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2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
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]
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 7–1 (0–0 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Tai Dillard Vonn Read |
Assistant coach | Chynna Grimes |
Home arena | Fertitta Center |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Texas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12т Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 15, 2023 Rankings from AP poll |
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 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" | Senior | 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 edit
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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 | Convocation Center San Antonio,TX | |||||||||
December 17, 2023* 4:00 p.m., P12N | at Washington State | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA | |||||||||
December 20, 2023* 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Rice rivalry | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
Big 12 Conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Texas Tech | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 3, 2024 6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at Kansas State | Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS | |||||||||
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at Baylor | Foster Pavilion Waco, TX | |||||||||
January 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | BYU | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | TCU | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at West Virginia | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV | |||||||||
January 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Oklahoma | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
January 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at Texas Tech | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
January 27, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at UCF | Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL | |||||||||
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Cincinnati | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Baylor | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 8, 2024 6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
February 14, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Texas | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 17, 2024 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at Oklahoma State | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK | |||||||||
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | Iowa State | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | |||||||||
February 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at TCU | Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
February 28, 2024 8:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | at BYU | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
March 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ | UCF | Fertitta Center Houston, 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. [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.