2023–24 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represents Montana State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by 19th-year head coach Tricia Binford, play their home games at Worthington Arena in Bozeman, Montana as a member of the Big Sky Conference.

2023–24 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	17-16 (10-8 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tricia Binford (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Sunny Smallwood Ryan Johnson Devin Perez
Home arena	Worthington Arena
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big Sky women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Washington †	16	–	2		.889			29	–	6		.829
Northern Arizona	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
Montana	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Montana State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Northern Colorado	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Idaho	8	–	10		.444			15	–	16		.484
Idaho State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Sacramento State	4	–	14		.222			6	–	25		.194
Weber State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	25		.242
Portland State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2022–23 season 20–11, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for first place.^[1] Due to tiebreakers, they received the #2 seed in the Big Sky tournament, where they would be upset by #7 seed Portland State in the quarterfinals.^[2]

Roster

2023–24 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Madison Hall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Parma High School Parma, Idaho G 1 Malea Egan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Colstrip High School Colstrip, Montana G 2 Natalie Picton 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Niagara Prep Academy Welland, Ontario F 5 Ella Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Elk River High School Elk River, Minnesota G 11 Katelynn Limardo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Silver High School Silver City, New Mexico F 13 Drea Brumfield 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Pepperdine Chehalis, Washington G 15 Isobel Bunyan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Cardiff Met Archers Tonyrefail, Wales G 20 Brooke Berry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr New Mexico Billings, Montana F 21 Lexi Deden 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Sentinel High School Missoula, Montana F 22 Lea Boulanger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Champlain College Lennoxville Saint-Bruno, Quebec G 23 Mattie Olson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Skyline High School Idaho Falls, Idaho F 24 Taylor Janssen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Rosemount High School Rosemount, Minnesota G 30 Dylan Philip 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Ellensburg High School Ellensburg, Washington F 32 Marah Dykstra 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Churchill Secondary School Vancouver, British Columbia C 33 Lindsey Hein 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS So Forsyth High School Forsyth, Montana	Head coach Tricia Binford (Boise State) Assistant coach(es) Sunny Smallwood (Boise State) Ryan Johnson (DePauw) Devin Perez (Ottawa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2023* 1:00 pm		Lewis–Clark State	W 70–39	–	22 – Deden	14 – Deden	6 – Philip	Worthington Arena  Bozeman, MT
November 4, 2023* 7:00 pm		at Carroll College	W 73–63	–	15 – Limardo	7 – Limardo	4 – Philip	CC PE Center  Helena, MT
Regular season
November 7, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+		BYU	L 60–68	0–1	15 – Bunyan	8 – Deden	4 – Dykstra	Worthington Arena (5,017) Bozeman, MT
November 10, 2023* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 62–75	0–2	18 – Limardo	8 – Deden	4 – Dykstra	Desert Financial Arena (1,521) Tempe, AZ
November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		San Jose State	W 62–49	1–2	17 – Limardo	6 – 4 Tied	4 – Limardo	Worthington Arena (1,401) Bozeman, MT
November 19, 2023* 11:00 am, MidcoSN+		at North Dakota	W 60–53	2–2	22 – Deden	12 – Limardo	4 – Dykstra	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,169) Grand Forks, ND
November 23, 2023* 7:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. New Mexico Cancún Challenge Riviera Tournament	W 75–57	3–2	23 – Deden	14 – Deden	7 – Dykstra	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (166) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 7:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. James Madison Cancún Challenge Riviera Tournament	L 62–65	3–3	14 – 2 Tied	8 – Limardo	4 – Picton	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Cancún, Mexico
December 2, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland	L 64–73	3–4	16 – Janssen	10 – Limardo	2 – 6 Tied	Chiles Center (525) Portland, OR
December 5, 2023* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 50–55	3–5	10 – Picton	5 – Bunyan	4 – Dykstra	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,653) Seattle, WA
December 8, 2023* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 53–59	3–6	14 – Bunyan	7 – Janssen	4 – Limardo	University Credit Union Pavilion (271) Moraga, CA
December 17, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+/SWX		Wyoming	W 64–55	4–6	12 – Limardo	7 – Dykstra	3 – Dykstra	Worthington Arena (1,501) Bozeman, MT
December 21, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	W 71–58	5–6	25 – Limardo	6 – Limardo	5 – Picton	Worthington Arena (1,396) Bozeman, MT
December 29, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho State	W 58–56	6–6 (1–0)	17 – Hall	7 – Bunyan	5 – Janssen	Worthington Arena (1,908) Bozeman, MT
December 31, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Weber State	W 57–43	7–6 (2–0)	13 – Hall	10 – Limardo	2 – 2 Tied	Worthington Arena (1,701) Bozeman, MT
January 3, 2024* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		North Dakota State Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	W 65-45	8-6	17 – Hall	6 – Dykstra	4 – Janssen	Worthington Arena (1,532) Bozeman, MT
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, SLN		at South Dakota State Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	L 53-61	8-7	14 – Dykstra	4 – Dykstra	4 – Picton	Frost Arena (1,843) Brookings, SD
January 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Arizona	L 73-88	8-8 (2-1)	14 – Hall	7 – Limardo	5 – Bunyan	Findlay Toyota Court (207) Flagstaff, AZ
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	L 53-58	8-9 (2-2)	18 – Limardo	10 – Limardo	2 – 4 Tied	Bank of Colorado Arena (732) Greeley, CO
January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana	W 64-55	9-9 (3-2)	18 – Hall	10 – Limardo	4 – Hall	Worthington Arena (2,813) Bozeman, MT
January 22, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho State	L 53-62	9-10 (3-3)	12 – 2 Tied	4 – Dykstra	3 – 2 Tied	Reed Gym  Pocatello, ID
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	W 60-54	10-10 (4-3)	12 – Dykstra	14 – Dykstra	3 – Dykstra	Worthington Arena (1,768) Bozeman, MT
January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland State	W 71-50	11-10 (5-3)	17 – Dykstra	8 – Johnson	5 – Dykstra	Worthington Arena (2,361) Bozeman, MT
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington	W 62-61	12-10 (6-3)	21 – Dykstra	7 – Janssen	3 – 2 Tied	Reese Court (539) Cheney, WA
February 3, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho	W 51-46	13-10 (7-3)	15 – Hall	7 – Dykstra	2 – 2 Tied	ICCU Arena (1,168) Moscow, ID
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Colorado	W 61-40	14-10 (8-3)	19 – Hall	7 – Limardo	5 – Picton	Worthington Arena (1,773) Bozeman, MT
February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Arizona	L 58-71	14-11 (8-4)	18 – Dykstra	4 – 2 Tied	2 – 3 Tied	Worthington Arena (2,141) Bozeman, MT
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana	L 50-72	14-12 (8-5)	13 – Dykstra	9 – Dykstra	2 – Picton	Dahlberg Arena (3,955) Missoula, MT
February 22, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland State	L 55-60	14-13 (8-6)	16 – Dykstra	6 – 3 Tied	5 – 2 Tied	Viking Pavilion (338) Portland, OR
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Sacramento State	W 55-51	15-13 (9-6)	13 – Dykstra	7 – Limardo	4 – Janssen	Hornets Nest (455) Sacramento, CA
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho	L 53-58	15-14 (9-7)	16 – Dykstra	9 – Limardo	4 – Limardo	Worthington Arena (1,678) Bozeman, MT
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Washington	L 50-52	15-15 (9-8)	13 – Limardo	8 – Janssen	4 – Janssen	Worthington Arena (2,007) Bozeman, MT
March 4, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Weber State	W 67-65	16-15 (10-8)	20 – Dykstra	7 – Dykstra	4 – 2 Tied	Dee Events Center (370) Ogden, UT
Big Sky tournament
March 11, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	vs. (5) Northern Colorado Quarterfinals	W 47-44 ^OT	17-15	11 – 3 Tied	6 – 2 Tied	2 – 2 Tied	Idaho Central Arena  Boise, ID
March 12, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	vs. (1) Eastern Washington Semifinals	L 39-56	17-16	9 – Limardo	6 – Dykstra	2 – 3 Tied	Idaho Central Arena  Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[3][4]

References

1. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
2. "Cats Fall at Big Sky Tournament". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
3. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
4. "Montana State Bobcats 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 2, 2024.