2023–24 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

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2023–24 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record26–6 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rhet Wierzba
  • Linda Sayavongchanh
  • Amber Smith
Home arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Seasons
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Ohio State 16 2   .889 26 6   .813
No. 2 Iowa 15 3   .833 34 5   .872
No. 12 Indiana 15 3   .833 26 6   .813
Michigan State 12 6   .667 22 9   .710
Nebraska 11 7   .611 23 12   .657
Michigan 9 9   .500 20 14   .588
Penn State 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Maryland 9 9   .500 19 14   .576
Illinois 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Wisconsin 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
Minnesota 5 13   .278 20 16   .556
Purdue 5 13   .278 15 19   .441
Northwestern 4 14   .222 9 21   .300
Rutgers 2 16   .111 8 24   .250
2024 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers were led by head coach Teri Moren in her tenth season, and played their home games at the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season[edit]

The Hoosiers finished the 2022–23 season with a 28–4 record, including 16–2 in Big Ten play to finish in first place in the conference. They received an at-large bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they advanced to the second round. Despite being a 1-seed for the first time in program history, they were upset by 9-seed Miami 70-68.[1]

Offseason[edit]

On June 12, 2023, Amber Smith was named assistant coach.[2]

Departures[edit]

Indiana departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Kaitlin Peterson 3 G 5'9" Sophomore Eufaula, AL Transferred to UCF
Mona Zaric 24 F 6'2" Sophomore Novi Sad, Serbia Transferred to Harvard
Alyssa Geary 32 F 6'4" Graduate student Elmhurst, IL Graduated
Grace Berger 34 G 6'0" Graduate student Louisville, KY Graduated

Incoming transfers[edit]

Indiana incoming transfers
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Sharnecce Currie-Jelks F 6'2" Sophomore Jackson, TN UT Martin

Roster[edit]

2023–24 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Lexus Bargesser 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Grass Lake Grass Lake, MI
G 5 Lenée Beaumont 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Benet Academy Lisle, IL
G 12 Yarden Garzon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Ostrovsky Ra'anana, Israel
G 14 Sara Scalia 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Stillwater
Minnesota
Stillwater, MN
G 20 Julianna LaMendola 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Coppell Coppell, TX
G 21 Henna Sandvik 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Mäkelänrinne Helsinki, Finland
G 22 Chloe Moore-McNeil 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Greenfield Sharon, TN
F 23 Sharnecce Currie-Jelks 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So South Side
UT Martin
Jackson, TN
C 25 Arielle Wisne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr Thornton Thornton, CO
G 33 Sydney Parrish 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Hamilton Southeastern
Oregon
Fishers, IN
F 52 Lilly Meister 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So John Marshall Rochester, MN
F 54 Mackenzie Holmes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Gorham Gorham, ME
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: October 17, 2023

