2023–24 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

The 2023–24 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by third-year head coach Toyelle Wilson, played their home games at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas as members of the American Athletic Conference. This will be SMU's final season as members of the American Athletic Conference, as they were joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in July 2024.^[1]

2023–24 SMU Mustangs women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	14–16 (8–10 AAC)
Head coach	Toyelle Wilson (3rd season)
Associate head coach	Deneen Parker
Assistant coaches	Danielle Edwards Anthony Anderson Brian Porth Alex Furr
Home arena	Moody Coliseum
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Tulsa	13	–	5		.722			25	–	10		.714
North Texas	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Temple	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
UTSA	10	–	8		.556			18	–	15		.545
South Florida	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Charlotte	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
UAB	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
Memphis	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
East Carolina	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Rice †	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
SMU	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Wichita State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	22		.313
Tulane	3	–	15		.167			12	–	20		.375
† 2024 AAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the 2022–23 season 17–12, 7–8 in AAC play to finish in fifth place.^[2] As the #5 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost to #4 seed Houston in the quarterfinals.^[3] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they would defeat Little Rock in the first round,^[4] before falling to Texas Tech in the second round.^[5]

Roster

2023–24 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Tamia Jones 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr The Colony High School The Colony, Texas G 1 Tiara Young 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Houston Shreveport, Louisiana G 2 TK Pitts 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Union High School Lubbock, Texas G 3 Aaliyah Henderson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Norman High School Norman, Oklahoma G 4 Jiya Perry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So DeSoto High School DeSoto, Texas G 5 Ella Brow 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Palm Beach Currumbin High School Palm Beach, Australia G 10 Maya Chandler 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Loyola Chicago Martinsville, Indiana G 13 Reagan Bradley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Little Rock Christian Academy Little Rock, Arkansas G 14 Shanel Reid 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Austin High School Austin, Texas F 23 Amirah Abdur-Rahim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Notre Dame Marietta, Georgia G 24 Donavia Hall 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Plano East High School Plano, Texas F 33 Chantae Embry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Texas Tech Norman, Oklahoma C 35 Jessica Peterson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Fresno State Rancho Cucamonga, California	Head coach Toyelle Wilson (Manhattan) Assistant coach(es) Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin) Danielle Edwards (Clemson) Anthony Anderson (FIU) Brian Porth (SMU) Alex Furr (Fresno State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 16, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 pm		Southern Nazarene	W 74–58	–	–	–	–	Moody Coliseum  University Park, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Riverside	W 78–55	1–0	20 – Young	12 – Embry	5 – 2 Tied	Moody Coliseum (541) University Park, TX
November 11, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Alabama State	W 96–47	2–0	18 – Abdur-Rahim	11 – Abdur-Rahim	9 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (549) University Park, TX
November 14, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Nicholls	W 69–54	3–0	24 – Young	10 – Pitts	8 – Jones	Moody Coliseum (4,548) University Park, TX
November 18, 2023* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 5 Colorado	L 69–84	3–1	30 – Young	8 – Embry	4 – Embry	Moody Coliseum (1,749) University Park, TX
November 24, 2023* 2:00 pm, FloSports		vs. Toledo San Diego Classic	L 73–74	3–2	18 – Young	9 – Abdur-Rahim	5 – Jones	Harry West Gymnasium  San Diego, CA
November 25, 2023* 4:30 pm, FloSports		vs. Harvard San Diego Classic	L 67–80	3–3	17 – Young	8 – Young	4 – Bradley	Harry West Gymnasium (255) San Diego, CA
November 30, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 13 Baylor	L 61–85	3–4	17 – Jones	9 – Young	3 – 2 Tied	Moody Coliseum (2,294) University Park, TX
December 4, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	L 76–78	3–5	22 – Young	10 – Pitts	5 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (969) University Park, TX
December 14, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana Tech	W 69–53	4–5	19 – Young	7 – Henderson	5 – Jones	Thomas Assembly Center (1,655) Ruston, LA
December 18, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Sam Houston	W 69–64	5–5	15 – Abdur-Rahim	13 – Abdur-Rahim	6 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (1,186) University Park, TX
December 21, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Air Force	W 75–55	6–5	19 – Abdur-Rahim	11 – Abdur-Rahim	6 – Jones	Moody Coliseum (1,031) University Park, TX
AAC regular season
December 30, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at South Florida	L 61–70	6–6 (0–1)	17 – Young	7 – Abdur-Rahim	3 – Bradley	Yuengling Center (2,142) Tampa, FL
January 4, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Florida Atlantic	W 57–52	7–6 (1–1)	16 – Jones	10 – Abdur-Rahim	7 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (724) University Park, TX
January 7, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Rice	L 63–65	7–7 (1–2)	24 – Abdur-Rahim	7 – Abdur-Rahim	6 – Jones	Moody Coliseum (985) University Park, TX
January 11, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Memphis	W 91–86 2OT	8–7 (2–2)	38 – Young	15 – Young	2 – Bradley	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (854) Memphis, TN
January 14, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UAB	L 75–84	8–8 (2–3)	32 – Young	6 – Young	5 – 2 Tied	Bartow Arena (491) Birmingham, AL
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	L 61–76	8–9 (2–4)	16 – Young	7 – Abdur-Rahim	5 – Jones	Moody Coliseum (902) University Park, TX
January 20, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at East Carolina	L 61–68	8–10 (2–5)	19 – Embry	9 – 2 Tied	4 – 2 Tied	Williams Arena (1,259) Greenville, NC
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Temple	W 68–66	9–10 (3–5)	24 – Embry	8 – Embry	3 – Embry	Moody Coliseum (865) University Park, TX
January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 75–58	10–10 (4–5)	18 – 2 Tied	10 – Abdur-Rahim	7 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (1,396) University Park, TX
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rice	L 60–69	10–11 (4–6)	18 – Young	10 – Embry	6 – Young	Tudor Fieldhouse (804) Houston, TX
February 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Memphis	W 81–73	11–11 (5–6)	26 – Embry	5 – 2 Tied	8 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (1,456) University Park, TX
February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Texas	L 65–78	11–12 (5–7)	21 – Abdur-Rahim	9 – Abdur-Rahim	3 – Embry	The Super Pit (1,878) Denton, TX
February 14, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tulane	W 63–53	12–12 (6–7)	14 – 2 Tied	7 – 2 Tied	3 – 2 Tied	Devlin Fieldhouse (762) New Orleans, LA
February 18, 2024 4:30 pm, ESPN+		Charlotte	W 64–49	13–12 (7–7)	17 – Embry	8 – Embry	10 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (1,407) University Park, TX
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		East Carolina	L 74–84	13–13 (7–8)	14 – Abdur-Rahim	6 – 2 Tied	5 – Bradley	Moody Coliseum (1,021) University Park, TX
February 28, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wichita State	W 88–84 OT	14–13 (8–8)	25 – Young	9 – Pitts	6 – Bradley	Charles Koch Arena (1,231) Wichita, KS
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tulsa	L 73–91	14–14 (8–9)	22 – Young	10 – Pitts	1 – 3 Tied	Reynolds Center (1,563) Tulsa, OK
March 5, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		South Florida	L 61–68 OT	14–15 (8–10)	21 – Embry	8 – Chandler	4 – 2 Tied	Moody Coliseum (1,065) University Park, TX
AAC tournament
March 9, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(11)	vs. (14) Tulane First Round	L 62–68	14–16	17 – Young	7 – Abdur-Rahim	4 – Chandler	Dickies Arena (1,518) Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[6][7]

References

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2. "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
3. "SMU Falls In AAC Quarterfinal". SMU Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
4. "SMU women's basketball cruises to victory over Arkansas-Little Rock to advance in WNIT". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
5. "Lady Raiders beat SMU to advance to WNIT Super 16". KCBD. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
6. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". SMU Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
7. "SMU Mustangs 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 16, 2023.