2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–19 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lindsay Whalen (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Shimmy Gray-Miller; Kelly Curry; Marwan Miller;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Indiana	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 3 Iowa †	15	–	3	.833	31	–	7	.816
No. 7 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
No. 12 Ohio State	12	–	6	.667	28	–	8	.778
No. 18 Michigan	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	9	–	8	.529	19	–	11	.633
Nebraska	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Michigan State	7	–	10	.412	16	–	14	.533
Wisconsin	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
Minnesota	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Penn State	4	–	14	.222	14	–	17	.452
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2023 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Golden Gophers finished the 2021–2022 season with a 14–17 record and 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Northwestern in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament, but were chosen as an at-large team for the WNIT.^[1] They lost in the 2nd Round of the WNIT to the eventual champions, South Dakota State.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Alexia Smith	1	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Columbus, Ohio	Transferred to Virginia^[3]
Deja Winters	3	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Cleveland, Ohio	Graduated
Jasmine Powell	4	G	5'6"	Junior	Detroit, Michigan	Transferred to Tennessee^[4]
Erin Hedman	10	F	6'3"	Sophomore	New Berlin, Wisconsin	Transferred to Sacramento State
Laura Bagwell Katalinich	12	F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Graduated
Gadiva Hubbard	13	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Graduated
Sara Scalia	14	G	5'10"	Junior	Stillwater, Minnesota	Transferred to Indiana^[5]
Kayla Mershon	15	F	6'3"	Senior	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Graduated
Caroline Strande	21	G	5'11	Sophomore	Racine, Wisconsin	Transferred to Butler^[6]
Klarke Sconiers	25	C	6'2"	Junior	Queens, New York	Transferred to Delaware^[7]
Kadi Sissoko	30	F	6'2"	Redshirt Junior	Paris, France	Transferred to USC^[8]
Bailey Helgren	35	C	6'5"	Graduate Student	Edina, Minnesota	Graduated
Grace Cumming	43	F	6'3"	Redshirt Sophomore	Des Moines, Iowa	Medically retired from basketball

Arrivals

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Notes
Aminata Zie	11	F/C	6'1"	Redshirt Sophomore	Paris, France	Western Nebraska CC	Previously also played at Stony Brook^[9]
Destinee Oberg	13	C	6'3"	Senior	Burnsville, Minnesota	Arkansas	^[10]
Isabelle Gradwell	14	G/F	6'1"	Graduate Student	Marshalltown, Iowa	Cleveland State	^[11]
Angelina Hammond	15	G/F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Hopkins, Minnesota	Miami Dade College	Previously also played at Siena and Southeastern^[12]
Mi'Cole Cayton	21	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Stockton, California	Nebraska	Previously also played at California^[13]

2022 Recruiting class

The Gophers signed four players from the state of Minnesota for their 2022 Class. They signed their highest rated recruiting class in program history and were considered to be a top ten class in the nation.^[14]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Mara Braun G	Wayzata, MN	Wayzata High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Mara Braun G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Amaya Battle G	Hopkins, MN	Hopkins High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Amaya Battle G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Mallory Heyer F	Chaska, MN	Chaska High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Mallory Heyer F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 94
Nia Holloway F	Eden Prairie, MN	Eden Prairie High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Nia Holloway F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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

2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Amaya Battle	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Hopkins	Hopkins, MN
F	4	Alanna Micheaux	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Wayne Memorial	Wayne, MI
G	5	Maggie Czinano	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Watertown-Mayer	Watertown, MN
G	10	Mara Braun	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Wayzata	Wayzata, MN
F/C	11	Aminata Zie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS So	Western Nebraska CC Stony Brook	Paris, France
G	12	Alexa Ratzlaff	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Rosemount	Rosemount, MN
C	13	Destinee Oberg	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Arkansas	Burnsville, MN
G/F	14	Isabelle Gradwell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Cleveland State	Marshalltown, IA
G/F	15	Angelina Hammond	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Miami Dade College Siena Southeastern	Hopkins, MN
G	21	Mi'Cole Cayton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Nebraska California	Stockton, CA
G	23	Katie Borowicz	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Roseau	Roseau, MN
F	24	Mallory Heyer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Chaska	Chaska, MN
G/F	31	Maria Counts	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Providence Academy	Plymouth, MN
F	41	Niamya Holloway	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Eden Prairie	Eden Prairie, MN

Head coach

Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota)

Assistant coach(es)

Shimmy Gray-Miller (Michigan)
Kelly Curry (Minnesota)
Marwin Miller (Franklin (OH))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 12, 2022

