2022–23 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2022–23 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fourth year head coach Charmin Smith, played their home games at Haas Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2022–23 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	13–17 (4–14 Pac-12)
Head coach	Charmin Smith (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Paul Reed Heidi Heintz Eliza Pierre
Home arena	Haas Pavilion

2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Utah	15	–	3		.833			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 21 Colorado	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
No. 14 UCLA	11	–	7		.611			27	–	10		.730
No. 25 Arizona	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
USC	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
No. 23 Washington State †	9	–	9		.500			23	–	11		.676
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			20	–	15		.571
Washington	7	–	11		.389			19	–	15		.559
California	4	–	14		.222			13	–	17		.433
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
Arizona State	1	–	17		.056			8	–	20		.286
† 2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of November 22, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished the season 11–13, 2–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Utah.

Roster

2022–23 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Michelle Onyiah 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Eleanor Roosevelt Eastvale, CA G 1 Leilani McIntosh 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Xavier College Prep Phoenix, AZ G 2 Amaya Bonner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Santa Cruz Fremont, CA G 4 Karisma Ortiz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Archbishop Mitty Texas San Jose, CA F 5 Claudia Langarita 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So INS Joaquim Blume San Francisco Barcelona, Spain F 12 Jadyn Bush 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Bishop Blanchet Harvard Federal Way, WA G 14 Alma Elsnitz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lulea Basketgymnasium Stockholm, Sweden G 15 Kemery Martín 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Corner Canyon Sandy, UT G 21 Mia Mastrov 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Miramonte Lafayette, CA F 24 Evelien Lutje Schipholt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Caland Lyceum The Hague, The Netherlands G 30 Jayda Curry 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Centennial Corona, CA G 31 Ornela Muca 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece C 32 Sela Heide 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Mount Si North Bend, WA F 33 Sirena Tuitele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Pleasant Valley Colorado Chico, CA	Head coach Charmin Smith (Stanford) Assistant coach(es) Kelly Cole (Northwestern) Heidi Heintz (UC Davis) Eliza Pierre (California) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Vanguard	W 80–58		30 – Curry	10 – Onyiah	6 – Tied	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 4:00 p.m.		Cal State Northridge	W 86–56	1–0	18 – Lutje Schipholt	9 – Tuitele	3 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (724) Berkeley, CA
November 12, 2022* 1:00 p.m., NBC		vs. No. 9 Notre Dame Citi Shamrock Classic	L 79–90	1–1	24 – Curry	6 – Lutje Schipholt	5 – Tied	Enterprise Center (4,212) St. Louis, MO
November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Idaho	W 84–71	2–1	19 – Martín	9 – McIntosh	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,023) Berkeley, CA
November 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., WCC Network		at Saint Mary's	W 69–66	3–1	18 – McIntosh	7 – Tuitele	3 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (636) Moraga, CA
November 25, 2022* 6:30 p.m., WCC Network		at Loyola Marymount LMU Thanksgiving Classic	W 68–49	4–1	16 – Tied	7 – Lutje Schipholt	3 – Ortiz	Gersten Pavilion (483) Los Angeles, CA
November 26, 2022* 3:30 p.m.		vs. Montana LMU Thanksgiving Classic	W 65–44	5–1	18 – Martín	8 – Martín	5 – Ortiz	Gersten Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2022* 11:00 a.m.		Arkansas–Pine Bluff Raising the B.A.R. Invitational	W 84–51	6–1	19 – Curry	10 – Curry	7 – Curry	Haas Pavilion (894) Berkeley, CA
