2023–24 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by 22nd-year head coach Jim Flanery, played their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference.

2023–24 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 23
Record	26–6 (15–3 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Flanery (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Carli Berger Jordann Reese Chevelle Saunsoci
Home arena	D. J. Sokol Arena
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big East women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			33	–	6		.846
No. 23 Creighton	15	–	3		.833			26	–	6		.813
St. John's	11	–	7		.611			18	–	15		.545
Villanova	11	–	7		.611			22	–	13		.629
Marquette	11	–	7		.611			23	–	9		.719
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			23	–	12		.657
Seton Hall	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Butler	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Providence	6	–	12		.333			13	–	21		.382
DePaul	4	–	14		.222			12	–	20		.375
Xavier	0	–	18		.000			1	–	27		.036
† 2024 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

Main article: 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

The Bluejays finished the season at 22–9 and 15–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They defeated Seton Hall in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament before losing to Villanova. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 6th seed in Greensville region 2 where they were upset by 11th seed Mississippi State.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason left
Rachel Saunders	13	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Iowa City, IA	Graduated
Carly Bachelor	22	G/F	6'0"	Senior	Topeka, KS	Graduated

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Kennedy Townsend 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Park Hill Kansas City, MO G 4 Lexi Unruh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Sioux Falls Christian Sioux Falls, SD G 11 Kiani Lockett 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Minnetonka Minneapolis, MN G 12 Jayme Horan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Millard South Omaha, NE F 14 Mallory Brake 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Hastings Hastings, MN G 15 Lauren Jensen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Lakeville North Iowa Lakeville, MN G 21 Molly Mogensen 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Farmington Farmington, MN G 23 Brittany Harshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Andover Central Andover, KS G/F 30 Morgan Maly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Crete Crete, NE F 31 Emma Ronsiak 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr O'Gorman Sioux Falls, SD G 32 McKayla Miller 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cimarron Cimarron, KS	Head coach Jim Flanery (Creighton) Assistant coach(es) Carli Berger (Creighton) Jordann Reese (Drake) Chevelle Saunsoci (Creighton) 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
October 30, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	No. 22	Nebraska–Kearney	W 93–42		–	–	–	D. J. Sokol Arena  Omaha, NE
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	No. 22	vs. North Dakota State	W 75–52	1–0	23 – Jensen	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Sanford Pentagon (1,405) Sioux Falls, SD
November 10, 2023* 11:30 a.m., YurView	No. 22	South Dakota	W 81–55	2–0	30 – Maly	10 – Maly	6 – Jensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,539) Omaha, NE
November 16, 2023* 6:00 p.m., YurView	No. 22	Green Bay	L 53–65	2–1	21 – Jensen	6 – Tied	6 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,027) Omaha, NE
November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., BTN	No. 22	at Nebraska	W 79–74	3–1	23 – Maly	10 – Brake	3 – Tied	Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,604) Lincoln, NE
November 23, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Georgia Tech Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 57–46	4–1	16 – Jensen	10 – Brake	5 – Maly	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (137) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Michigan State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 83–69	5–1	32 – Jensen	14 – Ronsiek	3 – Jensen	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (250) Cancún, Mexico
December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., YurView		Northern Iowa	W 115–62	6–1	25 – Ronsiek	10 – Maly	7 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,598) Omaha, NE
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., MW Network	No. 22	at Wyoming	W 73–61	7–1	22 – Ronsiek	7 – Mogensen	5 – Jensen	Arena-Auditorium (2,204) Laramie, WY
