2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball team represents Wright State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Raiders, led by third-year head coach Kari Hoffman, play their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio as members of the Horizon League.

2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball
ConferenceHorizon League
Record16–13 (10–8 Horizon)
Head coach
  • Kari Hoffman (3rd season)
Associate head coachJohn Leonzo
Assistant coaches
  • Megan Leuzinger
  • Patrick Bain
Home arenaNutter Center
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cleveland State182 .900296 .829
Green Bay173 .850277 .794
Purdue Fort Wayne137 .6502313 .639
Wright State119 .5501815 .545
Milwaukee1010 .5001616 .500
Detroit Mercy911 .4501716 .515
Youngstown State911 .4501418 .438
Oakland812 .4001217 .414
Northern Kentucky812 .4001120 .355
IUPUI515 .250723 .233
Robert Morris218 .100624 .200
2024 Horizon League tournament winner

Previous season

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The Raiders finished the 2022–23 season 8–24, 6–14 in Horizon League play to finish in ninth place.[1] In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Oakland in the first round,[2] before falling to top-seeded Green Bay in the quarterfinals.[3]

Roster

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2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F0Jada Tate5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)GSTiffinPickerington, Ohio
G1Rylee Sagester5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)FrTri-Village High SchoolWest Alexandria, Ohio
F2Cara VanKempen6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)GSValparaisoCoopersville, Michigan
G3Makiya Miller5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SoReynoldsburg High SchoolReynoldsburg, Ohio
G5Makira Webster5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)RS JrWabash Valley CollegeSidney, Ohio
G10Alexis Hutchison5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)GSMaloneCenterville, Ohio
F11Rachel Loobie6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)SrCentral MichiganIndianapolis, Indiana
G12Ellie Magestro-Kennedy5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)FrJanesville Craig High SchoolStoughton, Wisconsin
G15Claire Henson5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)SoLIUGermantown, Ohio
G20Layne Ferrell6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)RS SrAkronFranklin, Ohio
G21Lauren Scott5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)SoWorthington Kilbourne High SchoolColumbus, Ohio
G23Macie Taylor5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)RS FrTroy High SchoolTroy, Ohio
G24Kacee Baumhower5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)JrSt. BonaventureSylvania, Ohio
F30Catalina Ion6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)SoIMG AcademyBucharest, Romania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 5, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023*
8:00 pm
TiffinW 80–43 
               Nutter Center 
Fairborn, OH
Regular season
November 6, 2023*
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at Southern IndianaL 63–67 0–1
 19  Hutchison  6  3 Tied  5  Baumhower Screaming Eagles Arena (653)
Evansville, IN
November 12, 2023*
2:00 pm, B1G+
at Michigan StateL 55–99 0–2
 16  VanKempen  8  Loobie  6  Miller Breslin Center (3,137)
East Lansing, MI
November 14, 2023*
4:00 pm, ESPN+
Mount Vernon NazareneW 88–64 1–2
 19  Baumhower  5  2 Tied  4  2 Tied Nutter Center (1,026)
Fairborn, OH
November 18, 2023*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Indiana StateW 72–63 2–2
 26  Hutchison  14  Ferrell  3  Hutchison Hulman Center (1,142)
Terre Haute, IN
November 20, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Slippery RockW 82–45 3–2
 17  Baumhower  8  Taylor  4  Hutchison Nutter Center (944)
Fairborn, OH
November 27, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
MarshallW 89–78 4–2
 17  Ferrell  7  2 Tied  10  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,157)
Fairborn, OH
November 30, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
IUPUIW 79–67 5–2
(1–0)
 22  Hutchison  9  Loobie  5  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,015)
Fairborn, OH
December 3, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Purdue Fort WayneL 60–71 5–3
