2023–24 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Iowa State Cyclones
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Aprank:25
Record:21–12
Conf Record:12–6
Hc Year:29th
Assoc Coach:Jodi Steyer
Asst Coach1:Latoja Schaben
Asst Coach2:Billy Fennelly
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 2023–24 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cyclones, were led by twenty-ninth-year head coach Bill Fennelly and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum as members of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Previous season

The Cyclones finished the 2022–23 season 22–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. The Cyclones defeated Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas to win the Big 12 women's tournament, as at result they received an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament as a 5th seed in the Seattle Region 3 where they were upset by 11th seed Toledo in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Iowa State Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Denae Fritz 3 G 5'11" Freshman Transferred to Baylor
10 F/C 6'6" Senior Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 4th overall by Washington Mystics
Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw 13 G 5'10" Senior Graduate transferred to Montana
Izzi Zingaro 15 F 6'4" Sophomore Left the team for personal reasons[2]
Lexi Donarski 21 G 6'0" Junior Transferred to North Carolina
24 G 6'1" GS Senior Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 19th overall by Dallas Wings
Beatriz Jordão 25 C 6'3" GS Senior Graduated
Morgan Kane 31 F 6'3" Senior Graduate transferred to Nova Southeastern
Maggie Vick 32 F 6'2" Sophomore Transferred to Pepperdine

Incoming

Iowa State Incoming Transfers
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Isnelle Natabou 1 C 6'5" Senior Sacramento State
Alisa Williams 3 F 6'2" Sophomore LSU
Hannah Belanger 13 G 5'8" GS Senior Truman State

Recruiting class of 2024

Schedule

Source:[3] |-!colspan=10 style=""| Exhibition|-!colspan=10 style=""| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=""| Big 12 Conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=""| Big 12 Conference Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=""| NCAA Tournament

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iowa State women’s basketball team set for exhibition game. October 31, 2023. Iowa State Daily. Brett. Twelmeyer. November 27, 2023.
  2. Web site: Izzi Zingaro steps away from basketball due to personal reasons. Denver Post. 2023-11-13.
  3. Web site: 2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule. cyclones.com. Iowa State University Athletics. February 7, 2023.