2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Appearance
2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball | |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 14–16 (5–13 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Tai Dillard Vonn Read |
Assistant coach | Chynna Grimes |
Home arena | Fertitta Center |
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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 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by tenth-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1]
Previous season
[edit]The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 15–16, 10–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. As a No. 4 seed in the AAC women's tournament advanced in the quarterfinals they defeated No. 5 seed SMU and No. 8 Wichita State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to No. 3 East Carolina.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Tiara Young | 2 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Shreveport, LA | Graduate transferred to SMU |
Tae'Lor Purvis | 4 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Houston, TX | Transferred to Xavier |
Taryn Johnson | 5 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | San Diego, CA | |
De'Myla Brown | 15 | G | 5'7" | Senior | North Little Rock, AR | Graduate transferred to Missouri |
Kendall Brown | 21 | G | 5'7" | Sophomore | DeSoto, TX | Transferred to Prairie View A&M |
Ca'Leyah Burrell | 25 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Waco, TX | Graduated |
Tatyana Hill | 30 | F | 6'2" | GS Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
Incoming
[edit]Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Gigi Cooke | 3 | G | 5'9" | Sophomore | Clinton, MD | Maryland |
N'Yah Boyd | 5 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Mesquite, TX | UTEP |
Maliyah Johnson | 21 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Columbus, OH | Pittsburgh |
Djessira Diawara | 30 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Bamako, Mali | Clarendon College |
Shalexxus Aaron | 35 | G | 6'1" | ![]() |
Apple Valley, CA | Oregon State |
Peyton McFarland | 42 | F | 6'4" | Junior | Boise, ID | Utah |
Recruiting
[edit]There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.
Roster
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Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Air Force | W 99–61 | 1–0 |
Fertitta Center (935) Houston, TX | |||||||
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Sam Houston | W 106–65 | 2–0 |
Fertitta Center (964) Houston, TX | |||||||
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Grambling State | W 106–74 | 3–0 |
Fertitta Center (897) Houston, TX | |||||||
November 26, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
New Orleans | W 81–54 | 4–0 |
Fertitta Center (1,139) Houston, TX | |||||||
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Middle Tennessee | L 45–70 | 4–1 |
Fertitta Center (698) Houston, TX | |||||||
December 3, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Florida A&M | W 79–59 | 5–1 |
Fertitta Center (1,160) Houston, TX | |||||||
December 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Texas A&M–Commerce | W 86–53 | 6–1 |
The Field House (1,189) Commerce, TX | |||||||
December 12, 2023* 11:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Texas Southern | W 89–42 | 7–1 |
Fertitta Center (3,658) Houston, TX | |||||||
December 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UTSA | W 66–64 | 8–1 |
Convocation Center (869) San Antonio,TX | |||||||
December 17, 2023* 4:00 p.m., P12N |
at Washington State | L 48–95 | 8–2 |
Beasley Coliseum (956) Pullman, WA | |||||||
December 20, 2023* 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Rice rivalry |
W 71–63 OT | 9–2 |
Fertitta Center (1,033) Houston, TX | |||||||
Big 12 Conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Texas Tech | L 71–79 | 9–3 (0–1) |
Fertitta Center (1,975) Houston, TX | |||||||
January 3, 2024 6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at No. 11 Kansas State | L 38–72 | 9–4 (0–2) |
Bramlage Coliseum (3,397) Manhattan, KS | |||||||
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at No. 6 Baylor | L 58–87 | 9–5 (0–3) |
Foster Pavilion (4,530) Waco, TX | |||||||
January 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
BYU | W 79–69 | 10–5 (1–3) |
Fertitta Center (805) Houston, TX | |||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
TCU | W 77–66 | 11–5 (2–3) |
Fertitta Center (1,635) Houston, TX | |||||||
January 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at West Virginia | L 39–80 | 11–6 (2–4) |
WVU Coliseum (2,251) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
January 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Oklahoma | L 65–71 | 11–7 (2–5) |
Fertitta Center (1,780) Houston, TX | |||||||
January 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at Texas Tech | L 48–66 | 11–8 (2–6) |
United Supermarkets Arena (4,775) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
January 27, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at UCF | L 87–92 OT | 11–9 (2–7) |
Addition Financial Arena (1,092) Orlando, FL | |||||||
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Cincinnati | W 54–46 | 12–9 (3–7) |
Fertitta Center (974) Houston, TX | |||||||
February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
No. 13 Baylor | L 60–83 | 12–10 (3–8) |
Fertitta Center (2,069) Houston, TX | |||||||
February 8, 2024 6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at Kansas | L 52–69 | 12–11 (3–9) |
Allen Fieldhouse (3,090) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
February 14, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
No. 5 Texas | L 66–82 | 12–12 (3–10) |
Fertitta Center (1,610) Houston, TX | |||||||
February 17, 2024 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at Oklahoma State | W 65–57 | 13–12 (4–10) |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,112) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
Iowa State | L 64–76 | 13–13 (4–11) |
Fertitta Center (995) Houston, TX | |||||||
February 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at TCU | L 49–59 | 13–14 (4–12) |
Schollmaier Arena (2,133) Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
February 28, 2024 8:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
at BYU | L 54–64 | 13–15 (4–13) |
Marriott Center (1,760) Provo, UT | |||||||
March 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ |
UCF | W 68–67 | 14–15 (5–13) |
Fertitta Center (1,141) Houston, TX | |||||||
Big 12 Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
March 7, 2024 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
(13) | vs. (12) Texas Tech First Round |
L 60–74 | 14–16 |
T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. [3][4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Women's college basketball preview: A look at UH, Texas, A&M, Rice, HCU, TSU and Prairie View". Houston Chronicle. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.
- ^ "Cougars Announce 11 Game Non-Con Schedule". uhcougars.com. September 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Inaugural Big 12 Women's Basketball Schedule Released". uhcougars.com. September 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.