawnee, OK	Arizona
Ashala Moseberry	24	G	5'10"	Junior	Madison, WI	South Plains College
Trinity Moore	35	F	6'0"	Junior	Oklahoma City, OK	Oral Roberts

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Recruiting class of 2024

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Destiny Agubata W	Corona, CA	Santiago High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Destiny Agubata W	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Jordan Thomas P	Carrollton, TX	Hebron High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Jordan Thomas P	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 February 20, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	00	Jayla Hemingway	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Houston Mississippi State	Collierville, TN
G	5	Ainhoa Holzer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Purdue	Martigny, Switzerland
F	8	Danelle Arigbabu	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College	Berlin, Germany
G	10	Jordan Harrison	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Classen SAS Stephen F. Austin	Oklahoma City, OK
G	11	JJ Quinerly	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Lake Taylor	Norfolk, VA
F	13	Messiah Hunter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	TPLS Christian Academy	Hopewell, VA
F	14	Kylee Blacksten	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Air Academy Colorado	Colorado Springs, CO
F	21	Tavy Diggs	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Plano East TCU	Richardson, TX
G	22	Zya Nugent	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Denison Stephen F. Austin	Denison, TX
G	23	Lauren Fields	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Shawnee Arizona	Shawnee, OK
G	24	Ashala Moseberry	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Madison East South Plains College	Madison, WI
G	32	Kyah Watson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Stevens South Dakota	Rapid City, SD
F	35	Trinity Moore	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Jones Oral Roberts	Oklahoma City, OK

Head coach

Mark Kellogg (Austin College)

Assistant coach(es)

JC Carter (Southwest Baptist)
Jessica Grayson (Austin Peay)
Erin Grant (Texas Tech)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Loyola (MD)	W 74–39	1–0	WVU Coliseum (1,486) Morgantown, WV
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	W 71–62	2–0	Peterson Events Center (1,505) Pittsburgh, PA
November 19, 2023* 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Youngtown State	W 94–40	3–0	WVU Coliseum (1,619) Morgantown, WV
November 23, 2023* 12:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. George Washington Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 54–51	4–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 24, 2023* 10:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Charlotte Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 84–56	5–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 25, 2023* 10:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Southern Illinois Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 73–55	6–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	W 90–50	7–0	WVU Coliseum (1,535) Morgantown, WV
December 4, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		No. 25 Penn State	W 83–65	8–0	WVU Coliseum (2,061) Morgantown, WV
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Delaware State	W 107–43	9–0	WVU Coliseum (1,522) Morgantown, WV
December 18, 2023* 10:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Wright State	W 77–72	10–0	WVU Coliseum (7,535) Morgantown, WV
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Niagara	W 103–52	11–0	WVU Coliseum (1,304) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 25	at Kansas	W 85–60	12–0 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,895) Lawrence, KS
January 3, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	Cincinnati	W 68–53	13–0 (2–0)	WVU Coliseum (1,808) Morgantown, WV
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	No. 10 Texas	L 49–70	13–1 (2–1)	WVU Coliseum (2,601) Morgantown, WV
January 10, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	at Iowa State	L 64–74	13–2 (2–2)	Hilton Coliseum (8,798) Ames, IA
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	at UCF	W 76–59	14–2 (3–2)	Addition Financial Arena (1,374) Orlando, FL
January 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Houston			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at Cincinnati			Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Iowa State			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		UCF			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at BYU			Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Texas Tech			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 10, 2024 3:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at Baylor			Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 13, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at TCU			Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
February 17, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Oklahoma			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 21, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at Kansas State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Baylor			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 27, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at Oklahoma State			Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
March 2, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		TCU			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
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 Eastern Time. ^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Brocato, Joe (October 11, 2023). "Pair of closed-door scrimmages await the WVU women's basketball team as season nears". Metro News. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ Pead, Pead (October 11, 2023). "WVU Women's Basketball notes: preparation for upcoming closed scrimmage, Big 12 projected finish and more". WDTV. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ "Women's Basketball Releases 2023-24 Nonconference Schedule". wvusports.com. August 21, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
↑ "Women's Basketball Reveals Big 12 Schedule". wvusports.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

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[1] Brocato, Joe (October 11, 2023). "Pair of closed-door scrimmages await the WVU women's basketball team as season nears". Metro News. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[2] Pead, Pead (October 11, 2023). "WVU Women's Basketball notes: preparation for upcoming closed scrimmage, Big 12 projected finish and more". WDTV. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[3] "Women's Basketball Releases 2023-24 Nonconference Schedule". wvusports.com. August 21, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

[4] "Women's Basketball Reveals Big 12 Schedule". wvusports.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

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