2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season team

2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record14–16 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Ronald Hughey (10th season)
Associate head coachTai Dillard
Vonn Read
Assistant coachChynna Grimes
Home arenaFertitta Center
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma 15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
No. 7 Texas † 14 – 4   .778 33 – 5   .868
No. 19 Kansas State 13 – 5   .722 26 – 8   .765
No. 25 Iowa State 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
No. 13 Baylor 12 – 6   .667 26 – 8   .765
No. 24 West Virginia 12 – 6   .667 25 – 8   .758
Kansas 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Oklahoma State 7 – 11   .389 14 – 16   .467
TCU 6 – 12   .333 21 – 12   .636
BYU 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Cincinnati 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
Texas Tech 5 – 13   .278 17 – 16   .515
Houston 5 – 13   .278 14 – 16   .467
UCF 3 – 15   .167 12 – 17   .414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by tenth-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 15–16, 10–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. As a No. 4 seed in the AAC women's tournament advanced in the quarterfinals they defeated No. 5 seed SMU and No. 8 Wichita State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to No. 3 East Carolina.

Offseason

Departures

Houston Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Tiara Young 2 G 5'9" Senior Shreveport, LA Graduate transferred to SMU
Tae'Lor Purvis 4 G 5'7" Junior Houston, TX Transferred to Xavier
Taryn Johnson 5 G 5'8" Freshman San Diego, CA
De'Myla Brown 15 G 5'7" Senior North Little Rock, AR Graduate transferred to Missouri
Kendall Brown 21 G 5'7" Sophomore DeSoto, TX Transferred to Prairie View A&M
Ca'Leyah Burrell 25 G 5'8" Senior Waco, TX Graduated
Tatyana Hill 30 F 6'2" GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated

Incoming

Houston Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Gigi Cooke 3 G 5'9" Sophomore Clinton, MD Maryland
N'Yah Boyd 5 G 5'6" Senior Mesquite, TX UTEP
Maliyah Johnson 21 F 6'0" Junior Columbus, OH Pittsburgh
Djessira Diawara 30 F 6'3" Senior Bamako, Mali Clarendon College
Shalexxus Aaron 35 G 6'1" Redshirt Senior Apple Valley, CA Oregon State
Peyton McFarland 42 F 6'4" Junior Boise, ID Utah

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Bria Patterson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS DeSoto DeSoto, TX
G 2 Kierra Merchant 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Westfield Spring, TX
G 3 Gia Cooke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bishop McNamara
Maryland 		Clinton, MD
G 5 N'Yah Boyd 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS Horn
UTEP 		Mesquite, TX
G 10 Britney Onyeje 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Pflugerville
UCF 		Pflugerville, TX
G 11 Ash'a Thompson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr DeSoto
Old Dominion 		DeSoto, TX
G 14 Laila Blair 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Waller Houston, TX
F 21 Maliyah Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Africentric Early College
Pittsburgh 		Columbus, OH
F 22 Avalon Miller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Riverton
Gulf Coast State College 		Salt Lake City, UT
F 30 Djessira Diawara 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Massa Makan Diabaté
Clarendon College 		Bamako, Mali
G 32 Amari Conn 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lincoln Prep
Little Rock 		Kansas City, MO
F 33 Logyn McNeil 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Rockwall-Heath
LSU 		Rockwall, TX
F 34 Kamryn Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Magnolia West Magnolia, TX
G 35 Shalexxus Aaron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Martin Luther King
Oregon State 		Apple Valley, CA
F 42 Peyton McFarland 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Boise
Utah 		Boise, ID
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Air Force W 99–61  1–0
 Fertitta Center (935)
Houston, TX
November 14, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Sam Houston W 106–65  2–0
 Fertitta Center (964)
Houston, TX
November 19, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Grambling State W 106–74  3–0
 Fertitta Center (897)
Houston, TX
November 26, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		New Orleans W 81–54  4–0
 Fertitta Center (1,139)
Houston, TX
November 29, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Middle Tennessee L 45–70  4–1
 Fertitta Center (698)
Houston, TX
December 3, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Florida A&M W 79–59  5–1
 Fertitta Center (1,160)
Houston, TX
December 8, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Texas A&M–Commerce W 86–53  6–1
 The Field House (1,189)
Commerce, TX
December 12, 2023*
11:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Texas Southern W 89–42  7–1
 Fertitta Center (3,658)
Houston, TX
December 14, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UTSA W 66–64  8–1
 Convocation Center (869)
San Antonio,TX
December 17, 2023*
4:00 p.m., P12N 		at Washington State L 48–95  8–2
 Beasley Coliseum (956)
Pullman, WA
December 20, 2023*
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Rice
rivalry 		W 71–63 OT 9–2
 Fertitta Center (1,033)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Texas Tech L 71–79  9–3
(0–1) 		Fertitta Center (1,975)
Houston, TX
January 3, 2024
6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at No. 11 Kansas State L 38–72  9–4
(0–2) 		Bramlage Coliseum (3,397)
Manhattan, KS
January 6, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at No. 6 Baylor L 58–87  9–5
(0–3) 		Foster Pavilion (4,530)
Waco, TX
January 10, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		BYU W 79–69  10–5
(1–3) 		Fertitta Center (805)
Houston, TX
January 13, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		TCU W 77–66  11–5
(2–3) 		Fertitta Center (1,635)
Houston, TX
January 17, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at West Virginia L 39–80  11–6
(2–4) 		WVU Coliseum (2,251)
Morgantown, WV
January 20, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Oklahoma L 65–71  11–7
(2–5) 		Fertitta Center (1,780)
Houston, TX
January 24, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at Texas Tech L 48–66  11–8
(2–6) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,775)
Lubbock, TX
January 27, 2024
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at UCF L 87–92 OT 11–9
(2–7) 		Addition Financial Arena (1,092)
Orlando, FL
January 30, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Cincinnati W 54–46  12–9
(3–7) 		Fertitta Center (974)
Houston, TX
February 4, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		No. 13 Baylor L 60–83  12–10
(3–8) 		Fertitta Center (2,069)
Houston, TX
February 8, 2024
6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at Kansas L 52–69  12–11
(3–9) 		Allen Fieldhouse (3,090)
Lawrence, KS
February 14, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		No. 5 Texas L 66–82  12–12
(3–10) 		Fertitta Center (1,610)
Houston, TX
February 17, 2024
4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at Oklahoma State W 65–57  13–12
(4–10) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,112)
Stillwater, OK
February 21, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		Iowa State L 64–76  13–13
(4–11) 		Fertitta Center (995)
Houston, TX
February 24, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at TCU L 49–59  13–14
(4–12) 		Schollmaier Arena (2,133)
Fort Worth, TX
February 28, 2024
8:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		at BYU L 54–64  13–15
(4–13) 		Marriott Center (1,760)
Provo, UT
March 2, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+ 		UCF W 68–67  14–15
(5–13) 		Fertitta Center (1,141)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2024
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(13) vs. (12) Texas Tech
First Round 		L 60–74  14–16
 T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's college basketball preview: A look at UH, Texas, A&M, Rice, HCU, TSU and Prairie View". Houston Chronicle. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.
  3. ^ "Cougars Announce 11 Game Non-Con Schedule". uhcougars.com. September 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Inaugural Big 12 Women's Basketball Schedule Released". uhcougars.com. September 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
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