2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team

2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball
2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	8–20 (7–11 Southland)
Head coach	Keeshawn Davenport (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Wyketha Harrell; Alpha English; Kristin Moore;
Home arena	Lakefront Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Privateers were led by twelfth year head coach Keeshawn Davenport and played their home games at the Lakefront Arena located on the UNO campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were members of the Southland Conference.

2022–23 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Southeastern Louisiana †	14	–	4	.778	21	–	10	.677
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	14	–	4	.778	19	–	12	.613
Lamar	12	–	6	.667	20	–	12	.625
Incarnate Word	10	–	8	.556	15	–	14	.517
Texas A&M–Commerce*	10	–	8	.556	14	–	19	.424
McNeese	8	–	10	.444	12	–	19	.387
New Orleans	7	–	11	.389	8	–	20	.286
Northwestern State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	18	.379
Houston Christian	6	–	12	.333	11	–	18	.379
Nicholls	2	–	16	.111	5	–	24	.172
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2023 Southland tournament winner As of March 18, 2023

Previous season

The Privateers finished the 2021–22 season with a 5-18 overall record and a 3-11 Southland Conference record, seventh place in the conference. They participated in the 2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament as the No. 7 seeded team. They wont their first round tournament game against No. 6 seeded Northwestern State 57–48. Their season ended with a quarterfinal loss to No. 4 seeded Southeastern 66–80.^[1]^[2]

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. Receiving 47 votes overall, the Privateers were picked to finish ninth in the conference.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	148 (11)
2	Houston Christian	131 (5)
3	Southeastern	122 (3)
4	Lamar	103
5	Texas A&M–Commerce Lions	101(1)
6	McNeese	98
7	Incarnate Word	64
8	Northwestern State	61
9	New Orleans	47
10	Nicholls	25

Preseason All Conference

No Privateers were selected as members of the Preseason All Conference first team.^[4]

Roster

2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
C	00	Nora Francois	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Minneapolis, MN
G	1	Hennessey Luu-Brown	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Toronto Ontario Canada
F	3	Najha Scott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Shreveport, LA
G	4	Kristen Crenshaw-Gill	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Youngstown, OH
G	5	Tianna Gipson	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Kansas City, MO
G	10	Tomyree Thompson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	New Orleans, LA
G	11	Imani Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Hopkins, SC
G	14	Kyla Davis	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Fort Worth, TX
G	20	Justice Ross	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Des Moines, IA
F/C	21	Tara Green	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	West Helena, AR
G	23	DeArica Pryor	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Urbandale, IA
F	31	Zoe Cooper	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Birmingham, AL
G	32	Brianna Ellis	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Palm Coast, FL
G	33	Jayla Kimbrough	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Decatur, GA

Head coach

Keeshawn Davenport (New Orleans)

Assistant coach(es)

Wyketha Harrell (Rockhurst)/Missouri Southern
Alpha English (San José State)
Kristin Moore Tyler Junior College)/St. John's

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 11, 2022

Schedule

Sources:^[5]^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 7, 2022* 8:00 pm, CUSATV		at UTEP	L 55–83	0–1	Don Haskins Center (758) El Paso, TX
Nov 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		South Alabama	W 71–63	1–1	Lakefront Arena (647) New Orleans, LA
Nov 18, 2022* 6:00 pm		at Grambling	L 59–69	1–2	Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (203) Grambling, LA
Nov 22, 2022* 6:00 pm		at Alcorn State	L 56–65	1–3	Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS
Nov 30, 2022* 6:00 pm		at Tulane	L 37–90	1–4	Devlin Fieldhouse (445) New Orleans, LA
Dec 3, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wichita State	L 61–79	1–5	Charles Koch Arena (1,241) Wichita, KS
Dec 11, 2022* 2:00 pm		at No. 11 LSU	Cancelled		Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 14, 2022* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Mississippi Valley State	L 63–67 ^OT	1–6	Lakefront Arena (410) New Orleans, LA
Dec 18, 2022* 1:00 pm, BTN		at Rutgers	L 56–64	1–7	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,016) Piscataway, NJ
Dec 21, 2022* 6:00 pm, FloHoops		at Hofstra	L 60–64	1–8	Mack Sports Complex (296) Hempstead, NY
Southland regular season
Dec 31, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Houston Christian	L 59–68	1–9 (0–1)	Sharp Gymnasium (375) Houston, TX
Jan 5, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Lamar	W 60–46	2–9 (1–1)	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
Jan 7, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Houston Christian	L 54–62	2–10 (1–2)	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
Jan 12, 2023 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Incarnate Word	L 55–61	2–11 (1–3)	McDermott Center (204) San Antonio, TX
Jan 14, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 45–58	2–12 (1–4)	American Bank Center (1,137) Corpus Christi, TX
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas A&M–Commerce	L 69–74	2–13 (1–5)	Lakefront Arena (381) New Orleans, LA
Jan 21, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northwestern State	W 70–59	3–13 (2–5)	Lakefront Arena (213) New Orleans, LA
Jan 26, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southeastern Louisiana	L 51–69	3–14 (2–6)	University Center (519) Hammond, LA
Jan 28, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	W 59–42	4–14 (3–6)	Lakefront Arena (412) New Orleans, LA
Feb 2, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	L 49–68	4–15 (3–7)	Lakefront Arena (309) New Orleans, LA
Feb 4, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Incarnate Word	L 45–59	4–16 (3–8)	Lakefront Arena (284) New Orleans, LA
Feb 9, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Nicholls	W 83–68	5–16 (4–8)	Stopher Gymnasium (268) Thibodaux, LA
Feb 11, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		McNeese	W 65–59	6–16 (5–8)	Lakefront Arena (613) New Orleans, LA
Feb 16, 2023 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Commerce	L 70–83	6–17 (5–9)	The Field House (217) Commerce, TX
Feb 18, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northwestern State	L 81–82 ^OT	6–18 (5–10)	Prather Coliseum (501) Natchitoches, LA
Feb 23, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Nicholls	W 88–73	7–18 (6–10)	Lakefront Arena (395) New Orleans, LA
Feb 25, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lamar	W 62–61	8–18 (7–10)	Montagne Center (1,458) Beaumont, TX
Mar 1, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at McNeese	L 56–68	8–19 (7–11)	The Legacy Center (1,566) Lake Charles, LA
2023 Jersey Mike's Subs Southland Basketball Tournament
Mar 6, 2023 1:30 pm, ESPN+	(7)	at (6) McNeese First round	L 82–87	8–20	The Legacy Center (448) Lake Charles, LA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "New Orleans Privateers Schedule 2021-22". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". The University of New Orleans. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tabbed as favorites in 2022-23 Southland Women's Basketball poll". Southland Conference. October 25, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "Southland Announces 2022-23 Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams". Southland Conference. October 25, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of New Orleans. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "New Orleans Privateers Schedule 2022-23". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[1] "New Orleans Privateers Schedule 2021-22". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[2] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". The University of New Orleans. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[3] "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tabbed as favorites in 2022-23 Southland Women's Basketball poll". Southland Conference. October 25, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[4] "Southland Announces 2022-23 Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams". Southland Conference. October 25, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.

[5] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of New Orleans. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[6] "New Orleans Privateers Schedule 2022-23". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

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2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Poll

Preseason All Conference

Roster

Schedule

See also

References