2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
C-USA regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Conference USA
Record	28–5 (18–2 CUSA)
Head coach	Rick Insell (18th season);
Associate head coach	Matt Insell
Assistant coaches	Kim Brewton; Nina Davis;
Home arena	Murphy Center
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was led by eighteenth-year head coach Rick Insell, and played their home games at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a member of Conference USA.

2022–23 Conference USA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Middle Tennessee†	18	–	2	.900	28	–	5	.848
Western Kentucky	14	–	6	.700	19	–	14	.576
Rice	13	–	7	.650	23	–	9	.719
UTEP	12	–	8	.600	20	–	12	.625
Louisiana Tech	12	–	8	.600	19	–	13	.594
UTSA	9	–	11	.450	13	–	19	.406
North Texas	8	–	12	.400	11	–	20	.355
FIU	7	–	13	.350	14	–	19	.424
Charlotte	7	–	13	.350	12	–	19	.387
UAB	5	–	15	.250	14	–	17	.452
Florida Atlantic	5	–	15	.250	12	–	18	.400

† 2023 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 19, 2023

Roster

2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Courtney Blakely	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Bishop Noll	Gary, IN
C	2	Anastasiia Boldyreva	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Twice Named Hero of the Soviet Union	Moscow, Russia
G	3	Gracie Dodgen	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	White County HS	Sparta, TN
G	4	Savannah Wheeler	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Boyd County HS Marshall	Catlettsburg, KY
F	5	Kseniya Malashka	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	VCU	Minsk, Belarus
G	10	Jalynn Gregory	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Macon County HS	Lafayette, TN
F	11	Anabel Latorre Ciria	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	John Madejski Academy	Zaragoza, Spain
G	12	Gracie Hamby	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Blackman HS	Murfreesboro, TN
G	15	Ta'Mia Scott	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Clarksville Northwest HS	Clarksville, TN
F	22	Jada Grannum	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Lincoln Prep	Mississauga, ON
F	23	Alexis Whittington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Riverdale HS	Murfreesboro, TN
F	33	Courtney Whitson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Dobyns-Bennett HS	Kingsport, TN
C	40	Meioshe Mason	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Lebanon HS	Lebanon, TN

Head coach

Rick Insell (Middle Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Insell (Middle Tennessee)
Kim Brewton (Liberty)
Nina Davis (Baylor)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 28, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		Christian Brothers	W 95–38		Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
November 1, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		UT–Southern	W 114–43		Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		at Mercer	L 75–76	0–1	Hawkins Arena (1,226) Macon, GA
November 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		at Southern Illinois	W 90–38	1–1	Banterra Center (570) Carbondale, IL
November 16, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Belmont	W 80–62	2–1	Murphy Center (2,806) Murfreesboro, TN
November 25, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Texas Tech Las Vegas Invitational	L 67–72	2–2	The Mirage Paradise, NV
November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Missouri State Las Vegas Invitational	W 79–54	3–2	The Mirage Paradise, NV
December 1, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Tennessee Tech	W 83–45	4–2	Murphy Center (6,000) Murfreesboro, TN
December 4, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 18 Louisville	W 67–49	5–2	Murphy Center (5,307) Murfreesboro, TN
December 10, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Memphis	W 69–53	6–2	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (958) Memphis, TN
December 14, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston	W 68–51	7–2	Murphy Center (2,982) Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA regular season
December 20, 2022 12:00 p.m., CUSA.tv		at Rice	W 74–68	8–2 (1–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse (591) Houston, TX
December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Charlotte	W 71–46	9–2 (2–0)	Murphy Center (2,292) Murfreesboro, TN
December 31, 2022 2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv		at Western Kentucky	W 80–75	10–2 (3–0)	E. A. Diddle Arena (865) Bowling Green, KY
January 5, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UTSA	W 80–41	11–2 (4–0)	Murphy Center (2,582) Murfreesboro, TN
January 7, 2023 3:30 p.m., YouTube		at North Texas	W 76–57	12–2 (5–0)	The Super Pit (1,376) Denton, TX
January 11, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Rice	W 85–56	13–2 (6–0)	Murphy Center (2,982) Murfreesboro, TN
January 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv		at UAB	W 76–54	14–2 (7–0)	Bartow Arena (295) Birmingham, AL
January 19, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 65–41	15–2 (8–0)	Dale F. Halton Arena (552) Charlotte, NC
January 21, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 68–50	16–2 (9–0)	Murphy Center (3,411) Murfreesboro, TN
January 26, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	Florida Atlantic	W 63–48	17–2 (10–0)	Murphy Center (3,168) Murfreesboro, TN
January 28, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	FIU	W 67–41	18–2 (11–0)	Murphy Center (3,313) Murfreesboro, TN
February 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., CUSA.tv	No. 21	at UTEP	L 62–65	18–3 (11–1)	Don Haskins Center (998) El Paso, TX
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	at UTSA	L 53–58	18–4 (11–2)	Convocation Center (560) San Antonio, TX
February 9, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Kentucky	W 94–81	19–4 (12–2)	Murphy Center (3,209) Murfreesboro, TN
February 11, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		UAB	W 63–42	20–4 (13–2)	Murphy Center (3,407) Murfreesboro, TN
February 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., CUSA.tv		at Florida Atlantic	W 85–77	21–4 (14–2)	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (729) Boca Raton, FL
February 18, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at FIU	W 85–46	22–4 (15–2)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (476) Miami, FL
February 25, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 25т	at Louisiana Tech	W 61–59	23–4 (16–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (1,637) Ruston, LA
March 2, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	North Texas	W 72–45	24–4 (17–2)	Murphy Center (3,508) Murfreesboro, TN
March 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	UTEP	W 72–68	25–4 (18–2)	Murphy Center (4,227) Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA Tournament
March 9, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 25	vs. (9) Charlotte Quarterfinals	W 84–53	26–4	Ford Center at The Star (1,708) Frisco, TX
March 10, 2023 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 25	vs. (4) UTEP Semifinals	W 68–62	27–4	Ford Center at The Star (2,230) Frisco, TX
March 11, 2023 4:30 p.m., CBSSN	(1) No. 25	vs. (2) Western Kentucky Championship Game	W 82–70	28–4	Ford Center at The Star (837) Frisco, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPNews	(11 S4)	vs. (6 S4) No. 21 Colorado First round	L 60–82	28–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S4=Seattle 4. All times are in Central.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—*	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	21	RV	RV	25т	24	25	RV	Not released
Coaches	—	—*	—^	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

Notes

References

^ "MT Athletics - 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goblueraiders.com.

[1] "MT Athletics - 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Goblueraiders.com.

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2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

Notes

References