2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represents Colorado State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by eleventh year head coach Ryun Williams,^[1] play their home games at Moby Arena, and are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–12,^[2] 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in 3rd place in the conference.^[3][4][5] The Rams advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West women's basketball tournament, beating 6 seed Boise State,^[6]before falling to 2 seed and foe, Wyoming.^{[7] [8]} The Rams earned an invite to the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they fell to Northern Iowa in the 1st round, 88–76, and were without the assistance of multiple players due to injury.^[9][10]

2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	20–12 (12-6 Mountain West)
Head coach	Ryun Williams (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Rico Burkett Kyley Bachand Amber Cunningham
Home arena	Moby Arena
Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 UNLV†	18	–	0		1.000			31	–	3		.912
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
San Diego State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	11		.676
Colorado State	12	–	6		.667			20	–	12		.625
New Mexico	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Boise State	11	–	7		.611			17	–	16		.515
Air Force	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Nevada	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Fresno State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
San Jose State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
Utah State	1	–	17		.056			4	–	26		.133
† 2023 MW Tournament winner As of March 21, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

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2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Kendyll Kinzer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lewiston HS Fresno State Lewiston, ID F 1 Kiya Dorroh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So AZ Compass Prep Missouri Tucson, AZ G 2 Destiny Thurman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Lamar HS UTEP Arlington, TX F 3 Jess Moors 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Westlake Girls HS Auckland, NZ G 4 McKenna Hofschild (C) 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Sr Prior Lake HS Seton Hall Prior Lake, MN F 5 Jadyn Fife 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Liberty Christian North Richland Hills, TX F 10 Joseana Vaz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr N/A Casper College Praia, Cape Verde G/F 11 Petra Farkas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Kecskemet TE College of Southern Idaho Kecskemét, Hungary F 12 Clara Gomez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Segle XXI Sabadell, Spain G 14 Marta Leimane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Riga 47th Secondary Ventspils, Latvia F 21 Taylor Ray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Highlands Ranch HS Highlands Ranch, CO F 22 Cali Clark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Cherry Creek HS Centennial, CO G/F 24 Sydney Mech 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Cherry Creek HS DU Englewood, CO G 30 Hannah Ronsiek 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr O'Gorman Sioux Falls, SD G 32 Cailyn Crocker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Mater Dei Cal Cypress, CA F 55 Meghan Boyd (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Eagle HS DU Eagle, ID	Head coach Ryun Williams (South Dakota) Assistant coach(es) Rico Burkett (North Dakota) Kyley Bachand (Illinois) Amber Cunningham (South Dakota) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Statistics

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kendyll Kinzer	30	13	16.6	.404	.306	.750	2.7	0.8	.2	.8	5.4
Kiya Dorroh	8	0	4.9	.529	.000	.50	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4
Destiny Thurman	28	28	30.7	.441	.423	.898	4.8	1.8	1.5	.4	13.4
Jess Moors	0	0	0.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
McKenna Hofschild	31	31	37.4	.488	.447	.792	3.5	7.2	1.1	.1	20.6
Jadyn Fife	0	0	0	.0	.0	.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Joseana Vaz	24	2	13.4	.402	.182	.40	3.3	0.4	.6	.4	3.4
Petra Farkas	14	0	6.6	.278	.10	.0	0.9	.3	.5	.1	0.8
Clara Gomez	10	0	5.4	.250	.000	1.000	0.3	.3	.1	.0	.7
Marta Leimane	16	0	6.8	.514	.40	.889	0.4	0.5	.4	.0	3.0
Cali Clark	31	19	18.5	.564	.09	.593	6.1	0.6	.5	1.2	4.5
Sydney Mech	29	29	32.5	.418	.346	.857	2.9	0.8	.7	1.3	7.0
Hannah Ronsiek	32	3	12.4	.423	.418	.857	2.6	0.4	.8	.2	3.0
Cailyn Crocker	31	30	30.5	.456	.406	.796	3.6	1.5	.6	.1	10.6
Meghan Boyd	32	1	16.5	.380	.370	.842	1.7	0.6	.3	.1	6.4

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2022* 6:30 pm		Colorado Christian	W 78–47		Moby Arena (871) Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2022* 6:00 pm, MW Net		BYU	W 82-62	1–0	Moby Arena (1,142) Fort Collins, CO
11/11/2022* 5:00 pm		Montana	W 82–58	2–0	Moby Arena (2,113) Fort Collins, CO
11/15/2022* 6:30 pm		Western Colorado	W 86-56	3–0	Moby Arena (902) Fort Collins, CO
11/20/2022* 2:00 pm, SECN+	No. RV	at Mississippi State	L 66-71	3-1	Humphrey Coliseum (4,678) Starkville, MS
11/25/2022* 9:00 pm		vs. Mercer Las Vegas Invitational	W 79-51	4–1	The Mirage  Paradise, NV
11/26/2022* 4:30 pm, FloSports		vs. Auburn Las Vegas Invitational	L 73–74	4-2	The Mirage  Paradise, NV
11/30/2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	L 91–102 ^3OT	4–3	Bank of Colorado Arena (839) Greeley, CO
12/03/2022* 12:00 pm		Western Michigan	W 85–65	5-3	Moby Arena (1,059) Fort Collins, CO
12/06/2022* 6:30 pm		Denver	W 84–54	6-3	Moby Arena (898) Fort Collins, CO
12/10/2022* 1:00 pm		San Francisco	L 62-73	6-4	Moby Arena (893) Fort Collins, CO
12/19/2022* 6:30 pm		Regis	W 83-55	7-4	Moby Arena (962) Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West regular season
12/29/2022 6:30 pm		Fresno State	W 64-58	8-4 (1-0)	Moby Arena (1,111) Fort Collins, CO
12/31/2022 4:00 pm		at UNLV	L 88-91 ^OT	8-5 (1–1)	Cox Pavilion (527) Las Vegas, NV
01/05/2023 6:00 pm		at Utah State	W 99-62	9-5 (2–1)	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (215) Logan, UT
01/07/2023 12:00 pm		New Mexico State Pride Game	W 76-65	10–5 (3–1)	Moby Arena (1,373) Fort Collins, CO
01/11/2023 6:30 pm		at Boise State	W 71-50	11-5 (4-1)	ExtraMile Arena (787) Boise, ID
01/16/2023 6:30 pm		San Diego State	W 71–58	12–5 (5-1)	Moby Arena (1,164) Fort Collins, CO
01/19/2023 6:30 pm		Nevada Orange Out	W 84-67	13–5 (6-1)	Moby Arena (1,082) Fort Collins, CO
01/21/2023 1:00 pm	No. RV	UNLV Fight Like a Ram	L 58-63	13–6 (6-2)	Moby Arena (1,987) Fort Collins, CO
01/26/2023 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 59–64	13–7 (6-3)	The Pit (4,542) Albuquerque, NM
01/28/2023 1:00 pm		at Air Force	L 65–67	13–8 (6–4)	Clune Arena (542) Colorado Springs, CO
02/02/2023 11:00 am		Utah State	W 86-64	14–8 (7-4)	Moby Arena (6,257) Fort Collins, CO
02/04/2023 1:00 pm		Wyoming PINK Out	W 66-63	15–8 (8-4)	Moby Arena (2,141) Fort Collins, CO
02/9/2023 7:00 pm		at San Jose State	W 59–57	16–8 (9-4)	Provident Credit Union Event Center (274) San Jose, CA
02/11/2023 5:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 61-54	17–8 (10-4)	Save Mart Center (2,377) Fresno, CA
02/16/2023 7:00 pm		at San Diego State	L 49-53	17–9 (10-5)	Viejas Arena (620) San Diego, CA
02/18/2023 1:00 pm		Air Force	W 67-64	18–9 (11-5)	Moby Arena (2,614) Fort Collins, CO
02/25/2023 7:30 pm, FS1		Wyoming	L 60-76	18–10 (11-6)	Arena-Auditorium (3,603) Laramie, WY
02/28/2023 6:30 pm		Boise State GREEN OUT	W 66-51	19–10 (12-6)	Moby Arena (1,518) Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/06/2023 8:30 pm	(3)	vs. (6) Boise State Quarterfinals	W 59-52	20–10	Thomas & Mack Center (7,792) Paradise, NV
03/07/2023 8:30 pm	(3)	vs. (2) Wyoming Semifinals	L 56-65	20–11	Thomas & Mack Center (7,769) Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/16/2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Iowa First Round	L 76-88	20–12	McLeod Arena (988) Cedar Falls, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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