2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
Horizon League regular season champions
WBIT, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	29–6 (18–2 Horizon)
Head coach	Chris Kielsmeier (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Melissa Jackson; Frozena Jerro; Shelby Zoeckler;
Home arena	Wolstein Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Cleveland State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by sixth-year head coach Chris Kielsmeier, played their home games at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio as members of the Horizon League.

2023–24 Horizon League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cleveland State	18	–	2	.900	29	–	6	.829
Green Bay †	17	–	3	.850	27	–	7	.794
Purdue Fort Wayne	13	–	7	.650	23	–	13	.639
Wright State	11	–	9	.550	18	–	15	.545
Milwaukee	10	–	10	.500	16	–	16	.500
Detroit Mercy	9	–	11	.450	17	–	16	.515
Youngstown State	9	–	11	.450	14	–	18	.438
Oakland	8	–	12	.400	12	–	17	.414
Northern Kentucky	8	–	12	.400	11	–	20	.355
IUPUI	5	–	15	.250	7	–	23	.233
Robert Morris	2	–	18	.100	6	–	24	.200

† 2024 Horizon League tournament winner

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2022–23 season 30–5, 17–3 in Horizon League play to finish in second place.^[1] In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Milwaukee in the quarterfinals,^[2] Northern Kentucky in the semifinals,^[3] and top-seeded Green Bay to win the Horizon League championship and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, clinching their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2010.^[4] They received the #13 seed in the Greenville Regional 2,^[5] where they would lose to #4 region seed Villanova in the first round.^[6]

Roster

2023–24 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Mickayla Perdue	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Glenville State	Springfield, Ohio
F	1	Brooklynn Fort-Davis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Howard	Chicago, Illinois
G	2	Destiny Leo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	North High School	Willowick, Ohio
G	3	Shadiya Thomas	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Tyler Junior College	Cypress, Texas
F	4	Grace Ellis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Wyoming	Brisbane, Australia
F	5	Kali Howard	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Hutchinson Community College	Zachary, Louisiana
F	10	Jordana Reisma	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Brown Deer High School	Brown Deer, Wisconsin
G	11	Colbi Maples	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Grambling State	Earle, Arkansas
G	12	Sara Guerreiro	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	South Florida	Seixal, Portugal
G	13	Carmen Villalobos	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Hartford	Cádiz, Spain
G	14	Filippa Goula	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Saint Francis (PA)	Ano Liosia, Greece
F	22	Faith Burch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Harding High School	Warren, Ohio
F	24	Paulina Hernandez	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Oak Creek High School	Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Head coach

Chris Kielsmeier (Iowa State)

Assistant coach(es)