December 4, 2022* 1:00 p.m.		SMU Raising the B.A.R. Invitational	L 56–70	6–2	15 – Curry	9 – Lutje Schipholt	7 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (894) Berkeley, CA
December 10, 2022* 8:00 p.m., P12N		Pacific	W 83–66	7–2	21 – Martín	7 – Tied	5 – Curry	Haas Pavilion (678) Berkeley, CA
December 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		UC San Diego	W 75–61	8–2	22 – Curry	11 – Onyiah	4 – Martín	Haas Pavilion (655) Berkeley, CA
December 18, 2022* 2:00 p.m., P12N		Florida A&M Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series	W 88–58	9–2	19 – Curry	8 – Tuitele	5 – Ortiz	Haas Pavilion (671) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
December 23, 2022 12:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 2 Stanford	L 69–90	9–3 (0–1)	20 – Curry	4 – Tied	4 – Lutje Schipholt	Maples Pavilion (3,970) Stanford, CA
December 31, 2022 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 18 Arizona	L 56–63	9–4 (0–2)	13 – Curry	9 – Lutje Schipholt	4 – Curry	Haas Pavilion (605) Berkeley, CA
January 2, 2023 12:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona State	W 74–61	10–4 (1–2)	16 – Onyiah	11 – Onyiah	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (842) Berkeley, CA
January 8, 2023 4:00 p.m., P12N		No. 2 Stanford	L 56–60	10–5 (1–3)	19 – McIntosh	8 – Martin	4 – Martin	Haas Pavilion (3,442) Berkeley, CA
January 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., P12N		at USC	L 43–63	10–6 (1–4)	14 – Lutje Schipholt	7 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Galen Center (1,031) Los Angeles, CA
January 15, 2023 12:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 8 UCLA	L 70–87	10–7 (1–5)	23 – Martin	7 – Tuitele	4 – McIntosh	Pauley Pavilion (4,317) Los Angeles, CA
January 20, 2023 11:30 a.m., P12N		No. 24 Colorado	L 66–73	10–8 (1–6)	17 – Lutje Schipholt	8 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (2,394) Berkeley, CA
January 22, 2023 4:00 p.m., P12N		No. 8 Utah	L 62–87	10–9 (1–7)	15 – Curry	4 – Tied	8 – Curry	Haas Pavilion (1,332) Berkeley, CA
January 27, 2023 7:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon	L 73–78	11–9 (2–7)	13 – Tied	8 – Onyiah	8 – Curry	Haas Pavilion (1,005) Berkeley, CA
January 29, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon State	W 64–62	11–10 (2–8)	21 – Curry	7 – Onyiah	7 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,017) Berkeley, CA
February 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	L 54–70	11–11 (2–9)	19 – Lutje Schipholt	7 – Lutje Schipholt	4 – Curry	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,496) Seattle, WA
February 5, 2023 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington State	L 60–70	11–12 (2–10)	11 – Martín	9 – Martín	4 – Curry	Beasley Coliseum (1,345) Pullman, WA
February 10, 2023 6:00 p.m., P12N		at Arizona State	W 72–61	12–12 (3–10)	21 – Curry	7 – Martin	4 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (2,185) Tempe, AZ
February 12, 2023 11:00 a.m., P12N		at No. 17 Arizona	L 57–80	12–13 (3–11)	15 – Curry	8 – Onyiah	6 – Curry	McKale Center (7,268) Tucson, AZ
February 17, 2023 6:00 p.m., P12N		No. 16 UCLA	L 54–67	12–14 (3–12)	15 – Curry	5 – Tied	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (1,606) Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N		No. 25 USC	W 81–78 OT	13–14 (4–12)	27 – Curry	9 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,932) Berkeley, CA
February 23, 2023 4:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 8 Utah	L 79–101	13–15 (4–13)	28 – Curry	6 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,755) Salt Lake City, UT
February 25, 2023 11:00 a.m., P12N		at No. 21 Colorado	L 69–95	13–16 (4–14)	26 – Curry	6 – Tuitele	6 – Ortiz	CU Events Center (3,452) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 1, 2023 6:00 p.m., P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Washington State First Round	L 49-61	13-17	16 – Curry	8 – Onyiah	3 – Ortiz	Michelob Ultra Arena  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP		*																			Not released
Coaches		*	^

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

See also

2022–23 California Golden Bears men's basketball team