2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball team

2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball
2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	16–13 (10–8 Horizon)
Head coach	Kari Hoffman (3rd season);
Associate head coach	John Leonzo
Assistant coaches	Megan Leuzinger; Patrick Bain;
Home arena	Nutter Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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 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.

Previous season[edit]

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[edit]

2023–24 Wright State Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Jada Tate	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Tiffin	Pickerington, Ohio
G	1	Rylee Sagester	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Tri-Village High School	West Alexandria, Ohio
F	2	Cara VanKempen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Valparaiso	Coopersville, Michigan
G	3	Makiya Miller	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Reynoldsburg High School	Reynoldsburg, Ohio
G	5	Makira Webster	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Wabash Valley College	Sidney, Ohio
G	10	Alexis Hutchison	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Malone	Centerville, Ohio
F	11	Rachel Loobie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Central Michigan	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	12	Ellie Magestro-Kennedy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Janesville Craig High School	Stoughton, Wisconsin
G	15	Claire Henson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	LIU	Germantown, Ohio
G	20	Layne Ferrell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Akron	Franklin, Ohio
G	21	Lauren Scott	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Worthington Kilbourne High School	Columbus, Ohio
G	23	Macie Taylor	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Troy High School	Troy, Ohio
G	24	Kacee Baumhower	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	St. Bonaventure	Sylvania, Ohio
F	30	Catalina Ion	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	IMG Academy	Bucharest, Romania

Head coach

Kari Hoffman (Cedarville)

Assistant coach(es)

John Leonzo (Cedarville)
Megan Leuzinger (Liberty)
Patrick Bain (Cedarville)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 5, 2024

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 8:00 pm	Tiffin	W 80–43	–	–	–	–	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Southern Indiana	L 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 State	L 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 Nazarene	W 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 State	W 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 Rock	W 82–45	3–2	17 – Baumhower	8 – Taylor	4 – Hutchison	Nutter Center (944) Fairborn, OH
November 27, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Marshall	W 89–78	4–2	17 – Ferrell	7 – 2 Tied	10 – Hutchison	Nutter Center (1,157) Fairborn, OH
November 30, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+	IUPUI	W 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 Wayne	L 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 Illinois	W 81–67	6–3	32 – Hutchison	8 – Loobie	5 – Miller	Nutter Center (1,219) Fairborn, OH
December 12, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+	Bowling Green	L 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 Virginia	L 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 State	W 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 Morris	W 80–77 ^OT	9–6 (3–1)	25 – Ferrell	10 – Hutchison	4 – 2 Tied	UPMC Events Center (189) Moon Township, PA
January 5, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Milwaukee	W 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 Bay	L 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 IUPUI	W 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 State	L 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 Kentucky	W 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 Milwaukee	L 87–93 ^OT	12–9 (6–4)	34 – Hutchison	9 – Loobie	3 – 3 Tied	Klotsche Center (676) Milwaukee, WI
January 28, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Green Bay	L 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+	Oakland	W 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 Mercy	W 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 State	L 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 Wayne	W 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 State	L 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 Kentucky	L 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 Morris	W 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[edit]

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

[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.

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