2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
WBIT, Semifinals
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	21–15 (7–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Laurie Koehn Camille Williams Matt Smith
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			30	–	6		.833
No. 5 USC †	13	–	5		.722			29	–	6		.829
No. 10 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			27	–	7		.794
No. 8 Oregon State	12	–	6		.667			27	–	8		.771
No. 15 Colorado	11	–	7		.611			24	–	10		.706
No. 22 Utah	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Arizona	8	–	10		.444			18	–	16		.529
California	7	–	11		.389			19	–	15		.559
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			21	–	15		.583
Washington	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
Arizona State	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
Oregon	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars were led by sixth-year head coach Kamie Ethridge and they played their home games at Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They were invited to compete in the inaugural 2024 WBIT as a number one seeded team.[1] This would be final season as Pac-12 member as they will join West Coast Conference as affiliate member for the next two years.

Previous season

The Cougars 23–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a seventh place. They defeated California, Utah, Colorado and UCLA to win their first ever Pac-12 women's tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. They received the number 5 seed in the Greenville Regional 2. They were upset in the first round by number 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast.

Offseason

Departures

Washington State Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Kaia Woods	0	G	5'3"	Sophomore	Tiffin, OH	Transferred to Akron
Emma Nankervis	3	G	6'3"	Senior	Mount Eliza, Australia	Graduated
Ula Motuga	15	F	6'0"	GS Senior	Logan, Australia	Graduated
Grace Sarver	20	G	5'8"	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduated
Lauren Glazier	25	F/C	6'4"	Freshman	North Bend, WA	Transferred to Pacific

Incoming

Washington State Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Beyonce Bea	25	G/F	6'1"	GS Senior	Washougal, WA	Idaho

