2023–24 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team

2023–24 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball
Horizon League tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	27–7 (17–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Kevin Borseth (12th, 21st overall season)
Associate head coach	Megan Vogel
Assistant coaches	Sarah Bronk Patrick Bowlin Meghan Pingel
Home arena	Kress Events 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 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by Kevin Borseth in his 12th season in his second stint as head coach, and 20th overall, played their home games at the Kress Events Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin as members of the Horizon League. The leading scorer and the tournament MVP for the 2023-24 season was Natalie McNeal, with Jasmine Kondrakiewicz leading the team in blocks, and Maren Westin leading the Phoenix freshmen in all categories.

Previous season

The Phoenix finished the 2022–23 season 28–5, 18–2 in Horizon League play, to finish as Horizon League regular-season champions.[1] As the #1 seed in the Horizon League tournament, they defeated #9 seed Wright State in the quarterfinals,[2] and #6 seed Purdue Fort Wayne in the semifinals,[3] before falling to #2 seed Cleveland State in the championship game.[4] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT,[5] where they would defeat Niagara in the first round,[6] before falling to Bowling Green in the second round.[7]

Roster

2023–24 Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Cassie Schiltz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Luxemburg-Casco High School Luxemburg, WI G 2 Caelan Givens 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Chippewa Falls High School Chippewa Falls, WI G 4 Maren Westin 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Becker High School Becker, MN F 5 Sophie Lahti  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Pine City High School Pine City, MN G 11 Natalie McNeal 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Saint Louis Germantown, WI G 12 Callie Genke 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Freedom High School Wrightstown, WI F 15 Kendall Renard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Green Bay Preble High School Green Bay, WI F 21 Jasmine Kondrakiewicz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Pius XI Catholic High School Milwaukee, WI G 22 Bailey Butler 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Black Hawk High School South Wayne, WI G 24 Natalie Andersen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS IUPUI Mukwonago, WI F/C 30 Jenna Guyer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Centennial High School Circle Pines, MN G/F 34 Maddy Schreiber 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Kimberly High School Appleton, WI F/C 55 Meghan Schultz  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr New Berlin West High School Waukesha, WI	Head coach Kevin Borseth (Lake Superior State) Assistant coach(es) Megan Vogel (South Dakota State) Sarah Bronk (St. Thomas (MN)) Patrick Bowlin (St. John's) Meghan Pingel (Green Bay) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 31, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2023* 7:00 pm		Wisconsin–Stout	W 74–36[8]	–	–	–	–	Kress Events Center  Green Bay, WI
November 1, 2023* 7:00 pm		Northern Michigan	W 63–56[9]	–	–	–	–	Kress Events Center  Green Bay, WI
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 67–78	0–1	14 – McNeal	7 – Andersen	4 – Butler	McLeod Center (3,964) Cedar Falls, IA
November 11, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Illinois State	W 88–62	1–1	26 – Genke	6 – Genke	4 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,863) Green Bay, WI
November 16, 2023* 6:00 pm, FloHoops		at No. 22 Creighton	W 65–53	2–1	14 – Schreiber	5 – 2 tied	4 – 2 tied	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,027) Omaha, NE
November 23, 2023* 12:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. UMass Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 85–52	3–1	16 – Schiltz	7 – 2 tied	3 – Butler	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 12:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. Maryland Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 59–68	3–2	12 – Schreiber	8 – McNeal	8 – Schiltz	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (111) Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2023* 12:30 pm, FloHoops		vs. No. 23 Washington State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 59–48	4–2	12 – Schreiber	6 – McNeal	5 – Butler	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (136) Cancún, Mexico
November 30, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Milwaukee	W 76–53	5–2 (1–0)	23 – Schreiber	8 – McNeal	5 – Butler	Klotsche Center (1,122) Milwaukee, WI
December 5, 2023* 11:00 am, FloHoops		at DePaul	L 64–68	5–3	16 – 2 tied	7 – McNeal	4 – Butler	Wintrust Arena (6,057) Chicago, IL
December 13, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UIC	W 64–56	6–3	19 – McNeal	5 – 3 tied	6 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,738) Green Bay, WI
December 16, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Louis	W 87–54	7–3	19 – Schreiber	6 – 2 tied	7 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,756) Green Bay, WI
December 19, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Parkside	W 94–55	8–3	16 – Schiltz	9 – McNeal	8 – Schiltz	Kress Events Center (1,850) Green Bay, WI
December 30, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cleveland State	W 85–72	9–3 (2–0)	27 – Schiltz	8 – McNeal	8 – Butler	Kress Events Center (2,421) Green Bay, WI
January 1, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 72–46	10–3 (3–0)	19 – Schreiber	6 – Schiltz	9 – Schiltz	Kress Events Center (1,704) Green Bay, WI
January 5, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	W 86–56	11–3 (4–0)	20 – Butler	7 – McNeal	6 – Butler	Truist Arena (1,094) Highland Heights, KY
January 7, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wright State	W 75–63	12–3 (5–0)	20 – Schreiber	11 – Schiltz	5 – Butler	Nutter Center (1,098) Fairborn, OH
January 11, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 85–47	13–3 (6–0)	16 – Kondrakiewicz	9 – McNeal	4 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,531) Green Bay, WI
January 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Robert Morris	W 72–40	14–3 (7–0)	18 – McNeal	10 – Schiltz	7 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,614) Green Bay, WI
January 18, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	W 75–48	15–3 (8–0)	14 – Butler	4 – 3 tied	5 – Butler	Calihan Hall (251) Detroit, MI
January 20, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oakland	L 81–83	15–4 (8–1)	24 – McNeal	4 – Kondrakiewicz	4 – Butler	OU Credit Union O'rena (520) Rochester, MI
January 24, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at IUPUI	W 87–59	16–4 (9–1)	21 – Kondrakiewicz	12 – Kondrakiewicz	6 – Butler	IUPUI Gymnasium (471) Indianapolis, IN
January 28, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	W 77–59	17–4 (10–1)	20 – Kondrakiewicz	7 – Kondrakiewicz	5 – 2 tied	Kress Events Center (2,365) Green Bay, WI
February 3, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 63–86	17–5 (10–2)	30 – McNeal	9 – McNeal	6 – Butler	Wolstein Center (848) Cleveland, OH
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Kentucky	W 67–51	18–5 (11–2)	16 – Schreiber	16 – McNeal	5 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,862) Green Bay, WI
February 10, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		IUPUI	W 71–52	19–5 (12–2)	26 – McNeal	15 – McNeal	4 – Schreiber	Kress Events Center (2,115) Green Bay, WI
February 15, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Robert Morris	W 60–50	20–5 (13–2)	14 – Schiltz	8 – McNeal	3 – Schreiber	UPMC Events Center (354) Moon Township, PA
February 17, 2024 12:30 pm, ESPN+		at Youngstown State	W 71–59	21–5 (14–2)	18 – 2 tied	10 – McNeal	9 – Butler	Beeghly Center (1,884) Youngstown, OH
February 22, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	W 74–45	22–5 (15–2)	15 – Schreiber	10 – 2 tied	10 – Butler	Kress Events Center (1,990) Green Bay, WI
February 24, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 87–44	23–5 (16–2)	18 – Andersen	7 – Andersen	7 – Butler	Kress Events Center (2,272) Green Bay, WI
February 28, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 70–61	24–5 (17–2)	14 – 3 tied	12 – Kondrakiewicz	8 – Butler	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (589) Fort Wayne, IN
March 2, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Milwaukee	L 61–65	24–6 (17–3)	14 – Guyer	9 – McNeal	4 – tied	Kress Events Center (2,371) Green Bay, WI
Horizon League tournament
March 7, 2024 5:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(7) Youngstown State Quarterfinals	W 94–57	25–6	16 – Schiltz	6 – tied	6 – Kondrakiewicz	Kress Events Center (2,019) Green Bay, WI
March 11, 2024 1:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (3) Purdue Fort Wayne Semifinals	W 64–55	26–6	16 – Genke	7 – McNeal	10 – Butler	Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2024 11:00 am, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) Cleveland State Championship	W 64–40	27–6	32 – McNeal	8 – tied	7 – Butler	Indiana Farmers Coliseum  Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 23, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN	(11 P4)	vs. (6 P4) Tennessee First round	L 63–92	27–7	13 – Schreiber	7 – McNeal	4 – Butler	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:[10][11]

References

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