December 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 20	at No. 19 Marquette	L 70–76	7–2 (0–1)	29 – Ronsiek	7 – Maly	3 – Jensen	Al McGuire Center (1,503) Milwaukee, WI
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	at Drake	W 89–78	8–2	31 – Ronsiek	7 – Maly	6 – Mogensen	Knapp Center (3,108) Des Moines, IA
December 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., KYNE-TV	No. 21т	South Dakota State	W 58–46	9–2	19 – Ronsiek	8 – Mogensen	5 – Jensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,056) Omaha, NE
December 30, 2023 4:00 p.m., YurView	No. 21	St. John's	W 67–56	10–2 (1–1)	20 – Jensen	6 – Townsend	6 – Jensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,839) Omaha, NE
January 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., SNY	No. 21	No. 12 UConn	L 50–94	10–3 (1–2)	13 – Ronsiek	6 – Mogensen	4 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,374) Omaha, NE
January 6, 2024 3:00 p.m., FS1	No. 21	at DePaul	W 75–68	11–3 (2–2)	17 – Jensen	9 – Tied	5 – Jensen	Wintrust Arena (1,404) Chicago, IL
January 10, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	Butler	W 89–53	12–3 (3–2)	25 – Ronsiek	6 – Tied	8 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,131) Omaha, NE
January 14, 2024 1:00 p.m., KYNE-TV	No. 22	Providence	W 81–70	13–3 (4–2)	22 – Tied	8 – Maly	5 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,620) Omaha, NE
January 21, 2024 11:00 a.m., CBSSN	No. 21	at Villanova	W 63–49	14–3 (5–2)	24 – Maly	13 – Maly	5 – Ronsiek	Finneran Pavilion (2,651) Villanova, PA
January 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 21	at Georgetown	W 77–72	15–3 (6–2)	21 – Jensen	6 – Townsend	5 – Mogensen	McDonough Gymnasium (522) Washington, D.C.
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., CBSSN	No. 21	Seton Hall	W 57–49	16–3 (7–2)	18 – Ronsiek	9 – Tied	5 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,773) Omaha, NE
January 31, 2024 6:00 p.m., YurView	No. 22	Marquette	W 76–71	17–3 (8–2)	21 – Maly	7 – Ronsiek	6 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,321) Omaha, NE
February 4, 2024 1:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	at Butler	W 75–65	18–3 (9–2)	26 – Ronsiek	12 – Brake	5 – Jensen	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,041) Indianapolis, IN
February 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 21	at Xavier	W 77–46	19–3 (10–2)	17 – Tied	9 – Ronsiek	5 – Tied	Cintas Center (1,117) Cincinnati, OH
February 10, 2024 3:00 p.m., YurView	No. 21	DePaul	W 88–59	20–3 (11–2)	29 – Ronsiek	8 – Jensen	6 – Ronsiek	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,102) Omaha, NE
February 16, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloHoops	No. 20	at St. John's	W 71–51	21–3 (12–2)	20 – Tied	7 – Maly	8 – Mogensen	Carnesecca Arena (476) Queens, NY
February 19, 2024 11:00 a.m., FOX	No. 21	at No. 15 UConn	L 53–73	21–4 (12–3)	18 – Jensen	9 – Mogensen	3 – Jensen	XL Center (15,684) Hartford, CT
February 24, 2024 11:00 a.m., FOX	No. 21	Villanova	W 79–69	22–4 (13–3)	20 – Jensen	8 – Maly	6 – Mogensen	D. J. Sokol Arena (2,188) Omaha, NE
February 27, 2024 6:00 p.m., YurView	No. 23	Xavier	W 99–57	23–4 (14–3)	25 – Ronsiek	8 – Maly	7 – Ronsiek	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,411) Omaha, NE
March 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., FS1	No. 23	at Seton Hall	W 72–65	24–4 (15–3)	16 – Jensen	12 – Maly	4 – Jensen	Walsh Gymnasium (1,040) South Orange, NJ
Big East Women's Tournament
March 9, 2024 6:00 p.m., FS2	(2) No. 21	vs. (7) Seton Hall Quarterfinals	W 72–65	25–4	23 – Maly	9 – Tied	3 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
March 10, 2024 4:00 p.m., FS1	(2) No. 21	vs. (6) Georgetown Semifinals	L 46–55	25–5	14 – Maly	6 – Maly	2 – Tied	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 23, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPNews	(7 A2) No. 24	vs. (10 A2) No. 20 UNLV First Round	W 87–73	26–5	25 – Jensen	8 – Maly	9 – Mogensen	Pauley Pavilion (8,841) Los Angeles, CA
March 25, 2024* 7:30 p.m., ESPN2	(7 A2) No. 24	at (2 A2) No. 6 UCLA Second Round	L 63–67	26–6	20 – Jensen	8 – Mogensen	5 – Mogensen	Pauley Pavilion (7,839) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A2=Albany 2. All times are in Central.

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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	22	22	RV	RV	22	20	21т	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	20	21	23	21	23	24	23
Coaches	23т	24	RV	25	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	19	21	20	18	21	20	19

See also

• 2023–24 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team