2023–24 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team

The 2023–24 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by 13th-year head coach Jennifer Gross, played their home games at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, California as members of the Big West Conference.

2023–24 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record20–14 (13–7 Big West)
Head coach
Associate head coachJoe Teramoto
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Klemin
  • Vicki Baugh
Home arenaUniversity Credit Union Center
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hawai'i 17 3   .850 20 12   .625
UC Irvine 16 4   .800 23 9   .719
UC Riverside 13 7   .650 18 14   .563
Cal Poly 13 7   .650 17 14   .548
UC Davis 13 7   .650 20 14   .588
UC Santa Barbara 10 10   .500 16 15   .516
UC San Diego* 8 12   .400 12 19   .387
Long Beach State 8 12   .400 15 18   .455
Cal State Fullerton 6 14   .300 10 21   .323
Cal State Bakersfield 5 15   .250 8 21   .276
Cal State Northridge 1 19   .050 3 27   .100
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2024 Big West tournament winner

Previous season

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The Aggies finished the 2022–23 season 16–14, 12–7 in Big West play, to finish in fourth place.[1] As the #4 seed in the Big West tournament, they were defeated by #5 seed UC Santa Barbara in the quarterfinals.[2]

Roster

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2023–24 UC Davis Aggies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Campbell Gray 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Tigard High School Tigard, OR
G 4 Nya Epps 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Carondelet High School El Cerrito, CA
F 10 Lena Svanholm 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) GS Colorado State Hørsholm, Denmark
G 11 Clara Glad 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Rogers High School Rogers, MN
G 13 Sydney Burns 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Wilsonville High School Wilsonville, OR
G 14 Tova Sabel 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Penn State Stockholm, Sweden
G 15 Evanne Turner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Etiwanda High School Fontana, CA
F 20 Ally Fitzgerald 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Colorado St. Louis, MO
G 23 Victoria Baker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So UC Irvine Austin, TX
C 25 Megan Norris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So Sacred Heart Prep Menlo Park, CA
F 30 Theoni Tsami 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Kronos Agiou Dimitriou Athens, Greece
F 33 Mazatlan Harris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Cathedral Catholic High School San Diego, CA
G 41 Bria Shine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Christian Brothers High School Sacramento, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 16, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2023*
2:00 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt W 101–50 
                  University Credit Union Center 
Davis, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+
Academy of Art W 102–52  1–0
 24  Sabel   12  Norris   8  Burns  University Credit Union Center (2,103)
Davis, CA
November 9, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
Portland State L 62–71  1–1
 14  Turner   7  Sabel   8  Burns  University Credit Union Center (432)
Davis, CA
November 13, 2023*
6:00 p.m., MWN
at San Diego State L 68–77  1–2
 16  2 tied   9  2 tied   9  Burns  Viejas Arena (1,111)
San Diego, CA
November 17, 2023*
6:00 p.m., P12N
at Oregon State L 48–86  1–3
 12  Norris   4  Sabel   5  Burns  Gill Coliseum (3,836)
Corvallis, OR
November 21, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
at Sacramento State W 79–57  2–3
 21  Norris   8  Norris   6  Burns  Hornets Nest (424)
Sacramento, CA
November 29, 2023*
5:30 p.m., MWN
at Boise State L 53–70  2–4
 17  Turner   6  Harris   3  2 tied  ExtraMile Arena (828)
Boise, ID
December 1, 2023*
4:00 p.m., P12N
at Washington State L 52–77  2–5
 20  Turner   10  Turner   2  3 tied  Beasley Coliseum (840)
Pullman, WA
December 5, 2023*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Jessup W 79–40  3–5
 20  Sabel   11  Norris   9  Burns  University Credit Union Center (368)
Davis, CA
December 10, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Saint Mary's W 87–66  4–5
 23  Turner   7  Harris   5  Burns  University Credit Union Center (663)
Davis, CA
December 20, 2023*
1:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 9 Stanford L 52–92  4–6
 17  Turner   5  Turner   3  Norris  Maples Pavilion (2,701)
Stanford, CA
Big West regular season
December 28, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Santa Barbara L 49–60  4–7
(0–1)
 11  Sabel   7  Norris   6  Turner  The Thunderdome (513)
Santa Barbara, CA
December 30, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal Poly L 54–57  4–8
(0–2)
 13  Norris   10  Norris   5  Sabel  Mott Athletics Center (1,154)
San Luis Obispo, CA
January 4, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC Riverside W 63–59  5–8
(1–2)
 16  Sabel   5  4 tied   5  Burns  University Credit Union Center (602)
Davis, CA
January 6, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC Irvine W 60–57  6–8
(2–2)
 16  Sabel   8  Norris   4  Sabel  University Credit Union Center (1,012)
Davis, CA
January 11, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Northridge W 55–45  7–8
(3–2)
 15  2 tied   8  Harris   5  Burns  Premier America Credit Union Arena (150)
Northridge, CA
January 13, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Bakersfield W 62–46  8–8
(4–2)
 22  Turner   8  Norris   3  Burns  Icardo Center (309)
Bakersfield, CA
January 18, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cal State Fullerton W 60–55  9–8
(5–2)
 16  Sabel   10  Norris   4  Turner  University Credit Union Center (580)
Davis, CA
January 20, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Irvine L 61–79  9–9
(5–3)
 13  2 tied   11  Harris   3  Norris  Bren Events Center (889)
Irvine, CA
January 27, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC San Diego W 62–49  10–9
(6–3)
 12  2 tied   7  Norris   3  Norris  LionTree Arena (352)
La Jolla, CA
February 1, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC Santa Barbara W 82–62  11–9
(7–3)
 22  Norris   15  Norris   6  Turner  University Credit Union Center (636)
Davis, CA
February 3, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cal Poly L 47–57  11–10
(7–4)
 16  Norris   8  Norris   3  Harris  University Credit Union Center (887)
Davis, CA
February 8, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Fullerton W 61–48  12–10
(8–4)
 17  Sabel   9  Norris   4  Norris  Titan Gym (180)
Fullerton, CA
February 10, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Hawaii W 61–51  13–10
(9–4)
 17  Sabel   7  Sabel   3  Norris  University Credit Union Center (891)
Davis, CA
February 15, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Long Beach State L 52–78  13–11
(9–5)
 12  Sabel   7  Norris   3  Turner  Walter Pyramid (661)
Long Beach, CA
February 17, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Riverside L 41–50  13–12
(9–6)
 12  Sabel   10  Sabel   3  Burns  SRC Arena (123)
Riverside, CA
February 22, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cal State Northridge W 58–54  14–12
(10–6)
 23  Turner   9  Norris   7  Burns  University Credit Union Center (778)
Davis, CA
February 24, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cal State Bakersfield W 78–62  15–12
(11–6)
 15  2 tied   7  2 tied   5  Turner  University Credit Union Center (876)
Davis, CA
February 29, 2024
9:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Hawaii L 57–63 OT 15–13
(11–7)
 17  Sabel   10  Norris   4  Turner  Stan Sheriff Center (1,852)
Honolulu, HI
March 7, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
UC San Diego W 64–56  16–13
(12–7)
 28  Sabel   12  Sabel   5  Burns  University Credit Union Center (1,127)
Davis, CA
March 9, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
Long Beach State W 70–58  17–13
(13–7)
 24  Turner   11  Harris   6  Gray  University Credit Union Center (917)
Davis, CA
Big West tournament
March 13, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
(5) vs. (8) Cal State Fullerton
First round
W 81–56  18–13
 29  Turner   12  Norris   6  Harris  Dollar Loan Center 
Henderson, NV
March 14, 2024
2:30 p.m., ESPN+
(5) vs. (4) Cal Poly
Quarterfinals
W 56–48  19–13
 17  Sabel   8  Turner   3  Harris  Dollar Loan Center (569)
Henderson, NV
March 15, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
(5) vs. (1) Hawaii
Semifinals
W 51–48  20–13
 14  Sabel   7  Norris   3  Gray  Dollar Loan Center 
Henderson, NV
March 16, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
(5) vs. (2) UC Irvine
Championship game
L 39–53  20–14
 18  Turner   8  Harris   2  Harris  Dollar Loan Center 
Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific.

Sources:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Rebello, Jeff (March 8, 2023). "Aggies Fall in Quarterfinal Round of Big West Tournament". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "UC Davis Aggies Schedule 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved January 16, 2024.