2023–24 Omaha Mavericks women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Omaha Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska Omaha in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fourth-year head coach Carrie Banks, competed in the Summit League. They played their home games at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.

2023–24 Omaha Mavericks women's basketball
Conference	Summit League
Record	8–23 (3–13 The Summit)
Head coach	Carrie Banks (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Ansar Al-Ameen Jim Wiedie Jaelyn Richard Harris
Home arena	Baxter Arena

2023–24 Summit League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota State †	16	–	0		1.000			27	–	6		.818
North Dakota State	13	–	3		.813			22	–	12		.647
Oral Roberts	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
South Dakota	9	–	7		.563			23	–	13		.639
St. Thomas*	7	–	9		.438			15	–	16		.484
North Dakota	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Denver	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
Kansas City	3	–	13		.188			12	–	20		.375
Omaha	3	–	13		.188			8	–	23		.258
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2024 Summit League tournament winner

Previous season

The Mavericks finished the 2022–23 season 15–17, 8–10 in Summit League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. Due to a tiebreaker, they were the No. 6 seed in the Summit League tournament, they defeated North Dakota in the quarterfinals and Kansas City in the semifinals to advance to the championship game where they lost to South Dakota State.

Offseason

Departures

Omaha departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Sam Mitchell	2	G	5' 6"	Senior	Downers Grove, IL	Graduated
Akili Felici	3	G	5' 10"	Junior	Bellevue, NE	TBD
Elena Pilakouta	5	C	6' 3"	GS Senior	Nicosia, Cyprus	Graduated
Jaylen Townsend	10	G	5' 8"	Junior	Edwardsville, IL	TBD

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Omaha Mavericks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Aaliyah Stanley 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) GS Oxbridge Academy Florida Gulf Coast Boynton Beach, FL C 1 Deanay Watson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Manatee Southeast Missouri State Bradenton, FL G 4 Polina Nikulochkina 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr West Oaks Academy Tallahassee CC Moscow, Russia F 11 Alison Stephens 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Homestead Fort Wayne, IN G 14 Katie Keitges 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Knoxville Knoxville, IA G 20 Grace Cave 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Weeping Water Weeping Water, NE G 21 Kennedi Grant 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Midwest City Midwest City, OK F 22 Cora Olsen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Millard South Omaha, NE G 23 Ana Nikulochkina 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr West Oaks Academy Tallahassee CC Moscow, Russia F 24 Morgann Gardner 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Grand Island Central Catholic Racine, WI C 54 Brooklynn Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Waterloo West Waterloo, IA	Head coach Carrie Banks (Detroit Mercy) Assistant coach(es) Ansar Al-Ameen Jim Wiedie (Kent State) Jaelyn Richard Harris (LSU) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 6, 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* 5:00 p.m., SLN		Illinois State	L 59–105	0–1	10 – tied	5 – Olsen	2 – Cave	Baxter Arena (512) Omaha, NE
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SLN		College of Saint Mary	W 89–59	1–1	17 – Olsen	5 – Olsen	4 – Stanley	Baxter Arena (537) Omaha, NE
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BTN+		at Northwestern	L 69–87	1–2	18 – Keitges	5 – Olsen	6 – Grant	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,566) Evanston, IL
November 17, 2023* 12:00 p.m., SLN		Northern Colorado	L 70–82	1–3	19 – Olsen	5 – tied	5 – Grant	Baxter Arena (5,539) Omaha, NE
November 20, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Wichita State	L 86–92	1–4	18 – Nikulochkina	5 – tied	5 – tied	Charles Koch Arena (1,052) Wichita, KS
November 27, 2023* 5:00 p.m., SLN		Cal State Bakersfield	W 87–79 OT	2–4	18 – Nikulochkina	5 – tied	5 – tied	Baxter Arena (312) Omaha, NE
December 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SLN		UIC	L 89–95	2–5	33 – Stanley	7 – Watson	3 – tied	Baxter Arena (852) Omaha, NE
December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Western Illinois	L 75–78	2–6	19 – Grant	5 – tied	6 – Cave	Western Hall (539) Macomb, IL
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SLN		Peru State	W 92–70	3–6	19 – Gardner	13 – Cave	5 – Nikulochkina	Sapp Fieldhouse (262) Omaha, NE
December 18, 2023* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Southern	W 68–63	4–6	20 – Grant	10 – Grant	6 – Cave	H&PE Arena (300) Houston, TX
December 20, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 25 TCU	L 56–96	4–7	12 – Olsen	7 – Watson	4 – Cave	Schollmaier Arena (1,725) Fort Worth, TX
December 29, 2023 7:00 p.m., SLN		at Denver	L 63–81	4–8 (0–1)	20 – tied	6 – tied	3 – Nikulochkina	Hamilton Gymnasium (344) Denver, CO
December 31, 2023 2:00 p.m., SLN		South Dakota	L 71–77 OT	4–9 (0–2)	17 – Cave	7 – Cave	5 – Cave	Baxter Arena (706) Omaha, NE
January 3, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Washington Summit League–Big Sky Challenge	L 82–96	4–10	32 – Stanley	10 – Watson	4 – tied	Reese Court (492) Cheney, WA
January 6, 2023* 2:00 p.m., SLN		Montana Summit League–Big Sky Challenge	W 81–60	4–11	17 – Keitges	6 – Nikulochkina	2 – tied	Baxter Arena (564) Omaha, NE
January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		at North Dakota	L 75–100	4–12 (0–3)	27 – Cave	5 – Cave	3 – Cave	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,127) Grand Forks, ND
January 13, 2024 1:00 p.m., SLN		at North Dakota State	L 69–87	4–13 (0–4)	22 – Olsen	6 – Stanley	1 – tied	Scheels Center (673) Fargo, ND
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		South Dakota State	L 55–92	4–14 (0–5)	12 – Stanley	5 – tied	5 – Grant	Baxter Arena (239) Omaha, NE
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., SLN		at Kansas City	L 74–88	4–15 (0–6)	21 – Grant	9 – Grant	8 – Cave	Swinney Recreation Center (292) Kansas City, MO
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		Oral Roberts	L 78–88	4–16 (0–7)	17 – Grant	8 – Grant	5 – Grant	Baxter Arena (374) Omaha, NE
January 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		Denver	W 80–77	5–16 (1–7)	24 – Grant	6 – Olsen	2 – tied	Baxter Arena (431) Omaha, NE
February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		at St. Thomas (MN)	L 83–88	5–17 (1–8)	17 – Cave	6 – Watson	6 – Cave	Schoenecker Arena (405) St. Paul, MN
February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		North Dakota	L 81–83	5–18 (1–9)	18 – Gardner	7 – Gardner	8 – Cave	Baxter Arena (394) Omaha, NE
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., SLN		North Dakota State	L 70–84	5–19 (1–10)	15 – Cave	7 – Gardner	6 – Grant	Baxter Arena (524) Omaha, NE
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., SLN		at South Dakota	W 77–67	6–19 (2–10)	17 – Gardner	10 – Gardner	6 – Grant	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,397) Vermillion, SD
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., SLN		at South Dakota State	L 57–79	6–20 (2–11)	25 – Cave	5 – Olsen	4 – Keitges	Frost Arena (2,409) Brookings, SD
February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		at Oral Roberts	L 78–87	6–21 (2–12)	13 – Grant	10 – Watson	4 – Grant	Mabee Center (967) Tulsa, OK
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., SLN		Kansas City	L 56–72	6–22 (2–13)	11 – Nikulochkina	7 – Gardner	2 – tied	Baxter Arena (404) Omaha, NE
February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., SLN		St. Thomas (MN)	W 79–62	7–22 (3–13)	20 – Nikulochkina	7 – Olsen	3 – tied	Baxter Arena (542) Omaha, NE
Summit League women's tournament
March 8, 2024 4:30 p.m., SLN	(9)	vs. (8) Kansas City First round	W 61–55	8–22	17 – Nikulochkina	9 – Nikulochkina	3 – Grant	Denny Sanford Premier Center  Sioux Falls, SD
March 9, 2024 12:30 p.m., SLN	(9)	vs. (1) South Dakota State Quarterfinals	L 53–66	8–23	14 – Stanley	5 – tied	7 – Grant	Denny Sanford Premier Center (8,648) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

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See also

• 2023–24 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team