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2022* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Wisconsin-River Falls	W 104–64		Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Regular Season
November 7, 2022* 5:30 pm, BTN Plus		Western Illinois	W 75–45	1–0	Williams Arena (2,242) Minneapolis, MN
November 13, 2022* 3:00 pm, BTN Plus		Lehigh	W 101–99	2–0	Williams Arena (3,724) Minneapolis, MN
November 17, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Dakota State	L 65–71	2–1	Scheels Center (1,759) Fargo, ND
November 20, 2022* 2:00 pm		Presbyterian	W 82–48	3–1	Williams Arena (2,505) Minneapolis, MN
November 26, 2022* 1:00 pm, ACCNX		at Virginia Cav Classic	L 70–73	3–2	John Paul Jones Arena (2,871) Charlottesville, VA
November 27, 2022* 4:00 pm		vs. Liberty Cav Classic	W 77–65	4–2	John Paul Jones Arena (236) Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2022* 7:00 pm, BTN		Wake Forest Big Ten/ACC Challenge	L 59–63	4–3	Williams Arena (2,177) Minneapolis, MN
December 3, 2022 5:00/7:30 pm, BTN		Penn State	W 98–96 ^2OT	5–3 (1–0)	Williams Arena (2,852) Minneapolis, MN
December 7, 2022* 7:00 pm		Kentucky	L 74–80	5–4 (1–0)	Williams Arena (2,495) Minneapolis, MN
December 10, 2022 8:00 pm, BTN		at No. 16 Iowa	L 64–87	5–5 (1–1)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,946) Iowa City, IA
December 12, 2022* 7:00 pm		Chicago State	W 105–54	6–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena (2,083) Minneapolis, MN
December 14, 2022* 11:00 am		Milwaukee	W 75–59	7–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena (6,291) Minneapolis, MN
December 22, 2022* 3:30 pm		Eastern Illinois	W 59–48	8–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena (3,038) Minneapolis, MN
December 30, 2022 1:00 pm		at No. 16 Maryland	L 85–107	8–6 (1–2)	Xfinity Center (6,006) College Park, MD
January 5, 2023 7:00 pm		No. 3 Ohio State	L 71–83	8–7 (1–3)	Williams Arena (2,410) Minneapolis, MN
January 8, 2023 3:00 pm		at Wisconsin	L 77–81	8–8 (1–4)	Kohl Center (3,445) Madison, WI
January 12, 2023 7:30 pm, BTN		Rutgers	L 59–65	8–9 (1–5)	Williams Arena (2,238) Minneapolis, MN
January 15, 2023 2:00 pm		No. 24 Illinois	L 57–70	8–10 (1–6)	Williams Arena (4,454) Minneapolis, MN
January 18, 2023 6:00 pm		at Penn State	W 75–67	9–10 (2–6)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,001) University Park, PA
January 21, 2023 2:00 pm		at Purdue	L 56–75	9–11 (2–7)	Mackey Arena (5,003) West Lafayette, IN
January 29, 2023 2:00 pm		No. 13 Michigan	L 41–77	9–12 (2–8)	Williams Arena (4,545) Minneapolis, MN
February 1, 2023 7:00 pm		No. 4 Indiana	L 54–77	9–13 (2–9)	Williams Arena (4,129) Minneapolis, MN
February 5, 2023 2:00 pm		at Illinois	L 62–69	9–14 (2–10)	State Farm Center (4,533) Champaign, IL
February 8, 2023 6:00 pm		at No. 13 Ohio State	L 63–93	9–15 (2–11)	Value City Arena (4,357) Columbus, OH
February 11, 2023 3:00 pm		Wisconsin	L 70–76	9–16 (2–12)	Williams Arena (4,538) Minneapolis, MN
February 15, 2023 7:00 pm		Nebraska	W 95–92	10–16 (3–12)	Williams Arena (3,268) Minneapolis, MN
February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m.		at Northwestern	L 62–76	10–17 (3–13)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,582) Evanston, IL
February 22, 2023 4:30 pm		at Michigan State	L 67–71	10–18 (3–14)	Breslin Center (2,392) East Lansing, MI
February 26, 2023 2:00 pm		Purdue	W 77–69	11–18 (4–14)	Williams Arena (4,014) Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament
March 1, 2023 1:00 pm, BTN	(12)	vs. (13) Penn State First round	L 67–72	11–19	Target Center (4,890) Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source

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	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

References

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[1] "Postseason WNIT announces 64-team field for 2022 event". womensnit.com. WNIT. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.

[2] "Gophers WNIT Trip Ends in Second Round". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[3] "Agugua-Hamilton Adds Minnesota Transfer Alexia Smith". viriginiasports.com. Virginia Sports. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[4] Hall, Cora. "Tennessee Lady Vols basketball adds transfer point guard Jasmine Powell from Minnesota". knoxnews.com. Knox News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[5] Youngblood, Kent. "Former Gophers standout Sara Scalia decides to play at Indiana". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[6] "Caroline Strande Set to Join @ButlerUWBB for 2022-23 Season". butlersports.com. Butler Sports. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[7] "Jenkins Adds Three to 2022-23 Roster". bluehens.com. Delaware Athletics. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[8] "Kadi Sissoko Joins USC Women's Basketball As Transfer Addition". usctrojans.com. USC Trojans. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[9] "Gophers Sign JUCO Transfer Aminata Zie". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[10] Youngblood, Kent. "Minnesota native Destinee Oberg transfers to Minnesota". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[11] "Gophers Bring In Grad Transfer Isabelle Gradwell". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[12] "Hopkins' Angelina Hammond Added to 2022-23 Roster". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[13] "Gophers Land Transfer Mi'Cole Cayton". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[14] "Minnesota Women's Basketball: Gophers Sign National Top 10 Class For 2022-23". thedailygopher.com. The Daily Gopher. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

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