2023–24 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

2023–24 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
2023–24 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–5 (1–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Terri Williams; Sharnee Zoll-Norman; Tiffany Swoffard; Pam Brown; Natisha Hiedeman;
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center

2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Iowa	5	–	0	1.000	16	–	1	.941
No. 14 Indiana	5	–	0	1.000	14	–	1	.933
Nebraska	3	–	1	.750	11	–	4	.733
No. 17 Ohio State	2	–	1	.667	11	–	3	.786
Michigan State	2	–	2	.500	12	–	3	.800
Minnesota	2	–	2	.500	12	–	3	.800
Michigan	2	–	2	.500	11	–	5	.688
Maryland	2	–	2	.500	10	–	5	.667
Purdue	2	–	2	.500	9	–	6	.600
Northwestern	2	–	3	.400	7	–	9	.438
Penn State	1	–	3	.250	10	–	5	.667
Wisconsin	1	–	4	.200	8	–	7	.533
Illinois	0	–	3	.000	6	–	7	.462
Rutgers	0	–	4	.000	6	–	11	.353

† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 11, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions are led by fifth-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Lady Lions finished the season 9–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. As the thirteenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Minnesota in the first round before losing to Michigan in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Ivane Tensaie	0	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Roseville, MN	Transferred to UTEP
Aicha Dia	2	F	6'1"	Freshman	Montreal, QC	Transferred to Cincinnati
Ymke Brouwer	3	F	6'0"	Freshman	Zürich, Switzerland	Transferred to Manhattan
Anna Camden	11	F	6'3"	Senior	Downingtown, PA	Graduate transferred to Richmond
Kayla Thomas	12	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Beltsville, MD	Transferred to Georgia Southern
Taniyah Thompson	23	G	5'11"	Senior	Hamden, CT	Graduate transferred to Georgia
Alexa Williamson	24	F	6'2"	GS Senior	Houston, PA	Graduated
Johnasia Cash	33	F	6'3"	GS Senior	McKeesport, PA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Ashley Owusu	0	G	6'0"	GS Senior	Woodbridge, VA	Virginia Tech
Taylor Valladay	2	G	5'7"	GS Senior	Chicago, IL	Virginia

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Ali Brigham	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Franklin/George Mason	Franklin, MA
F	3	Ymke Brouwer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	United School of Sports	Zürich, Switzerland
G	4	Niya Beverly	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	St. John's College/Wisconsin	Laurel, MD
G	5	Leilani Kapinus	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	James Madison Memorial	Madison, WI
G	10	Tova Sabel	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Bromma Gymnasium	Stockholm, Sweden
F	11	Anna Camden	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Shipley	Downingtown, PA
F	12	Kayla Thomas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Emerge Christian Academy	Beltsville, MD
G	15	Maddie Burke	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Central Bucks West	Doylestown, PA
G	20	Makenna Marisa	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Peters Township	McMurry, PA
G	22	Alli Campbell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Bellwood-Antis/Notre Dame	Altoona, PA
G	23	Shay Hagans	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Osbourn Park	Manassas, VA
G	24	Nan Garcia	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Jeffersonville	Jeffersonville, IN
G	25	Kelly Jekot	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Cumberland Valley/Villanova	Enola, PA

Head coach

Carolyn Kieger (Marquette)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 6, 2022

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Bucknell	W 94–51	1–0	Bryce Jordan Center (1,977) State College, PA
November 10, 2023* 5:00 p.m., BTN+		Navy	W 107–44	2–0	Bryce Jordan Center (2,127) State College, PA
November 13, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BTN		Kansas	W 91–85	3–0	Bryce Jordan Center (1,938) State College, PA
November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at St. John's	W 69–53	4–0	Carnesecca Arena (396) Queens, NY
November 20, 2023* 6:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Oklahoma State Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship	W 89–80	5–0	Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center (364) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2023* 9:00 p.m., FloSports		No. 8 USC Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship	L 70–71	5–1	Baha Mar Convention, Arts & Entertainment Center (297) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Providence	W 73–66	6–1	Bryce Jordan Center (2,206) State College, PA
November 29, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Radford	W 97–47	7–1	Bryce Jordan Center (1,830) State College, PA
December 4, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25	at West Virginia	L 65–83	7–2	WVU Coliseum (2,061) Morgantown, WV
December 10, 2023 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 25	at No. 12 Ohio State	L 84–94 ^OT	7–3 (0–1)	Value City Arena (6,062) Columbus, OH
December 17, 2023* 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Saint Francis	W 119–43	8–3	Bryce Jordan Center (1,929) State College, PA
December 20, 2023* 11:30 a.m., BTN+		Central Connecticut	W 101–73	9–3	Bryce Jordan Center (2,764) State College, PA
December 30, 2023 4:00 p.m., BTN		Michigan State	L 87–98	9–4 (0–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,967) State College, PA
January 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Northwestern	W 95–55	10–4 (1–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,730) State College, PA
January 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 14 Indiana	L 68–75	10–5 (1–3)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (8,516) Bloomington, IN
January 14, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers			Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN		Purdue			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 21, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Nebraska			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 25, 2024 8:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Maryland			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
January 31, 2024 8:00 p.m., BTN+		at Minnesota			Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN		Michigan			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 8, 2024 9:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa			Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 11, 2024 3:00 p.m., BTN+		at Wisconsin			Kohl Center Madison, WI
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Illinois			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 18, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		at Maryland			Xfinity Center College Park, MD
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN		Ohio State			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Purdue			Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Minnesota			Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 6–10, 2024		vs. TBD			Target Center Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[1]

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	Final
AP	—	—	—	RV	25	RV	—	RV	—	—										Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

References

↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

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[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

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Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Venues	Rec Hall (1964–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics