2023–24 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

2023–24 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
2023–24 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	20–11 (10–8 Mountain West)
Head coach	Ryun Williams (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Rico Burkett; Amber Cunningham; Kasondra McKay; Rachel Erickson;
Home arena	Moby Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University, based in Fort Collins in the U.S. state of Colorado, in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by twelfth-year head coach Ryun Williams,^[1] played their home games at Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference.

2023–24 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNLV †	17	–	1	.944	30	–	3	.909
New Mexico	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Wyoming	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Nevada	10	–	8	.556	16	–	16	.500
Colorado State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
San Diego State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
Boise State	10	–	8	.556	21	–	14	.600
Air Force	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Fresno State	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Utah State	2	–	16	.111	5	–	25	.167
San Jose State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226

† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner

Previous season

During the 2022–23 season, Colorado State went 20–12 (12–6 MW) to finish tied for third in the Mountain West standings with San Diego State and New Mexico. In the Mountain West tournament, they defeated Boise State in the quarterfinals before ultimately falling 56–65 against Wyoming in the semifinals. They qualified for the WNIT, where they were defeated in the first round by Northern Iowa, 76–88.

Offseason

Departures


Name	No.	Pos.	Ht	Yr	Hometown	Reason for departure	Ref
Kiya Dorroh	1	F/G	6'1"	So.	Tucson, AZ	Transferred to UT Martin	^[2]
Destiny Thurman	2	G	5'7"	Gr.	Arlington, TX	Graduated
Jess Moors	3	F/G	6'0"	So.	Auckland, New Zealand	Transferred to Nova Southeastern	^[3]
Petra Farkas	11	G/F	5'11"	Sr.	Kecskemét, Hungary	Graduated
Clara Gomez	12	F	6'1"	So.	Sabadell, Spain	Transferred to New Hampshire	^[4]

Arrivals


Name	No.	Pos.	Ht	Yr	Hometown	Previous school	Ref
Avree Antony	3	G	5'10"	Fr.	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie West HS	^[5]
Jackie Carman	11	G	5'8"	Gr.	Twinsburg, OH	Wofford	^[6]
Ann Zachariah	12	F	6'2"	So.	Kerala, India	Howard College

Roster

2022–23 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Kendyll Kinzer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Lewiston HS Fresno State	Lewiston, ID
G	3	Avree Antony	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Sun Prairie West HS	Sun Prairie, WI
G	4	McKenna Hofschild	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	GS	Prior Lake HS Seton Hall	Prior Lake, MN
F	5	Jadyn Fife	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Liberty Christian	North Richland Hills, TX
F	10	Joseana Vaz	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	N/A Casper College	Praia, Cape Verde
G	11	Jackie Carman	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	GS	Hathaway Brown Wofford	Twinsburg, OH
F	12	Ann Zachariah	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Kansas State Life Prep Howard College	Kerala, India
G	14	Marta Leimane	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Riga 47th Secondary	Ventspils, Latvia
G	20	Sanna Strörm	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Rig Luleå Kansas	Luleå, Sweden
G	21	Taylor Ray	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Highlands Ranch HS	Highlands Ranch, CO
F	22	Cali Clark	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Cherry Creek HS	Centennial, CO
G	24	Sydney Mech	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Cherry Creek HS Denver	Englewood, CO
G	30	Hannah Ronsiek	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	O'Gorman HS	Sioux Falls, SD
G	32	Cailyn Crocker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Mater Dei HS California	Cypress, CA
G	55	Meghan Boyd	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Eagle HS Denver	Eagle, ID

Head coach

Ryun Williams (South Dakota)

Assistant coach(es)

Rico Burkett (North Dakota)
Amber Cunningham (South Dakota)
Kassondra McKay (Louisiana Tech)
Rachel Erickson (Black Hills State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 31, 2024

Schedule

^[7]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2023* 6:30 p.m.		UCCS	W 87-50		Moby Arena (1,010) Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2023* 5:30 p.m.		Le Moyne	W 59-49	1–0	Moby Arena (1,357) Fort Collins, CO
11/09/2023* 6:30 p.m.		Alabama A&M	W 83-39	2-0	Moby Arena (1,052) Fort Collins, CO
11/15/2023* 6:30 p.m.		New Hampshire	W 67-45	3-0	Moby Arena (1,040) Fort Collins, CO
11/21/2023* 6:30 p.m.		South Dakota Mines	W 92-56	4-0	Moby Arena (1,330) Fort Collins, CO
11/26/2023* 3:30 p.m.		at San Francisco	W 62-53	5-0	Chase Center San Francisco, CA
11/30/2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UTEP	W 66–59	6–0	Don Haskins Center (1,487) El Paso, TX
12/05/2023* 6:30 p.m.		High Point	W 93–61	7–0	Moby Arena (1,320) Fort Collins, CO
12/09/2023* 7:00 p.m.		at Montana	W 78–69	8–0	Dahlberg Arena (2,411) Missoula, MT
12/15/2023* 7:00 p.m.		at Long Beach State The Beach Classic	L 76–77	8–1	Walter Pyramid (637) Long Beach, CA
12/16/2023* 8:00 p.m.		vs. UC Irvine The Beach Classic	W 69–63	9–1	Walter Pyramid (834) Long Beach, CA
12/20/2023* 5:30 p.m.		Mississippi State	L 75–82	9–2	Moby Arena (2,126) Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West regular season
12/30/2023 2:00 p.m.		at San Diego State	L 71–74 ^OT	9-3 (0-1)	Viejas Arena (902) San Diego, CA
1/06/2024 1:00 p.m.		UNLV	L 78-83	9-4 (0-2)	Moby Arena (2,018) Fort Collins, CO
1/10/2024 7:00 p.m.		at Fresno State	W 61-55	10-4 (1-2)	Save Mart Center (1,070) Fresno, CA
1/13/2024 1:00 p.m.		New Mexico	W 61-55	11-4 (2-2)	Moby Arena (1,488) Fort Collins, CO
1/17/2024 6:30 p.m.		Air Force	W 81-67	12-4 (3-2)	Moby Arena (1,248) Fort Collins, CO
1/20/2024 1:00 p.m.		at Wyoming Border War	L 63-67	12-5 (3-3)	Arena-Auditorium (3,030) Laramie, WY
1/23/2024 12:00 p.m.		at Nevada	L 51-78	12-6 (3-4)	Lawlor Events Center (6,999) Reno, NV
1/27/2024 1:00 p.m.		San Jose State	W 65-49	13-6 (4-4)	Moby Arena (8,083) Fort Collins, CO
1/31/2024 6:30 p.m.		at Air Force	L 49-59	13-7 (4-5)	Clune Arena (305) USAFA, CO
2/03/2024 1:00 p.m.		San Diego State	W 82-50	14-7 (5-5)	Moby Arena (2,434) Fort Collins, CO
2/07/2024 6:30 p.m.		Fresno State	W 69-56	15-7 (6-5)	Moby Arena (1,333) Fort Collins, CO
2/10/2024 TBA		at New Mexico	L 46-62	15-8 (6-6)	The Pit (5,103) Albuquerque, NM
2/14/2024 7:30 p.m.		at UNLV	L 64-67	15-9 (6-7)	Cox Pavilion (958) Paradise, NV
2/17/2024 12:30 p.m.		Wyoming Border War	W 75-70	16-9 (7-7)	Moby Arena (8,083) Fort Collins, CO
2/24/2024 1:00 p.m.		at Utah State	W 90-68	17-9 (8-7)	Smith Spectrum (301) Logan, UT
2/28/2024 11:00 a.m.		Nevada	W 54-51	18-9 (9-7)	Moby Arena (6,536) Fort Collins, CO
3/02/2024 3:00 p.m.		at San Jose State	L 56-68	18-10 (9-8)	Provident Credit Union Event Center (514) San Jose, CA
3/05/2024 6:30 p.m.		Boise State	W 64-50	19-10 (10-8)	Moby Arena (2,174) Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West women's tournament
3/11/24 3:30 p.m., MW Network	(5)	vs. (4) Nevada Quarterfinals	W 65–54	20–10	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
3/12/24 6:00 p.m., MW Network	(5)	vs. (1) No. 21 UNLV Semifinals	L 52–62	20–11	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "RYUN WILLIAMS". csurams.com.
^ "UT MARTIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF FIVE PLAYERS TO 2023 RECRUITING CLASS". UTM Athletics. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ "Sharks Women's Basketball Signs Jess Moors". Nova Southeastern University Athletics. June 15, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ "University of New Hampshire Women's Basketball Team Welcomes Four New Players for 2023-24 Season". BVM Sports. September 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ Gregory, Ryan (July 28, 2022). "Sun Prairie West senior Avree Antony commits to Colorado State women's basketball". Hometown News LP. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ "Rams Sign Wofford Transfer Carman". Colorado State Athletics. April 13, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ "Colorado State basketball schedule, results for 2023-24 season". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "RYUN WILLIAMS". csurams.com.

[2] "UT MARTIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF FIVE PLAYERS TO 2023 RECRUITING CLASS". UTM Athletics. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[3] "Sharks Women's Basketball Signs Jess Moors". Nova Southeastern University Athletics. June 15, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[4] "University of New Hampshire Women's Basketball Team Welcomes Four New Players for 2023-24 Season". BVM Sports. September 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[5] Gregory, Ryan (July 28, 2022). "Sun Prairie West senior Avree Antony commits to Colorado State women's basketball". Hometown News LP. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[6] "Rams Sign Wofford Transfer Carman". Colorado State Athletics. April 13, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

[7] "Colorado State basketball schedule, results for 2023-24 season". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

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