2023–24 Montana Lady Griz basketball team

2023–24 Montana Lady Griz basketball
2023–24 Montana Lady Griz basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	23–10 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Brian Holsinger (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Nate Harris
Assistant coaches	Joslyn Tinkle; Lindsey Foster; Tiffany Stubbs;
Home arena	Dahlberg Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Montana Lady Griz basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Griz, led by third-year head coach Brian Holsinger, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference.

2023–24 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Washington †	16	–	2	.889	29	–	6	.829
Northern Arizona	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
Montana	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Montana State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Northern Colorado	10	–	8	.556	15	–	16	.484
Idaho	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Idaho State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	19	.367
Sacramento State	4	–	14	.222	6	–	25	.194
Weber State	4	–	14	.222	8	–	25	.242
Portland State	3	–	15	.167	8	–	23	.258

† 2024 Big Sky tournament winner

Previous season

The Lady Griz finished the 2022–23 season 14–16, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place.^[1] As the #5 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they were defeated by #4 seed Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals.^[2]

Roster

2023–24 Montana Lady Griz women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Keeli Burton-Oliver	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Washington State	Sammamish, Washington
G	1	Libby Stump	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Lynden Christian Schools	Ferndale, Washington
G	2	Mack Konig	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	King's Christian Collegiate	Milton, Ontario
G	3	Draya Wacker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Melstone HS	Melstone, Montana
G	10	Haley Huard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Valor Christian HS	Highlands Ranch, Colorado
G	11	Macy Donarski	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Aquinas HS	La Crosse, Wisconsin
G	12	Macey Huard	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Valor Christian HS	Highlands Ranch, Colorado
G	13	Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Iowa State	Indianola, Iowa
G	14	Lauren Dick	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Hellgate HS	Missoula, Montana
C	15	Imogen Greenslade	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Arizona State	Sydney, Australia
F	20	Carmen Gfeller	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Colfax HS	Colfax, Washington
G	22	Gina Marxen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Idaho	Sammamish, Washington
G	23	MJ Bruno	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Portland	Spokane, Washington
G	33	Adria Lincoln	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Monroe HS	Monroe, Washington
F	34	Alex Pirog	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Highlands Ranch HS	Highlands Ranch, Colorado
F	40	Dani Bartsch	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Helena HS	Helena, Montana

Head coach

Brian Holsinger (Western Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

Nate Harris (Montana Tech)
Joslyn Tinkle (Stanford)
Lindsey Foster (La Verne)
Tiffany Stubbs (Northwestern–St. Paul)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, SWX/ESPN+		Gonzaga	L 70–83	0–1	18 – Bartsch	10 – Bartsch	4 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,603) Missoula, MT
November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 24 Washington State	L 49–61	0–2	10 – Gfeller	11 – Bartsch	2 – 2 Tied	Dahlberg Arena (2,359) Missoula, MT
November 20, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Grand Canyon	W 76–71	1–2	15 – Konig	7 – Bartsch	3 – Marxen	GCU Arena (523) Phoenix, AZ
November 27, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Dickinson State	W 108–57	2–2	23 – Espenmiller-McGraw	12 – Pirog	4 – 4 Tied	Dahlberg Arena (1,924) Missoula, MT
December 6, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Loyola Marymount	W 82–68	3–2	24 – Espenmiller-McGraw	7 – Espenmiller-McGraw	4 – Bartsch	Dahlberg Arena (5,911) Missoula, MT
December 9, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Colorado State	L 69–78	3–3	14 – Espenmiller-McGraw	8 – 2 Tied	4 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (2,411) Missoula, MT
December 16, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal Poly	W 67–65	4–3	21 – Gfeller	11 – Bartsch	5 – Marxen	Mott Athletics Center (752) San Luis Obispo, CA
December 20, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at San Diego USD Winter Classic	W 72–52	5–3	21 – Konig	8 – Bartsch	4 – 3 Tied	Jenny Craig Pavilion (232) San Diego, CA
December 21, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. UC San Diego USD Winter Classic	W 68–67	6–3	23 – Bruno	8 – Bruno	6 – Marxen	Jenny Craig Pavilion (138) San Diego, CA
December 29, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Weber State	W 87–71	7–3 (1–0)	21 – Espenmiller-McGraw	12 – Bartsch	6 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (2,637) Missoula, MT
December 31, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho State	W 66–55	8–3 (2–0)	12 – 2 Tied	7 – 2 Tied	4 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,392) Missoula, MT
January 3, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		South Dakota Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	W 74–61	9–3	18 – Gfeller	11 – Bartsch	10 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (1,944) Missoula, MT
January 6, 2024* 1:00 pm		at Omaha Big Sky-Summit League Challenge	W 81–60	10–3	18 – Gfeller	11 – Bartsch	4 – Marxen	Baxter Arena (564) Omaha, NE
January 11, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	L 57–67	10–4 (2–1)	19 – Gfeller	9 – Bartsch	5 – Gfeller	Bank of Colorado Arena (587) Greeley, CO
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Arizona	W 89–84	11–4 (3–1)	24 – Konig	14 – Bartsch	7 – Konig	Findlay Toyota Court (392) Flagstaff, AZ
January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana State	L 55–64	11–5 (3–2)	11 – Bartsch	11 – Bartsch	5 – Marxen	Worthington Arena (2,813) Bozeman, MT
January 22, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Weber State	W 87–55	12–5 (4–2)	16 – Konig	9 – Bartsch	5 – Konig	Dee Events Center (280) Ogden, UT
January 25, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland State	W 87–46	13–5 (5–2)	16 – Gfeller	13 – Bartsch	8 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (2,278) Missoula, MT
January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	W 84–57	14–5 (6–2)	19 – Espenmiller-McGraw	14 – Bartsch	8 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,781) Missoula, MT
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho	W 79–68	15–5 (7–2)	24 – Gfeller	8 – Bartsch	6 – Marxen	ICCU Arena (1,271) Moscow, ID
February 3, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington	L 56–61	15–6 (7–3)	16 – Konig	12 – Gfeller	4 – Marxen	Reese Court (592) Cheney, WA
February 8, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Arizona	L 60–69	15–7 (7–4)	13 – Konig	15 – Bartsch	4 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (2,157) Missoula, MT
February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Colorado	W 82–73	16–7 (8–4)	20 – Bartsch	10 – Bartsch	4 – Konig	Dahlberg Arena (2,545) Missoula, MT
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana State	W 72–50	17–7 (9–4)	14 – 3 Tied	8 – Bartsch	5 – 2 Tied	Dahlberg Arena (3,955) Missoula, MT
February 22, 2024 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Sacramento State	W 58–57	18–7 (10–4)	15 – 2 Tied	17 – Bartsch	4 – Bartsch	Hornets Nest (845) Sacramento, CA
February 24, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland State	W 76–65	19–7 (11–4)	19 – Bartsch	12 – Gfeller	8 – Marxen	Viking Pavilion (439) Portland, OR
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Washington	L 55–56	19–8 (11–5)	15 – Espenmiller-McGraw	12 – 2 Tied	3 – 2 Tied	Dahlberg Arena (3,495) Missoula, MT
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho	W 64-48	20–8 (12–5)	16 – Espenmiller-McGraw	12 – Bartsch	3 – 3 Tied	Dahlberg Arena (3,597) Missoula, MT
March 4, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho State	W 67–65	21–8 (13–5)	26 – Konig	14 – Bartsch	5 – Bartsch	Reed Gym (947) Pocatello, ID
Big Sky tournament
March 11, 2024 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) Idaho Quarterfinals	W 73–61	22–8	15 – Espenmiller-McGraw	14 – Bartsch	3 – Konig	Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
March 12, 2024 2:30 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (2) Northern Arizona Semifinals	L 67–74	22–9	21 – 2 Tied	11 – Bartsch	4 – Marxen	Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
WNIT
March 20, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Boise State First Round	W 67–62	23–9	20 – Espenmiller-McGraw	8 – Bartsch	9 – Marxen	Dahlberg Arena (1,471) Missoula, MT
March 25, 2024* 6:00 pm		at North Dakota State Second Round	L 63–72	23–10	24 – Marxen	13 – Bartsch	3 – Bartsch	Scheels Center (2,254) Fargo, ND
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
^ "Eagles knock Lady Griz out of Big Sky tournament". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
^ "Montana Lady Griz 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

[1] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

[2] "Eagles knock Lady Griz out of Big Sky tournament". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

[3] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

[4] "Montana Lady Griz 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

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