2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	12–5 (1–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Laurie Koehn; Camille Williams; Matt Smith;
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Colorado	5	–	0	1.000	15	–	1	.938
No. 8 Stanford	4	–	1	.800	15	–	2	.882
No. 5 UCLA	3	–	1	.750	14	–	1	.933
No. 6 USC	3	–	1	.750	13	–	1	.929
Oregon State	3	–	2	.600	14	–	2	.875
California	2	–	3	.400	12	–	5	.706
No. 20 Utah	2	–	3	.400	12	–	5	.706
Oregon	2	–	3	.400	11	–	7	.611
Arizona	2	–	3	.400	10	–	7	.588
Washington	1	–	3	.250	11	–	4	.733
Washington State	1	–	3	.250	12	–	5	.706
Arizona State	0	–	5	.000	8	–	9	.471

† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner As of January 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars are led by sixth-year head coach Kamie Ethridge and they played their home games at Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars 23–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a seventh place. They defeated California, Utah, Colorado and UCLA to win their first ever Pac-12 women's tournament to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. They received the number 5 seed in the Greenville Regional 2. They were upset in the first round by number 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast.

Offseason

Departures

Washington State Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Kaia Woods	0	G	5'3"	Sophomore	Tiffin, OH	Transferred to Akron
Emma Nankervis	3	G	6'3"	Senior	Mount Eliza, Australia	Graduated
Ula Motuga	15	F	6'0"	GS Senior	Logan, Australia	Graduated
Grace Sarver	20	G	5'8"	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduated
Lauren Glazier	25	F/C	6'4"	Freshman	North Bend, WA	Transferred to Pacific

Incoming

Washington State Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Beyonce Bea	25	G/F	6'1"	GS Senior	Washougal, WA	Idaho

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Jenna Villa G	Arlington, WA	Arlington High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Jenna Villa G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
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: "2023 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Tara Wallack	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Semiahmoo Secondary	South Surrey, BC
C	3	Candace Kpetikou	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Saint Joseph HS	Niamey, Niger
G	5	Charlisse Leger-Walker	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	St. Peter's School	Waikato, New Zealand
G	10	Eleonora Villa	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Costa Masnaga	Lissone, Italy
G	11	Astera Tuhina	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Deportivo Promete	Pristina, Kosovo
G	12	Kyra Gardner	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Raymond HS	Raymond, WA
C	14	Jessica Clarke	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas	North Vancouver, BC
G	21	Johanna Teder	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Audentese spordigümnaasium South Plains College	Tartu, Estonia
G/F	25	Beyonce Bea	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Washougal HS Idaho	Washougal, WA
C	33	Alex Covill	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Hellgate HS	Missoula, MT
G	34	Jenna Villa	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Arlington HS	Arlington, WA
G	45	Cia Eklöf	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Mäkelänrinteen Lukio	Helsinki, Finland
C	55	Bella Murekatete	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Genesis Prep Academy	Ngoma Huye, Nigeria

Head coach

Kamie Ethridge (Texas)

Assistant coach(es)

Laurie Koehn (Kansas State)
Camille Williams (Wisconsin)
Matt Smith

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2023* 12:00 p.m.	No. 24	Montana Western	W 92–51		17 – Leger-Walker	11 – Murekatete	7 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Regular Season
November 7, 2023* 4:00 p.m.	No. 24	Cal Poly	W 78–61	1–0	18 – Murekatete	9 – Bea	9 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (468) Pullman, WA
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	Gonzaga	W 77–72 ^OT	2–0	26 – Leger-Walker	11 – Bea	4 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (1,587) Pullman, WA
November 12, 2023* 2:30 p.m.	No. 24	Idaho State	W 64–47	3–0	16 – Murekatete	8 – Covill	5 – Wallack	Beasley Coliseum (924) Pullman, WA
November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at Montana	W 61–49	4–0	22 – Murekatete	11 – Murekatete	3 – Tied	Dahlberg Arena (2,359) Missoula, MT
November 19, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at Prairie View A&M	W 81–43	5–0	17 – Leger-Walker	9 – Murekatete	4 – Tuhina	William J. Nicks Building (426) Prairie View, TX
November 23, 2023* 8:00 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. Maryland Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 87–67	6–0	17 – Murekatete	15 – Leger-Walker	13 – Leger-Walker	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (150) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 8:00 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. UMass Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 90–48	7–0	15 – E. Villa	9 – Leger-Walker	10 – Tuhina	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (71) Cancún, Mexico
November 25, 2023* 10:30 a.m., FloHoops	No. 23	vs. Green Bay Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	L 48–59	7–1	17 – Leger-Walker	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (136) Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Commerce	W 111–50	8–1	22 – Murekatete	18 – Murekatete	13 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (805) Pullman, WA
December 1, 2023* 4:00 p.m.		UC Davis	W 77–52	9–1	19 – Tuhina	10 – Leger-Walker	4 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (840) Pullman, WA
December 5, 2023* 4:00 p.m., Midco	No. 21	at South Dakota State	W 69–64	10–1	18 – Tuhina	7 – Murekatete	4 – Leger-Walker	Frost Arena (1,827) Brookings, SD
December 10, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 21	Washington	L 55–60	10–2 (0–1)	19 – Murekatete	6 – Murekatete	5 – Tuhina	Beasley Coliseum (1,455) Pullman, WA
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., P12N		Houston	W 95–48	11–2	21 – Wallack	14 – Murekatete	11 – Leger-Walker	Beasley Coliseum (956) Pullman, WA
December 20, 2023* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Auburn	L 62–69	11–3	15 – Tuhina	9 – Leger-Walker	10 – Leger-Walker	Neville Arena (2,341) Auburn, AL
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 8 Stanford	L 65–74	11–4 (0–2)	22 – Leger-Walker	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,084) Stanford, CA
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at California	L 72-73 ^OT	11-5 (0-3)	20 – Leger-Walker	8 – Murekatete	5 – Wallack	Haas Pavilion (1,249) Berkeley, CA
January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	W 72–59	12–5 (1–3)	16 – Villa	10 – Bea	5 – Leger-Walker	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,104) Seattle, WA
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 26, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N		at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Colorado						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Utah						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		California						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N		Stanford						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 16, 2024 5:00 p.m., P12N		at Arizona						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
February 18, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at Arizona State						Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
February 29, 2024 2:00 p.m., P12N		at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 6–10, 2024 TBA, P12N/ESPN		vs.						MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	24	24	23	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—									Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	25	RV	22	RV	RV	—	—	—	—

References

↑ "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

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[1] "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

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Offseason

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