Mode: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Portland Pilots |
Conference: | West Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | WCC |
Record: | 21–13 |
Conf Record: | 10–6 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach1: | Tom Batsell |
Asst Coach2: | Sharon Rissmiller |
Asst Coach3: | Jerod Gibson |
Champion: | WCC Tournament champions |
Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represented the University of Portland in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fifth year coach Michael Meek. They played their home games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–6 in WCC play to finish in 3rd place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals, Santa Clara in the semifinals and Gonzaga in the championship to win the WCC Tournament. They received a automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where as the No. 13 seed in the Albany 2 region, they were lost in the first round by Kansas State.
The Pilots finished the season at 23–9 overall, 15–3 in WCC play to finish in second place. They defeated Pacific and Gonzaga to win WCC women's tournament. As a result, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 12 seed in the Greenville region 1 where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.
style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= class=unsortable | Reason for Departure |
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Keeley Frawley | 2 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Transferred to Santa Clara | ||||||||
Haylee Andrews | 10 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Graduated | ||||||||
Alex Fowler | 12 | F | 6'2" | Junior | Signed to play professionally in Australia with UC Capitals | ||||||||
Chance Bucher | 14 | G | 5'8" | Sophomore | Transferred to Eckerd College | ||||||||
Emily Sewell | 21 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Transferred to California Baptist | ||||||||
MJ Bruno | 22 | G | 6'0" | Sophomore | Transferred to Montana | ||||||||
Liana Kaitu'u | 23 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Transferred to Utah Valley | ||||||||
Kelsey Lenzie | 32 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Graduated | ||||||||
Maddi Condron | 34 | C | 6'7" | Junior | Graduated |
style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Previous School |
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Natalie Fraley | 10 | G | 6'0" | Sophomore | Utah State | ||||||||
Kennedy Dickie | 12 | F | 6'0" | GS Senior | San Francisco | ||||||||
Anna Eddy | 21 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Seattle Pacific | ||||||||
Kianna Hamilton-Fisher | 25 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Long Beach State | ||||||||
Piath Gabriel | 36 | C | 6'5" | Senior | UMass |
There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.
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