2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball
2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball
WBIT, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	19–15 (7–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Charmin Smith (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Heidi Heintz; Eliza Pierre; Travon Bryant;
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Stanford	15	–	3	.833	30	–	6	.833
No. 5 USC †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	6	.829
No. 10 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	27	–	7	.794
No. 8 Oregon State	12	–	6	.667	27	–	8	.771
No. 15 Colorado	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
No. 22 Utah	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Arizona	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
California	7	–	11	.389	19	–	15	.559
Washington State	7	–	11	.389	21	–	15	.583
Washington	6	–	12	.333	16	–	15	.516
Arizona State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355
Oregon	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344

† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Charmin Smith, played their home games at Haas Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

This is also the last season that California will play in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Previous season[edit]

The Golden Bears finished the season 13–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As a 10th seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Washington State.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

California Departures
Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Amaya Bonner	2	G	6'0"	Freshman	Fremont, CA	Transferred to Florida State
Karisma Ortiz	4	G	6'0"	GS Senior	San Jose, CA	Graduated
Jadyn Bush	12	F	5'11"	GS Senior	Federal Way, WA	Graduated
Evelien Lutje Schipholt	24	F	6'2"	Senior	The Hague, Netherlands	Graduate transferred to South Florida
Jayda Curry	30	G	5'6"	Sophomore	Corona, CA	Transferred to Louisville
Sela Heide	32	C	6'7"	Junior	North Bend, WA	Transferred to Oregon State
Sirena Tuitele	33	F	6'1"	GS Senior	Chico, CA	Graduated

Incoming[edit]

Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Marta Suárez	7	G/F	6'2"	Junior	Oviedo, Spain	Tennessee
Ila Lane	12	F/C	6'4"	Senior	Moraga, CA	UC Santa Barbara
McKayla Williams	24	G	6'1"	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Gonzaga
Ioanna Krimili	33	G	5'11"	Senior	Heraklion, Greece	San Francisco

Recruiting[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Anastasia Drosouni SG	Thessaloniki, Greece	Expaideftiria Fryganiotis	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	May 2, 2023
Anastasia Drosouni SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Lulu Laditan-Twidale G	Sunshine Coast, Australia	Siena Catholic	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	Jan 23, 2023
Lulu Laditan-Twidale G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster[edit]

2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Michelle Onyiah	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Eleanor Roosevelt	Eastvale, CA
G	1	Leilani McIntosh	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	GS	Xavier College Prep	Phoenix, AZ
G	7	Marta Suárez	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Joaquim Blume Institute Tennessee	Oviedo, Spain
G	10	Lulu Laditan-Twidale	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	South West Metro Pirates	Sunshine Coast, Australia
F/C	12	Ila Lane	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Woodside Priory UC Santa Barbara	Moraga, CA
G	14	Alma Elsnitz	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Lulea Basketgymnasium	Stockholm, Sweden
G	15	Kemery Martín	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Corner Canyon Utah	Sandy, UT
G	21	Mia Mastrov	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Miramonte	Lafayette, CA
F	22	Claudia Langarita	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	INS Joaquim Blume San Francisco	Barcelona, Spain
G	23	Anastasia Drosouni	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Expaideftiria Fryganiotis	Thessaloniki, Greece
G	24	McKayla Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Windward Gonzaga	Los Angeles, CA
G	31	Ornela Muca	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	American Community School of Athens	Athens, Greece
G	33	Ioanna Krimili	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Aristotelio College San Francisco	Heraklion, Greece

Head coach

Charmin Smith (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Heidi Heintz (UC Davis)
Eliza Pierre (California)
Travon Bryant (Missouri)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Westmont	W 93-51		–	–	–	Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 8:30 p.m.		Cal State Bakersfield	W 89–56	1–0	18 – Krimili	8 – Tied	5 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (1,017) Berkeley, CA
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Santa Clara	W 71–56	2–0	16 – Williams	8 – Williams	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (819) Berkeley, CA
November 13, 2023* 3:00 p.m., P12N		Cal Poly	W 74–60	3–0	17 – McIntosh	8 – Tied	4 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
November 17, 2023* 5:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Auburn	W 67–53	4–0	27 – Suárez	19 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Neville Arena (2,559) Auburn, AL
November 20, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Florida A&M Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series	W 76–38	5–0	25 – McIntosh	18 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Al Lawson Center (887) Tallahassee, FL
November 24, 2023* 12:00 p.m.		San Jose State Raising the B.A.R. Invitational semifinals	W 74–51	6–0	13 – Onyiah	12 – Williams	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
November 25, 2023* 2:30 p.m.		Texas A&M Raising the B.A.R. Invitational championship	L 51–65	6–1	12 – Tied	12 – Williams	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (843) Berkeley, CA
December 2, 2023* 12:00 p.m., P12N		Saint Mary's	W 74–69	7–1	15 – Lane	8 – Onyiah	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (964) Berkeley, CA
December 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 23 Gonzaga	L 70–78 ^OT	7–2	19 – Suárez	10 – Suárez	11 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,109) Berkeley, CA
December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Nevada	W 76–49	8–2	20 – Williams	8 – Suárez	8 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,024) Berkeley, CA
December 15, 2023* 11:30 a.m.		Eastern Washington	W 78–70	9–2	17 – Suárez	11 – Suárez	5 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (4,112) Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Louisiana–Monroe	W 79–55	10–2	21 – Laditan-Twidale	11 – Tied	7 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (617) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
December 29, 2023 2:00 p.m., P12N		No. 9 Stanford	L 51–78	10–3 (0–1)	12 – Krimili	9 – Lane	4 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (4,197) Berkeley, CA
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Washington	W 70–57	11–3 (1–1)	21 – Krimili	8 – Onyiah	4 – Krimili	Haas Pavilion (1,207) Berkeley, CA
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Washington State	W 73–72 ^OT	12–3 (2–1)	21 – Krimili	12 – Suárez	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,249) Berkeley, CA
January 12, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 5 Colorado	L 61–76	12–4 (2–2)	14 – Suárez	9 – Suárez	3 – Krimili	CU Events Center (3,540) Boulder, CO
January 14, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at No. 19 Utah	L 56–93	12–5 (2–3)	14 – Krimili	9 – Williams	4 – McIntosh	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,520) Salt Lake City, UT
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon State	L 64–71	12–6 (2–4)	27 – Beers	15 – Beers	9 – von Oelhoffen	Haas Pavilion (1,382) Berkeley, CA
January 21, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Oregon	W 66–57	13–6 (3–4)	24 – Krimili	10 – Tied	5 – Williams	Haas Pavilion (1,347) Berkeley, CA
January 26, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N		at Arizona	L 55–66	13–7 (3–5)	11 – Suárez	6 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	McKale Center (7,268) Tucson, AZ
January 28, 2024 11:00 a.m., P12N		at Arizona State	L 71–76	13–8 (3–6)	20 – Krimili	8 – Onyiah	6 – Krimili	Desert Financial Arena (1,650) Tempe, AZ
February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		No. 7 UCLA	L 58–78	13–9 (3–7)	21 – Onyiah	6 – Onyiah	7 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (3,784) Berkeley, CA
February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		No. 15 USC	L 69–79	13–10 (3–8)	21 – Krimili	9 – Suárez	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (4,356) Berkeley, CA
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington State	W 66–59	14–10 (4–8)	15 – Onyiah	10 – Onyiah	5 – McIntosh	Beasley Coliseum (1,023) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	W 59–57	15–10 (5–8)	14 – Tied	6 – Martin	3 – McIntosh	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,773) Seattle, WA
February 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 3 Stanford	L 49–84	15–11 (5–9)	12 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (4,604) Stanford, CA
February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona State	W 67–55	16–11 (6–9)	21 – Suárez	11 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,872) Berkeley, CA
February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		Arizona	L 68–87	16–12 (6–10)	24 – Laditan-Twidale	4 – Lane	5 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (1,909) Berkeley, CA
February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Oregon	W 62–59	17–12 (7–10)	21 – Krimili	12 – Suárez	3 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (5,914) Eugene, OR
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N		at No. 11 Oregon State	L 58–79	17–13 (7–11)	14 – Suárez	5 – Tied	2 – McIntosh	Gill Coliseum (6,377) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 6, 2024 2:30 p.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (9) Washington State First Round	W 65–44	18–13	19 – McIntosh	10 – Suárez	5 – McIntosh	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
March 7, 2024 2:30 p.m., P12N	(8)	vs. (1) No. 2 Stanford Quarterfinals	L 57–71	18–14	14 – Suárez	8 – Williams	3 – Tied	MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,883) Paradise, NV
WBIT
March 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	Hawaii First Round	W 65–60	19–14	20 – Laditan-Twidale	12 – Onyiah	6 – McIntosh	Haas Pavilion (761) Berkeley, CA
March 24, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(3) Saint Joseph's Second Round	L 61–63	19–15	20 – Suárez	13 – Suárez	3 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (607) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[2]

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP		*																			Not released
Coaches		*	^

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.

References[edit]

^ "UC Berkeley To Join ACC For 2024-25 Academic Year". UC Berkeley. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
^ "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". calbears.com. University of California Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

[1] "UC Berkeley To Join ACC For 2024-25 Academic Year". UC Berkeley. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

[2] "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". calbears.com. University of California Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

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v t e California Golden Bears women's basketball
Venues	Oakland Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1973–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	History Oski "Fight for California "Big C"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics