Mode: | Women's basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | USC Trojans |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
Record: | 21–10 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Beth Burns (1st season) |
Asst Coach3: | Wendale Farrow (2nd season) |
Asst Coach4: | Nneka Enemkpali (2nd season) |
Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2022–23 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans play their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The squad is led by second-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who was hired on May 10, 2021.[1]
The Women of Troy finished the regular Pac-12 season tied for 4th with UCLA and Arizona. Because both of those teams held tiebreakers over USC, the Trojans earned the 6th seed in the 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament.
The 2021-22 USC Trojans women's basketball team finished with an overall record of 12-16 and a 5-12 conference record. They earned the 10th seed in the 2022 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament.
Assistant Coach Danyelle Grant moved to serve as an assistant coach at Rice. In her place, Gottlieb hired Beth Burns from Louisville as Associate Head Coach.
As for players, the Women of Troy brought in 1 first-year and 7 transfers. 3 students graduated, and 6 students transferred to other schools.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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Tera Reed | 3 | G | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Jordan Sanders | 5 | F | 5'11" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Amaya Oliver | 10 | G/F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Transferred to Loyola Marymount | ||
Shemera Williams | 11 | G | 6'2" | Junior | Transferred to SIU Salukis | ||
15 | C | 6'5" | Junior | Transferred to Jackson State | |||
Kyra White | 22 | G | 5'10" | Junior | Transferred to UT San Antonio | ||
Desiree Caldwell | 24 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Jordyn Jenkins | 32 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Transferred to UT San Antonio | ||
Alissa Pili | 10 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Transferred to Utah |
Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koi Love | 0 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Orlando, FL | Arizona | |
Taylor Bigby | 1 | G | 6'1" | Sophomore | Las Vegas, NV | Oregon | |
Kayla Williams | 4 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Los Angeles, CA | UC Irvine | |
Destiny Littleton | 11 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | San Diego, CA | South Carolina | |
Okako Adika | 24 | G/F | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Holstebro, DK | Texas Christian | |
Kadi Sissoko | 30 | F | 6'2" | Graduate Student | Paris, FR | Minnesota | |
Rokia Doumbia | 52 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Bamako, ML | Purdue |
Gayles will sit out this whole season as she recovers from her injuries that resulted from gun violence in April 2022. Since then, Gayles has relearned how to walk and has been receiving support via coaching, physical therapy, counseling, and various other services.[2]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament Source: USCTrojans.com[3]
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.