2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were led by sixth year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They played their home games at the Conte Forum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–19 (5–13 ACC)
Head coach	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Ehlbeck Chris Meadows Sr. Shelby Boyle
Home arena	Conte Forum
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Virginia Tech	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
No. 4 NC State	13	–	5		.722			31	–	7		.816
No. 20 Syracuse	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
No. 11 Notre Dame †	13	–	5		.722			28	–	7		.800
Louisville	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Florida State	12	–	6		.667			23	–	11		.676
No. 17 Duke	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
North Carolina	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Miami (FL)	8	–	10		.444			19	–	12		.613
Georgia Tech	7	–	11		.389			17	–	16		.515
Virginia	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Clemson	5	–	13		.278			12	–	19		.387
Boston College	5	–	13		.278			14	–	19		.424
Wake Forest	2	–	16		.111			7	–	25		.219
Pittsburgh	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† 2024 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The Eagles started off the season alternating wins and losses before losing three straight games in early season tournaments. They finished their non-conference schedule with five straight wins to finish 8–5. They started their ACC regular season schedule 3–3. However, they then lost their next ten games before winning their last two conference games. The Eagles finished the season 14–19 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twevlth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated twevlth seed Clemson in the First Round before losing to fifth seed Louisville in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Previous season

Main article: 2022–23 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The Eagles finished the season 16–17 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament the defeated Georgia Tech in the First round before losing to Miami in the Second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Off-season

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Maria Gakdeng	5	F/C	6'3"	Sophomore	Lanham, Maryland	Transferred to North Carolina[1]
Taina Mair	20	G	5'9"	Freshman	Boston, Massachusetts	Transferred to Duke[2]
Ally Carman	43	C	6'5"	Freshman	Barnegat, New Jersey	Transferred to Iona[3]
Akunna Konkwo	44	C	6'2"	Sophomore	Alexandria, Virginia	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Teya Sidberry	32	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utah[4]
Savannah Samuel	33	G	6'1"	Junior	Woodstock, Georgia	West Virginia[4]

Recruiting Class

Source:^[5]

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nene Ndiaye F	Saly, Senegal	Orangewood Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
JaKayla Thompson G	Louisville, Kentucky	duPont Manual	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Jayda Johnson G	West Haven, Connecticut	Hamden	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Lili Krasovec F	Budapest, Hungary	Winston-Salem Christian	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
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:

Roster

2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Nene Ndiaye 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Orangewood Academy Saly, Senegal G 1 JaKayla Thompson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr duPont Manual Louisville, KY G 2 Kaylah Ivey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Riverdale Baptist School Forestville, MD G 3 Ava McGee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Maret Washington, D.C. G 4 JoJo Lacey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Westtown School Douglassville, PA G 5 Jayda Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Hamden West Haven, CT F 12 Ally Van Timmeren 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Jenison Allendale, MI G 14 Kayla Lezama 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Noble and Greenough School Boston, MA F 16 Lili Krasovec 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Winston-Salem Christian Budapest, Hungary G 21 Andrea Daley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Miami Country Day Miami, FL G 24 Dontavia Waggoner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr The Ensworth School Nashville, TN G 30 T'Yana Todd 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So IMG Academy Vaughan, Canada F 32 Teya Sidberry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Judge Memorial Utah Salt Lake City, UT G 33 Savannah Samuel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr St. Francis West Virginia Woodstock, GA	Head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (West Liberty) Assistant coach(es) Sean Ehlbeck (Maryland) Chris Meadows Sr. (St. Bonaventure) Shelby Boyle (Transylvania University) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 27, 2023

Schedule

Source:^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
November 6, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		Holy Cross	W 66–61	1–0	Conte Forum (537) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 9, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Harvard	L 59–66	1–1	Conte Forum (617) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Northeastern	W 67–58	2–1	Conte Forum (817) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 13 Ohio State	L 66–88	2–2	Value City Arena (4,523) Columbus, OH
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Providence	W 71–56	3–2	Alumni Hall (847) Providence, RI
November 24, 2023* 4:30 p.m.		vs. Marquette Fort Myers Tip-Off	L 65–73	3–3	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (591) Fort Myers, FL
November 25, 2023* 7:30 p.m.		vs. Wisconsin Fort Myers Tip-Off	L 72–82	3–4	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (397) Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN		at Kentucky ACC–SEC Challenge	L 81–83	3–4	Memorial Coliseum (910) Lexington, KY
December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		UMass Lowell	W 91–53	4–5	Conte Forum (432) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UMass	W 95–57	5–5	Conte Forum (536) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 10, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		Siena	W 88–59	6–5	Conte Forum (733) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 12, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX		Stonehill	W 101–37	7–5	Conte Forum (3,630) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Bryant	W 94–57	8–5	Conte Forum (633) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Regular season
December 31, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	L 81–86	8–6 (0–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,898) Durham, NC
January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL)	W 70–64	9–6 (1–1)	Conte Forum (819) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 25 Syracuse	L 64–71	9–7 (1–2)	JMA Wireless Dome (1,811) Syracuse, NY
January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 18 Notre Dame	L 48–98	9–8 (1–3)	Purcell Pavilion (4,657) Notre Dame, IN
January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN		Pittsburgh	W 84–71 OT	10–8 (2–3)	Conte Forum (1,126) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 68–65	11–8 (3–3)	Conte Forum (803) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 54–69	11–9 (3–4)	McCamish Pavilion (2,185) Atlanta, GA
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 18 Louisville	L 60–88	11–10 (3–5)	KFC Yum! Center (7,606) Louisville, KY
January 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 7 NC State	L 61–82	11–11 (3–6)	Conte Forum (2,180) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	L 55–65	11–12 (3–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum (872) Clemson, SC
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 21 Syracuse	L 63–75	11–13 (3–8)	Conte Forum (1,836) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia	L 66–73	11–14 (3–9)	Conte Forum (756) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 16 Virginia Tech	L 63–74	11–15 (3–10)	Cassell Coliseum (8,925) Blacksburg, VA
February 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 18 Louisville	L 67–69	11–16 (3–11)	Conte Forum (937) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Florida State	L 71–84	11–17 (3–12)	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,744) Tallahassee, FL
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 19 Notre Dame	L 55–79	11–18 (3–13)	Conte Forum (3,612) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	W 78–74	12–18 (4–13)	Conte Forum (1,621) Chestnut Hill, MA
March 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 84–58	13–18 (5–13)	Peterson Events Center (1,744) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 6, 2024 1:00 p.m., ACCN	(13)	vs. (12) Clemson First Round	W 85–72	14–18	Greensboro Coliseum (6,322) Greensboro, NC
March 7, 2024 11:00 a.m., ACCN	(13)	vs. (5) No. 24 Louisville Second Round	L 55–58	14–19	Greensboro Coliseum (10,823) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked in previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked