2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by third-year head coach Nicki Collen and played their 2023 home games at the Ferrell Center and 2024 games at the Foster Pavilion. The Baylor Bears competed as members of the Big 12 Conference.^[1]

2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
Record	26–8 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Nicki Collen (3rd season)
Associate head coach	Tony Greene
Assistant coaches	Tari Cummings Sadie Edwards
Home arena	Ferrell Center (2023) Foster Pavilion (2024)
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma	15	–	3		.833			23	–	10		.697
No. 7 Texas †	14	–	4		.778			33	–	5		.868
No. 19 Kansas State	13	–	5		.722			26	–	8		.765
No. 25 Iowa State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
No. 13 Baylor	12	–	6		.667			26	–	8		.765
No. 24 West Virginia	12	–	6		.667			25	–	8		.758
Kansas	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Oklahoma State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	16		.467
TCU	6	–	12		.333			21	–	12		.636
BYU	6	–	12		.333			16	–	17		.485
Cincinnati	5	–	13		.278			14	–	18		.438
Texas Tech	5	–	13		.278			17	–	16		.515
Houston	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
UCF	3	–	15		.167			12	–	17		.414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2022–23 Baylor Bears women's basketball team finished the 2022–23 season 20–13, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3 way tie for fourth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 7 seed in the Seattle Region 3, where they defeated Alabama in the first round before losing to UConn in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Baylor Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Jaden Owens	10	G	5'8"	Senior	Plano, TX	Graduate transferred to TCU
Erika Porter	20	F	6'0	Junior	West Windsor, NJ	Transferred to Bowling Green
Ja'Mee Asberry	21	G	5'5"	GS Senior	Tulsa, OK	Graduated
Kendra Gillispie	25	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Norman, OK	Transferred to Arkansas State
Caitlin Bickle	51	F	6'0"	GS Senior	Cave Creek, AZ	Graduated

Incoming

Baylor Incoming Transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Denae Fritz	1	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Maryville, TN	Iowa State
Yaya Felder	2	G	5'11"	Junior	Hartford, CT	Ohio
Madison Bartley	3	F	6'3"	Senior	Kettering, OH	Belmont
Jada Walker	11	G	5'7"	Junior	Richmond, VA	Kentucky

Recruiting

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Letycia Vasconcelos P	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (95)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Recruiting class of 2024

College recruiting information (2024)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kayla Nelms F	Miami, FL	Miami Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (94)
Ines Goryanova PG	Daytona Beach, FL	DME Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (92)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2024 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Denae Fritz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Iowa State Maryville, TN G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Ohio Hartford, CT F 3 Madison Bartley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Belmont Kettering, OH G 4 Jana Van Gytenbeek 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Stanford Greenwood Village, CO G/F 5 Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Classen HS Edmond, OK G 11 Jada Walker 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Kentucky Richmond, VA F 12 Kyla Abraham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Smithfield HS Carrollton, VA G/F 22 Bella Fontleroy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Kickapoo HS Springfield, MO G 24 Sarah Andrews 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr MacArthur HS Irving, TX C 25 Lety Vasconcelos 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Montverde Academy Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil G 30 Catarina Ferreira 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Eastern Arizona College São Paulo, Brazil G/F 33 Aijha Blackwell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Missouri Berkeley, MO F 44 Dre'una Edwards 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Kentucky Las Vegas, NV	Head coach Nicki Collen (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Tony Greene (Langston) Tari Cummings (Oklahoma State) Sadie Edwards (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	No. 19	Hardin-Simmons	W 120–41		Ferrell Center  Waco, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	Southern	W 85–53	1–0	Ferrell Center (3,570) Waco, TX
November 14, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	No. 4 Utah Preseason WNIT	W 84–77	2–0	Ferrell Center (4,808) Waco, TX
November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	Harvard	W 81–71	3–0	Ferrell Center (3,812) Waco, TX
November 24, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	McNeese	W 124–44	4–0	Ferrell Center (3,713) Waco, TX
November 26, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	Alcorn State	W 93–47	5–0	Ferrell Center (3,709) Waco, TX
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 13	at SMU	W 85–61	6–0	Moody Coliseum (2,294) University Park, TX
December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FS1	No. 13	Oregon	W 71–51	7–0	Ferrell Center (4,340) Waco, TX
December 14, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Delaware State Final Game at Farrell Center	W 99–37	8–0	Ferrell Center (9,898) Waco, TX
December 16, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	vs. No. 24 Miami (FL) Hall of Fame Series	W 75–57	9–0	Frost Bank Center (2,279) San Antonio, TX
December 20, 2023* 2:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 10	vs. Providence West Palm Beach Classic	W 61–36	10–0	Massimino Court (313) West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2023* 2:30 p.m., FloSports	No. 10	vs. South Florida West Palm Beach Classic	W 73–50	11–0	Massimino Court (452) West Palm Beach, FL
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., FOX	No. 10	at No. 5 Texas	W 85–79	12–0 (1–0)	Moody Center (8,207) Austin, TX
January 3, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 6	No. 23 TCU First Game at Foster Pavilion	W 71–50	13–0 (2–0)	Foster Pavilion (5,905) Waco, TX
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 6	Houston	W 87–58	14–0 (3–0)	Foster Pavilion (4,530) Waco, TX
January 10, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 4	at Kansas	L 66–87	14–1 (3–1)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,971) Lawrence, KS
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 4	at Iowa State	L 63–66	14–2 (3–2)	Hilton Coliseum (9,420) Ames, IA
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	UCF	W 77–74	15–2 (4–2)	Foster Pavilion (5,089) Waco, TX
January 22, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1	No. 13	No. 4 Kansas State	L 55–58	15–3 (4–3)	Foster Pavilion (4,536) Waco, TX
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 13	at Oklahoma State	W 72–60	16–3 (5–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,437) Stillwater, OK
February 1, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 13	No. 12 Texas	L 55–67	16–4 (5–4)	Foster Pavilion (6,015) Waco, TX
February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	at Houston	W 83–60	17–4 (6–4)	Fertitta Center (2,069) Houston, TX
February 7, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at BYU	L 66–78	17–5 (6–5)	Marriott Center (1,525) Provo, UT
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	No. 22 West Virginia	W 65–58	18–5 (7–5)	Foster Pavilion (4,944) Waco, TX
February 14, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	at No. 23 Oklahoma	L 73–84	18–6 (7–6)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,552) Norman, OK
February 18, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 21	Texas Tech	W 61–32	19–6 (8–6)	Foster Pavilion (7,093) Waco, TX
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+	No. 24	Kansas	W 69–61	20–6 (9–6)	Foster Pavilion (4,238) Waco, TX
February 24, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	at No. 22 West Virginia	W 66–65	21–6 (10–6)	WVU Coliseum (5,616) Morgantown, WV
February 27, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 21	at Cincinnati	W 74–55	22–6 (11–6)	Fifth Third Arena (1,488) Cincinnati, OH
March 3, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	No. 21	Oklahoma State	W 67–45	23–6 (12–6)	Foster Pavilion (4,280) Waco, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 8, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	(5) No. 17	vs. (12) Texas Tech Second Round	W 71–60	24–6	T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, MO
March 9, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	(5) No. 17	vs. (4) Iowa State Quarterfinals	L 62–67	24–7	T-Mobile Center  Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	(5 P3) No. 19	vs. (12 P3) Vanderbilt First Round	W 80–63	25–7	Cassell Coliseum (8,925) Blacksburg, VA
March 24, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 P3) No. 19	at (4 P3) No. 13 Virginia Tech Second Round	W 75–72	26–7	Cassell Coliseum (8,925) Blacksburg, VA
March 30, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPN	(5 P3) No. 19	vs. (1 P3) No. 3 USC Sweet Sixteen	L 70-74	26-8	Moda Center  Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P3=Portland 3. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	19	21	14	13	10	10	10	10	6	4	12	13	13	18	21	24	21	17	19	19	13
Coaches	20	23	18	16	14	13	11	11	9	7	13	15	13	17	21	24	21	17	18	18	15

See also

• 2023–24 Baylor Bears men's basketball team