2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
Horizon League regular season champions
WBIT, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	29–6 (18–2 Horizon)
Head coach	Chris Kielsmeier (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Melissa Jackson Frozena Jerro Shelby Zoeckler
Home arena	Wolstein Center

2023–24 Horizon League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cleveland State	18	–	2		.900			29	–	6		.829
Green Bay †	17	–	3		.850			27	–	7		.794
Purdue Fort Wayne	13	–	7		.650			23	–	13		.639
Wright State	11	–	9		.550			18	–	15		.545
Milwaukee	10	–	10		.500			16	–	16		.500
Detroit Mercy	9	–	11		.450			17	–	16		.515
Youngstown State	9	–	11		.450			14	–	18		.438
Oakland	8	–	12		.400			12	–	17		.414
Northern Kentucky	8	–	12		.400			11	–	20		.355
IUPUI	5	–	15		.250			7	–	23		.233
Robert Morris	2	–	18		.100			6	–	24		.200
† 2024 Horizon League tournament winner

The 2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Cleveland State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by sixth-year head coach Chris Kielsmeier, played their home games at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio as members of the Horizon League.

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2022–23 season 30–5, 17–3 in Horizon League play to finish in second place.[1] In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Milwaukee in the quarterfinals,[2] Northern Kentucky in the semifinals,[3] and top-seeded Green Bay to win the Horizon League championship and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, clinching their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2010.[4] They received the #13 seed in the Greenville Regional 2,[5] where they would lose to #4 region seed Villanova in the first round.[6]

