2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, were led by first-year head coach Mark Kellogg and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.^[1][2]

2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 24
Record	25–8 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Kellogg (1st season)
Associate head coach	JC Carter
Assistant coaches	Jessica Grayson Erin Grant
Home arena	WVU Coliseum
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2022–23 season 19–12, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. In the Big 12 Tournament as a No. 5 seed, they lost to Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large to the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed in the Greenville region 1 where they lost in the first round to Arizona.

Offseason

On March 18, 2023, head coach Dawn Plitzuweit left West Virginia to accepted the head coaching job at Minnesota. On April 3, 2023, former Stephen F. Austin head coach Mark Kellogg was named their next head coach.

Departures

West Virginia Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Wynter Rogers	2	G	5'11"	Freshman	Little Rock, AR	Transferred to Arkansas State
Sarah Bates	3	G	5'8"	GS Senior	Fresno, CA	Graduated
Danni Nichols	4	G	5'10"	GS Senior	Columbia, MO	Graduated
Imarianah Russell	5	G	5'10"	Freshman	Columbus, OH
Isis Beh	23	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Murray, UT	Transferred to Arizona
Savannah Samuel	24	G	6'1"	Junior	Woodstock, GA	Transferred to Boston College
Madisen Smith	30	G	5'5"	GS Senior	Greenville, SC	Graduated

Incoming

West Virginia Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Ainhoa Holzer	5	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Martigny, Switzerland	Purdue
Danelle Arigbabu	8			Junior	Berlin, Germany	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Jordan Harrison	10	G	5'6"	Sophomore	Oklahoma City, OK	Stephen F. Austin
Zya Nugent	22	G	5'7"	Senior	Denison, TX	Stephen F. Austin
Lauren Fields	23	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Shawnee, OK	Arizona
Ashala Moseberry	24	G	5'10"	Junior	Madison, WI	South Plains College
Trinity Moore	35	F	6'0"	Junior	Oklahoma City, OK	Oral Roberts

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Recruiting class of 2024

US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Destiny Agubata W	Corona, CA	Santiago High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 92
Jordan Thomas P	Carrollton, TX	Hebron High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 92
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Jayla Hemingway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Houston Mississippi State Collierville, TN G 5 Ainhoa Holzer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Purdue Martigny, Switzerland F 8 Danelle Arigbabu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Berlin, Germany G 10 Jordan Harrison 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Classen SAS Stephen F. Austin Oklahoma City, OK G 11 JJ Quinerly 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Lake Taylor Norfolk, VA F 13 Messiah Hunter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So TPLS Christian Academy Hopewell, VA F 14 Kylee Blacksten 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Air Academy Colorado Colorado Springs, CO F 21 Tavy Diggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Plano East TCU Richardson, TX G 22 Zya Nugent 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Denison Stephen F. Austin Denison, TX G 23 Lauren Fields 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Shawnee Arizona Shawnee, OK G 24 Ashala Moseberry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Madison East South Plains College Madison, WI G 32 Kyah Watson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Stevens South Dakota Rapid City, SD F 35 Trinity Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Jones Oral Roberts Oklahoma City, OK	Head coach Mark Kellogg (Austin College) Assistant coach(es) JC Carter (Southwest Baptist) Jessica Grayson (Austin Peay) Erin Grant (Texas Tech) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Loyola (MD)	W 74–39	1–0	WVU Coliseum (1,486) Morgantown, WV
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	W 71–62	2–0	Peterson Events Center (1,505) Pittsburgh, PA
November 19, 2023* 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Youngtown State	W 94–40	3–0	WVU Coliseum (1,619) Morgantown, WV
November 23, 2023* 12:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. George Washington Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 54–51	4–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 24, 2023* 10:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Charlotte Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 84–56	5–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 25, 2023* 10:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Southern Illinois Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 73–55	6–0	Roberto Clemente Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	W 90–50	7–0	WVU Coliseum (1,535) Morgantown, WV
December 4, 2023* 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		No. 25 Penn State	W 83–65	8–0	WVU Coliseum (2,061) Morgantown, WV
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Delaware State	W 107–43	9–0	WVU Coliseum (1,522) Morgantown, WV
December 18, 2023* 10:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Wright State	W 77–72	10–0	WVU Coliseum (7,535) Morgantown, WV
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Niagara	W 103–52	11–0	WVU Coliseum (1,304) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 25	at Kansas	W 85–60	12–0 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,895) Lawrence, KS
January 3, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	Cincinnati	W 68–53	13–0 (2–0)	WVU Coliseum (1,808) Morgantown, WV
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	No. 10 Texas	L 49–70	13–1 (2–1)	WVU Coliseum (2,601) Morgantown, WV
January 10, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	at Iowa State	L 64–74	13–2 (2–2)	Hilton Coliseum (8,798) Ames, IA
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	at UCF	W 76–59	14–2 (3–2)	Addition Financial Arena (1,374) Orlando, FL
January 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		Houston	W 80–39	15–2 (4–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,251) Morgantown, WV
January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		at Cincinnati	W 72–43	16–2 (5–2)	Fifth Third Arena (1,264) Cincinnati, OH
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	Iowa State	W 84–78	17–2 (6–2)	WVU Coliseum (4,905) Morgantown, WV
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 23	UCF	W 84–43	18–2 (7–2)	WVU Coliseum (1,608) Morgantown, WV
February 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 23	at BYU	W 76–69	19–2 (8–2)	Marriott Center (1,754) Provo, UT
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 22	Texas Tech	W 82–59	20–2 (9–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,428) Morgantown, WV
February 10, 2024 3:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 22	at No. 18 Baylor	L 58–65	20–3 (9–3)	Foster Pavilion (4,944) Waco, TX
February 13, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	at TCU	W 77–52	21–3 (10–3)	Schollmaier Arena (2,958) Fort Worth, TX
February 17, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	No. 23 Oklahoma	W 70–66	22–3 (11–3)	WVU Coliseum (3,715) Morgantown, WV
February 21, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 22	at No. 10 Kansas State	L 64–73 OT	22–4 (11–4)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,266) Manhattan, KS
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 22	No. 24 Baylor	L 65–66	22–5 (11–5)	WVU Coliseum (5,616) Morgantown, WV
February 27, 2024 7:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24т	at Oklahoma State	L 61–68	22–6 (11–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,847) Stillwater, OK
March 2, 2024 1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24т	TCU	W 57–49	23–6 (12–6)	WVU Coliseum (3,789) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (11) Cincinnati Second Round	W 70–55	24–6	T-Mobile Center (4,402) Kansas City, MO
March 8, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) No. 16 Kansas State Quarterfinals	L 62–65	24–7	T-Mobile Center (6,610) Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 23, 2024* 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	(8 A2)	vs. (9 A2) Princeton First Round	W 63–53	25–7	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,324) Iowa City, IA
March 25, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN	(8 A2)	at (1 A2) No. 2 Iowa Second Round	L 54–64	25–8	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,324) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A2=Albany 2. All times are in Eastern Time. [3][4]

See also

• 2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

References

1. Brocato, Joe (October 11, 2023). "Pair of closed-door scrimmages await the WVU women's basketball team as season nears". Metro News. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
2. Pead, Pead (October 11, 2023). "WVU Women's Basketball notes: preparation for upcoming closed scrimmage, Big 12 projected finish and more". WDTV. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
3. "Women's Basketball Releases 2023–24 Nonconference Schedule". wvusports.com. August 21, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
4. "Women's Basketball Reveals Big 12 Schedule". wvusports.com. September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.