2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	5–25 (1–15 WCC)
Head coach	Kelsey Keizer (interim);
Assistant coaches	Shawn Faust; Monique' Jones; Amaka Uzomah;
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team represented Pepperdine University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Waves, led by interim head coach Kelsey Keizer, played their homes games at Firestone Fieldhouse and were members of the West Coast Conference.

2023–24 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
Santa Clara	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Portland †	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
San Francisco	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
Pacific	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Saint Mary's	6	–	10	.375	13	–	18	.419
Loyola Marymount	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
San Diego	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290
Pepperdine	1	–	15	.063	5	–	25	.167

† 2024 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Waves finished the 2022–23 season 11–19, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the WCC tournament, they lost in the second round to BYU.

Offseason

Departures

Pepperdine departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Theresa Grace Mbane	0	F	6'1"	GS Senior	Otsego, MN	Graduated
Hailey Hoff	2	G	5'9"	Freshman	San Bruno, CA	Transferred to Dominican
Drea Brumfield	3	F	6'2"	Freshman	Chehalis, WA	Transferred to Montana State
Rosemary Odebunmi	4	F	6'0"	Sophomore	Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria	Transferred to West Texas A&M
Isabel Montoya	5	G	5'5"	Junior	Española, NM	Student Assistant Coach
Marly Walls	12	G	5'7"	GS Senior	Bardstown, KY	Graduated
Meaali'i Amosa	13	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Garden Grove, CA	Transferred to UC San Diego
Becky Obinma	15	F	6'2'	Senior	Menifee, CA	Graduate transferred to Notre Dame
Kendyl Carson	22	G	6'0"	Junior	Juneau, AK	TBD
Ally Stedman	24	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to Miami (FL)

Incoming

Pepperdine incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Addison Melone	0	G	5'3"	Junior	Las Vegas, NV	Eastern Arizona College
Ella Brubaker	3	G	6'0"	Junior	University Place, WA	The Master's
Mi'Cole Cayton	5	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Stockton, CA	Minnesota
Emerita Mashaire	13	G/F	6'0"	Junior	Helsinki, Finland	Buffalo
Myra Gordon	15	G/F	6'0"	GS Senior	Fort Worth, TX	Alabama
Megan Harkey	31	F/C	6'6"	Senior	Summerfield, NC	Xavier
Maggie Vick	32	F	6'2"	Junior	Morristown, TN	Iowa State
Alexis Griggsby	35	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Northridge, CA	Washington

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Addi Melone	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Jr	Centennial Eastern Arizona College	Las Vegas, NV
G	1	Hailey Johnson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	JSerra Catholic	Coto de Caza, CA
G	3	Ella Brubaker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Curtis Sr. The Master's (CA)	University Place, WA
G	5	Mi'Cole Cayton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	St. Mary's Minnesota	Stockton, CA
F	10	Jane Nwaba	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Palisades Charter	Carson, CA
G	11	Helena Friend	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Blair Academy	Huntington Beach, CA
F	12	Holly Griffiths	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Our Lady of Mercy College	Melbourne, Australia
G	13	Emerita Mashaire	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	HBA-Marsky Buffalo	Helsinki, Finland
G/F	15	Myra Gordon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	L. D. Bell Alabama	Fort Worth, TX
F	24	Jorynn Ross	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Summer Creek	Milwaukee, WI
F/C	31	Megan Harkey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Sr	Northwest Guilford Xavier	Summerfield, NC
F	32	Maggie Vick	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Lakeway Christian (TN) Iowa State	Morristown, TN
C	33	KK Brodie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Rock Bridge	Columbia, MO
G	35	Alexis Griggsby	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Sierra Canyon Washington	Northridge, CA

Head coach

Kelsey Keizer (interim) (Drake)

Assistant coach(es)

Shawn Faust (West Florida)
Monique' Jones (Drake)
Amaka Uzomah (Colorado State)