Roster

2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Mickayla Perdue 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Glenville State Springfield, Ohio F 1 Brooklynn Fort-Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Howard Chicago, Illinois G 2 Destiny Leo  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr North High School Willowick, Ohio G 3 Shadiya Thomas 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Tyler Junior College Cypress, Texas F 4 Grace Ellis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Wyoming Brisbane, Australia F 5 Kali Howard 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Hutchinson Community College Zachary, Louisiana F 10 Jordana Reisma 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Brown Deer High School Brown Deer, Wisconsin G 11 Colbi Maples 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Grambling State Earle, Arkansas G 12 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr South Florida Seixal, Portugal G 13 Carmen Villalobos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Hartford Cádiz, Spain G 14 Filippa Goula 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Saint Francis (PA) Ano Liosia, Greece F 22 Faith Burch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Harding High School Warren, Ohio F 24 Paulina Hernandez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Oak Creek High School Oak Creek, Wisconsin	Head coach Chris Kielsmeier (Iowa State) Assistant coach(es) Melissa Jackson (Richmond) Frozena Jerro (Arizona State) Shelby Zoeckler (Cleveland State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 pm		Malone	W 101–60	–	–	–	–	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, OH
Regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 86–89	0–1	33 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	3 – Maples	Stroh Center (1,813) Bowling Green, OH
November 12, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola Chicago	W 74–66	1–1	33 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	2 – 3 Tied	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (406) Chicago, IL
November 18, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 96–57	2–1	17 – Leo	12 – Guerreiro	3 – 3 Tied	Wolstein Center (319) Cleveland, OH
November 21, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Austin Peay Viking Invitational	W 62–57	3–1	22 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	1 – 6 Tied	Woodling Gym (418) Cleveland, OH
November 24, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Chicago State Viking Invitational	W 95–41	4–1	17 – Leo	12 – Howard	3 – 2 Tied	Woodling Gym (380) Cleveland, OH
November 25, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Kansas City Viking Invitational	W 82–55	5–1	17 – Maples	10 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Woodling Gym (374) Cleveland, OH
November 29, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Robert Morris	W 72–59	6–1 (1–0)	25 – Maples	10 – Villalobos	3 – Thomas	Wolstein Center (247) Cleveland, OH
December 2, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	W 72–60	7–1 (2–0)	23 – Maples	8 – Villalobos	4 – Perdue	Truist Arena (985) Highland Heights, KY
December 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Niagara	W 87–56	8–1	22 – Guerreiro	8 – 2 Tied	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (303) Cleveland, OH
December 10, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Akron	W 71–62	9–1	25 – Perdue	9 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Wolstein Center (262) Cleveland, OH
December 16, 2023* 7:00 pm, B1G		vs. No. 4 Iowa Hy-Vee Hawkeye Showcase	L 75–104	9–2	24 – Perdue	5 – Villalobos	6 – Maples	Wells Fargo Arena (14,786) Des Moines, IA
December 20, 2023* 4:30 pm		vs. Southern Miss Homewood Suites Classic	W 70–63	10–2	24 – Perdue	13 – Burch	7 – Maples	Alico Arena (108) Fort Myers, FL
December 21, 2023* 3:00 pm		vs. Drexel Homewood Suites Classic	W 69–59	11–2	20 – Maples	9 – Reisma	4 – Maples	Alico Arena (108) Fort Myers, FL
December 30, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Green Bay	L 72–85	11–3 (2–1)	23 – Perdue	6 – Villalobos	7 – Maples	Kress Events Center (2,421) Green Bay, WI
January 1, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Milwaukee	W 64–59	12–3 (3–1)	24 – Perdue	7 – Villalobos	6 – Maples	Klotsche Center (524) Milwaukee, WI
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 79–37	13–3 (4–1)	17 – 2 Tied	11 – Guerreiro	4 – 2 Tied	Wolstein Center (368) Cleveland, OH
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 74–53	14–3 (5–1)	25 – Perdue	9 – Villalobos	4 – Perdue	Wolstein Center (313) Cleveland, OH
January 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 68–56	15–3 (6–1)	29 – Maples	10 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Wolstein Center (260) Cleveland, OH
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wright State	W 72–61	16–3 (7–1)	17 – Maples	6 – 2 Tied	4 – Maples	Nutter Center (1,149) Fairborn, OH
January 20, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+		IUPUI	W 90–58	17–3 (8–1)	22 – Perdue	7 – Guerreiro	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (379) Cleveland, OH
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oakland	W 77–65	18–3 (9–1)	24 – Perdue	10 – Villalobos	8 – Villalobos	OU Credit Union O'rena (517) Rochester, MI
January 27, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	L 56–69	18–4 (9–2)	24 – Perdue	6 – Reisma	6 – Maples	Calihan Hall (251) Detroit, MI
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 70–60	19–4 (10–2)	20 – Perdue	8 – Villalobos	5 – Maples	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (534) Fort Wayne, IN
February 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Green Bay	W 86–63	20–4 (11–2)	30 – Perdue	8 – 2 Tied	8 – Maples	Wolstein Center (848) Cleveland, OH
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	W 71–59	21–4 (12–2)	16 – Maples	8 – Guerreiro	6 – Villalobos	Wolstein Center (330) Cleveland, OH
February 15, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	W 78–63	22–4 (13–2)	27 – Perdue	10 – Reisma	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (3,347) Cleveland, OH
February 17, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Milwaukee	W 64–51	23–4 (14–2)	15 – Maples	12 – Guerreiro	6 – Maples	Wolstein Center (621) Cleveland, OH
February 21, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at IUPUI	W 75–52	24–4 (15–2)	18 – Reisma	12 – Reisma	6 – Maples	IUPUI Gymnasium (493) Indianapolis, IN
February 24, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Robert Morris	W 79–40	25–4 (16–2)	22 – Maples	7 – 3 Tied	4 – Perdue	UPMC Events Center (357) Moon Township, PA
February 27, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Youngstown State						Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Kentucky						Wolstein Center  Cleveland, OH
Horizon League tournament
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Quarterfinals						Wolstein Center  Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[7][8]

References

1. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
2. "Cleveland State Women's Basketball Advances To #HLWBB Semifinals With 65-52 Victory Over Milwaukee". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
3. "Cleveland State women's basketball beats Northern Kentucky in OT, 63-60, for trip to Horizon League title game". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
4. "Cleveland State women's basketball headed to NCAA Tournament following 73-61 win over Green Bay in Horizon League finals". WKYC. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
5. "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
6. "Siegrist Scores 35 To Lead Villanova Into Second Round". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
7. "2023-24 Cleveland State Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
8. "Cleveland State Vikings 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2024.