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jenna Villa G	Arlington, WA	Arlington High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Tara Wallack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Semiahmoo Secondary South Surrey, BC C 3 Candace Kpetikou 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Saint Joseph HS Niamey, Niger G 5 Charlisse Leger-Walker  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr St. Peter's School Waikato, New Zealand G 10 Eleonora Villa 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Costa Masnaga Lissone, Italy G 11 Astera Tuhina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Deportivo Promete Pristina, Kosovo G 12 Kyra Gardner 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Raymond HS Raymond, WA C 14 Jessica Clarke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr St. Thomas Aquinas North Vancouver, BC G 21 Johanna Teder  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Audentese spordigümnaasium South Plains College Tartu, Estonia G/F 25 Beyonce Bea 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Washougal HS Idaho Washougal, WA C 33 Alex Covill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Fr Hellgate HS Missoula, MT G 34 Jenna Villa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Arlington HS Arlington, WA G 45 Cia Eklöf 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Mäkelänrinteen Lukio Helsinki, Finland C 55 Bella Murekatete 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Genesis Prep Academy Ngoma Huye, Nigeria	Head coach Kamie Ethridge (Texas) Assistant coach(es) Laurie Koehn (Kansas State) Camille Williams (Wisconsin) Matt Smith Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2023* 12:00 p.m.	No. 24	Montana Western	W 92–51		17 – Leger-Walker	11 – Murekatete	7 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Regular Season
November 7, 2023* 4:00 p.m.	No. 24	Cal Poly	W 78–61	1–0	18 – Murekatete	9 – Bea	9 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (468) Pullman, WA
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	Gonzaga	W 77–72 ^OT	2–0	26 – Leger-Walker	11 – Bea	4 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (1,587) Pullman, WA
November 12, 2023* 2:30 p.m.	No. 24	Idaho State	W 64–47	3–0	16 – Murekatete	8 – Covill	5 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (924) Pullman, WA
November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at Montana	W 61–49	4–0	22 – Murekatete	11 – Murekatete	3 – Tied	Dahlberg Arena (2,359) Missoula, MT
November 19, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at Prairie View A&M	W 81–43	5–0	17 – Leger-Walker	9 – Murekatete	4 – Tuhina	William J. Nicks Building (426) Prairie View, TX
November 23, 2023* 8:00 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. Maryland Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 87–67	6–0	17 – Murekatete	15 – Leger-Walker	13 – Leger-Walker	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (150) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 8:00 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. UMass Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 90–48	7–0	15 – E. Villa	9 – Leger-Walker	10 – Tuhina	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (71) Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2023* 10:30 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. Green Bay Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 48–59	7–1	17 – Leger-Walker	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (136) Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Commerce	W 111–50	8–1	22 – Murekatete	18 – Murekatete	13 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (805) Pullman, WA
December 1, 2023* 4:00 p.m.		UC Davis	W 77–52	9–1	19 – Tuhina	10 – Leger-Walker	4 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (840) Pullman, WA
December 5, 2023* 4:00 p.m., Midco	No. 21	at South Dakota State	W 69–64	10–1	18 – Tuhina	7 – Murekatete	4 – Leger-Walker	Frost Arena (1,827) Brookings, SD
December 10, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 21	Washington	L 55–60	10–2 (0–1)	19 – Murekatete	6 – Murekatete	5 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,455) Pullman, WA
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., P12N		Houston	W 95–48	11–2	21 – Wallack	14 – Murekatete	11 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (956) Pullman, WA
December 20, 2023* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Auburn	L 62–69	11–3	15 – Tuhina	9 – Leger-Walker	10 – Leger-Walker	Neville Arena (2,341) Auburn, AL
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 8 Stanford	L 65–74	11–4 (0–2)	22 – Leger-Walker	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,084) Stanford, CA
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at California	L 72–73 ^OT	11–5 (0–3)	20 – Leger-Walker	8 – Murekatete	5 – Wallack	Haas Pavilion (1,249) Berkeley, CA
January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	W 72–59	12–5 (1–3)	16 – E. Villa	10 – Bea	5 – Leger-Walker	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,104) Seattle, WA
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona State	W 79–64	13–5 (2–3)	16 – Tied	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (1,042) Pullman, WA
January 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona	W 78–57	14–5 (3–3)	20 – Wallack	11 – Murekatete	11 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (1,232) Pullman, WA
January 26, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 11 USC	L 62–70	14–6 (3–4)	21 – Wallack	7 – Murekatete	7 – Leger-Walker	Galen Center (2,671) Los Angeles, CA
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 2 UCLA	W 85–82	15–6 (4–4)	20 – Murekatete	7 – Murekatete	4 – Murekatete	Pauley Pavilion (7,241) Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 6 Colorado	L 57–63	15–7 (4–5)	19 – Wallack	10 – Murekatete	3 – Murekatete	Beasley Coliseum (1,154) Pullman, WA
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		No. 20 Utah	L 61–73	15–8 (4–6)	15 – Tied	10 – Wallack	3 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (1,700) Pullman, WA
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		California	L 59–66	15–9 (4–7)	17 – E. Villa	6 – Bea	4 – Bea	Beasley Coliseum (1,023) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N		No. 6 Stanford	L 58–73	15–10 (4–8)	16 – E. Villa	7 – Bea	3 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (1,304) Pullman, WA
February 16, 2024 5:00 p.m., P12N		at Arizona	L 45–64	15–11 (4–9)	16 – E. Villa	9 – Bea	3 – Wallack	McKale Center (7,383) Tucson, AZ
February 18, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at Arizona State	W 73–46	16–11 (5–9)	23 – Wallack	13 – Bea	5 – Tuhina	Desert Financial Arena (2,021) Tempe, AZ
February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 9 Oregon State	L 52–65	16–12 (5–10)	14 – Murekatete	8 – Murekatete	5 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,853) Pullman, WA
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon	W 71–61	17–12 (6–10)	24 – Tuhina	9 – Murekatete	5 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,331) Pullman, WA
February 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 18 Utah	L 67–82	17–13 (6–11)	14 – Murekatete	4 – Tied	4 – E. Villa	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,691) Salt Lake City, UT
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 13 Colorado	W 72–63	18–13 (7–11)	20 – E. Villa	7 – Bea	5 – Wallack	CU Events Center (7,491) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 6, 2024 2:30 p.m., P12N	(9)	vs. (8) California First Round	L 44–65	18–14	17 – Villa	9 – Bea	3 – Tuhina	MGM Grand Garden Arena  Paradise, NV
WBIT
March 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	Lamar First round	W 66–46	19–14	15 – Wallack	10 – Bea	6 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (490) Pullman, WA
March 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(4) Santa Clara Second round	W 73–47	20–14	14 – Tuhina	11 – Bea	4 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (674) Pullman, WA
March 28, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(2) Toledo Quarterfinals	W 63–61	21–14	15 – Villa	12 – Bea	4 – Villa	Beasley Coliseum (901) Pullman, WA
April 1, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	(1)	vs. (4) Illinois Semifinals	L 58–81	21–15	20 – Tuhina	9 – Murekatete	3 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,748) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:[2]

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	24	24	23	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	25	RV	22	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

See also

• 2023–24 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

References

1. Matt Newton (March 17, 2024). "Complete 2024 WBIT Bracket - Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament". Fan Nation - Part of the Sports Illustrated Media Group. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
2. "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.