2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 6–25 (4–14 Big Sky) |
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Home arena | Hornets Nest |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 25 | .242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner |
The 2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hornets, led by first-year head coach Aaron Kallhoff, played their home games at the Hornets Nest in Sacramento, California as members of the Big Sky Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Hornets finished the 2022–23 season 25–8, 13–5 in Big Sky play, to finish in a three-way tie for first place.[1] Due to tiebreakers, they received the #3 seed in the Big Sky tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Idaho in the quarterfinals,[2] #7 seed Portland State in the semifinals,[3] and top-seeded Northern Arizona to win the Big Sky tournament championship for the first time in program and earned the Big Sky's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.[4] They received the #13 seed in the Greenville 1 Region.[5] They were defeated by #4 region seed UCLA in the first round.[6]
On March 21, 2023, head coach Mark Campbell announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at TCU.[7] On April 19, the school announced the hiring of BYU assistant coach Aaron Kallhoff as the team's next head coach.[8]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 5:30 p.m., P12N |
at Washington | L 28–76 | 0–1 |
8 – 2 tied | 6 – Hanson | 2 – 2 tied | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864) Seattle, WA | ||||
November 9, 2023* 6:30 p.m., NSN/MWN |
at Nevada | L 53–69 | 0–2 |
22 – Hanson | 11 – Hanson | 8 – Versteeg | Lawlor Events Center (1,219) Reno, NV | ||||
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cal State Fullerton | L 51–61 | 0–3 |
18 – Hanson | 11 – Hanson | 3 – 2 tied | Hornets Nest (415) Sacramento, CA | ||||
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
San Diego State | L 45–68 | 0–4 |
19 – Hanson | 11 – Hanson | 7 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (316) Sacramento, CA | ||||
November 21, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
UC Davis | L 57–79 | 0–5 |
12 – Lautaimi | 9 – Haw | 4 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (424) Sacramento, CA | ||||
November 29, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Santa Clara | L 65–70 | 0–6 |
18 – Amusan | 7 – Hanson | 10 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (309) Sacramento, CA | ||||
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cal State Northridge | W 58–48 | 1–6 |
20 – Hanson | 11 – Hanson | 9 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (304) Sacramento, CA | ||||
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., MWN |
at Fresno State | L 47–68 | 1–7 |
15 – Hanson | 16 – Hanson | 4 – Versteeg | Save Mart Center (2,722) Fresno, CA | ||||
December 21, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ |
Cal Poly | L 55–72 | 1–8 |
15 – Versteeg | 5 – Hanson | 6 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (429) Sacramento, CA | ||||
December 28, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Idaho | L 51–88 | 1–9 (0–1) |
17 – Versteeg | 7 – 2 tied | 2 – 2 tied | Hornets Nest (347) Sacramento, CA | ||||
December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Eastern Washington | L 33–60 | 1–10 (0–2) |
12 – Versteeg | 10 – Amusan | 2 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (329) Sacramento, CA | ||||
January 3, 2023* 5:00 p.m., MidcoSN+ |
at St. Thomas Big Sky–Summit League Challenge |
L 52–70 | 1–11 |
15 – Hanson | 6 – Hanson | 6 – Versteeg | Schoenecker Arena (623) St. Paul, MN | ||||
January 6, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Oral Roberts Big Sky–Summit League Challenge |
L 51–56 | 1–12 |
14 – 2 tied | 9 – Hanson | 9 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (505) Sacramento, CA | ||||
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Weber State | L 61–81 | 1–13 (0–3) |
28 – Hanson | 10 – Hanson | 9 – Versteeg | Dee Events Center (221) Ogden, UT | ||||
January 13, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Idaho State | L 48–62 | 1–14 (0–4) |
12 – Orio | 11 – Hanson | 7 – Versteeg | Reed Gym (779) Pocatello, ID | ||||
January 18, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Northern Colorado | L 59–72 | 1–15 (0–5) |
14 – Versteeg | 6 – Lautaimi | 6 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (348) Sacramento, CA | ||||
January 20, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ |
Northern Arizona | L 66–83 | 1–16 (0–6) |
26 – Versteeg | 7 – Hanson | 4 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (334) Sacramento, CA | ||||
January 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Montana State | L 54–60 | 1–17 (0–7) |
12 – Falk | 10 – Jackson | 8 – Versteeg | Worthington Arena (1,768) Bozeman, MT | ||||
January 27, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Montana | L 57–84 | 1–18 (0–8) |
19 – Amusan | 8 – Falk | 5 – Versteeg | Dahlberg Arena (2,781) Missoula, MT | ||||
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Portland State | W 72–65 | 2–18 (1–8) |
23 – Amusan | 12 – Hanson | 8 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (421) Sacramento, CA | ||||
February 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Idaho | L 64–70 | 2–19 (1–9) |
23 – Hanson | 9 – Orio | 6 – Versteeg | ICCU Arena (1,237) Moscow, ID | ||||
February 8, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Idaho State | W 61–58 | 3–19 (2–9) |
18 – Amusan | 11 – Hanson | 9 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (405) Sacramento, CA | ||||
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Weber State | W 75–44 | 4–19 (3–9) |
26 – Versteeg | 13 – Hanson | 14 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (469) Sacramento, CA | ||||
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Northern Arizona | W 82–66 | 5–19 (4–9) |
18 – Versteeg | 12 – Orio | 13 – Versteeg | Findlay Toyota Court (342) Flagstaff, AZ | ||||
February 17, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Northern Colorado | L 59–65 | 5–20 (4–10) |
13 – Amusan | 5 – Falk | 7 – Versteeg | Bank of Colorado Arena (809) Greeley, CO | ||||
February 22, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Montana | L 57–58 | 5–21 (4–11) |
21 – Hanson | 11 – Hanson | 4 – Orio | Hornets Nest (845) Sacramento, CA | ||||
February 24, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Montana State | L 51–55 | 5–22 (4–12) |
13 – Hanson | 12 – Hanson | 5 – Versteeg | Hornets Nest (455) Sacramento, CA | ||||
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Portland State | L 51–57 | 5–23 (4–13) |
17 – Orio | 9 – Hanson | 5 – Versteeg | Viking Pavilion (526) Portland, OR | ||||
March 4, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Eastern Washington | L 59–72 | 5–24 (4–14) |
16 – Versteeg | 8 – Hanson | 10 – Versteeg | Reese Court (823) Cheney, WA | ||||
Big Sky tournament | |||||||||||
March 9, 2024 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
(8) | vs. (7) Idaho State First round |
W 73–55 | 6–24 |
19 – Orio | 9 – Hanson | 12 – Versteeg | Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID | |||
March 10, 2024 1:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
(8) | vs. (2) Northern Arizona Quarterfinals |
L 63–81 | 6–25 |
19 – Versteeg | 11 – Hanson | 7 – Versteeg | Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ADVANCES TO BIG SKY SEMIFINALS WITH 73-58 WIN OVER IDAHO". Sacramento State. March 6, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Booth, Myla (March 7, 2023). "Sac State women's basketball crushes Portland State in Big Sky semifinals". The State Hornet. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Al, Digit (March 9, 2023). "Sac State Women's Basketball win Big Sky Tournament; advance to NCAA tournament". Sactown Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi (March 18, 2023). "Charisma Osborne powers UCLA women past Sacramento State in NCAA tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Sac State women's head basketball coach takes top job at TCU". CBS News. March 21, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Davidson, Joe (April 20, 2023). "'It's fun winning': New Sac State women's basketball coach vows to keep the Hornets hot". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Sacramento State. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Sacramento State Hornets 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 5, 2024.