2023–24 VCU Rams women's basketball team

2023–24 VCU Rams women's basketball
2023–24 VCU Rams women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	12–2 (1–1 A-10)
Head coach	Beth O'Boyle (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Kirk Crawford; Brittany Parker; Candice M. Jackson;
Home arena	Siegel Center

2023–24 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Richmond	5	–	0	1.000	15	–	3	.833
Saint Joseph's	5	–	1	.833	16	–	2	.889
VCU	4	–	1	.800	15	–	2	.882
George Mason	3	–	1	.750	12	–	3	.800
Davidson	3	–	2	.600	13	–	3	.813
Rhode Island	3	–	2	.600	11	–	7	.611
Duquesne	3	–	2	.600	8	–	8	.500
La Salle	3	–	3	.500	6	–	11	.353
Loyola Chicago	2	–	3	.400	8	–	8	.500
Saint Louis	2	–	3	.400	7	–	11	.389
George Washington	1	–	3	.250	8	–	8	.500
Dayton	1	–	4	.200	7	–	9	.438
St. Bonaventure	1	–	4	.200	4	–	12	.250
UMass	1	–	4	.200	3	–	14	.176
Fordham	1	–	5	.167	6	–	11	.353

† 2024 A10 tournament winner As of January 14, 2024

The 2023–24 VCU Rams women's basketball team represents Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It is the program's 50th season of existence, and their eleventh season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams are led by tenth year head coach Beth O'Boyle and play their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

Previous season

The 2022–23 team finished the season with a 7–22 (4–12 Atlantic 10) record. They were the 13th seed in the 2023 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Dayton in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Anisja Harris	1	G	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Graduate	Columbus, Ohio	Graduated
Janika Griffith-Wallace	2	G	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Senior	Brampton, Ontario	Graduated
Chloe Bloom	13	C	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Senior	Sydney, Australia	Graduated
Keowa Walters	32	F	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Graduate	Toronto, Ontario	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Valentina Ojeda	12	F	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Junior	Punta Arenas, Chile	Transferred from Independence Community College
Natalia Tondi	14	F	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Junior	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Transferred from Florida Southwestern State

2023 recruits

No players have officially committed to VCU.

Roster

2023–24 VCU Rams women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Sarah Te-Biasu	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Niagara Prep	Montreal, QC
G	3	Timaya Lewis-Eutsey	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Life Center Academy	Trenton, NJ
G	4	Grace Hutson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	St. Joseph Central	Christiansburg, VA
G	5	Adebukola Akomolafe	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Americas HS	El Paso, TX
G	11	Mary-Anna Asare	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	J. Addison School	Markham, ON
F	12	Valentina Ojeda	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Independence CC	Punta Arenas, Chile
F	13	Zoli Khalil	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Spotswood (VA)	Harrisonburg, VA
F	14	Natalia Tondi	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Florida Southwestern State	Buenos Aires, Argentina
G	21	Deniz Torgut	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Botas Gelisim Ankara	İzmir, Turkey
G	22	Jennifer Ezeh	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Missouri State	Nibo, Nigeria
F	32	Lucía Sotelo Miguez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Ensino Lugo	Ourense, Spain
F	33	Elze Motekaityte	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	New Hope Academy	Klaipėda, Lithuania
F	34	Mykel Parham	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Creighton	Burnsville, MN
F	35	Samantha Robinson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Central Michigan	Bradford, ON

Head coach

Beth O'Boyle (Gettysburg)

Assistant coach(es)

Kirk Crawford (Western Colorado)
Candice M. Jackson (Michigan State)
Brittany Parker (St. Augustine's)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 18, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Hofstra	W 72–44	1–0	14 – Asare	9 – Lewis-Eutsey	4 – Te-Biasu	Siegel Center (470) Richmond, VA
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	at William & Mary	W 70–54	2–0	27 – Te-Biasu	10 – Parham	6 – Te-Biasu	Kaplan Arena (956) Williamsburg, VA
November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	East Carolina	W 55–50	3–0	13 – Lewis-Eutsey	10 – Parham	2 – Miguez^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Siegel Center (549) Richmond, VA
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison	L 65–78	3–1	18 – Lewis-Eutsey	8 – Parham	4 – Asare	Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA
November 23, 2023* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. St. John's Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 56–51	4–1	19 – Te-Biasu	9 – Parham	1 – Ezeh	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 24, 2023* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Sacred Heart Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 76–62	5–1	18 – Te-Biasu	14 – Parham	4 – Lewis-Eutsey	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
November 25, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Puerto Rico–Mayagüez Discover Puerto Rico Classic	W 69–30	6–1	13 – Asare	7 – Robinson	3 – Te-Biasu	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (250) San Juan, PR
December 2, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charlotte	W 57–49	7–1	17 – Asare	8 – Ezeh	4 – Asare	Siegel Center (362) Richmond, VA
December 5, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Le Moyne	W 55–32	8–1	13 – Asare	8 – Lewis-Eutsy	1 – Te-Biasu	Siegel Center (300) Richmond, VA
December 11, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Delaware Henrico Sports Showcase	W 64–55	9–1	19 – Asare	10 – Ezeh	8 – Te-Biasu	Henrico Sports & Events Center^{[lower-alpha 2]} (1,014) Glen Allen, VA
December 17, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Old Dominion Rivalry	W 64–50	10–1	13 – Te-Biasu	9 – Ezeh	2 – Torgut	Siegel Center (756) Richmond, VA
December 20, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMES	W 59–36	11–1	19 – Lewis-Eutsey	9 – Lewis-Eutsey	4 – Lewis-Eutsey	Siegel Center (421) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 conference regular season
December 30, 2023 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	UMass	W 65–45	12–1 (1–0)	12 – Ezeh	11 – Parham	4 – Te-Biasu	Siegel Center (1,014) Richmond, VA
January 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+/MASN	at Richmond Capital City Classic	L 65–72	12–2 (1–1)	12 – Torgut	7 – Parham	4 – Te-Biasu	Robins Center (1,226) Richmond, VA
January 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
January 10, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Chicago						Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 20, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	La Salle						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 24, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
January 28, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at George Mason Rivalry						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 31, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Duquesne						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 4, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Washington						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 10, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Bonaventure						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 14, 2024 6:00 p.m., NBC Sports	Richmond Capital City Classic						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 17, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+/NESN+	at UMass						Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 21, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Joseph's						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at La Salle						Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
March 2, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Mason Rivalry						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Notes

↑ Tied between multiple players, Lucía Sotelo Miguez had the fewest minutes played, therefore most assists per minute.^[1]
↑ Neutral site game, hosted by Henrico Sports and Entertainment Authory.^[2]

References

↑ "VCU sinks Pirates, move to 3-0". vcuathletics.com. November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
↑ "Henrico Sports & Events Center to host VCU-Delaware women's basketball game Dec. 11". Henrico County. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

External links

VCU Women's Basketball

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[Miguez_2023-11-14-2] Tied between multiple players, Lucía Sotelo Miguez had the fewest minutes played, therefore most assists per minute.^[1]

[Henrico-4] Neutral site game, hosted by Henrico Sports and Entertainment Authory.^[2]

[1] "VCU sinks Pirates, move to 3-0". vcuathletics.com. November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[3] "Henrico Sports & Events Center to host VCU-Delaware women's basketball game Dec. 11". Henrico County. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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