(1–1)
 18  Hutchison  9  Hutchison  3  Baumhower Hilliard Gates Sports Center (543)
Fort Wayne, IN
December 9, 2023*
4:00 pm, ESPN+
Eastern IllinoisW 81–67 6–3
 32  Hutchison  8  Loobie  5  Miller Nutter Center (1,219)
Fairborn, OH
December 12, 2023*
11:00 am, ESPN+
Bowling GreenL 48–69 6–4
 16  Ferrell  6  2 Tied  4  Miller Nutter Center (7,574)
Fairborn, OH
December 18, 2023*
10:00 am, ESPN+
at West VirginiaL 72–77 6–5
 37  Hutchison  6  Loobie  4  2 Tied WVU Coliseum (7,535)
Morgantown, WV
December 21, 2023*
5:30 pm, FloHoops
vs. Wyoming
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament
L 61–71 6–6
 28  Hutchison  7  Hutchison  3  Hutchison South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 22, 2023*
5:30 pm, FloHoops
vs. Presbyterian
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Tournament
W 66–61 7–6
 14  2 Tied  8  Hutchison  3  Baumhower South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 29, 2023
6:30 pm, ESPN+
at Youngstown StateW 82–68 8–6
(2–1)
 26  Hutchison  6  2 Tied  2  4 Tied Beeghly Center (1,285)
Youngstown, OH
December 31, 2023
12:00 pm, ESPN+
at Robert MorrisW 80–77 OT9–6
(3–1)
 25  Ferrell  10  Hutchison  4  2 Tied UPMC Events Center (189)
Moon Township, PA
January 5, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
MilwaukeeW 77–70 10–6
(4–1)
 24  Hutchison  7  Loobie  5  Loobie Nutter Center (1,185)
Fairborn, OH
January 7, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Green BayL 63–75 10–7
(4–2)
 19  Baumhower  8  Ferrell  5  Ferrell Nutter Center (1,098)
Fairborn, OH
January 11, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at IUPUIW 74–64 11–7
(5–2)
 16  Hutchison  12  Loobie  5  Hutchison IUPUI Gymnasium (456)
Indianapolis, IN
January 17, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Cleveland StateL 61–72 11–8
(5–3)
 15  Ferrell  9  Tate  3  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,149)
Fairborn, OH
January 20, 2024
4:00 pm, ESPN+
at Northern KentuckyW 90–83 12–8
(6–3)
 24  2 Tied  8  Loobie  3  3 Tied Truist Arena (1,342)
Highland Heights, KY
January 26, 2024
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at MilwaukeeL 87–93 OT12–9
(6–4)
 34  Hutchison  9  Loobie  3  3 Tied Klotsche Center (676)
Milwaukee, WI
January 28, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Green BayL 59–77 12–10
(6–5)
 17  Hutchison  7  Loobie  5  Hutchison Kress Events Center (2,365)
Green Bay, WI
January 31, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
OaklandW 80–68 13–10
(7–5)
 21  Hutchison  10  Hutchison  6  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,103)
Fairborn, OH
February 2, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Detroit MercyW 59–53 14–10
(8–5)
 23  Hutchison  6  3 Tied  3  Baumhower Nutter Center (1,108)
Fairborn, OH
February 7, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Cleveland StateL 59–71 14–11
(8–6)
 17  Ferrell  7  Tate  7  Hutchison Wolstein Center (330)
Cleveland, OH
February 10, 2024
4:00 pm, ESPN+
Purdue Fort WayneW 70–66 15–11
(9–6)
 22  Hutchison  12  Loobie  3  Ferrell Nutter Center (1,273)
Fairborn, OH
February 14, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Youngstown StateL 52–72 15–12
(9–7)
 15  Baumhower  8  Hutchison  4  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,167)
Fairborn, OH
February 17, 2024
4:00 pm, ESPN+
Northern KentuckyL 63–77 15–13
(9–8)
 13  2 Tied  15  Loobie  5  Hutchison Nutter Center (1,230)
Fairborn, OH
February 21, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Robert MorrisW 76–68 16–13
(10–8)
 26  Hutchison  16  Hutchison  4  Baumhower Nutter Center (1,144)
Fairborn, OH
February 29, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Oakland   OU Credit Union O'rena 
Rochester, MI
March 2, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Detroit Mercy   Calihan Hall 
Detroit, MI
Horizon League tournament
March 5, 2024
    
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "VanKempen's career night leads Wright State to tournament victory over Oakland". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Indy Bound! Green Bay Rolls Over Wright State in #HLWBB Quarterfinal". University of Wisconsin Green Bay Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "Wright State Raiders 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 5, 2024.