| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 11–19 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Head Coach: | Bob Boldon |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tavares Jackson |
| Asst Coach2: | Steph Haas |
| Asst Coach3: | Chelsea Welch |
| Stadium: | Convocation Center |
The 2023–24 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by eleventh-year head coach Bob Boldon, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1] [2] [3] [4] They finished the regular season 11–18, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament.[5]
See main article: 2022–23 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team.
They finished 6–23 and 4–14 in the MAC play to finish tied for eleventh in the MAC. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.[6]
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caitlyn Kroll | 5 | G | 5'10" | RS-Senior | Bridgeport, OH | Graduated, exhausted eligibility | |||||||
| Abby Garnett | 20 | F | 6'1" | RS-Junior | Golden, CO | Graduated | |||||||
| Alexandra Antonova | 35 | F | 6'2" | RS-Junior | Moscow, Russia | Graduated | |||||||
| Jasmine Hale | 23 | G | 5'9" | RS-Junior | Cincinnati, OH | Graduated | |||||||
| Ella Pope | 4 | F | 5'11" | RS-Sophomore | Orem, UT | Left team for personal reasons | |||||||
| Kendall Hale | 22 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | Cincinnati, OH | Left team for personal reasons | |||||||
| Yaya Felder | 2 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | Hartford, CT | Transferred to Baylor[7] | |||||||
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedi Watkins | 5 | G | 5'10" | Junior | Ballwin, MO | Transferred from Southeast Missouri State. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.[10] | |||||||
| Bengisu Alper | 33 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Istanbul, Turkey | Transferred from Northwestern State. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[11] | |||||||
| style= | Name | style= | Number | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | High school | style= | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylasia Fantroy | 2 | G | 5'11" | Palestine | Palestine, TX | ||||||
| Monica Williams | 12 | G | 5'9" | Lawrence North | Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| Bailey Tabeling | 21 | G | 5'10" | Trinity Lutheran | Seymour, IN | ||||||
| Asiah Baxter | 22 | G | 5'11" | Warren Central | Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| Emma Barnett | 34 | F | 6'1" | Mercy Academy | Mount Washington, KY |
Prior to the season Ohio was picked ninth in the MAC preseason poll.[12] No Bobcats were named to the preseason All-MAC team.
| style= | Predicted finish | style= | Team | style= | Votes (1st place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toledo | 121 (11) | |||
| 2 | Ball State | 110 (1) | |||
| 3 | Kent State | 102 | |||
| 4 | Bowling Green | 77 | |||
| 5 | Northern Illinois | 99 | |||
| 6 | Akron | 69 | |||
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 66 | |||
| 8 | Buffalo | 50 | |||
| 9 | Ohio | 40 | |||
| 10 | Western Michigan | 38 | |||
| 11 | Central Michigan | 24 | |||
| 12 | Miami | 23 | |||
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| style= | Team | style= | Player | style= | Position | style= | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jaya McClure | G | So. | ||||
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Kennedi Watkins | G | Jr. | ||||
| All-MAC Freshman Team | Bailey Tabeling | G | Fr. | ||||