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	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		Biola	W 56–50		–	–	–	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Irvine	W 63–58	1–0	17 – Gordon	11 – Nwaba	5 – Gordon	Firestone Fieldhouse (237) Malibu, CA
November 9, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Mexico	L 48–57	1–1	15 – Nwaba	11 – Nwaba	6 – Nwaba	Firestone Fieldhouse (113) Malibu, CA
November 11, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Caltech	W 79–42	2–1	10 – Tied	9 – Nwaba	4 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (102) Malibu, CA
November 15, 2023* 5:00 p.m., MW Network		at Fresno State	L 55–74	2–2	14 – Gordon	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
November 17, 2023* 6:30 p.m., MW Network		at Nevada	L 41–64	2–3	9 – Gordon	6 – Vick	2 – Tied	Lawlor Events Center (1,022) Reno, NV
November 20, 2023* 5:30 p.m., MW Network		at Boise State	L 47–63	2–4	19 – Brubaker	7 – Brodie	4 – Melone	ExtraMile Arena (1,558) Boise, ID
November 24, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgetown	L 40–59	2–5	10 – Brubaker	8 – Brodie	3 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (173) Malibu, CA
November 27, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Long Beach State	L 53–68	2–6	11 – Brubaker	9 – Gordon	3 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA
December 1, 2023* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at North Texas	L 57–74	2–7	13 – Tied	11 – Nwaba	4 – Melone	The Super Pit (1,549) Denton, TX
December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		California Baptist	L 57–60	2–8	13 – Brubaker	11 – Nwaba	2 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (184) Malibu, CA
December 16, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 80–60	3–8	20 – Brubaker	11 – Nwaba	7 – Mashaire	Icardo Center (386) Bakersfield, CA
December 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Northern Arizona	L 62–80	3–9	16 – Ross	7 – Ross	4 – Nwaba	Firestone Fieldhouse (160) Malibu, CA
December 29, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State Los Angeles	W 78–70	4–9	18 – Nwaba	12 – Nwaba	3 – Ross	Firestone Fieldhouse (172) Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
January 4, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego	W 53–52	5–9 (1–0)	14 – Nwaba	12 – Nwaba	3 – Ross	Jenny Craig Pavilion (235) San Diego, CA
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount	L 50–64	5–10 (1–1)	10 – Tied	7 – Nwaba	4 – Melone	Firestone Fieldhouse (202) Malibu, CA
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	L 64–83	5–11 (1–2)	11 – Nwaba	8 – Nwaba	8 – Nwaba	War Memorial Gymnasium (251) San Francisco, CA
January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 36–92	5–12 (1–3)	10 – Harkey	6 – Ross	2 – Melone	Leavey Center (342) Santa Clara, CA
January 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	L 49–72	5–13 (1–4)	13 – Ross	9 – Nwaba	6 – Nwaba	Alex G. Spanos Center (777) Stockton, CA
January 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland	L 49–82	5–14 (1–5)	14 – Griffiths	5 – Tied	7 – Nwaba	Firestone Fieldhouse (158) Malibu, CA
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 59–75	5–15 (1–6)	13 – Nwaba	12 – Nwaba	2 – Tied	Gersten Pavilion (231) Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	L 54–78	5–16 (1–7)	22 – Nwaba	6 – Tied	4 – Nwaba	Firestone Fieldhouse (77) Malibu, CA
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Santa Clara	L 58–79	5–17 (1–8)	12 – Mashaire	5 – Tied	3 – Friend	Firestone Fieldhouse (202) Moraga, CA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 19 Gonzaga	L 46–83	5–18 (1–9)	11 – Nwaba	9 – Nwaba	2 – Tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,921) Spokane, WA
February 10, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland	L 46–78	5–19 (1–10)	14 – Nwaba	8 – Nwaba	4 – Tied	Chiles Center (816) Portland, OR
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego	L 49–69	5–20 (1–11)	16 – Nwaba	6 – Tied	4 – Nwaba	Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA
February 17, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 47–75	5–21 (1–12)	13 – Nwaba	10 – Tied	4 – Nwaba	University Credit Union Pavilion (472) Moraga, CA
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	L 54–70	5–22 (1–13)	13 – Friend	10 – Nwaba	2 – Johnson	Firestone Fieldhouse (102) Malibu, CA
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 16 Gonzaga	L 41–75	5–23 (1–14)	13 – Nwaba	10 – Nwaba	3 – Cayton	Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Mary's	L 48–69	5–24 (1–15)	12 – Tied	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (213) Malibu, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) San Diego First Round	L 64–79	5–25	18 – Nwaba	9 – Harkey	5 – Cayton	Orleans Arena (513) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

^ "Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". pepperdinewaves.com.

[1] "Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". pepperdinewaves.com.

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2023–24 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References