2022–23 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

2022–23 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
2022–23 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–17 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Carolyn Kieger (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Terri Williams; Sharnee Zoll-Norman; Tiffany Swoffard; Pam Brown; Natisha Hiedeman;
Home arena	Bryce Jordan Center
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Indiana	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 3 Iowa †	15	–	3	.833	31	–	7	.816
No. 7 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
No. 12 Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	28	–	8	.778
No. 18 Michigan	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	9	–	8	.529	19	–	11	.633
Nebraska	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Michigan State	7	–	10	.412	16	–	14	.533
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2023 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions were led by fourth-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 and results

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 Center (364) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2023* 9:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. No. 8 USC Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship	L 70–71	5–1	Baha Mar Convention 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	W 94–80	11–5 (2–3)	Jersey Mike's Arena (6,938) Piscataway, NJ
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN		Purdue	W 80–67	12–5 (3–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,266) State College, PA
January 21, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Nebraska	W 82–73	13–5 (4–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,608) State College, PA
January 25, 2024 8:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern	W 76–65	14–5 (5–3)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,664) Evanston, IL
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Maryland	W 112–76	15–5 (6–3)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,532) State College, PA
January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers	L 82–86 ^OT	12–9 (3–7)	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,204) Piscataway, NJ
January 30, 2023 6:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 8 Maryland	L 66–87	12–10 (3–8)	Xfinity Center (1,585) College Park, MD
February 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., BTN+		Northwestern	W 74–64	13–10 (4–8)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,977) State College
February 12, 2023 12:00 p.m., BTN		No. 6 Iowa	L 51–95	13–11 (4–9)	Bryce Jordan Center (5,228) State College, PA
February 12, 2023 3:00 p.m., BTN+		at Michigan State	L 75–81 ^OT	13–12 (4–10)	Breslin Events Center (5,355) East Lansing, MI
February 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 13 Ohio State	L 55–67	13–13 (4–11)	Bryce Jordan Center Center State College, PA
February 19, 2023 2:00 p.m., BTN+		at Illinois	L 62–85	13–14 (4–12)	State Farm Center (6,299) Champaign, IL
February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Purdue	L 62–86	13–15 (4–13)	Mackey Arena (3,403) West Lafayette, IN
February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Michigan State	L 65–80	13–16 (4–14)	Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 1, 2023 2:00 p.m., BTN	(13)	vs. (12) Minnesota First Round	W 72–67	14–16	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
March 2, 2023 3:00 p.m., BTN	(13)	vs. (5) Michigan Second Round	L 61–63	14–17	Target Center (4,908) Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

**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

References

^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[1] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

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Venues	Rec Hall (1964–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics