2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team

2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball
2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	21–14 (15–5 MAAC)
Head coach	Jada Pierce (9th season);
Associate head coach	Brianna Chambers; Lester Harbin
Assistant coach	Kayla DeCriscio
Home arena	Gallagher Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by ninth-year head coach Jada Pierce, played their home games at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

2023–24 MAAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Fairfield †	20	–	0	1.000	31	–	2	.939
Niagara	15	–	5	.750	21	–	14	.600
Siena	14	–	6	.700	18	–	12	.600
Manhattan	11	–	9	.550	18	–	12	.600
Canisius	11	–	9	.550	17	–	14	.548
Mount St. Mary's	10	–	10	.500	14	–	17	.452
Quinnipiac	9	–	11	.450	13	–	18	.419
Rider	6	–	14	.300	10	–	21	.323
Iona	6	–	14	.300	11	–	19	.367
Saint Peter's	4	–	16	.200	7	–	23	.233
Marist	4	–	16	.200	6	–	25	.194

† 2024 MAAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Purple Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 18–13, 16–4 in MAAC play, to finish in a tie for second place.^[1] In the MAAC tournament, they defeated Rider in the quarterfinals,^[2] before being upset by Manhattan in the semifinals.^[3] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT,^[4] where they would be defeated by Green Bay in the first round.^[5]

Roster

2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Chardonnay Hartley	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	So	Longwood	Harlem, NY
G	1	Shelby Fiddler	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Patrick Henry High School	Roanoke, VA
G	3	Lexie Roe	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Fayetteville–Manlius High School	Manlius, NY
G	4	Ary Hicks	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Charlotte High School	Punta Gorda, FL
G	5	Aaliyah Parker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Cheektowaga, NY
F	10	Amelia Strong	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Niagara Falls, NY
G	11	Angel Parker	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	GS	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Cheektowaga, NY
G	13	Destiny Strother	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Pittsburgh	Flint, MI
G/F	14	Alyssa Rossignol	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Enfield High School	Enfield, CT
F	15	Kylie Buckley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Livonia High School	Livonia, NY
G	20	Marlie Dickerson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Central Dauphin High School	Harrisburg, PA
G	21	Lore Porter	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	New Hope Academy	Woodbridge, VA
F	23	Jade Rutledge	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Buffalo, NY
F	25	Saige Glover	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Northland High School	Columbus, OH

Head coach

Jada Pierce (West Chester)

Assistant coach(es)

Brianna Chambers (Cal State Bakersfield)
Lester Harbin (Lees–McRae)
Kayla DeCriscio (Pitt–Johnstown)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 14, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		Mercyhurst	W 91–61	–	Gallagher Center (301) Lewiston, NY
Regular season
November 8, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	W 75–51	1–0	Gallagher Center (588) Lewiston, NY
November 11, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Duquesne	L 79–82	1–1	Gallagher Center (459) Lewiston, NY
November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Buffalo	L 75–92	1–2	Alumni Arena (1,376) Amherst, NY
November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Stonehill	W 71–69	2–2	Gallagher Center (397) Lewiston, NY
November 24, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. No. 7 LSU Cayman Islands Classic	L 65–99	2–3	John Gray Gymnasium (300) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 25, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. No. 2 UCLA Cayman Islands Classic	L 46–97	2–4	John Gray Gymnasium (300) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		at Maryland	L 44–114	2–5	Xfinity Center (5,064) College Park, MD
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Radford	W 64–53	3–5	Gallagher Center (402) Lewiston, NY
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 56–87	3–6	Wolstein Center (303) Cleveland, OH
December 16, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Iona	W 67–48	4–6 (1–0)	Hynes Athletics Center (316) New Rochelle, NY
December 18, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Peter's	W 74–57	5–6 (2–0)	Run Baby Run Arena (330) Jersey City, NJ
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at West Virginia	L 52–103	5–7	WVU Coliseum (1,304) Morgantown, WV
January 4, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Fairfield	L 54–77	5–8 (2–1)	Gallagher Center (1,754) Lewiston, NY
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Mount St. Mary's	W 72–61	6–8 (3–1)	Gallagher Center (346) Lewiston, NY
January 11, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Siena	L 64–66	6–9 (3–2)	UHY Center (1,058) Loudonville, NY
January 13, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Marist	L 60–61	6–10 (3–3)	McCann Arena (738) Poughkeepsie, NY
January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Manhattan	L 53–64	6–11 (3–4)	Gallagher Center (436) Lewiston, NY
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Quinnipiac	W 86–78 ^OT	7–11 (4–4)	Gallagher Center (487) Lewiston, NY
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rider	W 81–62	8–11 (5–4)	Alumni Gymnasium (486) Lawrenceville, NJ
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Mount St. Mary's	W 80–63	9–11 (6–4)	Knott Arena (1,284) Emmitsburg, MD
January 30, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Canisius Battle of the Bridge	W 65–55	10–11 (7–4)	Koessler Athletic Center (601) Buffalo, NY
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Peter's	W 85–51	11–11 (8–4)	Gallagher Center (312) Lewiston, NY
February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Manhattan	W 88–63	12–11 (9–4)	Draddy Gymnasium (247) Riverdale, NY
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Siena	W 84–70	13–11 (10–4)	Gallagher Center (336) Lewiston, NY
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Marist	W 90–64	14–11 (11–4)	Gallagher Center (472) Lewiston, NY
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Quinnipiac	W 66–60 ^OT	15–11 (12–4)	M&T Bank Arena (421) Hamden, CT
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fairfield	L 65–95	15–12 (12–5)	Leo D. Mahoney Arena (1,624) Fairfield, CT
February 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Rider	W 75–56	16–12 (13–5)	Gallagher Center (584) Lewiston, NY
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Iona	W 86–56	17–12 (14–5)	Gallagher Center (405) Lewiston, NY
March 9, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Canisius Battle of the Bridge	W 84–50	18–12 (15–5)	Gallagher Center (323) Lewiston, NY
MAAC tournament
March 13, 2024 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Quinnipiac Quarterfinals	W 70–56	19–12	Boardwalk Hall (896) Atlantic City, NJ
March 15, 2024 1:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (3) Siena Semifinals	W 87–70	20–12	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
March 16, 2024 3:30 p.m., ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) Fairfield Championship	L 62–70 ^OT	20–13	Boardwalk Hall (1,007) Atlantic City, NJ
WNIT
March 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Le Moyne First round	W 91–86	21–13	Gallagher Center (809) Lewiston, NY
March 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Vermont Second round	L 63–69	21–14	Patrick Gym (781) Burlington, VT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Purple Eagles Fly Into MAAC Semis". Niagara University Athletics. March 8, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ Lenzi, Rachel (March 10, 2023). "Niagara women's basketball's NCAA Tournament hopes end with loss to Manhattan in MAAC Tournament". The Buffalo News. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Bracket, Round 1 matchups and times announced for 2023 Postseason WNIT". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 13, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ Venci, Scott (March 17, 2023). "UWGB women cruise past Niagara to first WNIT win in program history". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Niagara University Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Niagara Purple Eagles Schedule 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[1] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[2] "Purple Eagles Fly Into MAAC Semis". Niagara University Athletics. March 8, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[3] Lenzi, Rachel (March 10, 2023). "Niagara women's basketball's NCAA Tournament hopes end with loss to Manhattan in MAAC Tournament". The Buffalo News. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[4] "Bracket, Round 1 matchups and times announced for 2023 Postseason WNIT". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 13, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[5] Venci, Scott (March 17, 2023). "UWGB women cruise past Niagara to first WNIT win in program history". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[6] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Niagara University Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[7] "Niagara Purple Eagles Schedule 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

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