Melissa Jackson (Richmond)
Frozena Jerro (Arizona State)
Shelby Zoeckler (Cleveland State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 pm	Malone	W 101–60	–	–	–	–	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Bowling Green	L 86–89	0–1	33 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	3 – Maples	Stroh Center (1,813) Bowling Green, OH
November 12, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Loyola Chicago	W 74–66	1–1	33 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	2 – 3 Tied	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (406) Chicago, IL
November 18, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Central Michigan	W 96–57	2–1	17 – Leo	12 – Guerreiro	3 – 3 Tied	Wolstein Center (319) Cleveland, OH
November 21, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Austin Peay Viking Invitational	W 62–57	3–1	22 – Leo	7 – Villalobos	1 – 6 Tied	Woodling Gym (418) Cleveland, OH
November 24, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Chicago State Viking Invitational	W 95–41	4–1	17 – Leo	12 – Howard	3 – 2 Tied	Woodling Gym (380) Cleveland, OH
November 25, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Kansas City Viking Invitational	W 82–55	5–1	17 – Maples	10 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Woodling Gym (374) Cleveland, OH
November 29, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Robert Morris	W 72–59	6–1 (1–0)	25 – Maples	10 – Villalobos	3 – Thomas	Wolstein Center (247) Cleveland, OH
December 2, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Kentucky	W 72–60	7–1 (2–0)	23 – Maples	8 – Villalobos	4 – Perdue	Truist Arena (985) Highland Heights, KY
December 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Niagara	W 87–56	8–1	22 – Guerreiro	8 – 2 Tied	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (303) Cleveland, OH
December 10, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Akron	W 71–62	9–1	25 – Perdue	9 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Wolstein Center (262) Cleveland, OH
December 16, 2023* 7:00 pm, B1G	vs. No. 4 Iowa Hy-Vee Hawkeye Showcase	L 75–104	9–2	24 – Perdue	5 – Villalobos	6 – Maples	Wells Fargo Arena (14,786) Des Moines, IA
December 20, 2023* 4:30 pm	vs. Southern Miss Homewood Suites Classic	W 70–63	10–2	24 – Perdue	13 – Burch	7 – Maples	Alico Arena (108) Fort Myers, FL
December 21, 2023* 3:00 pm	vs. Drexel Homewood Suites Classic	W 69–59	11–2	20 – Maples	9 – Reisma	4 – Maples	Alico Arena (108) Fort Myers, FL
December 30, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Green Bay	L 72–85	11–3 (2–1)	23 – Perdue	6 – Villalobos	7 – Maples	Kress Events Center (2,421) Green Bay, WI
January 1, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Milwaukee	W 64–59	12–3 (3–1)	24 – Perdue	7 – Villalobos	6 – Maples	Klotsche Center (524) Milwaukee, WI
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Youngstown State	W 79–37	13–3 (4–1)	17 – 2 Tied	11 – Guerreiro	4 – 2 Tied	Wolstein Center (368) Cleveland, OH
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Detroit Mercy	W 74–53	14–3 (5–1)	25 – Perdue	9 – Villalobos	4 – Perdue	Wolstein Center (313) Cleveland, OH
January 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Purdue Fort Wayne	W 68–56	15–3 (6–1)	29 – Maples	10 – Reisma	7 – Maples	Wolstein Center (260) Cleveland, OH
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Wright State	W 72–61	16–3 (7–1)	17 – Maples	6 – 2 Tied	4 – Maples	Nutter Center (1,149) Fairborn, OH
January 20, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+	IUPUI	W 90–58	17–3 (8–1)	22 – Perdue	7 – Guerreiro	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (379) Cleveland, OH
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Oakland	W 77–65	18–3 (9–1)	24 – Perdue	10 – Villalobos	8 – Villalobos	OU Credit Union O'rena (517) Rochester, MI
January 27, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Detroit Mercy	L 56–69	18–4 (9–2)	24 – Perdue	6 – Reisma	6 – Maples	Calihan Hall (251) Detroit, MI
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 70–60	19–4 (10–2)	20 – Perdue	8 – Villalobos	5 – Maples	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (534) Fort Wayne, IN
February 3, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Green Bay	W 86–63	20–4 (11–2)	30 – Perdue	8 – 2 Tied	8 – Maples	Wolstein Center (848) Cleveland, OH
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Wright State	W 71–59	21–4 (12–2)	16 – Maples	8 – Guerreiro	6 – Villalobos	Wolstein Center (330) Cleveland, OH
February 15, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Oakland	W 78–63	22–4 (13–2)	27 – Perdue	10 – Reisma	5 – Maples	Wolstein Center (3,347) Cleveland, OH
February 17, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Milwaukee	W 64–51	23–4 (14–2)	15 – Maples	12 – Guerreiro	6 – Maples	Wolstein Center (621) Cleveland, OH
February 21, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at IUPUI	W 75–52	24–4 (15–2)	18 – Reisma	12 – Reisma	6 – Maples	IUPUI Gymnasium (493) Indianapolis, IN
February 24, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Robert Morris	W 79–40	25–4 (16–2)	22 – Maples	7 – 3 Tied	4 – Perdue	UPMC Events Center (357) Moon Township, PA
February 27, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Youngstown State						Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Kentucky						Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Horizon League tournament
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Quarterfinals						Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[7]^[8]

References

^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Cleveland State Women's Basketball Advances To #HLWBB Semifinals With 65-52 Victory Over Milwaukee". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Cleveland State women's basketball beats Northern Kentucky in OT, 63-60, for trip to Horizon League title game". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Cleveland State women's basketball headed to NCAA Tournament following 73-61 win over Green Bay in Horizon League finals". WKYC. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Siegrist Scores 35 To Lead Villanova Into Second Round". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Cleveland State Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Cleveland State Vikings 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[1] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[2] "Cleveland State Women's Basketball Advances To #HLWBB Semifinals With 65-52 Victory Over Milwaukee". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[3] "Cleveland State women's basketball beats Northern Kentucky in OT, 63-60, for trip to Horizon League title game". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[4] "Cleveland State women's basketball headed to NCAA Tournament following 73-61 win over Green Bay in Horizon League finals". WKYC. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[5] "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[6] "Siegrist Scores 35 To Lead Villanova Into Second Round". Big East Conference. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[7] "2023-24 Cleveland State Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[8] "Cleveland State Vikings 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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