2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team

The 2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represented the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vaqueros, who were led by sixth-year head coach Lane Lord, played their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas, as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	6–23 (5–15 WAC)
Head coach	Lane Lord (6th season)
Associate head coach	Kevin Hackerott
Assistant coaches	Ipek Turkyilmaz Keanna Keys Victoria Pena Krisynthia Sampson
Home arena	UTRGV Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 WAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
California Baptist †	18	–	2		.900			28	–	4		.875
Grand Canyon	16	–	4		.800			24	–	8		.750
Stephen F. Austin	14	–	6		.700			21	–	12		.636
Utah Tech*	12	–	8		.600			18	–	14		.563
UT Arlington	11	–	9		.550			17	–	16		.515
Abilene Christian	10	–	10		.500			14	–	16		.467
Tarleton State*	7	–	13		.350			12	–	20		.375
Seattle	6	–	14		.300			6	–	23		.207
Southern Utah	6	–	14		.300			8	–	22		.267
UT Rio Grande Valley	5	–	15		.250			6	–	23		.207
Utah Valley	5	–	15		.250			10	–	19		.345
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2024 WAC tournament winner

This would be the Vaqueros' last season as members of the WAC, as on March 25, 2024, it was announced that the school had accepted an invitation to join the Southland Conference, with the move becoming official on July 1, 2024.^[1]

Previous season

The Vaqueros finished the 2022–23 season 6–23, 5–15 in WAC play to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place.^[2] Due to the WAC's new Resume Seeding ranking, which is an advanced analytic developed by Ken Pomeroy that incorporated the performance of teams in both conference and non-conference games,^[3] they failed to qualify for the WAC tournament, as only the top 12 teams qualify.^[4]

Roster

2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Tierra Trotter 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr NW Mississippi Community College Bryant, Arkansas F 1 Charlotte O'Keefe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Thomas Aquinas High School Overland Park, Kansas G 2 Iyana Dorsey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Tarleton State Saginaw, Texas F 3 Zariah Sango 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Clarendon College Tulsa, Oklahoma G 4 Ja'Shelle Johnson 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Johnson High School San Antonio, Texas G 5 Aaliyah McMillan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So UT Arlington San Antonio, Texas F 10 Ashton McCorry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Garden City Community College Wichita, Kansas G 11 Jayda Holiman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr McAlester High School McAlester, Oklahoma G/F 12 Kade Hackerott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Central Missouri Wichita, Kansas F 15 Nyajah Mitchels 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Tarleton State Jacksonville, North Carolina G 21 Arianna Sturdivant 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr George Bush High School Richmond, Texas G/F 22 Faith Phillips 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. Mary's San Marcos, Texas F 23 Deborah Ogayemi 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Tyler Junior College Waterford, Ireland G/F 25 Mariam Traore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Clarendon College Bamako, Mali G 33 Taylor Meyners 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Georgetown High School Georgetown, Texas	Head coach Lane Lord (Tabor) Assistant coach(es) Kevin Hackerott (St. Mary of the Plains) Ipek Turkyilmaz (Arizona) Keanna Keys (Little Rock) Victoria Pena (Stephen F. Austin) Krisynthia Sampson (UTRGV) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 4, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Puerto Rico Trip
August 10, 2023* 6:00 pm		at Hatillo Ganaderas	W 72–52	–	Francisco Deida Coliseum  Hatillo, PR
August 11, 2023* 6:00 pm		at Bayamón Vaqueras	W 77–44	–	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez  Bayamón, PR
Exhibition
November 4, 2023* 2:00 pm		St. Mary's	L 64–70	–	UTRGV Fieldhouse  Edinburg, TX
Regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas Tech	L 53–95	0–1	United Supermarkets Arena (4,140) Lubbock, TX
November 10, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		FIU WAC/CUSA Challenge	L 64–65	0–2	UTRGV Fieldhouse (634) Edinburg, TX
November 17, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas State	L 63–66	0–3	Strahan Arena  San Marcos, TX
November 19, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Incarnate Word	L 57–67	0–4	McDermott Center (261) San Antonio, TX
November 22, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Oral Roberts	L 63–72	0–5	UTRGV Fieldhouse (427) Edinburg, TX
November 29, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Grand Canyon	L 50–63	0–6 (0–1)	Global Credit Union Arena (1,000) Phoenix, AZ
December 2, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Tarleton State	L 66–72	0–7 (0–2)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (358) Edinburg, TX
December 5, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown	L 46–69	0–8	American Bank Center (1,363) Corpus Christi, TX
December 14, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown	L 51–57	0–9	UTRGV Fieldhouse (718) Edinburg, TX
December 20, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		No. 5 Texas Bert Ogden Arena Series	L 51–104	0–10	Bert Ogden Arena (6,591) Edinburg, TX
December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Sam Houston WAC/CUSA Challenge	W 66–58	1–10	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (407) Huntsville, TX
January 4, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Stephen F. Austin	L 69–79	1–11 (0–3)	William R. Johnson Coliseum (754) Nacogdoches, TX
January 6, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Abilene Christian	L 53–62	1–12 (0–4)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (422) Edinburg, TX
January 11, 2024 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Seattle	W 84–77	2–12 (1–4)	Redhawk Center (262) Seattle, WA
January 13, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley	L 62–75	2–13 (1–5)	UCCU Center (411) Orem, UT
January 18, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 64–62	3–13 (2–5)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,077) Edinburg, TX
January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tarleton State	W 61–57	4–13 (3–5)	Wisdom Gym (490) Stephenville, TX
January 25, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at California Baptist	L 55–75	4–14 (3–6)	Fowler Events Center (4,417) Riverside, CA
February 1, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Tech	L 55–91	4–15 (3–7)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,573) Edinburg, TX
February 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Utah	L 65–68 OT	4–16 (3–8)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (546) Edinburg, TX
February 8, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Stephen F. Austin	W 62–49	5–16 (4–8)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,497) Edinburg, TX
February 15, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Abilene Christian	L 69–76	5–17 (4–9)	Moody Coliseum (1,082) Abilene, TX
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	L 55–71	5–18 (4–10)	College Park Center (1,157) Arlington, TX
February 22, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Utah Valley	W 63–62	6–18 (5–10)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (777) Edinburg, TX
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Seattle	L 75–82	6–19 (5–11)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (421) Edinburg, TX
February 29, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Grand Canyon	L 40–66	6–20 (5–12)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (625) Edinburg, TX
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		California Baptist	L 58–72	6–21 (5–13)	UTRGV Fieldhouse (462) Edinburg, TX
March 7, 2024 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Tech	L 55–81	6–22 (5–14)	Burns Arena (497) St. George, UT
March 9, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Utah	L 52–65	6–23 (5–15)	America First Event Center (485) Cedar City, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[5][6]

References

1. "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25". Southland Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
2. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
3. "WAC to Seed Conference Tournament Using KenPom Ratings, per Report". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
4. "WAC Tournament Brackets, Schedules Released For 2022-23 Season". KSL Sports. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
5. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". UTRGV Athletics. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
6. "UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2024.