2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Charmin Smith, played their home games at Haas Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball
WBIT, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	19–15 (7–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Charmin Smith (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Heidi Heintz Eliza Pierre Travon Bryant
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			30	–	6		.833
No. 3 USC †	13	–	5		.722			29	–	6		.829
No. 6 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			27	–	7		.794
No. 12 Oregon State	12	–	6		.667			27	–	8		.771
No. 17 Colorado	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
No. 21 Utah	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Arizona	8	–	10		.444			18	–	16		.529
California	7	–	11		.389			19	–	15		.559
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			21	–	15		.583
Washington	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
Arizona State	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
Oregon	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

This is also the last season that California will play in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished the season 13–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As a 10th seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Washington State.

Offseason

Departures

California Departures

Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Amaya Bonner	2	G	6'0"	Freshman	Fremont, CA	Transferred to Florida State
Karisma Ortiz	4	G	6'0"	GS Senior	San Jose, CA	Graduated
Jadyn Bush	12	F	5'11"	GS Senior	Federal Way, WA	Graduated
Evelien Lutje Schipholt	24	F	6'2"	Senior	The Hague, Netherlands	Graduate transferred to South Florida
Jayda Curry	30	G	5'6"	Sophomore	Corona, CA	Transferred to Louisville
Sela Heide	32	C	6'7"	Junior	North Bend, WA	Transferred to Oregon State
Sirena Tuitele	33	F	6'1"	GS Senior	Chico, CA	Graduated

Incoming

Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Marta Suárez	7	G/F	6'2"	Junior	Oviedo, Spain	Tennessee
Ila Lane	12	F/C	6'4"	Senior	Moraga, CA	UC Santa Barbara
McKayla Williams	24	G	6'1"	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Gonzaga
Ioanna Krimili	33	G	5'11"	Senior	Heraklion, Greece	San Francisco

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Anastasia Drosouni SG	Thessaloniki, Greece	Expaideftiria Fryganiotis	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	May 2, 2023
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Lulu Laditan-Twidale G	Sunshine Coast, Australia	Siena Catholic	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Jan 23, 2023
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
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:

Roster

2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Michelle Onyiah 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Eleanor Roosevelt Eastvale, CA G 1 Leilani McIntosh 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) GS Xavier College Prep Phoenix, AZ G 7 Marta Suárez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Joaquim Blume Institute Tennessee Oviedo, Spain G 10 Lulu Laditan-Twidale 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr South West Metro Pirates Sunshine Coast, Australia F/C 12 Ila Lane 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Woodside Priory UC Santa Barbara Moraga, CA G 14 Alma Elsnitz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Lulea Basketgymnasium Stockholm, Sweden G 15 Kemery Martín 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Corner Canyon Utah Sandy, UT G 21 Mia Mastrov 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Miramonte Lafayette, CA F 22 Claudia Langarita 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr INS Joaquim Blume San Francisco Barcelona, Spain G 23 Anastasia Drosouni 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Expaideftiria Fryganiotis Thessaloniki, Greece G 24 McKayla Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Windward Gonzaga Los Angeles, CA G 31 Ornela Muca 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece G 33 Ioanna Krimili 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Aristotelio College San Francisco Heraklion, Greece	Head coach Charmin Smith (Stanford) Assistant coach(es) Heidi Heintz (UC Davis) Eliza Pierre (California) Travon Bryant (Missouri) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Westmont	W 93-51		–	–	–	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 8:30 p.m.		Cal State Bakersfield	W 89–56	1–0	18 – Krimili	8 – Tied	5 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (1,017) Berkeley, CA
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Santa Clara	W 71–56	2–0	16 – Williams	8 – Williams	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (819) Berkeley, CA
November 13, 2023* 3:00 p.m., P12N		Cal Poly	W 74–60	3–0	17 – McIntosh	8 – Tied	4 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
November 17, 2023* 5:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Auburn	W 67–53	4–0	27 – Suárez	19 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Neville Arena (2,559) Auburn, AL
November 20, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida A&M Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series	W 76–38	5–0	25 – McIntosh	18 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Al Lawson Center (887) Tallahassee, FL
November 24, 2023* 12:00 p.m.		San Jose State Raising the B.A.R. Invitational semifinals	W 74–51	6–0	13 – Onyiah	12 – Williams	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
November 25, 2023* 2:30 p.m.		Texas A&M Raising the B.A.R. Invitational championship	L 51–65	6–1	12 – Tied	12 – Williams	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (843) Berkeley, CA
December 2, 2023* 12:00 p.m., P12N		Saint Mary's	W 74–69	7–1	15 – Lane	8 – Onyiah	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (964) Berkeley, CA
December 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 23 Gonzaga	L 70–78 ^OT	7–2	19 – Suárez	10 – Suárez	11 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,109) Berkeley, CA
December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Nevada	W 76–49	8–2	20 – Williams	8 – Suárez	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,024) Berkeley, CA
December 15, 2023* 11:30 a.m.		Eastern Washington	W 78–70	9–2	17 – Suárez	11 – Suárez	5 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (4,112) Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Louisiana–Monroe	W 79–55	10–2	21 – Laditan-Twidale	11 – Tied	7 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2023 2:00 p.m., P12N		No. 9 Stanford	L 51–78	10–3 (0–1)	12 – Krimili	9 – Lane	4 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (4,197) Berkeley, CA
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Washington	W 70–57	11–3 (1–1)	21 – Krimili	8 – Onyiah	4 – Krimili	Haas Pavilion (1,207) Berkeley, CA
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Washington State	W 73–72 ^OT	12–3 (2–1)	21 – Krimili	12 – Suárez	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,249) Berkeley, CA
January 12, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 5 Colorado	L 61–76	12–4 (2–2)	14 – Suárez	9 – Suárez	3 – Krimili	CU Events Center (3,540) Boulder, CO
January 14, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at No. 19 Utah	L 56–93	12–5 (2–3)	14 – Krimili	9 – Williams	4 – McIntosh	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,520) Salt Lake City, UT
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon State	L 64–71	12–6 (2–4)	27 – Beers	15 – Beers	9 – von Oelhoffen	Haas Pavilion (1,382) Berkeley, CA
January 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon	W 66–57	13–6 (3–4)	24 – Krimili	10 – Tied	5 – Williams	Haas Pavilion (1,347) Berkeley, CA
January 26, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at Arizona	L 55–66	13–7 (3–5)	11 – Suárez	6 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	McKale Center (7,268) Tucson, AZ
January 28, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at Arizona State	L 71–76	13–8 (3–6)	20 – Krimili	8 – Onyiah	6 – Krimili	Desert Financial Arena (1,650) Tempe, AZ
February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 7 UCLA	L 58–78	13–9 (3–7)	21 – Onyiah	6 – Onyiah	7 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (3,784) Berkeley, CA
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		No. 15 USC	L 69–79	13–10 (3–8)	21 – Krimili	9 – Suárez	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (4,356) Berkeley, CA
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington State	W 66–59	14–10 (4–8)	15 – Onyiah	10 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Beasley Coliseum (1,023) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	W 59–57	15–10 (5–8)	14 – Tied	6 – Martin	3 – McIntosh	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,773) Seattle, WA
February 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 3 Stanford	L 49–84	15–11 (5–9)	12 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (4,604) Stanford, CA
February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona State	W 67–55	16–11 (6–9)	21 – Suárez	11 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,872) Berkeley, CA
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona	L 68–87	16–12 (6–10)	24 – Laditan-Twidale	4 – Lane	5 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,909) Berkeley, CA
February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Oregon	W 62–59	17–12 (7–10)	21 – Krimili	12 – Suárez	3 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (5,914) Eugene, OR
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 11 Oregon State	L 58–79	17–13 (7–11)	14 – Suárez	5 – Tied	2 – McIntosh	Gill Coliseum (6,377) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 6, 2024 2:30 p.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (9) Washington State First Round	W 65–44	18–13	19 – McIntosh	10 – Suárez	5 – McIntosh	MGM Grand Garden Arena  Paradise, NV
March 7, 2024 2:30 p.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (1) No. 2 Stanford Quarterfinals	L 57–71	18–14	14 – Suárez	8 – Williams	3 – Tied	MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,883) Paradise, NV
WBIT
March 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	Hawaii First Round	W 65–60	19–14	20 – Laditan-Twidale	12 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (761) Berkeley, CA
March 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(3) Saint Joseph's Second Round	L 61–63	19–15	20 – Suárez	13 – Suárez	3 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (607) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[2]

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP		*																			Not released
Coaches		*	^

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.

See also

• 2023–24 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "UC Berkeley To Join ACC For 2024-25 Academic Year". UC Berkeley. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
2. "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". calbears.com. University of California Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2023.