2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, are led by tenth-year head coach Ronald Hughey and play their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record14–16 (5–13 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachTai Dillard
Vonn Read
Assistant coachChynna Grimes
Home arenaFertitta Center
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma15–3 .83323–10  .697
No. 7 Texas †14–4 .77833–5  .868
No. 19 Kansas State13–5 .72226–8  .765
No. 25 Iowa State12–6 .66721–12  .636
No. 13 Baylor12–6 .66726–8  .765
No. 24 West Virginia12–6 .66725–8  .758
Kansas11–7 .61120–13  .606
Oklahoma State7–11 .38914–16  .467
TCU6–12 .33321–12  .636
BYU6–12 .33316–17  .485
Cincinnati5–13 .27814–18  .438
Texas Tech5–13 .27817–16  .515
Houston5–13 .27814–16  .467
UCF3–15 .16712–17  .414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 15–16, 10–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. As a No. 4 seed in the AAC women's tournament advanced in the quarterfinals they defeated No. 5 seed SMU and No. 8 Wichita State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to No. 3 East Carolina.

Offseason

Departures
Houston Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Tiara Young2G5'9"SeniorShreveport, LAGraduate transferred to SMU
Tae'Lor Purvis4G5'7"JuniorHouston, TXTransferred to Xavier
Taryn Johnson5G5'8"FreshmanSan Diego, CA
De'Myla Brown15G5'7"SeniorNorth Little Rock, ARGraduate transferred to Missouri
Kendall Brown21G5'7"SophomoreDeSoto, TXTransferred to Prairie View A&M
Ca'Leyah Burrell25G5'8"SeniorWaco, TXGraduated
Tatyana Hill30F6'2"GS SeniorHouston, TXGraduated

Incoming
Houston Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Gigi Cooke3G5'9"SophomoreClinton, MDMaryland
N'Yah Boyd5G5'6"SeniorMesquite, TXUTEP
Maliyah Johnson21F6'0"JuniorColumbus, OHPittsburgh
Djessira Diawara30F6'3"SeniorBamako, MaliClarendon College
Shalexxus Aaron35G6'1" SeniorApple Valley, CAOregon State
Peyton McFarland42F6'4"JuniorBoise, IDUtah

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster
2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Bria Patterson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GSDeSoto DeSoto, TX
G 2 Kierra Merchant 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrWestfield Spring, TX
G 3 Gia Cooke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoBishop McNamara
Maryland		 Clinton, MD
G 5 N'Yah Boyd 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GSHorn
UTEP		 Mesquite, TX
G 10 Britney Onyeje 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GSPflugerville
UCF		 Pflugerville, TX
G 11 Ash'a Thompson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrDeSoto
Old Dominion		 DeSoto, TX
G 14 Laila Blair 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrWaller Houston, TX
F 21 Maliyah Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrAfricentric Early College
Pittsburgh		 Columbus, OH
F 22 Avalon Miller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrRiverton
Gulf Coast State College		 Salt Lake City, UT
F 30 Djessira Diawara 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrMassa Makan Diabaté
Clarendon College		 Bamako, Mali
G 32 Amari Conn 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrLincoln Prep
Little Rock		 Kansas City, MO
F 33 Logyn McNeil 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SoRockwall-Heath
LSU		 Rockwall, TX
F 34 Kamryn Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrMagnolia West Magnolia, TX
G 35 Shalexxus Aaron 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SrMartin Luther King
Oregon State		 Apple Valley, CA
F 42 Peyton McFarland 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrBoise
Utah		 Boise, ID
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 10, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Air Force W 99–61  1–0
 Fertitta Center (935)
Houston, TX
November 14, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Sam Houston W 106–65  2–0
 Fertitta Center (964)
Houston, TX
November 19, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Grambling State W 106–74  3–0
 Fertitta Center (897)
Houston, TX
November 26, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 New Orleans W 81–54  4–0
 Fertitta Center (1,139)
Houston, TX
November 29, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Middle Tennessee L 45–70  4–1
 Fertitta Center (698)
Houston, TX
December 3, 2023*
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Florida A&M W 79–59  5–1
 Fertitta Center (1,160)
Houston, TX
December 8, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Texas A&M–Commerce W 86–53  6–1
 The Field House (1,189)
Commerce, TX
December 12, 2023*
11:00 a.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Texas Southern W 89–42  7–1
 Fertitta Center (3,658)
Houston, TX
December 14, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at UTSA W 66–64  8–1
 Convocation Center (869)
San Antonio,TX
December 17, 2023*
4:00 p.m., P12N		 at Washington State L 48–95  8–2
 Beasley Coliseum (956)
Pullman, WA
December 20, 2023*
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Rice
rivalry		 W 71–63 OT 9–2
 Fertitta Center (1,033)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 30, 2023
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Texas Tech L 71–79  9–3
(0–1)		 Fertitta Center (1,975)
Houston, TX
January 3, 2024
6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at No. 11 Kansas State L 38–72  9–4
(0–2)		 Bramlage Coliseum (3,397)
Manhattan, KS
January 6, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at No. 6 Baylor L 58–87  9–5
(0–3)		 Foster Pavilion (4,530)
Waco, TX
January 10, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 BYU W 79–69  10–5
(1–3)		 Fertitta Center (805)
Houston, TX
January 13, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 TCU W 77–66  11–5
(2–3)		 Fertitta Center (1,635)
Houston, TX
January 17, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at West Virginia L 39–80  11–6
(2–4)		 WVU Coliseum (2,251)
Morgantown, WV
January 20, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Oklahoma L 65–71  11–7
(2–5)		 Fertitta Center (1,780)
Houston, TX
January 24, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at Texas Tech L 48–66  11–8
(2–6)		 United Supermarkets Arena (4,775)
Lubbock, TX
January 27, 2024
1:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at UCF L 87–92 OT 11–9
(2–7)		 Addition Financial Arena (1,092)
Orlando, FL
January 30, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Cincinnati W 54–46  12–9
(3–7)		 Fertitta Center (974)
Houston, TX
February 4, 2024
2:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 No. 13 Baylor L 60–83  12–10
(3–8)		 Fertitta Center (2,069)
Houston, TX
February 8, 2024
6:30 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at Kansas L 52–69  12–11
(3–9)		 Allen Fieldhouse (3,090)
Lawrence, KS
February 14, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 No. 5 Texas L 66–82  12–12
(3–10)		 Fertitta Center (1,610)
Houston, TX
February 17, 2024
4:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at Oklahoma State W 65–57  13–12
(4–10)		 Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,112)
Stillwater, OK
February 21, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 Iowa State L 64–76  13–13
(4–11)		 Fertitta Center (995)
Houston, TX
February 24, 2024
6:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at TCU L 49–59  13–14
(4–12)		 Schollmaier Arena (2,133)
Fort Worth, TX
February 28, 2024
8:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 at BYU L 54–64  13–15
(4–13)		 Marriott Center (1,760)
Provo, UT
March 2, 2024
7:00 p.m., BIG12/ESPN+		 UCF W 68–67  14–15
(5–13)		 Fertitta Center (1,141)
Houston, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 7, 2024
5:30 p.m., ESPN+		 (13) vs. (12) Texas Tech
First Round		 L 60–74  14–16
 T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Women's college basketball preview: A look at UH, Texas, A&M, Rice, HCU, TSU and Prairie View". Houston Chronicle. November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. "University of Houston Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". Uhcougars.Com.
  3. "Cougars Announce 11 Game Non-Con Schedule". uhcougars.com. September 6, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  4. "Inaugural Big 12 Women's Basketball Schedule Released". uhcougars.com. September 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
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