2023–24 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

2023–24 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record12–20 (3–15 AAC)
Head coach
Associate head coachAlan Frey
Assistant coaches
  • Olivia Grayson
  • Janet Butler
  • Moon Ursin
Home arenaDevlin Fieldhouse
Seasons
2023–24 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Tulsa 13 5   .722 25 10   .714
North Texas 13 5   .722 23 9   .719
Temple 13 5   .722 20 12   .625
UTSA 10 8   .556 18 15   .545
South Florida 10 8   .556 19 14   .576
Charlotte 9 9   .500 16 15   .516
UAB 9 9   .500 18 14   .563
Memphis 9 9   .500 13 17   .433
East Carolina 9 9   .500 19 14   .576
Rice 9 9   .500 19 15   .559
SMU 8 10   .444 14 16   .467
Florida Atlantic 6 12   .333 11 19   .367
Wichita State 5 13   .278 10 22   .313
Tulane 3 15   .167 12 20   .375
2024 AAC tournament winner

The 2023–24 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by 30th-year head coach Lisa Stockton, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Previous season

The Green Wave finished the 2022–23 season 18–14, 7–9 in AAC play, to finish in a tie for sixth place.[1] As the #6 seed in the AAC tournament, they defeated #11 seed Cincinnati in the first round,[2] before falling to #3 seed and eventual tournament champions East Carolina in the quarterfinals.[3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they would lose to Auburn in the first round.[4]

Roster

2023–24 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Kyren Whittington 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Louisiana–Monroe Folsom, LA
G 1 Kaylah Rainey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS Northwestern Belleville, IL
G 2 Kierra Middleton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Midlothian High School Arlington, TX
G 3 Marta Galic 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS San Francisco Zagreb, Croatia
G 5 Jaylee Womack 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Ponchatoula High School Springfield, LA
G 8 Joy Madison-Key 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr South Grand Prairie High School Grand Prairie, TX
F 12 Hannah Pratt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Columbia Boca Raton, FL
F 21 Irina Parau 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Nicolae Bălcescu Cluj-Napoca, Romania
G/F 22 McKenzi Carter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Fort Worth Country Day School Fort Worth, TX
F 23 Amira Mabry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Judson High School Converse, TX
G 24 Chiara Grattini 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr IIS Giordano Bruno Turin, Italy
C 33 Lily Ba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Blue Valley West High School Overland Park, KS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: December 15, 2023

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2023*
6:00 p.m.
Loyola (New Orleans) W 72–38 
 20  Whittington   6  2 tied   5  Grattini  Devlin Fieldhouse (635)
New Orleans, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Stetson W 68–57  1–0
 16  Whittington   8  Pratt   5  2 tied  Devlin Fieldhouse (1,251)
New Orleans, LA
November 8, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Nicholls L 66–69  1–1
 17  Pratt   10  Parau   6  Rainey  Devlin Fieldhouse (594)
New Orleans, LA
November 14, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Prairie View A&M W 71–46  2–1
 20  Whittington   9  Mabry   5  Parau  Devlin Fieldhouse (588)
New Orleans, LA
November 19, 2023*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Mercer W 64–58  3–1
 15  2 tied   8  2 tied   5  Rainey  Hawkins Arena (607)
Macon, GA
November 24, 2023*
10:00 a.m., FloHoops
vs. Virginia
Cayman Islands Classic
L 59–81  3–2
 15  Pratt   9  Mabry   3  Pratt  John Gray Gymnasium 
George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2023*
10:00 a.m., FloHoops
vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech
Cayman Islands Classic
L 70–76  3–3
 26  Whittington   7  Mabry   3  Rainey  John Gray Gymnasium (500)
George Town, Cayman Islands
December 1, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Missouri State L 60–70  3–4
 19  Galic   7  2 tied   5  Rainey  Great Southern Bank Arena (1,922)
Springfield, MO
December 6, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
New Orleans W 90–63  4–4
 22  Whittington   7  Parau   6  Galic  Devlin Fieldhouse (1,026)
New Orleans, LA
December 10, 2023*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Howard W 67–52  5–4
 22  Whittington   8  Whittington   5  Parau  Devlin Fieldhouse (1,243)
New Orleans, LA
December 20, 2023*
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
Little Rock
Tulane Holiday Tournament
W 66–57  6–4
 24  Galic   5  3 tied   6  Rainey  Devlin Fieldhouse (721)
New Orleans, LA
December 21, 2023*
1:30 p.m., ESPN+
Maine
Tulane Holiday Tournament
W 64–61  7–4
 19  Whittington   11  Parau   9  Rainey  Devlin Fieldhouse (782)
New Orleans, LA
AAC regular season
December 30, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Wichita State L 60–63  7–5
(0–1)
 17  Whittington   7  4 tied   4  Whittington  Charles Koch Arena (1,300)
Wichita, KS
January 2, 2024
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Tulsa L 54–72  7–6
(0–2)
 12  Galic   11  Parau   5  Madison-Key  Reynolds Center (1,031)
Tulsa, OK
January 6, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
South Florida L 63–70  7–7
(0–3)
 23  Galic   7  2 tied   6  Parau  Devlin Fieldhouse (817)
New Orleans, LA
January 13, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
East Carolina W 81–55  8–7
(1–3)
 26  Pratt   11  Mabry   7  2 tied  Devlin Fieldhouse (709)
New Orleans, LA
January 17, 2024
5:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Charlotte L 64–66  8–8
(1–4)
 23  Mabry   7  Mabry   8  Grattini  Dale F. Halton Arena (734)
Charlotte, NC
January 20, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Rice L 44–61  8–9
(1–5)
 14  Mabry   7  Mabry   5  2 tied  Devlin Fieldhouse (982)
New Orleans, LA
January 24, 2024
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at North Texas L 70–77 OT 8–10
(1–6)
 21  Galic   7  2 tied   6  Rainey  The Super Pit (1,667)
Denton, TX
January 28, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Temple L 50–68  8–11
(1–7)
 14  Whittington   12  Parau   3  2 tied  Devlin Fieldhouse (861)
New Orleans, LA
January 31, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Charlotte W 70–68  9–11
(2–7)
 21  Mabry   7  Pratt   4  3 tied  Devlin Fieldhouse 
New Orleans, LA
February 4, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UTSA W 75–64  10–11
(3–7)
 15  Mabry   5  Pratt   4  2 tied  Convocation Center (990)
San Antonio, TX
February 7, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
UAB L 77–94  10–12
(3–8)
 14  Pratt   8  Mabry   10  Madison-Key  Devlin Fieldhouse (855)
New Orleans, LA
February 10, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Memphis L 79–80 OT 10–13
(3–9)
 33  Whittington   9  Mabry   5  Whittington  Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,473)
Memphis, TN
February 14, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
SMU L 53–63  10–14
(3–10)
 15  Whittington   7  Parau   5  Rainey  Devlin Fieldhouse (762)
New Orleans, LA
February 19, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Temple L 52–69  10–15
(3–11)
 18  Mabry   13  Mabry   5  Rainey  Liacouras Center (1,033)
Philadelphia, PA
February 24, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Memphis L 44–54  10–16
(3–12)
 14  Mabry   7  Whittington   3  Whittington  Devlin Fieldhouse (1,201)
New Orleans, LA
February 28, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Florida Atlantic L 67–80  10–17
(3–13)
 28  Whittington   8  Mabry   6  Parau  Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (404)
Boca Raton, FL
March 2, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at South Florida L 51–53  10–18
(3–14)
 22  Whittington   7  2 tied   5  Grattini  Yuengling Center (3,923)
Tampa, FL
March 5, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Tulsa L 56–61  10–19
(3–15)
 16  Parau   14  Parau   7  Rainey  Devlin Fieldhouse (1,008)
New Orleans, LA
AAC tournament
March 9, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
(14) vs. (11) SMU
First round
W 68–62  11–19
 28  Whittington   6  2 tied   5  Rainey  Dickies Arena (1,518)
Fort Worth, TX
March 10, 2024
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
(14) vs. (6) Charlotte
Second round
W 65–52  12–19
 20  Mabry   7  2 tied   7  Parau  Dickies Arena (1,483)
Fort Worth, TX
March 11, 2024
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
(14) vs. (3) Temple
Quarterfinals
L 72–76 3OT 12–20
 31  Whittington   12  Mabry   6  Whittington  Dickies Arena (1,602)
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Sources:[5][6]

References

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  2. ^ "Green Wave Rallies Past Cincinnati to Advance to the Quarterfinals". Tulane University Athletics. March 6, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Mason, Patrick (March 7, 2023). "ECU women's basketball: Pirates advance to AAC semifinals with win over Tulane". The Daily Reflector. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Heim, Grace (March 18, 2023). "Tigers advance to second round of WNIT, dominating Tulane at home". The Auburn Plainsman. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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  6. ^ "Tulane Green Wave Schedule 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2023.