2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record30–5 (17–3 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Frozena Jerro
  • Desma Thomas Bateast
  • Bob Dunn
Home arenaWolstein Center
2022–23 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Green Bay182 .900285  .848
Cleveland State173 .850304  .882
IUPUI137 .6501713  .567
Youngstown State137 .6501911  .633
Northern Kentucky1010 .5001714  .548
Purdue Fort Wayne911 .4501419  .424
Oakland812 .4001317  .433
Milwaukee812 .4001119  .367
Wright State614 .300824  .250
Robert Morris515 .2501119  .367
Detroit Mercy317 .150525  .167
2023 Horizon League Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2023

The 2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.[1] The Vikings, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Kielsmeier,[2] played their home games at the Wolstein Center and were members of the Horizon League.[3][4] It was the 50th season of Cleveland State women's basketball.

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2021–22 season 23–9, 14–6 in Horizon League play to finish in a tied for 4th. As a 4th seed in the Horizon League tournament they defeated IUPUI in the quarterfinals and Oakland in the semifinals before advancing to the championship where they lost to IUPUI. They were invited to the WBI where they defeated Northeastern in the first round and Nevada in the semifinals before losing to Saint Mary's in the championship game.[5]

Roster

2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Deja Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrLong Beach Poly
Cal State Northridge
Long Beach, CA
G 2 Destiny Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrNorth Willowick, OH
G 4 Julia Hintz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrNew Berlin Eisenhower New Berlin, WI
F 10 Jordana Reisma 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrBrown Deer Brown Deer, WI
C 11 Aminata Ly 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS JrGreen Forest Christian Academy (GA) Dakar, Portugal
G 12 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrSouth Florida Seixal, Portugal
G 13 Barbara Zieniewska 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS  Sokołów Podlaski, Poland
F 15 Brittni Moore 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrWhite Station
UT Martin
Memphis, TN
G 20 Shadiya Thomas 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrCypress Ranch
Tyler JC
Cypress, TX
F 22 Faith Burch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS FrHarding Warren, OH
G 33 Carmen Villalobos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrSegle XXI
Hartford
Cádiz, Spain
G 34 Gabriella Smith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBolingbrook
Iowa Western
Bolingbrook, IL
F 35 Amele Ngwafang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrPaint Branch
Radford
Silver Spring, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Source[6]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2022*
2:00 p.m.
Ursuline College W 76–43 
Wolstein Center 
Cleveland, OH
Regular season
November 7, 2022*
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at No. 8 Iowa State L 54–87  0–1
Hilton Coliseum (9,556)
Ames, IA
November 12, 2022*
12:30 p.m., ESPN+
Hofstra W 62–46  1–1
Wolstein Center (189)
Cleveland, OH
November 15, 2022*
8:00 p.m., FloSports
at DePaul W 90–83 OT 2–1
Wintrust Arena (1,109)
Chicago, IL
November 19, 2022*
2:00 p.m.
at Niagara Postponed Gallagher Center 
Lewiston, NY
November 23, 2022*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Georgia State
Viking Invitational
W 57–53  3–1
Wolstein Center (164)
Cleveland, OH
November 25, 2022*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
Bellarmine
Viking Invitational
W 76–59  4–1
Wolstein Center (222)
Cleveland, OH
November 26, 2022*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
St. Bonaventure
Viking Invitational
W 64–40  5–1
Wolstein Center (163)
Cleveland, OH
December 2, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Oakland W 77–54  6–1
(1–0)
Wolstein Center (374)
Cleveland, OH
December 4, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Detroit Mercy W 86–30  7–1
(2–0)
Wolstein Center (173)
Cleveland, OH
December 8, 2022*
11:00 a.m.
at Central Michigan W 86–55  8–1
McGuirk Arena (3,826)
Mount Pleasant, MI
December 11, 2022*
5:00 p.m.
at Akron W 76–58  9–1
James A. Rhodes Arena (468)
Akron, OH
December 19, 2022*
6:30 p.m., BallerTV
vs. Lindenwood
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic
W 72–45  10–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 20, 2022*
6:30 p.m., BallerTV
vs. Campbell
Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic
W 59–47  11–1
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
December 29, 2022
5:15 p.m., ESPN+
at Youngstown State W 77–68  12–1
(3–0)
Beeghly Center (2,786)
Youngstown, OH
December 31, 2022
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Robert Morris W 70–52  13–1
(4–0)
UPMC Events Center (267)
Moon Township, PA
January 6, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Purdue Fort Wayne W 74–56  14–1
(5–0)
Wolstein Center (241)
Cleveland, OH
January 8, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
IUPUI W 92–58  15–1
(6–0)
Wolstein Center (209)
Cleveland, OH
January 12, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Milwaukee W 81–50  16–1
(7–0)
Wolstein Center (448)
Cleveland, OH
January 14, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Green Bay L 65–82  16–2
(7–1)
Wolstein Center (393)
Cleveland, OH
January 20, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Wright State W 103–72  17–2
(8–1)
Nutter Center (1,029)
Dayton, OH
January 22, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Northern Kentucky L 69–73  17–3
(8–2)
Truist Arena (1,010)
Highland Heights, KY
January 26, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Detroit Mercy W 107–65  18–3
(9–2)
Calihan Hall (189)
Detroit, MI
January 28, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Oakland W 72–51  19–3
(10–2)
Athletics Center O'rena (400)
Rochester, MI
February 2, 2023
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
Robert Morris W 61–43  20–3
(11–2)
Wolstein Center (2,637)
Cleveland, OH
February 4, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Youngstown State W 81–48  21–3
(12–2)
Wolstein Center (575)
Cleveland, OH
February 7, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Chicago State W 88–49  22–3
Wolstein Center (221)
Cleveland, OH
February 11, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at IUPUI W 83–59  23–3
(13–2)
The Jungle (425)
Indianapolis, IN
February 13, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Purdue Fort Wayne W 73–63  24–3
(14–2)
Hilliard Gates Sports Center (470)
Fort Wayne, IN
February 18, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN3
Wright State W 87–49  26–3
(16–2)
Wolstein Center (382)
Cleveland, OH
February 23, 2023
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Green Bay L 49–64  26–4
(16–3)
Kress Events Center (1,964)
Green Bay, WI
February 25, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN3
at Milwaukee W 63–56  27–4
(17–3)
Klotsche Center (609)
Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League Women's Tournament
March 2, 2023
5:30 p.m., ESPN+
(2) (7) Milwaukee
Quarterfinals
W 65–52  28–4
Wolstein Center (1,276)
Cleveland, OH
March 6, 2023
2:30 p.m., ESPN+
(2) vs. (5) Northern Kentucky
Semifinals
W 63–60 OT 29–4
Indiana Farmers Coliseum 
Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2023
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
(2) vs. (1) Green Bay
Championship
W 73–61  30–4
Indiana Farmers Coliseum 
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPNU
(13 G2) at (4 G2) No. 10 Villanova
First Round
L 59–76  30–5
Finneran Pavilion (6,871)
Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G2=Greenville 2.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP—*RVRVRVNot released
Coaches—*—^RVRVRVRV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

See also

References

  1. "Cleveland State women's basketball seeded No. 13 in NCAA March Madness Tournament, set to play No. 4 Villanova". News 5 Cleveland WEWS. March 13, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  2. News-Herald, David S. Glasier | | For The (March 3, 2023). "Cleveland State women advance to Horizon League semifinals". News-Herald. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  3. "Cleveland State Vikings 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  4. Skrive, Data (November 16, 2023). "Cleveland State vs. Central Michigan Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - November 18". www.cleveland19.com. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  5. "Cleveland State Women's Basketball Falls To Saint Mary's In WBI Championship Game". Cleveland State University. March 20, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  6. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
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