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 9 Northwood W 111–68 
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,840)
Bloomington, IN
Regular season
November 9, 2023*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 9 Eastern Illinois W 96–43  1–0
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,380)
Bloomington, IN
November 12, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 9 at No. 15 Stanford L 64–96  1–1
Maples Pavilion (3,678)
Stanford, CA
November 17, 2023*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 18 Murray State W 112–79  2–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,432)
Bloomington, IN
November 19, 2023*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 18 Lipscomb W 77–44  3–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,572)
Bloomington, IN
November 23, 2023*
6:00 p.m., FOX
No. 21 vs. No. 19 Tennessee
Fort Myers Tip-Off
W 71–57  4–1
Suncoast Credit Union Arena (1,314)
Fort Myers, FL
November 25, 2023*
11:00 a.m.
No. 21 vs. Princeton
Fort Myers Tip-Off
W 72–63  5–1
Suncoast Credit Union Arena (511)
Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 at Maine W 67–59  6–1
Cross Insurance Center (5,983)
Orono, ME
December 3, 2023*
2:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 17 Stetson W 72–34  7–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,789)
Bloomington, IN
December 9, 2023
4:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 at Rutgers W 66–56  8–1
(1–0)
Jersey Mike's Arena (3,525)
Piscataway, NJ
December 18, 2023*
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 16 Evansville W 109–56  9–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,227)
Bloomington, IN
December 22, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 Bowling Green W 84–35  10–1
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (9,067)
Bloomington, IN
December 31, 2023
12:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 Illinois W 77–71  11–1
(2–0)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (11,600)
Bloomington, IN
January 4, 2024
7:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 Michigan W 80–59  12–1
(3–0)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,723)
Bloomington, IN
January 7, 2024
2:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 at Nebraska W 91–69  13–1
(4–0)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (9,059)
Lincoln, NE
January 10, 2024
7:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 14 Penn State W 75–68  14–1
(5–0)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,516)
Bloomington, IN
January 13, 2024
8:00 p.m., FOX
No. 14 at No. 3 Iowa L 57–84  14–2
(5–1)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998)
Iowa City, IA
January 17, 2024
8:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 16 Minnesota W 85–62  15–2
(6–1)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (7,977)
Bloomington, IN
January 21, 2024
2:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 16 at Purdue
Rivalry
W 74–68  16–2
(7–1)
Mackey Arena (11,796)
West Lafayette, IN
January 28, 2024
2:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 14 Northwestern W 100–59  17–2
(8–1)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (10,776)
Bloomington, IN
January 31, 2024
7:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 10 at Maryland W 87–73  18–2
(9–1)
Xfinity Center (7,137)
College Park, MD
February 4, 2024
12:00 p.m., FS1
No. 10 at No. 8 Ohio State L 69–74  18–3
(9–2)
Value City Arena (10,130)
Columbus, OH
February 8, 2024
7:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 14 Michigan State W 94–91  19–3
(10–2)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,580)
Bloomington, IN
February 11, 2024
2:00 p.m., B1G+
No. 14 Purdue
Rivalry
W 95–62  20–3
(11–2)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,304)
Bloomington, IN
February 14, 2024
8:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 14 at Wisconsin W 68–54  21–3
(12–2)
Kohl Center 
Madison, WI
February 19, 2024
2:00 p.m., FOX
No. 14 at Illinois L 66–86  21–4
(12–3)
State Farm Center (3,878)
Champaign, IL
February 22, 2024
8:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 14 No. 4 Iowa W 86–69  22–4
(13–3)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
February 27, 2024
7:00 p.m., BTN
No. 14 at Northwestern W 84–64  23–4
(14–3)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,864)
Evanston, IL
March 3, 2024
3:00 p.m., Peacock
No. 14 Maryland W 71–54  24–4
(15–3)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,402)
Bloomington, IN
Big Ten women's tournament
March 8, 2024
9:00 p.m., BTN
(3) No. 12 vs. (6) Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 56–69  24–5
Target Center (18,575)
Minneapolis, MN
NCAA tournament
March 23, 2024*
1:30 p.m., ESPN2
(4 A1) No. 14 (13 A1) No. 25 Fairfield
First round
W 89–56  25–5
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,753)
Bloomington, IN
March 25, 2024*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
(4 A1) No. 14 (5 A1) No. 18 Oklahoma
Second round
W 75–68  26–5
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,385)
Bloomington, IN
March 29, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPN
(4 A1) No. 14 vs. (1 A1) No. 1 South Carolina
Sweet Sixteen
L 75–79  26–6
MVP Arena (13,597)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A1=Albany 1.
All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[3][4]

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP91821171615161614141614101414141412151412
Coaches9171917151515151413161391312161212151412

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Indiana Falls in Second Round of NCAA Tournament". iuhoosiers.com. March 20, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Amber Smith Named Assistant Coach". iuhoosiers.com. June 12, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". iuhoosiers.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Indiana Women's Basketball Announces 2023-24 Regular Season Schedule". iuhoosiers.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.